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Only Time Can Heal Some Iraqi Wounds
Aug 17, 2009 Don't let the bombings fool you: The American military withdrawal stabilizes Iraq to a degree never admitted by protagonists of the original invasion.Horrendous violence has never really abated, despite propaganda celebrating the "surge."
Farewell, General — but Did You Bring Iraq Hope?
Sep 18, 2008 Gen. Petraeus' oft-declared uncertainty about the future stability of Iraq is genuine. It is the Shiites and their Iranian backers, not the Americans, who are the true victors in the Iraqi war.
Military Action Against Iran ‘Would Destabilize Iraq’
Jul 9, 2008 Iraq will be plunged into a new war if Israel or the U.S. launches an attack on Iran, Iraqi leaders have warned. Iranian retaliation would take place in Iraq, said Dr. Mahmoud Othman, the influential Iraqi MP.Iraq’s Mosul a ‘Ghost City’
May 14, 2008 Mosul looks like a city of the dead. American and Iraqi troops have launched an attack aimed at crushing the last bastion of al-Qa'ida in Iraq and in doing so have turned the country's northern capital into a ghost town.
Sadr’s Dark Warning
Apr 22, 2008 The militia leader's threat of an "open war" between his supporters and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government has ratcheted up tensions in Basra and Baghdad. [In this analysis, columnist Patrick Cockburn of The Independent looks into the current situation in light of Sadr's history with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.]
Iraq Exploding as Shiite Fights Shiite
Mar 27, 2008 A new civil war may be looming in Iraq as American-backed Iraqi government forces battle Shiite militiamen for control of Basra and parts of Baghdad.
War Started With Lies, Continues With Lies
Mar 19, 2008 All governments lie in wartime, but American and British propaganda in Iraq over the past five years has been more untruthful than in any other conflict since the First World War.