Iraqi PM Demands Respect

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2006 Iraq's prime minister, Nouri Maliki, privately chastised the United States' patronizing attitude regarding Iraqi sovereignty, saying he is not "America's man in Iraq." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Eye to Eye in Iraq

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Jun 15, 2006 The media continues to fizz with excitement at Bush's "spontaneous" trip to Iraq, and his "eye to eye" with Prime Minister Maliki. However, continuously escalating violence reveals his visit to be just another misleading "Mission Accomplished" photo-op moment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Wow! Iraqi Leader Takes Bush’s Calls

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 24, 2006 "  'He wouldn't have taken my phone call a year ago,' Bush said Monday of the new Iraqi parliament speaker. 'He's now taken it twice.' Wow, and it cost only $200 billion and thousands of maimed and dead American soldiers to get the president's call returned." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )