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Hollywood Agent-Turned War Documentarian Profiles Young Americans in Iraq
Given the slew of poorly performing Iraq war movies recently produced, it's no wonder why so many in Hollywood believe the situation in Iraq is so dire. There are few in Tinseltown who really understand the situation in Iraq, but there are some diamonds amid the lumpy mountains of coal.
This spring, Pat Dollard's Young Americans will air on cable television, the result of years of...
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"It Remains to be Seen if Americans Will Enjoy Victory Even if It Comes"
Matt Sanchez on the French "Meet the Press" program, "Kiosque," talking about the war.
Five years after the initial invasion of Iraq, Americans wonder where we are.
Iraq is like no other conflict in American history. It is arguably no longer a war, but a low-level insurgency. We are not fighting a country, but a transnational conspiracy that operates more like an international fast-food franchise than a military force. In this conflict,...
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Says Intense Fighting Keeps Relief Supplies from Needy, Denounces Evil-Doers
Photo by Wissam al-Okaiki/AFP-Getty
Iraqi women beat their chests in mourning over the death of a relative outside a hospital mortuary in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday.
Writing to IraqSlogger from Baghdad at 230am Iraq time today, Iraqi Red Crescent President Dr. Said Hakki provided this blunt assessment of the intense clashes in recent days, the inability of the Red Crescent to reach those suffering in the conflict areas, and who's to blame:
"The situation in Iraq is bleak.
Curfew for Baghdad and almost all Iraqi southern governorates. This was announced few hours ago.
We were just beginning to see a glimpse of light.
Then all hell broke loose in the past four days.
We have had...
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Nir Rosen's Reflections on the State of Iraq as 2007 Draws to Close: Part 3 of 3
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Nir Rosen's Reflections on the State of Iraq as 2007 Draws to Close: Part 2 of 3
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Nir Rosen's Reflections on the State of Iraq as 2007 Draws to Close: Part 1 of 3
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Political Divisions, Iranian Influence, Keep Future Uncertain for Iraq
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US Has Created an "Arrogant Misuse of Force" With Civilian Contractors
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Six Council on Foreign Relations Experts Look at Way Forward in Iraq
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Critical of War, Mother Wants Investigation
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Muddled Strategic Logic Has Retired Colonel Wary of Proposed Way Forward
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Liberal Columnist: Republicans Setting Up Democrats for Fall in Iraq
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Robert Kagan Sees No Iraq War Hit to American Supremacy
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