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Dems Assume Endless Sectarian Conflict, Misread Iraqi Nationalism, Analyst Says
Below is full text of a new blog post by Reidar Visser, a fellow at the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, who calls out Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden over remarks he made in last night's vice presidential debate, in which the senator claimed that Iraqi society had suffered from intense sectarian conflict over the last...
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DoD Misreads Nationalist Opposition, Iranian Influence, Analyst Says
The Pentagon's latest quarterly report on Iraq gets key features of the situation wrong, writes Reidar Visser, a fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and a close watcher of southern Iraqi politics, in a blog post on his website, historiae.org. The Pentagon suffers from two "very basic problems" in its analysis, Visser writes: an...
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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"
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Says Intense Fighting Keeps Relief Supplies from Needy, Denounces Evil-Doers
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Without National Reconciliation, Consider Surge a Failure
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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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Pace of Re-Settlement Processing Disregards Urgency to Save Iraqi Allies' Lives
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Former Fed Chairman's One-Liner Kicks Damage Control Into High Gear
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Anti-War Groups Confuse Idiocy for Act of Protest in Saturday's Arrests
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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
