Basra Fighting

Jason Linkins

Pelosi Calls Out Petraeus For Parroting Bush Spin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


We noted yesterday the bizarre way that General Petraeus' testimony changed between his Tuesday appearance before the Senate committees and his Wednes...

Jason Linkins

Petraeus Shifts Sharply On Basra, Aligns With White House Spin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Perhaps sensing that his testimony on Tuesday was undermining the official White House version of events in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus today offered a ...

The Lessons of Basra

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


Amitai Etzioni

The Bush administration's refusal to recognize that Iraq is not one nation but is instead a tribal society has now gotten U.S. troops fighting for one Shia group in its efforts to marginalize another Shia group.

Bomb, Bomb, Iran?

Hooman Majd | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Hooman Majd

If the American government cannot bring itself to admit that a member of the "axis of evil" can actually get the U.S. out of a jam of its own making, then that is tragic.

Basra Cease-Fire Shows Talking to Iran Could Save Lives Immediately

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

Soon Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are expected to testify before Congress about Iraq. This is the prelude to what may be the last major battle...

Jason Linkins

Letter From A Soldier: Answers You Won't Want To Hear

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics


McCain claims that he is a break from the flawed strategy of the Bush administration. But the Iraq miasma is not the result of a flawed strategy. It is the result of a flawed concept to begin with.

British Shelve Plans To Cut Troop Numbers In Iraq

Financial Times | Stephen Fidler | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics


Plans to reduce British troop numbers in Iraq to 2,500 this spring have been abandoned on the recommendation of military commanders, UK officials say....

No More Happy Iraqi Stories

Carlotta Cooper | Posted 03.29.2008 | Home


Carlotta Cooper

My fiance is living on a small base a few kilometers from Nassiriya and I hadn't heard from him in a few days.

Basra Assault Exposes Fraud of "National Reconciliation" in Iraq

Robert Naiman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

Why are U.S. soldiers killing and dying in Basra, an operation that was decided, supposedly, without consultation with U.S. officials?

Militiamen Holding Out in Basra Fighting

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.26.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister warned gunmen in the oil port of Basra to surrender their weapons by Friday or face harsher measures, as clashes...

US, Iraqi Troops Battle Shiite Militia

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr batt...

Is "Success" Of Iraq Surge About To Unravel?

Huffington Post | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics


A cease-fire with Muqtada al Sadr and his loyalists in the Mahd army is showing signs of deterioration. The agreement, which has been critical to the...


 

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