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Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq Benjamin H. Friedman, Harvey M. Sapolsky and Christopher Preble. Policy Analysis, Cato Institute, 13 February 2008 (.pdf file). Two Unwinnable Wars Nicholas Berry. Foreign Policy Forum, 12 February 2008. Do We Really Support the Troops? William M. Arkin. Washington Post, 05 February 2008. The Next Iraq Phase David Ignatius. Washington Post, 30 January 2008. False Sense of Security in Iraq Michael Shank. Foreign Policy in Focus, 29 January 2008. A Bitter Taste to Iraqi Reality Dahr Jamail. Asia Times, 29 January 2008. Iraq's Anatomy - Triage at a Baghdad Hospital Casey Miner. Mother Jones, 28 January 2008. After Iraq Jeffrey Goldberg. Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2008. Posted on 28 January 2008. Afghanistan is the Bad War, Iraq the Good, says White House Co-ordinator Richard Beeston. The Times, UK, 24 January 2008. Why There is No Middle Way in Iraq Max Bergmann. Democracy Arsenal, 22 January 2008. Iraq: Less Violent But Not Less Hellish Dahr Jamail and Ali Al-Fadhily. Inter Press News, 15 January 2008. Cordesman: Despite Gains, Future in Iraq, Afghanistan Remains 'Uncertain' Anthony H. Cordesman. Council on Foreign Relations, 14 January 2008. A Flight Back to Baghdad Daniel Pepper. TIME, 07 January 2008. The Clock Ticks for Iraq's Time Bomb Sami Moubayed. Asia Times, 04 January 2008. Iraq Progresses To Some Of Its Worst Dahr Jamail. Inter Press Service, 29 December 2007. Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007 Juan Cole. Informed Comment, 27 December 2007. The State of Iraq: An Update Jason Campbell, Michael O'Hanlon and Amy Unikewicz. The New York Times, 22 December 2007. Iraq, Afghanistan: Conflict and Quagmire Dominic Moran. ISN Security Watch, 21 December 2007. Iraq: The Trauma and the Mistakes Andrew North. BBC News, 21 December 2007. Britain Bows out of a Five-Year War It Could Never Have Won Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, 17 December 2007. It's a Fragile 'Quiet' in Iraq Brian M. Downing. Asia Times, 14 December 2007. Here's the Surge Iraq Needs Christopher Kojm. The Christian Science Monitor, 13 December 2007. Iraq's Danger Signals Paul Rogers. Open Democracy, 13 December 2007. 'Shadows of the Images': The Allegory of Iraq By John Tirman. Strategic Insights, 05 December 2007. Why Bush Won't Leave Iraq Michael Schwartz. TomDispatch, 29 November 2007. Debating Iraq's Transition Thomas L. Friedman. The New York Times, 21 November 2007. What Does Iraq's 'Good News' Really Mean? Khody Akhavi. Inter Press Service, 15 November 2007. In Mixed Slice of Baghdad, Old Bonds Defy War Sabrine Tavernise and Karim Hilmi. The New York Times, 13 November 2007. Is Iraq Getting Better? Jim Muir. BBC News, 11 November 2007. Fighting Whom in Iraq? Robert Dreyfuss. Tom Dispatch, 11 November 2007. If Iraq Hadn't Happened? Tim Watkin. The Guardian, 05 November 2007. How to Accurately Forecast Trends of the Iraq War 'Fabius Maximus.' Defense and the National Interest, 15 October 2007. Support for Iraq Partition: Cynical and Dangerous Stephen Zunes. Foreign Policy in Focus, 12 October 2007. What Can We Still Achieve in Iraq? Fred Kaplan. Slate.com, 10 October 2007. At Last, Some Good News from Iraq Sami Moubayed. Asia Times, 10 October 2007. In Baghdad, Elusive Electricity is Rare Delight Jay Price and Jenan Hussein. McClatchy Newspapers, 09 October 2007. Change in Iraqi Province Obvious in Rare Drive Leila Fadel. McClatchy Newspapers, 07 October 2007. Kilcullen Explains All You Need to Know About the Iraq War 'Fabius Maximus.' Defense and the National Interest, 06 October 2007. A Divided Iraq Just Doesn't Add up Pepe Escobar. Asia Times, 04 October 2007. The UN and Iraq: Moving Forward James Traub. The Stanley Foundation, October 2007 (.pdf file). 'As You Swim There's Gunfire. It Rather Mars the Pleasure' Martin Fletcher. The Times, UK, 24 September 2007. How Much Can UN Achieve In Iraq? Howard LaFranchi. The Christian Science Monitor, 21 September 2007. It Was Right To Dissolve the Iraqi Army Christopher Hitchens. Slate.com, 17 September 2007. Another Crime of Occupation: Iraq's Cultural Heritage Looted, Pillaged Robert Fisk. The Independent, 17 September 2007. Posted on the AlterNet website. Lessons in Forced Democracy Shankar Vedantam. Washington Post, 17 September 2007. Tail Between Legs Sukant Chandan. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 13-19 September 2007. 9/11 Linked to Iraq, in Politics if Not in Fact Peter Baker. Washington Post, 12 September 2007. When Not to Start a War Andy Zelleke. The Christian Science Monitor, 11 September 2007. Uh, Uhhm: Say No More, Iraq is a Slam Dunk Julian Delasantellis. Asia Times, 11 September 2007. Iraq: Time for a Change Daniel Serwer. U.S. Institute of Peace, September 2007. The Real Lessons of the Vietnam-Iraq Analogy Katie Mounts and Travis Sharp. The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, 11 September 2007. Tomgram: Empire of Stupidity Tom Engelhardt. TomDispatch, 04 September 2007. The State of Iraq: An Update Jason Campbell, Michael O'Hanlon and Amy Unikewicz. The New York Times, 04 September 2007. Gen Sir Mike Jackson Condemns 'War on Terror' Mike Jackson. Excerpt of autobiography printed in The Telegraph, 03 September 2007. The Benchmarks Iraq Is Meeting - And One It Thankfully Is Not Robert Weissman. Common Dreams, 31 August 2007. The Real Analogy for Iraq John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt. United Press International, 24 August 2007. A New Tact on Iraq Brian Michael Jenkins. Washington Post, 24 August 2007. Posted on the RAND website. Behind Bush's Vietnam Revisionism Dan Froomkin. Washington Post, 23 August 2007. Galloway: Only Thing Changing in Iraq is Our Reason for Being There Joseph Galloway. Salt Lake Tribune, 23 August 2007. Don't Know Much About History Matthew Yglesias. The Guardian, 23 August 2007. Bush Gambles with Vietnam Reference Over Iraq Ewen MacAskill. The Guardian, 22 August 2007. Iraq Progress Report: A Time to Assess and Reflect Stephen Lendman. ZNet, 21 August 2007. From Belfast to Baghdad - What Have We Learned? Douglas A. Borer. The Christian Science Monitor, 16 August 2007. Faith Gives Iraqis Solace, Not Just a Reason to Fight Sam Dagher. The Christian Science Monitor, 15 August 2007. Looting Fear as Iraqi State Library Seized Michael Howard. The Guardian, 10 August 2007. Iraq Is About to Become a Lot Worse Chris Hedges. Truthdig, 07 August 2007. Patriots Who Love the Troops to Death Frank Rich. The New York Times, 05 August 2007. Getting Iraq Wrong Michael Ignatieff. The New York Times Magazine, 05 August 2007. Iraq Snapshots Give 2 Views Mark Mazzetti. The New York Times, 02 August 2007. How to Win in Iraq William S. Lind. American Conservative, 30 July 2007. The Cost of 'Enduring' in Iraq Walter Pincus. Washington Post, 30 July 2007. Why the Latest Good News from Iraq Doesn't Matter Phillip Carter. Slate, 01 August 2007. A War We Just Might Win Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack. The New York Times, 30 July 2007. Iraq Post-2010 Center for Global Affairs, New York University, 30 March 2007. Posted on 26 July 2007 (.pdf file). Suicide Bombings Sour Celebration of Iraqi Soccer Win Hannah Allam and Leila Fadel. McClatchy Newspapers, 25 July 2007. Thinking Small Jon B. Alterman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 20 July 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file). America Is Just Starting to Wake Up to The Awesome Scale of its Iraq Disaster Timothy Garton Ash. The Guardian, 19 July 2007. Life in The 'Red Zone' Anne Nivat. International Herald Tribune, 18 July 2007. War and Occupation in Iraq James Paul and Céline Nahory. Global Policy Forum, June 2007. Posted on 18 July 2007 (.pdf file). An Iraq for All Iraqis Hayder Karim. Washington Post, 16 July 2007. Violence Ebbing. Wealth Returning. Can This be Iraq? Peter Beaumont. The Sunday Observer, 15 July 2007. Iraq, the New Israel Pepe Escobar. Asia Times, 06 July 2007. Militias, Bribes Tip Scales as Iraqis Take Final Exams Sam Dagher. The Christian Science Monitor, 03 July 2007. Iraq by the Numbers Tom Engelhardt. TomDispatch, 28 June 2007. Posted on the AlterNet website. Think Tank Warns of Country's Collapse Ian Black. The Guardian, 25 June 2007. (see report below). Where Is Iraq Heading? Lessons from Basra International Crisis Group, 25 June 2007 (.pdf file). The Battle of Iraq - 2007 Bill Roggio. The Fourth Rail, 20 June 2007. General: Stabilized Iraq May Take Decade Lara Jakes. Associated Press, 18 June 2007. Posted on the ABC News website. Iraq: The Mess That Was To Be Paul R. Pillar. Asia Times, 12 June 2007. Report of the Secretary General Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. United Nations, 05 June 2007. Released on 11 June 2007 (.pdf file). I Blame Myself For Our Downfall in Iraq Tim Shipman. The Daily Telegraph, UK, 10 June 2007. In Iraq's Four-Year Looting Frenzy, the Allies Have Become the Vandals Simon Jenkins. The Guardian, 08 June 2007. Baghdad's Green Zone Is a Haven Under Siege John Ward Anderson. Washington Post, 07 June 2007. American Victory Is Impossible under Continued Occupation Nicholas Berry. Foreign Policy Forum, 31 May 2007. Dying for an Iraq That Isn't Harold Meyerson. Washington Post, 30 May 2007. When Less is Best Rory Stewart. The New York Times, 20 March 2007. Opium: Iraq's Deadly New Export Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 23 May 2007 Hang in There, America Joe Galloway. Military.com, 18 May 2007. The SWISH Report (8) Paul Rogers. Open Democracy, 17 May 2007. Accepting Realities in Iraq Gareth Stansfield. Chatham House and University of Exeter, 17 May 2007 (.pdf file). Iraq: The Question Rory Stewart. The New York Review of Books, 31 May 2007 issue. Posted on 15 May 2007. U.S. Embassy Employees Fearful Over Green Zone Attacks Leila Fadel. McClatchy Newspapers, 14 May 2007. Time is Of The Essence Salah Hemeid. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 10-16 May 2007. A Dayton Process For Iraq Rend Al-Rahim. Washington Post, 10 May 2007. Beleaguered Iraqis Now Fear Their Own Security Forces More Than the Insurgents Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, 04 May 2007. It's All About Al-Qaeda Again Dana Milbank. Washington Post, 03 May 2007. Baghdad Up Close and Personal Pepe Escobar. Asia Times, 02 May 2007. The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace Michael Rubin. Middle East Quarterly, 01 May 2007. One Iraq a Pointless Proposition David Nason. The Australian, 30 April 2007. Al Qaeda Strikes Back Bruce Riedel. Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007. Posted on 27 April 2007. The Puppet Who Cleared The Way For Iraq's Destruction Andrew Cockburn. The Guardian, 26 April 2007. Walled City Eugene Robinson. Washington Post, 24 April 2007. Southern Iraq in 2007 Matthias S. Klein. Niqash, 23 April 2007. Aftermath of a Baghdad Bombing: a Reporter's View Sam Dagher. The Christian Science Monitor, 20 April 2007. Wars in Iraq: The U.S. Is the Common Denominator Nicholas Berry. Foreign Policy Forum, 17 April 2007. Who Lost Iraq? James Dobbins. International Herald Tribune, 16 April 2007. Posted on the RAND website. Success in Iraq: Possible, Necessary Charles Krauthammer. The Seattle Times, 16 April 2007. Will Iraq Be the Next Rwanda? Stuart Gottlieb. Washington Post, 15 April 2007. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website. Iraq's Troubled Future: The Uncertain Way Ahead Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 13 April 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file). A Bloody Message from Iraq: Nowhere is Safe... Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, 13 April 2007. Fickle Attraction Alex Rossmiller. The American Prospect, 11 April 2007. The World Before Iraq Barbara Stocking. The Guardian, 11 April 2007. Iraq Policy 'Spawned New Terror' BBC News, 11 April 2007. (See report below). A Fair Foreign Policy Oxfam, 11 April 2007 (.pdf file). Reporter Recalls the Layers of Truth Told in Iraq Borzou Daragahi. Los Angeles Times, 10 April 2007. I Cannot Quit My Place Among the Gloom-mongers Max Hastings. The Guardian, 03 April 2007. An Enclave of Normalcy in Fearful Baghdad Sudarshan Raghavan. Washington Post, 27 March 2007. And They Call It Peace: Inside Iraq, Four Years On Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 25 March 2007. Critic of Hussein Grapples With Horrors of Post-Invasion Iraq Edward Wong. The New York Times, 24 March 2007. America's Original Sin Hana Abdul Ilah al Bayaty. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 22-28 March 2007. Four Years and Many Li(v)es Later Nicholas Berry. Foreign Policy Forum, 22 March 2007. U.N. Chief Shaken by Baghdad Explosion The Guardian, 22 March 2007. In Iraq, Fear Takes a Holiday Karin Brulliard and Salih Dehema. Washington Post, 22 March 2007. Saddam Has the Last Laugh Robert Scheer. Truthdig, 20 March 2007. Iraq and Washington's Systemic Failure Robert Parry. Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, 19 March 2007. Resilient Iraqis Ask What Civil War? Marie Colvin. The Times, UK, 18 March 2007. Op-Chart: The State of Iraq, an Update Jason Campbell, Michael O'Hanlon and Amy Unikewicz. New York Times, 18 March 2007. Why 'Soft Partition' of Iraq Won't Work Joost Hiltermann. The Christian Science Monitor, 12 March 2007. Leaving Iraq: The Grim Truth Tim Dickinson. Rolling Stone, 07 March 2007. What We Know About Waste and War in Iraq Tom Engelhardt. TomDispatch.com, 06 March 2007. Iraq's Civil War James D. Fearon. Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007. Posted on 02 March 2007. Will We Suffer from the Iraq Syndrome? Ira Chernus and Tom Engelhardt. TomDispatch, 02 March 2007. Iraq Replaces Vietnam as Metaphor for Tragedy Andrew Lam. New America Media, 27 February 2007. Iraq 101: The Iraq Effect - The War in Iraq and Its Impact on the War on Terrorism Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank. Mother Jones, 01 March 2007. Posted on the NYU Center on Law and Security website on 26 February 2007. Distrust, Fear a Year after Iraq Mosque Bombing Christian Berthelsen. Los Angeles Times, 23 February 2007. Managing Iraq Jon B. Alterman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website on 13 February 2007 (.pdf file). Iraqi Leading Baghdad Crackdown Forced From Home Ahmed Rasheed. Reuters, 12 February 2007. Blame (Blank) for Iraq Helene Cooper. The New York Times, 11 February 2007. There are Four Iraq Wars Phillip Carter. Slate, 09 February 2007. Iraq: Milestones Since the Ouster of Saddam Hussein Hussein D. Hassan. Congressional Research Service, 07 February 2007. Deathtrap James Carroll. The Boston Globe, 29 January 2007. It Has Unraveled So Quickly Sabrina Tavernise. The New York Times, 28 January 2007. Inside Baghdad: A City Paralysed by Fear Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, 25 January 2007. Daily Body Count in Baghdad Falls Borzou Daragahi. Los Angeles Times, 24 January 2007. North of Capital, A Tale of Two Iraqs Ernesto Londoño and Hasan Shammari. Washington Post, 23 January 2007. Those Ingrate Iraqis Rosa Brooks. Los Angeles Times, 19 January 2007. We're Fighting Not to Lose Leslie H. Gelb and Richard K. Betts. Washington Post, 14 January 2007. Reconciliation is Easier Said Than Done Jeffrey Shaffer. The Christian Science Monitor, 12 January 2007. Taking the Vietnam Out of Iraq Paul Reynolds. BBC News, 11 January 2007. He's Blown it for Blair, Again Martin Kettle. The Guardian, 11 January 2007. Reaction to Bush's Speech James Ridgeway. Mother Jones Blog, 10 January 2007. The Lynching of Iraq James Carroll. The Boston Globe, 08 January 2007. The Consequences of Failure in Iraq Reuel Marc Gerecht. The Weekly Standard, 15 January 2007. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute website on 08 January 2007. If Iraq Fragments, What's Plan B? Peter Grier. The Christian Science Monitor, 05 January 2007. End the Crusade Dimitri K. Simes. The National Interest, 03 January 2007. What About the Iraqis? Christian Caryl. The New York Review of Books, 11 January 2007. Posted on 03 January 2007. More Fuel on Iraq's Spreading Flames W. Joseph Stroupe. Asia Times, 03 January 2007. AlterNet's Ten Most Important Iraq Articles from 2006 AlterNet, 01 January 2007. Reporter Returns to Baghdad to Find It Far Different - And Worse Off Hannah Allam. McClatchy Newspapers, 28 December 2006. Key Trends to Watch in Iraq Jeffrey White. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 28 December 2006. What Has Long Been a Catastrophic Tragedy is Also Now a Horrific Farce Roy Hattersley. The Guardian, 27 December 2006. Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2006 Juan Cole. Informed Comment, 26 December 2006. Iraq's About Politics, Not Sectarianism Raed Jarrar. The Huffington Post, 19 December 2006. Max Boot and Geoffrey Wheatcroft on American Foreign Policy Max Boot, Geoffrey Wheatcroft and Barry Gewen. The New York Times, 19 December 2006. Does Iraq Need More Debate? Martin Kaplan. Los Angeles Times, 19 December 2006. Iraq Out of Sight Paul Rogers. Open Democracy, 14 December 2006. Is Iraq Vietnam William Christie. Defense and the National Interest, 12 December 2006. Desperate for Answers to All-Important Iraq Riddle James Carroll. The Boston Globe, 11 December 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. The Americans Don't See How Unwelcome They Are, or That Iraq Is Now beyond Repair Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 10 December 2006. Iraq Heading the Lebanon Way Iason Athanasiadis. Asia Times, 09 December 2006. Iraq: What Now? Stephen Biddle, Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, and Leslie Gelb. Foreign Affairs, 07 December 2006. Five Steps To Disbelief Michael G. Roskin. Foreign Policy Forum, 06 December 2006. The Nation Needs More than a Minor Course Correction on Iraq Christopher Preble. CATO Institute, 06 December 2006. Knowing When to Let Go Mark Moyar. Washington Post, 06 December 2006. The Surrealism of Iraq Niall Ferguson. Los Angeles Times, 04 December 2006. A 'Civil War' Puts Words on Trial David Carr. The New York Times, 04 December 2006. Anger at UN Chief's Iraq Comments BBC News, 04 December 2006. Kofi Annan Interview: Text Interview conducted by Lyse Doucet. BBC News, 04 December 2006. Sinking Into Confusion Joe Galloway. Military.com, 01 December 2006. The Third Act in Iraq Mark Danner. New York Review of Books, 21 December 2006. Posted on the Asia Times website on 01 December 2006. One War, No Answers Dana Milbank. Washington Post, 30 November 2006. It's Losing We Hate, Not War Jonah Goldberg. Los Angeles Times, 30 November 2006. Washington's Iraqi Sandstorm Paul Rogers. Open Democracy, 30 November 2006. Deeper Crisis, Less U.S. Sway in Iraq John F. Burns and Kirk Semple. The New York Times, 29 November 2006. Iraq: The War of the Imagination Mark Danner. The New York Review of Books, 21 December 2006. Posted on 29 November 2006. Unruly Iraq Nicholas Berry. Foreign Policy Forum, 28 November 2006. Ten Fallacies About the Violence in Iraq John Tirman. AlterNet, 28 November 2006. World War II and Iraq: It's More Than Just Days That Are Different William M. Arkin. WashingtonPost.com, 27 November 2006. It's a Civil War, Stupid Dab Froomkin. WashingtonPost.com, 27 November 2006. The Perils of Escalation in Iraq: A Grim History Lesson G. Pascal Zachary. AlterNet, 27 November 2006. Winning in Iraq is Unacceptable Nicholas Berry. Foreign Policy Forum, 20 November 2006. Kissinger Says Iraq Isn't Ripe for Democracy Doyle McManus. Los Angeles Times, 19 November 2006. Bush Left Reality Behind. Now We Are All Trapped William Pfaff. The Guardian, 19 November 2006. U.S. Has Many Options in Iraq, None Easy Paul Richter. Los Angeles Times, 19 November 2006. The Stolen Dream of Iraqi Freedom Hugh Sykes. BBC News, 18 November 2006. Why Iraq Is Crumbling Charles Krauthammer. Washington Post, 17 November 2006. Some Plain Truths About Iraq Ehsan Ahrari. Asia Times, 17 November 2006. Rumsfeld Made Me Do It Douglas Macgregor. Defense News, 13 November 2006. Posted on the Center for Defense Information website. 'Iraq Is Not Winnable' Interview with Richard Haass. Der Spiegel, 13 November 2006. Posted on the Truthout website. Influence Rises but Base Frays for Iraqi Cleric Sabrina Tavernise. The New York Times, 13 November 2006. Fabius Maximus's Iraq SITREP for November 2006 Defense and the National Interest, 12 November 2006. Republican Defeat Means the Iraqi Insurgency Has Won Simon Jenkins. The Guardian, 09 November 2006. Iraq in Fragments Interview with James Longley. The Brooklyn Rail, 09 November 2006. Many Dead Ends in Iraq Max Boot. Los Angeles Times, 08 November 2006. Posted on the Council on Foreign Relations website. He's Tanned, Rested and Ready William S. Lind. Defense and the National Interest, 06 November 2006. Bush & Blair: The Iraq Fantasy Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 05 November 2006. Posted on the Information Clearning House website. Baghdad is Under Siege Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 01 November 2006. Iraq's Bloody Destiny Sami Moubayed. Asia Times, 01 November 2006. Iraq: 'The Greatest Strategic Disaster in American History' Patrick Cockburn. AlterNet, 31 October 2006. Secret Cabinet Memo Admits Iraq is Fuelling UK Terror Patrick Hennessy and Sean Rayment. The Sunday Telegraph, UK, 30 October 2006. This is Baghdad. What Could be Worse? Anthony Shadid. Washington Post, 29 October 2006. Fiasco Then, Fiasco Now Tom Engelhardt. Antiwar.com, 27 October 2006. Gunmen Refuse to Disarm IRIN, 26 October 2006. If We Miss This Last Chance, Then Our Soldiers Will Have Died in Vain Timothy Garton Ash. The Guardian, 26 October 2006. Iraq Invasion 'Pure Failure', Blix Says The Associated Press, 25 October 2006. We Have Turned Iraq into the Most Hellish Place on Earth Simon Jenkins. The Guardian, 25 October 2006. A Bright, Shining Truth on Iraq Antony T. Sullivan. The National Interest, 24 October 2006. Into the Abyss of Baghdad Patrick J. McDonnell. Los Angeles Times, 23 October 2006. Is Iraq Another Vietnam? It is Already Lost Robert Freeman. Common Dreams, 22 October 2006. Endgame James Kitfield. National Journal, 20 October 2006. Iraq Was a Worthy Mistake Jonah Goldberg. Los Angeles Times, 19 October 2006. Search for Least-Worst Option in Iraq Paul Reynolds. BBC News, 19 October 2006. Iraq Follows Vietnam Model Molly Ivins. Truthdig, 17 October 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Unemployment and Violence Increase Poverty IRIN, 17 October 2006. In Iraq, the Worst is Still to Come Simon Tisdall. The Guardian, 17 October 2006. Tense Baghdad Residents Find Oasis in 'Dr. Phil' Borzou Daragahi. Los Angeles Times, 15 October 2006. The Insanity of 'Staying the Course' in Iraq Joshua Holland. AlterNet, 09 October 2006. Sectarian Havoc Freezes the Lives of Young Iraqis Sabrina Tavernise. The New York Times, 08 October 2006. Deaths Across Iraq Show It Is a Nation of Many Wars, With U.S. in the Middle Solomon Moore and Louise Roug. Los Angeles Times, 07 October 2006. Everyone Is in a State of Denial, Or the Iraq Trap Nicholas Berry. Foreign Policy Forum, 06 October 2006. Reporter Returns to Iraq, Finds Changing Attitudes Terry McCarthy. ABC News, 05 October 2006. Baghdad Bombings Hit New High Mussab Al-Khairalla and Alastair Macdonald. Reuters, 04 October 2006. Bush Crowd Can't Get Us out of Iraq Jesse Jackson. The Chicago Sun-Times, 03 October 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Baghdad Authorities Lift Curfew BBC News, 01 October 2006. Iraq: Republic of Fear Sami Moubayed. Asia Times, 30 September 2006. Tomgram: Iraq at the Gates of Hell Tom Engelhardt. TomDispatch.com, 28 September 2006. What Went Wrong in Iraq? Ed O'Connell. United Press International, 28 September 2006. Posted on the RAND website. A Dishonest Debate on The Iraq War Jonathan Finer. Washington Post, 27 September 2006. A Journey Into the 'Taliban Republic' Where the Militias Rule Unchallenged Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 25 September 2006. Win-Win-Win-Win Situation Michael Kinsley. Washington Post, 22 September 2006. This Just In: The Iraq Study Group Has Nothing to Report Dana Milbank. Washington Post, 20 September 2006. No One Dares to Help Los Angeles Times, 20 September 2006. Iraq: Trying to Spin the Unspinnable Ashraf Fahim. Asia Times, 20 September 2006. In Flash of Chaos, a Glimpse Into Iraq's Woes Sudarsan Raghavan. Washington Post, 13 September 2006. Tomgram: Crashing the Plane of State into Iraq Tom Engelhardt. TomDispatch, 12 September 2006. Understanding Why Iraq Is a Disaster Thomas Gale Moore. Antiwar.com, 12 September 2006. Baghdad's Beacons of Civility Louise Roug. Los Angeles Times, 08 September 2006. Iraq: Not Wanting To Stay, Not Able To Leave Marshall Adame. American Chronicle, 08 September 2006. Selling Out Iraq: AlterNet's War Profiteering Archive AlterNet, 07 September 2006. Some Rare Good News from Iraq? The Economist, 06 September 2006. It's Not Over Yet Max Boot. TIME, 03 September 2006. Bush Takes His Case to Veterans Michael Abramowitz. Washington Post, 01 September 2006. Fouad Ajami on What Went Wrong in Iraq Steve Inskeep. NPR, 31 August 2006. President Bush Addresses American Legion National Convention Salt Palace Convention Center. Salt Lake City, Utah, 31 August 2006. In Iraq, Singing for a Chance at Hope and Glory Sudarshan Raghavan. Washington Post, 01 September 2006. The True Iraq Appeasers Peter W. Galbraith. The Boston Globe, 31 August 2006. Bush Links U.S. Safety to Iraq Success Deb Riechmann. The Associated Press, 31 August 2006. Posted on the CNS News website. Iraq Isn't the Philippines Jon Wiener. Los Angeles Times, 30 August 2006. Last Chance for Iraq? A Symposium on the War Michael Rubin, Michael A. Ledeen, Newt Gingrich and David Frum. National Review, 11 September 2006. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute website on 29 August 2006. The Situation in Iraq Gilbert Achcar. Informed Comment, 28 August 2006. Iraqi Museum Sealed Against Looters Ellen Knickmeyer. Washington Post, 27 August 2006. Iraq: a War About Nothing Marie Cocco. Boulder Daily Camera, 27 August 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Weary Iraqis Face New Foe: Rising Prices Damien Cave. The New York Times, 26 August 2006. Returning Some Order to Iraq's Mean Streets David Ignatius. Washington Post, 25 August 2006. A Change in Iraq is Needed Joe Galloway. Military.com, 24 August 2006. The U.S. in Iraq: Part of the Problem Tom Engelhardt. TomDispatch.com, 21 August 2006. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website. I Hope Lebanon Will Not Make Us Forget Iraq Jihad el-Khazen. Al-Hayat, 21 August 2006. Iraq Runneth Over: What Next? Kenneth M. Pollack and Daniel L. Byman. Washington Post, 20 August 2006. Posted on the Brookings Institution website. Tomgram: Schwartz, 7 Facts Making Sense of Our Iraqi Disaster Michael Schwartz. TomDispatch.com, 20 August 2006. 'Misunderestimating' Bush's Iraq Sami Moubayed. Asia Times, 19 August 2006. Iraq Violence Feeds Funeral Businesses Sinan Salaheddin. The Associated Press, 17 August 2006. Iraq's Streets Tell a Colder Truth Tom Lasseter. McClatchy Newspapers, 17 August 2006. Meanwhile, in Baghdad ... Editorial. The New York Times, 16 August 2006. Baghdad's Cinemas Falling Casualty to War Joshua Partlow. Washington Post, 15 August 2006. Receding Hope Nermeen al-Mufti. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 10-16 August 2006. Iraq's Sectarian Bloodshed 'Made in the USA' Erik Leaver and Raed Jarrar. AlterNet, 10 August 2006. No Solution to Iraq Quagmire Joe Galloway. Military.com, 10 August 2006. Iraq Is Dying Tom Hayden. The Nation, 09 August 2006. Explosions a Joke in Brave New World of Iraq Reality TV Rawya Rageh. The Associated Press, 09 August 2006. Must Haves: Cellphones Top Iraqi Cool List Damien Cave. The New York Times, 08 August 2006. Battle for Baghdad Max Boot. The Weekly Standard, 07 August 2006. Posted on the Council on Foreign Relations website. Bush's Fiascos in Iraq Ray McGovern. BuzzFlash, 07 August 2006. Posted on the AlterNet website. Baghdad Diary Aparisim Ghosh. TIME Magazine, 06 August 2006. Posted on the Truthout website. 100,000 March Against U.S. and Israel in Baghdad Damien Cave and Kirk Semple. The New York Times, 04 August 2006. Our Meddling is Accelerating this Descent into Civil War Mark Lattimer. The Guardian, 04 August 2006. How Not to Vietnamize Iraq Judith Coburn. Tom Dispatch, 03 August 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Losing Hope in Iraq Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. OpenDemocracy, 01 August 2006. Posted on the Global Policy Forum. Baghdad Fuel Shortage Supports Generation of Street Kids Patrick Fort. Agence France-Presse, 01 August 2006. Securing Iraq: The Way Ahead Michael Eisenstadt. Chapter from the book "Iraq and America: Choices and Consequences," 2006. Posted on the Washington Institute for Near East Policy website on 01 August 2006 (.pdf file). Iraq Isn't About Us Anymore Judith S. Yaphe. Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2006. Where the Collateral Damage Is in the Mind Kirk Semple. The New York Times, 30 July 2006. Endgame in Iraq? A Six-Month Equation Jeffrey Shaffer. The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2006. Shady Dealers Aim to Arm Iraq David Isenberg. Asia Times, 27 July 2006. Civil War Won't End Until Troops Leave Iraq Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 26 July 2006. Posted on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website. Top Iraqi's White House Visit Shows Gaps With U.S. Edward Wong. The New York Times, 25 July 2006. Mindless in Iraq Peter W. Galbraith. The New York Review of Books, 10 August 2006. Posted on 25 July 2006. From Planning to Warfare to Occupation, How Iraq Went Wrong Michiko Kakutani. The New York Times, 25 July 2006. War Taking Toll on Marriage, Too Jonathan Finer. Washington Post, 24 July 2006. In Iraq, Military Forgot Lessons of Vietnam Thomas E. Ricks. Washington Post, 23 July 2006. Trends in Terrorism: 2006 Raphael Perl. Congressional Research Service, 21 July 2006 (.pdf file). America's Moral Abyss Firas Al-Atraqchi. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 13-19 July 2006. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website. Embracing the Three-State Solution in Iraq Michael Rubin. New York Sun, 17 July 2006. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute website. Responses to 'What to Do in Iraq' Stephen Biddle, Larry Diamond, Christopher Hitchens, Fred Kaplan, Kevin Drum, and Marc Lynch. Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2006. What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, Chaim Kaufmann, Leslie H. Gelb, and Stephen Biddle. Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006. In Strife-Torn Iraq, the Humour Has a Dark Edge Sammy Ketz. Agence France Presse, 11 July 2006. Of Oil, War and Power - Learning From History Greg Muttitt. Niqash, 10 July 2006. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website. In Iraq's Mayhem, Town Finds Calm Through Its Tribal Links Sabrina Tavernise and Qais Mizher. The New York Times, 10 July 2006. Portrait of a Besieged Capital Borzou Daragahi. The Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2006. The Iraqi Crisis in Strategic American Dialogue Sayyed Wild Abah. Asharq Alawsat, 09 July 2006. Few Good Options In Iraq Robert Kuttner. The Boston Globe, 08 July 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Did the Invasion Make Things Worse in Iraq? Nir Rosen. Salon, 05 July 2006. Author Says Iraq Worse than Reported Adla Massoud. Al-Jazeera, 05 July 2006. Sabotaging Peace In Iraq Robert Dreyfuss. TomPaine.com, 05 July 2006. Only a U.N.-Led Peace Process Can Halt the Iraq Catastrophe Menzies Campbell. The Guardian, 05 July 2006. In Basra, State of Emergency Provides Little Relief From Violence Nancy A. Youssef. McClatchy Newspapers, 04 July 2006. Orwell in Iraq: Snow Jobs, Zarqawi and Bogus Peace Plans Dahr Jamail. Truthout, 03 July 2006. Mirror Image: Could Iraq be Vietnam in Reverse? What George F. Kennan's 1966 Senate Testimony Can Tell Us About Iraq in 2006 Nicholas Thompson. The Boston Globe, 01 July 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. In Iraq, with Zarqawi Gone, It's on to the Next Villain Anas Shallal. Foreign Policy in Focus, 29 June 2006. The Occupation of Iraqi Hearts and Minds Nir Rosen. Truthdig, 28 June 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Staying the Wrong Course in Iraq Max Boot. Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2006. Posted on the Council on Foreign Relations website. Iraq: A Shocking Waste of Money Matthew Yglesias. The American Prospect, 28 June 2006. Posted on the AlterNet website. War on Iraq: U.S. Waters Down Iraqi Peace Plan Medea Benjamin and Raed Jarrar. AlterNet, 28 June 2006. Fear and Posing in Baghdad Megan K. Stack. Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2006. In Iraq: A Place to be Human, First Bill Weinbeg. Yes Magazine, Summer 2006. Posted on 27 June 2006. Amid Iraqi Chaos, Schools Fill After Long Decline Sabrina Tavernise. The New York Times, 26 June 2006. Electricity Iffy, Residents Sweat the Small Stuff Borzou Daragahi. Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2006. If Wanton Murder is Essential to the U.S. Campaign in Iraq, It's Time to Leave Gary Younge. The Guardian, 26 June 2006. Ambiguity Threatens Iraq Reconciliation: Analysts Anas Al-Ubaidi. Islam Online, 26 June 2006. Three Iraq Myths That Won't Quit Scott Ritter. AlterNet, 26 June 2006. Iraq -- Fool Me Twice Col. Daniel Smith. Foreign Policy in Focus, 23 June 2006. War-Weary Arabs Flock to Kurdish Resorts Amanj Khalil. Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 21 June 2006. Bush's Baghdad Palace Nicholas von Hoffman. The Nation, 20 June 2006. Iraq: The Beat Goes On and On Robert Dreyfuss. TomDispatch, 20 June 2006. Posted on the Asia Times website. With Rising Violence, Ramadi Residents Look for Safe Haven IRIN, 18 June 2006. Snapshots From the Office: Public Affairs Staff Show Strains of Social Discord Cable from U.S. Embassy in Iraq, 06 June 2006. Posted on the Washington Post website, 18 June 2006. No Change Expected Nermeen Al-Mufti. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 15-21 June 2006. Funds for Iraq Run Low Peter Grier. The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2006. Bullets 'Flooding Baghdad Market' BBC News, 15 June 2006. (See report below). Ammunition: The Fuel of Conflict Oxfam, 15 June 2006 (.pdf file). Oil, Politics and Bloodshed Corrupt an Iraqi City Sabrina Tavernise and Qais Mizher. The New York Times, 13 June 2006. Iraq's Pentagon Papers Daniel Ellsberg. Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Baghdad's Wealthy Are Careful to Hide Their Riches Nancy A. Youssef. Knight Ridder Newspapers, 06 June 2006. In Brazen Roundup, 56 Vanish From Baghdad Nelson Hernandez and Salih Saif Aldin. Washington Post, 06 June 2006. Familiar Foreign Policies and Familiar Wars Gabriel Kolko. Defense and the National Interest, 04 June 2006. Alleged U.S. Misconduct Adds to Iraqi Woes Hamza Hendawi, The Associated Press, 04 June 2006. Iraq: Alas in Wonderland Ashraf Fahim. Asia Times, 02 June 2006. Iraqi Students Are Tested by Battle Outside Ellen Knickmeyer and Saad al-Izzi. Washington Post, 01 June 2006. Guns Becoming as Important as Food Brian Conley and Isam Rashid. Inter Press Service, 29 May 2006. Iraq Is the Republic of Fear Nir Rosen. Washington Post, 28 May 2006. Plus ça Change Nermeen El-Mufti. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 25-31 May 2006. Security Forces Assigned to Protect Students During Exams IRIN, 25 May 2006. Trouble Spots Threaten Perfect Storm of Global Crises - Study Simon Tisdall. The Guardian, 25 May 2006. Which Is The Real Iraq? Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 23 May 2006. Iraq May Already Be Lost to Us H.D.S. Greenway. The Boston Globe, 16 May 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Saving Iraq: Mission Impossible Juan Cole. Salon.com, 11 May 2006. Exodus of the Iraqi Middle Class Daniel McGrory. The Times, UK, 11 May 2006. Alarmed by Raids, Neighbors Stand Guard in Iraq Sabrina Tavernise. The New York Times, 10 May 2006. Amid Rising Insecurity, Baghdad Residents Look to Private Security Companies IRIN, 10 May 2006. U.S. Seeks Options for Iraq, Finds Few Answers Howard LaFranchi. The Christian Science Monitor, 05 May 2006. Civil-Military Relations in Iraq (1921-2006): An Introductory Survey Abbas Kadhim. Strategic Insights, May 2006 (.pdf file). Iraq: Today's Problem, Tomorrow's Lesson Jon Greenwald. Speech at the Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School, Kingston, PA, 27 April 2006. Iraq Not Vietnam, Part 3: Different Imperial Stakes and the Comparative Difficulty of Geographic Self-Extraction Paul Street. ZNet Magazine, 27 April 2006. Iraq Is Not Vietnam, Part 2: Dominance Without Hegemony Paul Street. ZNet Magazine, 23 April 2006. Iraq Is Not Vietnam, Part 1: Imperial Continuities Paul Street. ZNet Magazine, 22 April 2006. Iraq Three Years After "Liberation" Stephen Zunes. Common Dreams, 22 April 2006. Mystery Hangs Over Baghdad Battle Nelson Hernandez and Bassam Sebti. Washington Post, 19 April 2006. Ruined Treasures in Babylon Await an Iraq Without Fighting Jeffrey Gettleman. The New York Times, 18 April 2006. Posted on the Fair Use website. Iraq's 'Terps' Face Suspicion From Both Sides Charles Levinson. The Christian Science Monitor, 17 April 2006. Iraq War, Round Two Robert Dreyfuss. TomPaine.com, 17 April 2006. Violence-Weary Iraqis Turn to Dominos, Oprah Hiba Moussa. Reuters, 12 April 2006. In Baghdad's Firdos Square, Freedom Day Has Little Meaning Borzou Daragahi. Los Angeles Times, 10 April 2006. Posted on the Fair Use website. Iraq, Vietnam, and the Bloodbath Theory Scott Laderman. History News Network, 10 April 2006. Why Iraq Was a Mistake Lt. Gen. Greg Newbold. Time Magazine, 09 April 2006. The Battle for Baghdad's Future John Ward Anderson and Jonathan Finer. Washington Post, 09 April 2006. Iraq Three Years On: Don't Look Away Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 08 April 2006. Posted on the Truthout website. Cutting and Running in Baghdad Robert Dreyfuss. TomDispatch.com, 08 April 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Iraq's New War Martin Sieff. United Press International, 07 April 2006. Divorce American-Style Firas Al-Atraqchi. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 06-12 April 2006. Section 1227 Report on Iraq Department of State Report to Congress, 06 April 2006. Wary Iraqis Steer Clear of U.S. Troops Antonio Castaneda. The Associated Press, 06 April 2006. The Tethered Goat Strategy Sidney Blumenthal. The Guardian, 06 April 2006. The Future of Iraq Khair El-Din Haseeb. Lecture at Georgetown University, 05 April 2006. Posted on 04 May 2006. War Crimes in Iraq Noam Chomsky. TomDispatch.com, 04 April 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. In Ramadi, An Up-Close View of Skirmishes Todd Pitman. The Associated Press, 04 April 2006. Posted on TheState.com. Iraq's Public TV Network a Dangerous Place to Work Huda Ahmed. Knight Ridder Newspapers, 04 April 2006. Official: Iraq War Led to July Bombings Mark Townsend. The Observer, UK, 02 April 2006. Love and Hate in Baghdad The Sunday Times, UK, 02 April 2006. Iraq is Not in Civil War (Yet); Iraq Is Under Occupation Laith Al-Saud. CounterPunch, 31 March 2006. Mosul Slips Out of Control as the Bombers Move In Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, UK, 31 March 2006. Two Fronts In Iraq Robert Dreyfuss. TomPaine.com, 29 March 2006. The Economics Of Occupation Michael Schwartz. TomPaine.com, 28 March 2006. Top Ten Mistakes the Bush Administration Is Repeating from Vietnam Ivan Eland. The Independent Institute, 27 March 2006. A Balance Sheet for America's Iraq Sami Moubayed. Asia Times, 25 March 2006. All the 'Good News' From Iraq Stephen Pizzo. News for Real, 25 March 2006. Posted on the AlterNet website. Three More Years in Iraq? Charles V. Pena. TomPaine.com, 23 March 2006. Tal Afar; War Crimes in Bush's Dystopia Mike Whitney. Information Clearing House, 22 March 2006. Freedom, Yes, Iraqis Say, But at Great, Grave Cost John Ward Anderson and Omar Fekeiki. Washington Post, 21 March 2003. An Iraq Success Story's Sad New Chapter Peter Baker. Washington Post, 21 March 2006. Top Ten Catastrophes of the Third Year of American Iraq Juan Cole. Informed Comment, 20 March 2006. President Discusses War on Terror and Operation Iraqi Freedom Speech at Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, 20 March 2006. Iraqi Diplomat Gave U.S. Prewar WMD Details Aram Roston, Lisa Myers and the NBC Investigative Unit. MSNBC, 20 March 2006. Outside View: Iraq War Was Total Failure Anthony H. Cordesman. United Press International, 20 March 2006. If Only... - The Lessons of Our Iraqi Bungles Fred Kaplan. Slate, 20 March 2006. Clashes, Accusations Mark Anniversary of Iraq Conflict Ellen Knickmeyer. Washington Post, 20 March 2006. Iraq Invasion: For Better or Worse? John Simpson. BBC News, 20 March 2006. How Do You Say Clueless? Muean Aljabiry. Washington Post, 19 March 2006. So Why Are You Still Here? Nermeen Al-Mufti. Al-Ahram Weekly Online, 16-22 March 2006. What is The U.S. Role in Iraq's Dirty War? Nicholas J.S. Davies. Online Journal, 15 March 2006. Handover's Impact On the War Uncertain Peter Baker and Bradley Graham. Washington Post, 15 March 2006. Bush's Fantasy of Progress in Iraq Robert Scheer. San Francisco Chronicle, 15 March 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Saddam's Delusions: The View from the Inside Kevin Woods, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray. Foreign Affairs, May/June 2006. Posted on 14 March 2006. Accepting Reality: Americans Have Lost Iraq War Remi Kanazi. MediaMonitors.net, 14 March 2006. Bush Sets Target for Transition In Iraq Peter Baker. Washington Post, 14 March 2006. Total Failure in Iraq Scott Ritter. Arab American News, 13 March 2006. Iraq: The Reckoning Patrick Cockburn and Raymond Whitaker. The Independent, UK, 12 March 2006. Vietnam and Iraq: Looking Back and Looking Ahead David A. Fahrenthold. Washington Post, 12 March 2006. Plan Z in Iraq Ahmed Amr. Media Monitors Network, 11 March 2006. Three Years and Counting The Nation, 11 March 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Iraq Through the Prism of Vietnam William E. Odom. Nieman Watchdog, 09 March 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. How Do We Fix the Mess In Iraq? Karen Kwiatkowski. Text of speech to the Johns Hopkins Antiwar Coalition on 09 March 2006. Posted on the Information Clearing House website. Iraqi Blogs Tell of Violence, Hope Firas Al-Atraqchi. Al-Jazeera, 28 February 2006. Iraq - Three Years On Claude Salhani. United Press International, 20 February 2006. The Mess Peter W. Galbraith. The New York Review of Books, 09 March 2006. Posted on 17 February 2006. Order, Peace Elusive in Iraqi City of Samarra Tom Lasseter. Knight Ridder Newspapers, 15 February 2006. Baghdad Residents Take Security into Own Hands IRIN, 14 February 2006. A Short Checklist on Why the Iraq War Will Fizzle Bryce Lane. Defense and the National Interest, 13 February 2006. Tighter Borders Take a Toll In Iraq Ann Scott Tyson. Washington Post, 11 February 2006. Danger? Drabness? No Date? Iraqis Find an Outlet Online Robert F. Worth. The New York Times, 10 February 2006. In Iraq's Sectarian Strife, Funerals Can Be Risky Michael Georgy. Reuters, 09 February 2006. Iraq's High-Tech Corridor has Trove of Treasures Ben Gilbert. USA Today, 09 February 2006. Residents of Baghdad Neighborhood Take Security Into Own Hands Huda Ahmed and Dogen Hannah. Knight Ridder Newspapers, 05 February 2006. Where the Shadows Have Shadows Dexter Filkins. The New York Times, 05 February 2006. Posted on the Fair Use website. Plan B and Four Nightmares in Iraq Sami Moubayed. Asia Times, 04 February 2006. End Beckons For The 'United States of Iraq' Ferry Biedermann. Financial Times, 02 February 2006. Experts Apply Anthropology to Iraq Lucy Stallworthy. United Press International, 01 February 2006. A Switch in Time: A New Strategy for America in Iraq Kenneth M. Pollack. Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution, February 2006 (.pdf file). A Look at Changes in Iraq Over The Past Year Drew Brown. Knight Ridder Newspapers, 31 January 2006. No End in Sight: Bush on Iraq Frida Berrigan. Common Dreams, 01 February 2006. Bush Speech Draws Mixed Reaction in Iraq Sinan Salaheddin. The Associated Press, 01 February 2006. Posted on the Guardian website. Bush Offers Little New on Iraq, Iran, Fight Against Terrorism Philip Dine. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 31 January 2006. Posted on the Mercury News website. A Part of Iraqi Life - Hunting - Has Been Lost to the War Mohammed Alawsy. Knight Ridder Newspapers, 31 January 2006. Maybe They Just Need to Have Their Civil War Gareth Porter. TomDispatch.com, 27 January 2006. View From the Front Lines Joe Galloway. Military.com, 26 January 2006. Saddam Trial Divides Iraqis Paul Garwood. The Associated Press, 25 January 2006. Iraq and the Problem of Terrorism Adil Shamoo. Foreign Policy In Focus, 24 January 2006. Children's Hospital Struggling in Wake of Bombing IRIN, 24 January 2006. Iraq Interpreters Face Threats, Alienation Nick Wadhams. The Associated Press, 22 January 2006. Endless War Paul Rogers. OpenDemocracy.net, 19 January 2006. Analysis: Another Grim Week in Iraq Martin Sieff. United Press International, 18 January 2006. The War on Terror Noam Chomsky. Annual Amnesty International Lecture at Trinity College Dublin, 18 January 2006 (.pdf file). USAID Paper Details Security Crisis in Iraq Walter Pincus. Washington Post, 17 January 2006. Islamists Gain Ground from American Push for Mideast Democracy Warren P. Strobel. Knight Ridder Newspapers, 16 January 2006. Posted on the Seattle Times website. Focusing on 'Success' In Iraq Brent Scowcroft. Washington Post, 16 January 2006. Challenges Ahead in Iraq Anthony H. Cordesman. United Press International, 15 January 2006. Change Comes Slow in Iraq Joe Galloway. Military.com, 12 January 2006. A Sliver of Iraq's Past Feels the Pressures of the Present Doug Smith. Los Angeles Times, 11 January 2006. Posted on the Fair Use website. Politics on Hold as Iraq Marks Muslim Holiday Agence France Presse, 11 January 2006. Iraq: Just a Coup Away Aaron Belkin. Los Angeles Times, 09 January 2006. Posted on the Common Dreams website. Iraqi Widows Feel Lost in Land That Cannot Provide Deepa Babington. Reuters, 09 January 2006. The Real Choice in Iraq Zbigniew Brzezinski. Washington Post, 08 January 2006. U.S. Propaganda vs. Iraqi Reality Dahr Jamail. Iraq Dispatches, 08 January 2006. Teaching Patriotism in Iraqi Classrooms Howard LaFranchi. The Christian Science Monitor, 05 January 2006. Iraqis Making Connection to the Outside World Online Zaid Sabah. USA Today, 05 January 2006. School Trip to Nowhere Richard Engel. NBC, 05 January 2006. Poverty and Fear Dominate Life for Iraq's Gypsies Deepa Babington. Reuters, 04 January 2006. Iraq Is Not Vietnam Frederick W. Kagan. Policy Review, December 2005 / January 2006. The Year in Iraq Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, 31 December 2005/ 01 January 2006. Posted on the CounterPunch website. Open Letter From an Iraqi Iraq Dispatches, 31 December 2005. Violence Defies Reason for Many in Iraq Mariam Fam. The Associated Press, 27 December 2005. People Concerned More About Own Lives than Saddam's Dahr Jamail and Arkan Hamed. Inter Press Service, 23 December 2005. Posted on the Hard News website. A Glimpse of a City of Dreams Doug Smith. Los Angeles Times, 22 December 2005. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley: "Strategy for Victory in Iraq" Stephen Hadley. Remarks to CSIS, 20 December 2005. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file). Iraqis Glad 2005 Over, Dim Hopes for 2006 Dahr Jamail and Arkan Hamed. Inter Press Service, 20 December 2005. Posted on the Iraq Dispatches website. Next in Iraq: Coalition-Building Ilene R. Prusher. The Christian Science Monitor, 19 December 2005. Behind the Steel Curtain: The Real Face of the Occupation Sabah Ali. Iraq Dispatches, 19 December 2005. Iraqi National Initiative to End Occupation of Iraq Unconditionally Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation, 11 December 2005. Posted on 19 December 2005. The Occupation Patrick Cockburn. New Left Review, November/December 2005. Posted on 19 December 2005. President's Address to the Nation White House, 18 December 2005. Misunderstanding Iraq: Recommendations for U.S. Policy Yahia Said. Iraq Revenue Watch, November 2005. Posted on 15 December 2005 (.pdf file). Iraq: 1,000 Days of War Patrick Cockburn. The Independent, 13 December 2005. Backstory: 1,000 Days in Iraq Compiled by Daniel Enemark. The Christian Science Monitor, 13 December 2005. President Discusses War on Terror and Upcoming Iraqi Elections George W. Bush. Transcript of speech in Philadelphia. White House, 12 December 2005. Tracing Iraq's Painful Arc, From the Past to the Future Anthony Shadid. Washington Post, 12 December 2005. Fighting to Win Frederick W. Kagan. The Weekly Standard, 19 December 2005. Posted on the AEI website on 09 December 2005. Shattering Iraq Paul Starobin. National Journal, 09 December 2005. Najaf, Iraq's Shiite Capital, Seeking a Higher Office Ashraf Khalil. Los Angeles Times, 09 December 2005. Bush Speech on Iraq George W. Bush. Transcript of Speech to Council on Foreign Relations, 07 December 2005. Baghdad's Haifa Still No Easy Street Ashraf Khalil. Los Angeles Times, 02 December 2005. Bullet Points over Baghdad Paul Krugman. The New York Times, 02 December 2005. Posted on the Information Clearing House website. Back From the Brink: A Strategy for Iraq Marina Ottaway. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, November 2005 (.pdf file). Posted on 02 December 2005. In Baghdad, Reality Counters Rhetoric Doug Struck. Washington Post, 01 December 2005. What 'Staying the Course' Really Means Robert Dreyfuss. Asia Times, 01 December 2005. Where People Cannot Afford Their Country Dahr Jamail and Harb Al-Mukhtar. Inter Press Service, 01 December 2005. Iraqi Liberation? Towards an Integrated Strategy Oxford Research Group, December 2005 (.pdf file). Analysis: Bush Wants to 'Vietnamize' Iraq Martin Sieff. United Press International, 30 November 2005. President Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq White House Transcript of Speech, 30 November 2005.

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