Washington Post – The bipartisan Iraq Study Group plans to recommend withdrawing nearly all U.S. combat units from Iraq by early 2008 while leaving behind troops to train, advise and support the Iraqis.
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Category Archives: Iraq
Iraq – As Iraq Deteriorates, Iraqis Get More Blame
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks notes that the growing chorus of official voices blaming Iraqis for continuing violence may mark the beginning of the end of U.S. involvement.
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Iraq – Algeria was worse than Iraq ñ so far
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan says that Sir Alistair Horne, the great historian of modern war, believes that the war in Iraq most resembles the Algerian war against the French of 1954-62, of which he wrote a celebrated history, just reissued.
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Iraq – Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks gives a more detailed look at the problems faced by the Marines in Anbar province.
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Iraq – Flaws Cited in Effort To Train Iraqi Forces
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks on how the U.S. military’s effort to train Iraqi forces has been rife with problems, from officers being sent in with poor preparation to a lack of basic necessities such as interpreters and office materials, according to internal Army documents.
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Iraq – Pentagon May Suggest Short-Term Buildup Leading to Iraq Exit
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks writes that the Pentagon’s closely guarded review of how to improve the situation in Iraq has outlined three basic options: Send in more troops, shrink the force but stay longer, or pull out, according to senior defense officials.
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Iraq – Rumsfeld, a Force for Change, Did Not Change With the Times Amid Iraq Tumult
New York Times – Michael Gordon on the demise of Donald Rumsfeld.
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Iraq – A Meek Departure From the War Cabinet
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks on the demise of Donald Rumsfeld.
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Iraq – The Defense Secretary We Had – Tough and Unaccountable
Washington Post – David Ignatius on the demise of Donald Rumsfeld.
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Iraq – Fighting spirit of the Donald I knew
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan on the demise of Donald Rumsfeld.
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Iraq – The Lost Year in Iraq
PBS Frontline – They came to rebuild and bring democracy, but soon were hardened by the postwar realities. When it came time to leave, they left behind lawlessness, insurgency, and economic collapse.
Read the Transcript and look at the excellent Interviews.
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Iraq – Third and Final Act
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind points out how an attack on Iran will endanger US troops in Iraq.
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Iraq – Post Saddam Iraq: The War Game
National Security Archive – The Desert Crossing wargame for how to manage a post-Saddam Iraq, performed by CENTCOM in 1999 when General Zinni was its chief, has been declassified. Fascinating in how presecient it was. A pity General Franks, General Zinni’s successor, was not interested in it???
Associated Press – 1999 War Games Foresaw Problems in Iraq
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Iraq – Last Gasps in Iraq
USA Today – Yet another tipping point? Ralph Peters checks out on Iraq.
See also: FrontPageMag – A Military Solution for Iraq.
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Iraq – Military Charts Movement of Conflict in Iraq Toward Chaos
New York Times – Michael Gordon reports that a classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the United States Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict.
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Iraq – Tipping Point for War's Supporters?
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks writes that this October may be remembered as tipping point for U.S. policy in Iraq, militarily and politically.
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Iraq – Iraqi Realities Undermine the Pentagon's Predictions
New York Times – Michael Gordon reports that the U.S. goal to have the Iraqi military take over primary responsibility for security seems far removed from the violence-plagued streets of Baghdad.
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Iraq – To Stand or Fall in Baghdad: Capital Is Key to Mission
New York Times – Michael Gordon reports that the Iraqi capital, American generals like to say, is the center of gravity for the larger U.S. mission in Iraq.
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Iraq – On Baghdad Streets, a Police Partnership Falters
New York Times – Michael Gordon reports that throughout much of Baghdad many Iraqis do not trust their own police forces.
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Iraq – Bush's Proposal of 'Benchmarks' for Iraq Sounds Familiar
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks analyses the latest US strategy on Iraq.
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Iraq – Bush is wrong: Iraq is not Vietnam
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan says Iraq is not like Vietnam.
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Iraq – Problems Afflict U.S. Army Program to Advise Iraqis
Wall Street Journal – Greg Jaffe shows ways in which the US Army does not appear to be committed to winning in Iraq.
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Iraq – Succeeding in Phase IV: British Perspectives on the U.S. Effort To Stabilize and Reconstruct Iraq
Iraq – We must get out of Iraq soon, says Army chief
Daily Telegraph – The head of the British Army demanded an early exit from Iraq last night as he warned that the presence of British troops was making the situation worse.
The Times – Army chief called in to explain ‘quit Iraq’ appeal.
???and the editorial from Max Hastings that may have prompted these comments: The Guardian – Our armed forces have allowed themselves to be cowed into silence .
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Iraq – Ties to GOP Trumped Know-How Among Staff Sent to Rebuild Iraq
Washington Post – A look at early U.S. missteps in the Green Zone and Coalition Provisional Authority in an excerpt from from “Imperial Life in the Emerald City,” by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
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