AUGUST 9, 2010 Will Iraq Fall Victim to the Oil Curse? The Baghdad government runs a top-down command economy and only pays lip service to private jobs and economic diversification. By JUDITH MILLER Baghdad Since America toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq has had three free-wheeling, relatively fraud-free national elections. Its military has been reconstituted, […]
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The Weekly Standard The Way of the Kurds One part of Iraq is working better than the other. BY Max Boot May 24, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 34 Erbil, Iraq Iraq has improved immeasurably since the dark days of 2006 when hundreds were being killed every day by al Qaeda bombs and Sadrist death squads
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By Bing West Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments: From a universally respected combat journalist, a gripping history based on five years of front-line reporting about how the war was turned around–and the choice now facing America During the fierce battle for Fallujah, Bing West asked an Iraqi colonel why the archterrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had
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OPINION MARCH 22, 2010 By JOHN MCCAIN The mood in Baghdad is tense these days. Groups of Iraqis are struggling for control of the country. They are harshly denouncing their rivals. Passions are flaring, and the anger is visceral. But unlike recent years, this Iraqi fight for power is waged not through murder and oppression
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Thanks to Laura Gutman for sharing this article with us. S.O.S. SAVE OUR NAVY SEALS…..IBD Posted 03/05/2010 07:05 PM ET Military: Two U.S. congressmen take the lead in proclaiming the obvious — that those who attack this country should be punished and not those who risk their lives to defend it. The Navy SEALs are
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Rebirth of a Nation Something that looks an awful lot like democracy is beginning to take hold in Iraq. It may not be ‘mission accomplished’—but it’s a start. By Babak Dehghanpisheh, John Barry and Christopher Dickey | NEWSWEEK Published Feb 26, 2010 From the magazine issue dated Mar 8, 2010 “Iraqi democracy will succeed,” President George
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By OMAR FADHIL AL-NIDAWI AND AUSTIN BAY The defeatists have finally acknowledged that Iraq is well on its way to establishing a peaceful democracy. But that recognition comes with a catch: The public is asked to forget everything these strategically benighted cads said and did—or didn’t do. We are referring, of course, to Vice President
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Liz Cheney was on Fox News Sunday morning discussing the new effort to make the truth known about the Surge in light of recent accusations by our Vice Pres against former Vice Pres Cheney: A new documentary video regarding the surge in Iraq can be viewed at: Understanding the Surge It is important that the
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