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Commentary on Iraq

Sep 7, 2007: Blogger Riverbend Finally Leaves Iraq and Settles in Syria
Comments: 0 | Categories: Commentary on Iraq , Iraqi Affairs
Riverbend, the Iraqi blogger behind the widely popular Baghdad Burning blog, which was launched on August 17, 2003, and became known around the world, has finally left Iraq. She blogged about it on September 6, 2007. Before then, her last...

Jul 17, 2007: Juan Cole: Talabani, Zebari Manipulating Washington
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University of Michigan History Professor Juan Cole, the proprietor of Informed Comment, a blog in which he daily offers "thoughts on the Middle East, history and religion," continues to make astute observations about events in Iraq. On July 17, 2007,...

Dec 30, 2006: U.S. President Bush's Statement On Saddam's Execution
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(NOTE: President George W. Bush, seen in a June 13, 2006, photo taken at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, issued a December 29, 2006, statement on the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The statement can be found...

Nov 30, 2006: Two Lame-Ducks Can't Solve Iraq's Problems
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TIME magazine correspondent Aparism Garsh, writing from Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, says, "There's a reason why Iraqis aren't holding their breath over the Amman summit: Viewed from Baghdad, both [U.S. President] George Bush and [Iraqi Prime Minister] Nouri al-Maliki are...

Nov 30, 2006: 'Does Anybody Have A Good Plan For Iraq?'
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"Does anybody have a good plan for Iraq?" asks Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank in a November 30, 2006, post headlined "One War, No Answers." "Not President Bush," he opined. "He arrived in Jordan yesterday [November 29, 2006] for a...

Oct 18, 2006: War News in Iraq For October 18, 2006
Comments: 0 | Categories: Commentary on Iraq , Iraq War: News & Analysis
Today in Iraq's roundup of "war news" for October 18, 2006, is quite grim. But it's that way everyday. If a death or battle happened in Iraq most likely this blog has a report on it. Today's lead is about...

Oct 18, 2006: Riverbend Comments On 'The Lancet Study'
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Riverbend at Baghdad Burning is back. Her last post on life in Iraq was August 5, 2006. Why so long between posts? This has been the longest time I have been away from blogging," "There were several reasons for my...

Oct 13, 2006: 'Sir Richard Has Performed A Great Service'
Comments: 0 | Categories: Commentary on Iraq , Iraq War: News & Analysis
The Sunday Times of London asserts in its October 14, 2006, lead article headlined "Collateral damage" that, "The relationships between politicians and senior military figures have often involved creative tension, adding: An exasperated Winston Churchill declared of General [Richard] Montgomery...

Sep 8, 2006: Again, Saddam Had Nothing To Do With Al-Qaeda
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U.S. President George W. Bush's speeches this week on "Progress in the Global War on Terror" and the "Creation of Military Commissions to try Suspected Terrorists" were overshadowed by the release today of two U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence...

Jun 2, 2005: The 'Bolton Blunder'
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The Toledo (Ohio) Blade opined in a June 2, 2005 editorial: "Thank goodness the Senate has put President Bush's controversial nomination of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on hold at least until next week." See "Bolton...