Chalabi A ‘Key Figure’ In Iranian Efforts To Scuttle U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement The United States and Iraq are currently engaged in “ tense ” negotiations regarding the future of the U.S. military presence in Iraq after the U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year. Just yesterday, the Iraqi Cabinet proposed changes that the U.S. has yet to approve. But now, CQ’s Jeff Stein reports...

In northern Iraq, thousands of Christian families remain displaced from their homes in the city of Mosul. Many are living with relatives or taking refuge in churches and monasteries in an area north of the city that's known as the Nineveh Plain. As they struggle to adapt to their new circumstances, many are questioning why they were targeted for violence and threats. Some say they see themselves...

... and with the advantage that there's no Saddam in the mix. Verdict: Long, occasionally badly managed (maybe not as badly as WWII in its opening stages, but then we couldn't strand troops in Kenya), and with a lower probability that we will need to knock over the game board and say, "Start again." Read the whole thing for the remaining issues for Iraq that may or may not involve our security umbrella.

...news media  promote it. The Innocuous Tyrant For every major U.S. government enterprise, ”coverage” is a win-win narrative. In Associated Press coverage of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, for instance, the reader is put into the shoes of ”U.S. officials.” The prime urgency is what’s best for the vaguely- or never-defined success of U.S. foreign policy. Deadlines and benchmarks being...

as well as this

...- Syrian border on Sunday, to go after an alleged al  Qaeda operative working in Syria.  This man was said to be smugiling in foregien fighters, weapons, and laundry money to support al Qaeda in Iraq.  Although he sounds like a very pleasent fellow, and probabley desreved his US sponsered flight to an undisclosed dettention facility; I would like to know how this affects the idea of sovergnty...

...the U.S. Naval Academy, in October, 2001, “you will know a happiness far more sublime than pleasure.”) In the months after the September 11th attacks, he became an enthusiastic promoter of war in Iraq. In early January, 2002, as warplanes took off for Afghanistan, McCain stood on the flight bridge of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, and yelled, “Next up, Baghdad...

Удивляет, как этот человек, находясь в горячей точке, создавая подобные ролики, еще и умудряется остаться в живых...

Well I am going back to night shift now. Which is good because I am going to be on time with the states again. I will miss the sun shine though. Being up during the day has been wonderful. But the night...be kinda cool too. But I hope I can see you at the very least though. But remember I am not driving awayfrom florida so you need to be some where inbetween. Well thats all from me. Be cool! Futurefl

Thanks to Paul Bremer, this is what "democracy" looks like in Iraq: Mutant Seeds for Mesopotamia By Andrew Bosworth, Ph.D.Uruknet, One would think that Iraqi farmers, now prospering under "freedom" and "democracy," would be able to plant the seeds of their choosing, but that choice, under little-known Order 81, would be illegal. But first, it is important to set the context. Most people have...