One of biggest surprises of the past year has been the trajectory of the Iraq War and the fact that, from Washington’s perspective, things have gone largely according to plan. U.S. forces continue to pack up and ship home the men and materiel of war, while Iraqi leaders are busy forming a coalition government...
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Warnings of Violence Ahead of Iraq’s Election
Sitting on a couch in a penthouse hotel suite just blocks from the White House, Ayad Jamal al-Din lets cigar smoke curl in lazy trails around his head as he considers the fate of his nation. “I am not hopeful that Iraq can yet fly alone,” he says. It is a familiar refrain that...
Violence Spikes as U.S. Troops Withdraw From Iraq’s Cities
Militants in Iraq staged a series of bomb and machine gun attacks in the past ten days that left more than 250 dead and the country on edge. The spasm of violence comes on the eve of two pivotal events, the withdrawal of U.S. forces from urban centers and the distribution of major oil...
Why Sen. Patrick Leahy Wants a “Truth Commission”
George W. Bush has relocated back to his beloved Texas, of course, but in official Washington, all is not forgotten-or forgiven. Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, for one, wants Congress to convene an independent, blue-ribbon commission to poke into some of the dark secrets and possible government wrongdoing of the Bush years: the alleged torture...