Adam Morrow, Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, IPS News. November 7, 2008. "Many Iraqis ... see it as little more than a U.S. attempt to legitimize the occupation and bolster Arab support for the unpopular government."
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. July 25, 2008. The former interim PM criticized the surge, the constitution, and warned that Iraqi forces are not loyal to Iraq, but to sectarian militias.