Uthman al-Mukhtar, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. June 15, 2009. Journalists in Anbar no longer fear al-Qaeda and its affiliates but instead believe they are being targeted by political factions.
Dahr Jamail, TruthOut.org. April 21, 2009. Tit-for-tat killings, roadside bombs and suicide strikes are rising -- and no sign of reconciliation between Sunni militias and the Iraqi government.
Robert Fisk, Independent UK. March 20, 2009. Authorities say Mohamed al-Dainy planned a deadly suicide bombing. His allies say he's a fighter for human rights. But nobody knows where he is.
Dahr Jamail, Tomdispatch.com. February 14, 2009. Fallujah remains devastated, even as the U.S. military delivers shrink-wrapped bricks of $100 bills to the sheiks in charge.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. February 3, 2009. The U.S. likes to cast elections as proof of the legitimacy of the occupation, but many Iraqis saw their votes as a way to end it.
Middle East OnlineAugust 30, 2008. Citing stronger domestic security forces and a need for troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. general says control will be handed over in "just a few days."
Steve Czajkowski, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 24, 2008. Sgt. Ryan Weemer and Sgt. Jermaine Nelson took the 5th and refused to testify against their former squad leader on the killing of Iragi prisoners.
Ali Al-Fadhily, Dahr Jamail, IPS News. August 4, 2008. "It seems that we Iraqis will all kill each other as long as this U.S. occupation is paying our leaders to widen the gap between us."
Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. July 24, 2008. Initially looking towards NGOs to provide relief, most Iraqis now seem to think that NGOs are working mainly for money and personal gain.
Juan Cole, Informed Comment AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 24, 2008. John McCain thinks that Iraq borders Pakistan while the troop agreement misses deadline and Mosul, Diyala, and Fallujah experience violence.
Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. July 21, 2008. The two sieges of Fallujah in 2004 destroyed 75 percent of the city. Now, amid crumbling security, the U.S. is poised to do it again.
Nir Rosen, The National, Abu Dhabi. June 14, 2008. As the U.S. tries to secure its "security agreement" in Iraq, the Mahdi Army remains the only genuine mass movement in Iraq.
Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. May 14, 2008. Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.
