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.
