Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. June 30, 2009. It is very doubtful that, decades from now, Iraqis will tell their grandchildren about where they were on June 30, 2009.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 7, 2009. It's hard not to wonder about the 'coincidence' of Obama’s visit being confined to the airport amidst a rising tide of violence in Iraq.
Abeer Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. January 21, 2009. Among Iraqis, joy at the U.S. handover is tempered by doubts about the competence of its new guards.
Tom A. Peter, Christian Science Monitor. January 6, 2009. The $592 million, 104-acre compound will house some 1,200 U.S. government employees from 14 federal agencies, indefinitely.
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. January 1, 2009. The timing of this slow transfer happily coincides with the transfer of power in Washington DC -- let's hope for a chance for a new beginning.
Patrick Cockburn, The Nation. July 22, 2008. With Iraqis more concerned with electricity that the U.S. election, a timetable for withdrawal is the best Obama could give them.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. April 24, 2008. Since the press doesn't bother to ask key questions, here's an attempt to unravel the situation in Iraq.
Steve Niva, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 23, 2008. Through its awful Iraq strategy, the U.S. is re-creating itself in the image of a country permanently at war with the Arab and Muslim world.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. February 13, 2008. Journalist Dahr Jamail talks about the current state of Iraq and why an immediate withdrawal of American troops is necessary.