Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. February 27, 2009. More U.S. troops in Afghanistan will spark a backlash in which religion combines with nationalism to oppose foreign intervention.
Ahmed Ali, Dahr Jamail, IPS News. August 27, 2008. A military operation that was said to target al-Qaeda has instead targeted Sunni Muslims, creating new sectarian tensions.
Robert S. Eshelman, In These Times. July 29, 2008. Veteran Iraq reporter Patrick Cockburn presents a historical portrait of the man leading the only true mass political movement in Iraq.
Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch. March 31, 2008. The recent explosion of violence is making a mockery of Bush's claim that America had turned the corner in Iraq.