Jared Levy, Ali Gharib, IPS News. June 6, 2009. Many analysts view the elections through the lens of the struggle between U.S. and Iranian regional hegemonic aspirations.
Abeer Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. June 4, 2009. Few believe the capital is reverting to an earlier era of sectarian violence, but most accept that bloodshed will plague Iraq for years to come.
Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch. April 14, 2009. As American troops prepare to leave, the Sunni who changed from insurgents to US allies over the last two years are fearful for their future.
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.
Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. February 1, 2009. The last regional poll, in 2005, triggered two years of civil war. This time, there was not a single major attack anywhere in the country.
Phoenix Woman, Firedoglake AlterNet: Election 2008. March 20, 2008. McCain keeps publicly making the false claim that Iran, a majority Shiite country, was supplying the mostly Sunni militant group, Al-Qaeda.
Juan Cole, MIT Center for International Studies. March 6, 2008. There are three major conflicts in Iraq -- and the U.S. is virtually powerless to stop them.
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.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 29, 2007. Amanda Terkel: Seymour Hersh says Bush thinks, "Yes, I may be at 30 percent in the polls, but in 20 or 30 years, they'll appreciate what I've done."
Robert Fisk, The Independent UK. February 10, 2007. For the first time, Sunni insurgents disclose their conditions for ceasefire in Iraq. The ball is now in Bush's court.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 21, 2006. As Iraq falls apart, rumors are flying that there will be a Bush-backed coup, an open three-sided civil war and a host of other nightmarish outcomes.
