“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
On Thursday I wrote about the situation in Diwaniya ( See: “If fighting erupts again, and this is very likely, we will have a very bad situation” ) according to this report from Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed the situation there at present is as follows:
The city is under a renewed curfew since yesterday.
American and Iraqi forces have […]
Ties to GOP Trumped Know-How Among Staff Sent to Rebuild Iraq
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 17, 2006; A01
Adapted from “Imperial Life in the Emerald City,” by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, copyright Knopf 2006
After the fall of Saddam Hussein’s government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted all […]
“The Loose Cannon in the Middle East”
Commentary No. 193, Sept. 15, 2006
Everyone’s attention is in the wrong place. Most analysts, journalists, and political leaders worry about some government doing something truly destabilizing in the Middle East that will launch widespread regional havoc. The standard culprits - differing according to one’s political persuasions - are Iraq, […]
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