Reality Is Totally Different

Middle East Online by Dahr Jamail | Jan. 29, 2008 (Interview)

This March 19 will be the fifth anniversary of the shock-and-awe air assault on Baghdad that signaled the opening of the invasion of Iraq, and when it comes to the American occupation of that country, no end is yet in sight. If Republican presidential candidate John McCain has anything to say about it, the occupation may never end. On January 7th, he assured reporters that he was more than fine with the idea of the US military remaining in Iraq for 100 ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

The anecdotal evidence is important to read, and gives a pulse on the ideas of the occupation in the mind of Iraqis. However, this piece really requires a rigorous comparison between what the Administration has said and a 'reality' that includes official statistics, and reporting from Iraq, which this is not.

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