Iraq: They Call This Stability?

Any true assessment of the happiness or misery of Iraqis must use a less crude index than the number of dead and injured. It must ask if people have been driven from their houses, and if they can return. It must say whether they have a job and, if they do not, whether they stand a chance of getting one. It has to explain why so few of the 3.2 million people who are refugees in Syria and Jordan, or inside Iraq, are coming back. Full Story »

Posted by Pam Rasmussen
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Posted by: Posted by Pam Rasmussen - Feb 18, 2008 - 5:06 AM PST
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Mark Monday
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by Mark Monday - Oct. 1, 2008

The story puts a human face on the war, making the article readable.

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Pam Rasmussen
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by Pam Rasmussen - Oct. 1, 2008

This article brings a very needed "big picture," "on the ground" perspective to the concept of "victory" in Iraq.

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