Vow to Fight Raises Question: Is Calm in Iraq Just the Eye of the Storm?

McClatchy by Leila Fadel | Mar. 31, 2009 (News Report)

Most Iraqis think that today's lower level of violence is the eye, not the end, of the storm, and that the decisive power struggles are just beginning. The U.S.-backed Iraqi government is widely regarded as an undeserving group of exiles who returned to Iraq on the backs of American tanks. Full Story »

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Apr. 1, 2009

This article presents an enlightening glimpse into and conversation with one of the families we are fighting in Iraq.

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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 1, 2009

Fadel seems to get stories from Iraqis who are on the ground and in the action, giving a vivid image of thoughts and motivations.

It may be some storm.

No one thinks that the Americans will leave, despite Obama’s promises to draw down troops. Iraqis have heard American promises before, promises that never came to ... More »

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