And, the ugly. Here’s Iraq today. We’ll start with the headlines in USA Today -
Military rates 75% of Baghdad neighborhoods secure
About 75% of Baghdad’s neighborhoods are now secure, a dramatic increase from 8% a year ago when President Bush ordered more troops to the capital, U.S. military figures show. The military classifies 356 of Baghdad’s 474 neighborhoods in the “control” or “retain” category of its four-tier security rating system, meaning [...]
On the other hand…
‘Iraq’s government is at a stalemate.’
Writing in the Washington Post this morning, Iraq’s national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie says that “Iraq’s government is at a stalemate.” Al-Rubaie writes that “it has been impossible to maintain a political consensus on many important issues,” partially because “the U.S.-dominated coalition, which [...]
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