Private military companies have been engaged in an intense struggle in recent months – over a $475 million deal billed, perhaps optimistically, as the last major security contract in Iraq. The contract, originally due to be awarded on April 10, involves a wide...
If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, then self-righteousness is the trapdoor hidden under the rug. Both ruses were on parade as Tony Blair delivered the long-awaited farewell address to his Sedgefield constituency. It was a vintage Blair performance full...
Many of my colleagues, faced with the reality that the war in Iraq is not going well, line up to place all the blame on the president. The president "mismanaged" the war, they say. "It's all the president's fault," they claim. In reality, much of...
After initially spurning the Iraq Study Group's (ISG) recommendations, President Bush now seems inclined toward the ISG's recommendation of transforming the U.S. military's role from fighting insurgents and militias into a smaller force that would train Iraqi forces...
ARBIL - The working environment for Iraq's journalists is becoming increasingly dangerous and difficult, with 31 killed since the start of this year, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The dire situation has prompted both international and...
TEHRAN - While the Iranian regime has been categorical that negotiations with the European Union over its controversial nuclear program are isolated from planned talks with the United States over security in Iraq, the timing of the parleys are such that overlap may be...
The World Bank has just appointed a new country for Iraq despite security and corruption concerns, according to a leaked document. The news emerged just days after outgoing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz promised not make any major new appointments at the...
Updated at 12:14 a.m. EDT, May 23, 2007Violence once again exploded in the capital with a significant bombing in Amil and a minibus attack near Tunis. Overall, at least 105 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 121 Iraqis were wounded during attacks. Also, the body of...
Hey, aren't we the most exceptional nation in history? George Bush and his pals thought so – and they were in a great American tradition of exceptionalism. Of course, they were imagining us as the most exceptional empire in history (or maybe at the end of it),...
The Winograd committee of inquiry is not a part of the solution. It is a part of the problem. Now, after the first excitement caused by the publication of the partial report has died down, it is possible to evaluate it. The conclusion is that it has done much more...
