November 23, 2008 – 8:20 pm
There are probably days when the controllers of the Opinion pages at CBS News wish they had a bit more control: The President-Elect’s Opportunity In Iraq Declining levels of violence are going to tempt both American and Iraqi politicians to opt for a too-rapid deadline. They should be looking around the corner to elections next […]
November 22, 2008 – 7:43 am
Today we declare that November 22, 2008, is Victory in Iraq Day. We Won. Period. If people want to see what it looks like, just check out the papers. Having a hard time finding many stories about the Iraq war, eh? Not on the front page, eh? All that massive bad news is missing, eh? […]
November 20, 2008 – 8:38 am
Allahu Ackbar! BALAD, Iraq – Two Al Qaeda in Iraq and Islamic State of Iraq members wearing suicide vests self-detonated during an Iraqi Special Operations and Coalition forces operation Nov. 16. The suspected terrorists died during an ISOF operation to disrupt AQI/ISI activities in the Diyala province. Both of the assailants detonated their suicide vests […]
November 18, 2008 – 4:01 pm
Paging Dr. Cluebat. Paging Dr. Cluebat. Bush Reversal on Iraq Deadline Gives Obama Breathing Room By agreeing to a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, President Bush contradicted years of promises that he would never agree to anything but a “conditions-based” plan for phasing out the American military role there. But […]
November 17, 2008 – 9:00 pm
It’s coming. Are you ready? More: Go here for the VI Day post for the 22nd.
November 6, 2008 – 6:24 pm
Wait, things are going well in Iraq? The Surge is fulfilling its intentions? Holy Cow, Cartman! Gen. David H. Petraeus has decided to reduce the number of U.S. combat brigades in Iraq from 15 to 14 about six weeks earlier than planned, as a result of dramatically lower violence there, Pentagon officials said yesterday. Underpinning […]
November 1, 2008 – 9:21 am
Nominee for the “Let’s Tone It Down To Nap Time” headline award, the LA Times is a sure winner: U.S., Iraq fatalities dip in October The number of Iraqis killed in war-related violence in October was the lowest since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, Iraqi officials said Friday. The death toll was 278, including […]
October 21, 2008 – 9:33 pm
A very interesting story, and a good read, of the differences between Baghdad 2004 and Baghdad 2008 Eight hours earlier while I had coffee that morning, I talked to our security adviser about where I might photograph that day. When war was in full rumble we just planned to cover the worst of conflict on […]
October 14, 2008 – 8:34 am
Well, I can find this story in international papers, and small U.S. ones, but, none of the big U.S. news sources, other then the Washington Post. I wonder why? The commander of US military forces in Iraq has accused Iran of trying to bribe Iraqi legislators into rejecting a security deal with the US. Gen […]
October 11, 2008 – 5:16 pm
Wouldn’t want them reporting the good news now, would we? The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq’s growing stability and the financial strains faced by some news organizations. Stable? Who the hell authorized that word in the first paragraph on the front page of the Washington […]
