This story was buried on page A21 of the Washington Post yesterday: A new assessment of U.S. policy in Iraq by the same experts who advised the original Iraq Study Group concludes that political progress is “so slow, halting and superficial” and political fragmentation “so pronounced” that the United States is no closer to being […]
The surge was supposed to give the Iraqi government “breathing room” so they could get the government functioning. Well it looks like that is getting ready to take a serious blow: The speaker of Iraq’s fragmented parliament threatened Tuesday to disband the legislature, saying it is so riddled with distrust it appears unable to adopt […]
Great! Why don’t the Iraqi parliament take another month off then! Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday until the end of the month because of the Muslim religious season _ the end of much-delayed efforts to pass U.S.-backed legislation aimed at achieving national reconciliation this year. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, meanwhile, welcomed a report from […]
Via Associated Press Army Planning for 4 More Years in Iraq By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer The Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of soldiers in Iraq  well over 100,000  for four more years, the Army’s top general said Saturday. In an Associated Press interview, Gen. Peter […]