Iraqi Christians protest new election law (USA Today)
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians rallied in northern Iraq on Sunday to protest a new provincial elections law they say denies them their rights because it fails to give them a guaranteed number of seats on provincial councils.
Iraqi Christians protest new election law (Boston Herald)
BAGHDAD – Hundreds of Iraqi Christians rallied in northern Iraq on Sunday to protest a new provincial elections law they say denies them their rights because it fails to give…
Book review: The War Within (The Kansas City Star)
After nearly six years of reporting and four books that drilled deep into the secret recesses of the Bush administration, reporter and editor Bob Woodward has reached a conclusion: When the roll of great wartime presidents is called, George Bush is unlikely to be among them.
Debate Evades Dark Realities (Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel)
Perhaps it s unrealistic to expect a U.S. presidential debate to deal substantively and honestly with wrongful actions by the American government, even at the end of George W. Bush s eight-year reign as one of the planet s preeminent rogue operatives.
Odierno Ready For New Post-Surge Mission (CBS News)
Gen. Ray Odierno tells 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl he has the soft touch needed to handle the post-surge phase of the war in Iraq in his first interview since taking command. Sunday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Maureen Dowd: Sound, but no fury (International Herald Tribune)
During the debate McCain was aggressively erratic, while Obama willfully continued to refuse to accept what debates are all about.
US ambassador appeals for patience in Iraq (The Charlotte Observer)
U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Sunday accused Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the United States, and said Americans need to view Iraq with “a sense of strategic patience” because the stakes in the region are so high. The 37-year veteran diplomat, interviewed by The Associated Press at his embassy in Baghdad, is in the middle of tough negotiations with Iraqi …
Review: ‘The War Within’ by Bob Woodward (Chicago Sun-Times)
If the momentum rolling forward in Iraq culminates in success, as looks increasingly likely, historians will wonder why President Bush clung so long to a failing strategy and rosy pronouncements before finally shaking up his war policies and replacing his civilian and military commanders.
Baghdad unsafe for insurgents, general says (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Brig. Gen. Robin Swan, a Ford City native, notes a power shift in Baghdad in the past 17 months.
AP Interview: US ambassador says Americans need to maintain ‘strategic patience’ in Iraq (AM New York)
BAGHDAD (AP) _ U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Sunday accused Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the United States, and said Americans need to view Iraq with “a sense of strategic patience” because the stakes in the region are so high.
Remarks at the Middle East Policy Forum (Scoop.co.nz)
John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
Police kill Kurdish politician in Iraq (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
BAGHDAD – Iraqi police fatally shot a Kurdish politician yesterday in one of Iraq’s most volatile provinces, a killing that underlines the growing tensions between Kurds and Arabs in parts of the north.
Report Confirms Iraq Used Sarin in 1991 (Arms Control Association)
U.S. investigators have confirmed that Iraq used chemical weapons to quash a Shiite uprising after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The information was uncovered by the Iraq Survey Group (ISG), the task force established following the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 to determine the state of Iraq s weapons of mass destruction programs, but was little noticed when the ISG issued its final three-volume report …
Iraqi Christians protest end to quotas in vote law (AP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of Iraqi Christians rallied in northern Iraq on Sunday to protest a new elections law they say denies them their rights because it doesn’t guarantee their minority any seats on provincial councils.
