Daniel Bruno Sanz: The Fool’s Errand (The Huffington Post)
Change the names, dates and particulars of the Algerian War, the Vietnam War and Soviet war in Afghanistan, and the history of mighty powers recycles itself in Af-Pak-Iraq.
Blair warned Bush against Iraq push (BigPond News)
George W Bush first mentioned a link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda to Tony Blair days after 9/11.
Iraq sees alarming rise in cancers, deformed babies (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The guns are gradually falling silent in Iraq as a fragile stability takes hold, turning the spotlight on a stealthier killer likely to stalk Iraqis for years to come.
Blair asked defence chiefs to prepare war strategy a year before Iraq invasion (New Kerala)
London, Dec. 1 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair asked his defence chiefs to secretly chart out a war strategy in June 2002 – nearly a year before the Iraq invasion, an Iraq war inquiry panel has been told.
Blair-Bush Texas meeting sealed Iraq fate (Press TV)
UK’s Iraq war inquiry has revealed that ex-premier Tony Blair had assured George Bush of backing ‘regime change’ in Iraq, 11 months before the 2003 invasion.
Iraqi general assassinated in disputed city of Kirkuk (MalaysiaNews.net)
Kirkuk, Iraq – A general from the Iraqi army’s military intelligence service was killed in the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday, police told the German Press Agency dpa. Mohammed Khade…
Oil Companies Look to the Future in Iraq (New York Times)
Major oil companies are finally gaining access to Iraq s petroleum reserves, but at far less advantageous terms than they once envisioned.
Obama’s exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation (Salon.com)
The “new” approach touted by White House officials seems quite old.
Iraqi civilian deaths drop to lowest level of war (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The civilian death toll in Iraq fell to its lowest level in November since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion as bombings receded, defying predictions of a spike in violence before an election next year, officials said on Monday.
At last, Obama to roll out Afghan strategy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama on Tuesday makes a globally awaited address on his new Afghan war plan and big troop surge strategy, shouldering the most perilous burden yet of a presidency defined by crises.
