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A NY Times reporter proves that we still do not understand Iraq

By / 1 Comment / 2 June 2013

A new book for the reading pile of folks following the Iraq War: Muqtada: Muqtada Al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq, Patrick Cockburn.  This post discusses not the review, but a revealing review of the book by Dexter Filkins in the 11 June issue of The New Republic. Cockburn’s book shows the …

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Who was right about Basra — experts or war bloggers?

By / 3 Comments / 6 June 2014

Here is the first follow-up to the my series of posts about the fighting in Basra, a test of credibility — matching the reporting from Iraq by some war bloggers against the analysis of area experts at home.  There are two sets of mainstream media articles displayed below.  Articles by two major publications that in effect …

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