A lot of stories have been breaking the last week. I'm posting several refernces here with no or minimal comments, although each of them could be the subject of a separate post.
The Unforgiving Minute by Billmon 04/04/04
AP: Bush Loyalists Pack Iraq Press Office Guardian (UK) 04/04/04
7 U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq as a Shiite Militia Rises Up by John Burns New York Times 04/05/04
US helicopters fire on Sadr supporters in Baghdad Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 04/05/04. Includes a report of the US-trained Iraqi police joining the Army of the Mahdi to fight the Americans.
Protests Unleashed by Cleric Mark a New Front in War by Anthony Shadid and Sewell Chan Washington Post 04/05/04. (Shadid just won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from Iraq.)
Iraqi Militia Provokes More Clashes by Anthony Shadid and Sewell Chan Washington Post 04/06/04.
Bush White House Deadlocked over Iraq by Juan Cole 04/06/04
U.S. Forces Take Heavy Losses As Violence Spreads Across Iraq by Anthony Shadid Washington Post 04/07/04.
Death of a Dream by Billmon 04/07/04
The Iran Factor by Juan Cole 04/06/04
Line Blurs Between Civilians, Fighters by Karl Vick and Anthony Shadid Washington Post 04/08/04.
Generals weary of low troop levels by Robert Novak Chicago Sun-Times 04/08/04
Seething City Filled With Dread by Anthony Shadid Washington Post 04/10/04.
Corpses litter Iraq rebel bastion Mail & Guardian (South Africa) 04/08/04
While coalition forces gain ground in southern Iraq, battles rage on San Jose Mercury News 04/09/04. Includes a poignant symbolic scene.
Marchers break through US roadblocks News.com.au (Australia) 04/09/04
Abizaid: I Will Not Take the Fall by George Paine Warblogging.com 04/09/04. Includes a discusses of the Nuremberg Principles on "aggressive war." Paine has paid close attention to international legal issues involved in this war.
Gunfire undercuts halt in fighting in Fallujah (AP) San Diego Union-Tribune 04/09/04. Reports that the Marines were allowing all civilians but military-aged men to leave Fallujah, which certainly has creepy overtones in my mind.
Iraq's enemy within Guardian (UK) 04/10/04
Fallujah Bloodbath threatens US-Appointed Iraqi Government with Collapse by Juan Cole 04/10/04
As fighting continues, quest to bring democracy to Iraq nears failure by Warren Strobel Knight-Ridder 04/10/04
U.S. Targeted Fiery Cleric In Risky Move by Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Anthony Shadid Washington Post 04/11/04
FUBAR by Billmon 04/11/04. This may be remember as the Bush-and-Rummy FUBAR war.
British commanders condemn US military tactics Daily Telegraph (Australia) 04/11/04. Signs of military discipline breaking down.
War's Fully Fury Is Suddenly Everywhere by Geffrey Gettleman New York Times 04/11/04
Anti-U.S. Outrage United a Growing Iraqi Resistance by Geffrey Gettleman New York Times 04/11/04
Series of U.S. Fumbles Blamed for Turmoil in Postwar Iraq by Robin Wright Washington Post 04/11/04
Iraqi Batallion Refuses to Fight Iraqis Phil Carter's Intel Dump blog 04/11/04
Muqtada's Fate by Juan Cole 04/11/04
How GI bullies are making enemies of their Iraqi friends Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) 04/12/04. More signs of military discipline breaking down.
Our Last Real Chance by Fareed Zakaria Newsweek (04/19/04 issue)
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