AltWeeklies Wire
Tennessee Troops Patrol Volatile Eastern Iraqnew

Diyali Province is a potential battleground between Iraq's religious and ethnic groups, and between the West and Iran. The fear is of a full-on, all-out, 1,000-dead-per-day war, like the one between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s.
The Village Voice |
David Axe |
02-25-2005 |
War
Memo by U.S. Official in Iraq Says CPA Is Too Isolatednew
The unnamed memo writer begins by emphasizing the positive: the sincere gratitude of the Iraqis and bustling commerce in Baghdad. But he warns that the Coalition Provisional Authority is isolated by its "security bubble" and must be careful not to project weakness to insurgents and corrupt Governing Council members.
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Anonymous |
04-28-2004 |
International
Tags: Iraq, Civil War, Kurds, weapons, international, Baghdad, Coalition Provisional Authority, Governing Council, nepotism, L. Paul Bremer, Ahmed Chalabi, Ayhem al-Sammarai, black market, Dan Senor, Iraqi National Congress, memo, Nesreen Berwari, Sam Gardiner, Shias, Sunnis, United Nations Oil-For-Food Program, US AID
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Content of Memo by Adviser in Iraq Revealednew
April 28, 2004: The postwar stabilization of Iraq is not going well enough, a Coalition Provisional Authority official wrote in a memo in early March. The result: "Baghdadis have an uneasy sense that they are heading towards civil war."
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Jason Vest |
04-28-2004 |
War
Tags: Iraq, Civil War, Kurds, weapons, Baghdad, Coalition Provisional Authority, Governing Council, nepotism, L. Paul Bremer, Ahmed Chalabi, Ayhem al-Sammarai, black market, Dan Senor, Iraqi National Congress, memo, Nesreen Berwari, Sam Gardiner, Shias, Sunnis, United Nations Oil-For-Food Program, US AID, war & peace