Sunday, June 15, 2008

Iraq Starts To Fix Itself

Iraq Fighting 2007

From the Economist:

Its people are still suffering monstrously, but Iraq is doing far better than it was only a few months ago

AFTER all the blood and blunders, people are right to be sceptical when good news is announced from Iraq. Yet it is now plain that over the past several months, while Americans have been distracted by their presidential primaries, many things in Iraq have at long last started to go right.

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News From Other Sources On Iraq:
Anti-US cleric shifts strategy for Iraq elections -- Yahoo News
Anti-US Cleric Shifts Strategy for Iraq Elections -- ABC News
S-Iraq security pact 'not dead,' deal ready in July: Iraqi FM` -- Yahoo News
Troops Pour Into South Iraqi City -- BBC News
Iraq Will Take Control of 2 More Provinces in Coming Weeks -- Gateway Pundit
Troops pour into south Iraqi city -- BBC News
Maliki Moves Against Militants In Amarah, Iraq -- Strata-Sphere

My Comments: The momentum is definitely against the enemies of the new Iraq. This summer and the U.S. Presidential election in the fall will be the make or break period for both Iraq and the U.S.

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