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Iraq Victory Achieved with Handover?

Chris Dierkes | June 29, 2009
Bolger Baghdad Handover Photo

Tomorrow is the deadline for the exit of US Forces from the cities in Iraq, as per the details of the Status of Forces Agreement between the (then) Bush and Maliki governments.

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Ricks' The Gamble: Much Better Than Fiasco

Magnus Nordenman | March 31, 2009
Thomas Ricks The Gamble Cutaway

Thomas Ricks’ new book The Gamble is an excellent account of how the US strategy in Iraq changed in late 2006 in response to the near disaster that was the US occupation of Iraq starting in 2003.

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