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Gareth Porter, Truthout: After the collapse of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps in the face of the Sunni insurgency of 2004, General David Petraeus led the US war strategy to a dependence on Shi'a militia that inflamed sectarian war - a development that flew beneath the news media s radar. Part 2 of 4.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13122-how-petraeus-quietly-stoked-the-fires-of-sectarian-war-without-getting-burned



Petraeus Rising: Managing the ''War of Perceptions'' in Iraq

Gareth Porter, Truthout: The story of how David Petraeus s much-heralded crowning achievement in Iraq was constructed reveals a series of contradictions that undermine the Petraeus myth. Petraeus took the command in Iraq with so little commitment to the mission that he took the extraordinary precaution of preparing his personal exit strategy if he did not believe he could make a credible case for success.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13310-petraeus-rising-managing-the-war-of-perceptions-in-iraq



A Year After US Troops Withdraw from Iraq, Fog of War Thickens

Andrew Lam, New American Media: In its wake, the Iraq war has left us with more questions than answers.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13307-a-year-after-us-troops-withdraw-from-iraq-fog-of-war-thickens

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Why remember Iraq?

Antiwar.com
by Philip Giraldi

12/13/12

Most Americans would prefer to forget that we are approaching the first anniversary of the expulsion of U.S. military forces from Iraq. The Republican Party, which rallied behind George W. Bush to invade the country and occupy it, has suffered from a short memory relating to that misbegotten war even as it agitates for new and similar military interventions. Much of the silence on the subject is certainly due to the fact that most Democrats and nearly all the media were also on board, though perhaps for reasons that did not completely coincide with the Bush neocons? imperial vision...

http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2012/12/12/why-remember-iraq/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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