Operation Iraqi Freedom/External Links: Year Five (Part Three)

Year Five - Beyond Quagmire of Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced on March 19, 2007.

This section is Part 3 and begins with August 1, 2007.


 * Part 1 covers March 19, 2007 - April 30, 2007
 * Part 2 covers May through July 2007

Also see Task Bar for more links.

Background

 * "Iraq on the Record: The Bush Administration's Public Statements on Iraq" presented by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform website. Searchable by name of Bush administration official, topic, or key word.
 * "A Timeline of the Iraq War" from Think Progress.

August 2007

 * Michael Schwartz, "Benchmarking Iraq for Disaster," Tomdispatch.com, August 1, 2007.
 * Stephanie Kirchgaessner, "US Iraq pull-out may start this year, says Gates," Financial Times (UK), August 5, 2007.
 * "US strategic review in Iraq," Herald Sun (Australia), August 6, 2007.
 * Glenn Kessler, "Weapons Given to Iraq Are Missing. GAO Estimates 30% of Arms Are Unaccounted For," Washington Post, August 6, 2007.
 * Doug Feaver, "When Weapons Go Missing," dot.comments Blog/Washington Post, August 6, 2007.
 * Chris Hedges, "Beyond Disaster," Truthdig, August 6, 2007.
 * Greg Sargent, "Iraq Travel Companion Of O'Hanlon, Pollack Reveals: I'm Much More Pessimistic About Iraq," Talking Points Memo, August 7, 2007. re Michael E. O'Hanlon and Kenneth M. Pollack; see Anthony H. Cordesman, "The Tenuous Case for Strategic Patience in Iraq: A Trip Report," Center for Strategic & International Studies, August 6, 2007.
 * Satyam Khanna, "O’Hanlon/Pollack Rebuffed By Travel Companion Cordesman: ‘I Did Not See Any Dramatic Change’," Think Progress, August 9, 2007.
 * Satyam Khanna, "O’Hanlon: Iraq Trip Relied On ‘The Itinerary The Defense Department Developed’," Think Progress, August 12, 2007.


 * Jordan Grossman, "After Four Years of Certainty, McCain ‘Not Positive We Can Win’ In Iraq," Think Progress, August 8, 2007. re John McCain
 * Greg Sargent, "Aarrgghh! False New Media Meme Claims That War Critics Across The Board See Progress In Iraq," Talking Points Memo, August 9, 2007: re new war meme: "Iraq critics concede military progress"
 * Faiz Shakir, "Schakowsky On Iraq Visit: ‘Surge Is A Failure,’ Warns There Is ‘Major PR Effort Going On’," Think Progress, August 10, 2007.
 * Joe Sudbay, "Bush's War Czar thinks 'it makes sense to certainly consider' a draft," AMERICAblog, August 10, 2007.
 * Joe Sudbay, "A decade more in Iraq according to Bush's General, David Petraeus. Yes, it's an endless war," AMERICAblog, August 10, 2007.
 * Mike Allen, "New Iraq report to warn of attack," The Politico, August 11, 2007. re National Intelligence Estimate
 * John Aravosis, "Dear General Petraeus, stop lying about the 'surge' - it has nothing to do with Al Anbar province and you know it," AMERICAblog, August 11, 2007. re troop surge in Iraq and David Petraeus
 * Joe Sudbay, "Yet another new strategy for Bush's endless war in Iraq: The Draft," AMERICAblog, August 11, 2007.
 * "Video Surfaces of Cheney, in 1994, Warning That An Invasion of Iraq Would Lead to 'Quagmire'," Editor & Publisher, August 12, 2007. Video: "Dick Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire", April 15, 1994; posted August 10, 2007, by GrandTheftCountry on YouTube. re Dick Cheney
 * Peter Beaumont, "Fatigue cripples US army in Iraq," The Observer (UK), August 12, 2007.
 * John Bruhns, "The place is here and the time is NOW," AMERICAblog, August 12, 2007.
 * Satyam Khanna, "British MPs Urge Break With Bush On Iraq, Escalation ‘Not Likely To Succeed’," Think Progress, August 13, 2007.
 * Matt Corley, "Petraeus To Testify Before Senate On September 11," Think Progress, August 20, 2007.
 * Satyam Khanna, "REPORT: 68 Percent Of Foreign Policy Experts Favor Redeployment From Iraq," Think Progress, August 20, 2007.
 * Faiz Shakir, "Levin: Escalation’s Goals Have ‘Totally And Utterly Failed,’ Begin Withdrawal In Less Than 4 Months," Think Progress, August 20, 2007.
 * Daniel W. Reilly, "Senators give surge mixed reviews," The Politico, August 20, 2007.
 * Paul Rieckhoff, "The 82nd Airborne vs. the Brookings Institution: Who Do You Trust for a Real View of Iraq?" The Huffington Post, August 20, 2007.
 * Maj.Gen. John Batiste (Ret.), "Gen. Batiste’s Op-Ed That The WSJ And The Washington Times Didn’t Want You To See," Think Progress, August 22, 2007.
 * Matt Corley, "After Only 10 Hours In Iraq, Sens. Corker And Alexander See ‘Clear Success’," Think Progress, August 22, 2007.

September 2007

 * Joe Sudbay, "'Sectarian deaths are down' unless you count the dead bodies," AMERICAblog, September 2, 2007.
 * Faiz Shakir, "Blitzer Dismantles Rep. Boustany’s Assertions Of Progress In Iraq," Think Progress, September 2, 2007.
 * "Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq," Think Progress, September 3, 2007.
 * "Bush's surge escalated ethnic cleansing," Think Progress, September 3, 2007.
 * "Undercutting Bush's claims of success in Anbar," Think Progress, September 3, 2007.
 * Joe Sudbay, "Reality in Iraq: 'recent improvements are sometimes tenuous, temporary, even illusory'," AMERICAblog, September 4, 2007.
 * John Aravosis, "Bush promotes Al Anbar as success story - too bad Anbar had nothing to do with the surge," AMERICAblog, September 4, 2007.
 * Karen DeYoung, "Experts Doubt Drop In Violence in Iraq. Military Statistics Called Into Question," Washington Post, September 6, 2007.
 * Karen DeYoung, "Iraqi Army Unable To Take Over Within A Year, Report Says. Breakup of National Police Is Urged," Washington Post, September 6, 2007.
 * Joe Sudbay, "Petraeus will say violence is down in Iraq because he's not counting the violence in Iraq," AMERICAblog, September 6, 2007.
 * Matthew Yglesias, "GI Fatalities in Iraq" (higher than last year), The Atlantic, September 6, 2007.
 * William Branigin, "Petraeus: U.S. Forces Have Achieved 'Uneven' Results," Washington Post, September 7, 2007.
 * Amanda Terkel, "Progress In Anbar Initiated Four Months Before Bush’s Escalation," Think Progress, September 9, 2007.
 * Kevin Drum, "The Chaos Hawks," Washington Monthly, September 9, 2007.
 * Michael R. Gordon, "Delay Decision on Major Cuts, Petraeus Says," New York Times, September 10, 2006.
 * Peter Baker, et al., "Among Top Officials, 'Surge' Has Sparked Dissent, Infighting," Washington Post, September 10, 2007.
 * "The chart Petraeus won’t show," Think Progress, September 10, 2007.
 * Brandon Friedman, "Two of the Seven NYT Op-Ed Soldiers Have Died in Iraq," The Daily Kos, September 11, 2007.
 * See related: TRex, "That Other Op-Ed," Firedoglake Blog, August 21, 2007.


 * Carey Gillam, "Stars and Stripes flies low as lost soldiers are mourned," Reuters (Gulf Times), September 15, 2007.
 * A.J. Rossmiller, "Even minor progress claims don't hold up," AMERICAblog, September 18, 2007.
 * John Aravosis, "One week after Petraeus says all is well, US bans almost land travel by American govt. officials in Iraq," AMERICAblog, September 18, 2007.
 * Amanda Terkel, "U.S. Suspends ‘Land Travel’ Outside The Green Zone For Civilian And Diplomatic Officials," Think Progress, September 18, 2007.
 * "Public not buying Bush spin," Think Progress, September 18, 2007.
 * Spencer Ackerman, "Exclusive: Petraeus' Sectarian Death Count Methodology," TPMmuckraker, September 21, 2007. Also see "MNF-I Ethno-sectarian Violence Methodology," ''Talking Points Memo Document Collection, September 21, 2007.
 * Mark Sauer, "Generals opposing Iraq war break with military tradition," San Diego Union-Tribune, September 23, 2007.

October 2007

 * Nick Langewis and Mike Aivaz, "Former Iraq commander indicts Bush Administration and Iraq war: 'A nightmare with no end in sight'," The Raw Story, October 12, 2007. re Ricardo Sanchez
 * Jeff Schogol, "Sanchez, former U.S. commander in Iraq, calls war 'a nightmare with no end in sight'," Stars and Stripes, October 13, 2007.
 * 12 former Army captains, Op-Ed: "The Real Iraq We Knew," Washington Post, October 16, 2007.
 * Satyam Khanna, "Petraeus May Renege On Withdrawal Plans If ‘Security Situation Deteriorates’ In Iraq Next Year," Think Progress, October 22, 2007.