PROGRESS IN IRAQ: FACTS AND ANALYSIS
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Iraq Should Not Let Terror Postpone Elections by James Carafano and Dana R. Dillon
December 15, 2004
It’s one of the oldest military axioms: “The enemy gets a vote.” And it couldn’t be any truer than it is in Iraq.
What Happens After Iraq Votes by Peter Brookes
December 14, 2004
Despite the prospect of increased violence, Iraq's interim government is holding firm on its commitment to hold the first post-Saddam elections next month.
Biased coverage in Iraq by Helle Dale
December 2, 2004
If you trust most media accounts fed to American viewers and readers, Iraq is an unmitigated disaster. There is no security throughout the country, and ...
We’re Not in this Alone by Edwin J. Feulner
November 23, 2004
Just a year ago, Italian troops in Iraq were bleeding and dying.
On Nov. 12, 2003, a truck crashed into the Italian headquarters in the southern ...
Fallujah the key to a safer Iraq by James Phillips
October 20, 2004
Fallujah's days as a breeding ground for terrorists may be about to end — and not a moment too soon.
Getting the Facts Straight on Iraq by Jack Spencer
October 19, 2004
When it comes to Iraq, Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards just don’t get it.
Iraq Looking Up by Peter Brookes
October 18, 2004
You wouldn't know it from most of the pun dits or the evening news broadcasts, but things are looking up in Iraq.
Bunker-Buster Brouhaha by Peter Brookes
October 15, 2004
Bush and Sen. John Kerry agree upon one thing - the proliferation of WMD, especially into the hands of terrorists, is the single greatest threat ...
To Honor Iraqi Democracy by James Phillips and Jack Spencer
October 15, 2004
The best way to build a stable Iraq is to give as many Iraqis as possible a vested interest in building stability as soon as ...
Saddam's Bluff by Helle Dale
October 13, 2004
Would we have gone into Iraq had we known what he know today about the state of Saddam Hussein's programs for the production of weapons ...
Kofi Annan's Iraq Blunder by Nile Gardiner and James Phillips
October 12, 2004
Opponents of the war in Iraq have used many choice words to describe the U.S.-led military action there.
Wishful Thinking by Helle Dale
October 6, 2004
Does Mr. Kerry actually believe there could have been a right war at the wrong time in the wrong place?
Cynicism Won’t Win the War In Iraq by Joseph Loconte
September 30, 2004
If the Bush administration can be criticized for clinging to naïve assumptions about the prospects for democracy in Iraq, many of its critics now seem ...
Oil-for-Corruption? by Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
September 30, 2004
The cover-up is always worse than the crime, they say. But that doesn’t necessarily hold true when you’re dealing with the crime of the century ...
Cynicism won’t win the war in Iraq by Joseph Loconte
September 30, 2004
The Bush administration seems to have discarded its rosy illusions about nation-building in Iraq. It’s time for...
The World is a Safer Place by Peter Brookes
September 12, 2004
Interview-style op-ed on U.S. casualties in Iraq by Peter Brookes for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
U.N. Shareholders Due Oil-for-Food Answers by Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
August 19, 2004
It was an image many investors yearned to see: Former Enron executive Ken Lay in handcuffs, facing civil and criminal charges stemming from the collapse ...
The Threat We Couldn't Ignore by Jack Spencer & Olivia Albrecht
July 27, 2004
We were right to go into Iraq," President Bush said recently. Is he right? Before we answer, let's look back at what two politicians were ...
Women of Iraq by Helle Dale
July 27, 2004
When members of Congress recently asked a delegation of Iraqi women what they thought of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the answer came right back, ...
The Senate Intel Report: Slam Flunk by Peter Brookes
July 12, 2004
The CIA's chief called it a "slam dunk" back in the spring of 2003. But yester day the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence confirmed that ...
Abu Ghraib Shows Limits of Carnival Barking by Helle Dale and Stephen Johnson
July 2, 2004
The media may not be aware of it, but the Bush administration has a good story to tell about its efforts to democratize and pacify ...
Making the Occupation Work by James Jay Carafano
July 1, 2004
The torch was being passed. Speeches were made. The United States transferred sovereignty from the occupation authorities to the new postwar government.
A new beginning for Iraq by Helle Dale
June 30, 2004
It would be nice to think that we can see the end of the U.S. deployment in Iraq, but that’s yet too soon.
Cashing in on Iraq by Peter Brookes
June 1, 2004
Listening to the French, Germans, Russians and Chinese demand changes to the proposed American-British U.N. resolution on Iraq last week, you'd think they hit the ...
Down the Sewer to Abu Ghraib by Rebecca Hagelin
May 26, 2004
The horrific images of degrading acts by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison are, in a sense, nothing new. Millions of Americans feast on similar ...
American Politicians Go Too Far in Condemning The Abuses of Iraqi Prisoners at Abu Ghraib by Joseph Loconte
May 25, 2004
We don't know yet the full extent of the damage to America's international reputation, thanks to the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison. But one thing ...
POWs, their jailers by Helle Dale
May 14, 2004
Americans are struggling to comprehend what happened to the fresh-faced young people we sent to Iraq.
Stealing Defeat from the Jaws of Victory in Iraq by Peter Brookes
May 13, 2004
President Bush’s political opponents are trying to make electoral hay over the Abu Ghraib prison nightmare. That’s predictable. But it’s unfortunate, too, as the political ...
Prisoner abuse and the rot of American culture by Rebecca Hagelin
May 11, 2004
Every decent person I know has reacted in horror to the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners in Al Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
Too Late To Tweak Budget by James Jay Carafano
May 3, 2004
Should we approve a supplemental defense appropriation for Iraq now?No.
Solving the Iraqi Standoff by Peter Brookes
April 26, 2004
Successfully ending the festering insurgencies in Fallujah and Najaf in the upcoming days could be the most important event of the entire Iraqi campaign.
Food for fraud by Helle Dale
April 21, 2004
Of the many appalling aspects of Saddam Hussein's tyranny, one of the most unforgivable was the pain and death he inflicted on Iraq's children. And ...
A Free Iraq: Worth the Price by Jason Doré
April 20, 2004
Recent headlines paint a gloomy picture of the coalition effort in Iraq. “Anarchy across Iraq” screams London’s Evening Standard. “U.S. Forces Take Heavy Losses as ...
Comparing Iraq and Vietnam by James Jay Carafano
April 16, 2004
If the results of one war could serve as a tutorial for the next -- if generals truly could fight the last war every time ...
Bennett, Iraq & doing what is right by Rebecca Hagelin
April 13, 2004
Yes, the situation in Iraq is messy, Bennett said in a powerful speech "In the issue that matters most – our survival, the civilized world's ...
Iraq- What To Do: No Time To Go Wobbly by Peter Brookes
April 12, 2004
In war, sometimes the only easy day was yesterday. That military maxim would seem to apply to Iraq over the last 10 days - one ...
Girl Power Advances: New Deal for Afghan and Iraqi Women by Helle Dale
March 10, 2004
If you trust the report released last week by Amnesty International on “Violence against Women,” there is unrelentingly bleak news for women all over the ...
No Evidence of WMDs Required by Jack Spencer
February 29, 2004
"Pre-emptive warfare didn't become a thing of the past in Iraq – More likely, it's part of the future."
Those elusive WMD by Helle Dale
February 11, 2004
Ever since the chief weapons inspector David Kay told the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 28 that he has despaired of finding Iraq’s stockpiles ...
More Speed, Less Haste: Don’t Rush Elections In Iraq by Helle Dale
January 22, 2004
They want popular elections, and they want them now. In fact, yesterday would have been better. That is the word from the leaders of Iraq’s ...
The Iraqi Mafia: An Evolving Insurgency by Dana Dillon and Melissa Parham
January 15, 2004
America is developing new methods and tactics to defeat an unpopular and increasingly criminal Iraqi insurgency. The U.S. will drive that insurgency out of existence ...
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