Sadr and Hashemi both edging toward the door

Missing Links | May. 8, 2007 (Opinion)

Talk about volatility. IraqSlogger this morning headlines "AlQaeda on the run?", while CNN trumpets "Sunni demand could unravel Iraqi government." What a day for news!

Naturally these are exaggerations, but the point is that these "collapse" and "on the run" stories are part and parcel of the media fixation on finding a US "exit"-strategy, and soon. If AlQaeda is on the run, then maybe there would be one less argument for "staying". If the current ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 8, 2007 - 11:16 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - May 8, 2007 - 11:16 AM PDT
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 by Michael D. Lowe - May. 9, 2007

The story is indeed poorly written, data is not attributed to a source and the conclusions are not supported by any visible analysis. And I'm not really sure why this piece was written. However the commentary following the article is interesting as the author's sources reply to his assertions and actually debunk his conclusions.

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 by Mike LaBonte - May. 8, 2007

News analysis with links to sources for about half of the claims. Not enough evidence for the claims.

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 by Kaizar Campwala - May. 8, 2007
Kaizar posted this story.
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 by Michael Unverferth - May. 8, 2007

Poorly written, hard to follow. Mostly rumours and speculation. Not enough evidence to support the main premises.

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