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Friday Roundup
In a new feature here at the blog, we’ll link to some of the major stories and developments that piqued our interest over the past week. Developments in Iraq Iraq Body Count confirms the deaths of 458 Iraqi civilians in the month of January alone. (Source: Iraq Body Count) As a “good-will gesture,” the Sunni [...]
New website, our final list…
Hello, friends and supporters of TLP. We’ve just launched our new site, which will be developed over the coming weeks and months principally to document our final effort here at the project: the final list. For the past two years, we exhorted the Obama administration not to follow the mistakes of previous administrations as it [...]
End Game in Iraq
The U.S. Government ignored our calls for contingency planning to protect U.S.-affiliated Iraqis as we withdrew from the country, claiming that they simply don’t anticipate violence directed at our former interpreters. This is, of course, nonsense, as nearly every withdrawal throughout history has been marked by a campaign of retribution against those who collaborated with [...]
The End…
Yesterday, the New York Times ran an op-ed of mine which compared the closing months of the American Revolution (and the fate of the Loyalists who sided with the British Empire) with the final period of the Iraq war. It is, as you might imagine, not a pleasant comparison. In 1783, the Brits sent hundreds [...]
The Status of Forces Agreement and the risks for Iraqis working with U.S.
The Status of Forces agreement that was signed by the United States and Iraq in 2008 is now under full implementation, as can be witnessed by the daily withdrawal of all American troops from the country. For Iraqis who have or are currently working with the United States, this presents a number of issues. The [...]
