The article below is from Stratfor.com . (The above photo of an Iraqi soldier is from www.michaelyon-online.com ): * * * * Iraq Endgame b...

If anything can destroy the new Iraq, it will be the internal strife that has always plagued that country. (A prior Shiite demonstration is ...

The radical Shiites will remain the biggest threat to a unified and democratic Iraq. The ultimate goal is a Shiite theocracy like Iran and t...

The following article was posted on military.com. While the Iraqis will certainly be glad to run their own country, it is still annoying tha...

The following article discusses the problems in negotiations between Iraq and the United States on our continued presence there: * * * * ...

I know it's been awhile since my last posting (sorry about that). I have been traveling again, but it looks like that is slowly coming ...

I've been busy at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, but I'm glad to see all the reports about the improvements in Iraq because of the surg...

While I was in Baghdad in 2004, I asked an Iraqi civilian if he was glad that Saddam Hussein was gone from the scene and he said, “Oh, yes, ...

Success in Iraq will depend on how the Iraqi government deals – or fails to deal – with the Shiite militias like the Mahdi Army. To watch a ...

One day in 2004, my team and I stood by at the front doors of the Water Palace (Al Faw Palace) at Camp Victory. As a protective service det...

Back in 2004, the Mahdi Army consisted of only a few thousand members, mostly young street hoodlums attracted to Muqtada al Sadr because his...

"For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know." Quote from the Vietnam War No citizen can...

My “series” of posts on Muqtada al Sadr and the Mahdi Army continues. Al Sadr may be trying to position himself in order to eventually dec...