Monday, April 30, 2007

Reports About Iraq

SEARCH BLOG: IRAQ

I was up at 4 a.m. so when I saw William S' email with the following links, I began the arduous process of going through them. Most of you hear the nightly "capsules" of information about Iraq. These links are probably more than you can chew on, but do contain some very interesting insights about the politics and military operations in Iraq. I recommend the Charlie Rose interview.
Full Transcript (90 minute interview on Iraq)
A conversation with President Bush
Interview with Charlie Rose, aired 24 April 2007
transcript made available by the International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/25/news/gwb.php
or here (a French source):
full transcript in one long page (text size is adjustable):
and video:
Full Transcript (lengthy news media Q&A)
DoD News Briefing with General Petraeus from the Pentagon
April 26, 2007 10:00 AM EDT
U.S. Department of Defense
and video:
C-SPAN video of DoD briefing by General Petraeus - 26 April 2007
http://www.c-span.org/rss/video.asp?MediaID=30670
(the video may not be available)
March 2007
9010 Report to Congress (45 pages)
Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq
U.S. Department of Defense
and here:
HTML version (excluding charts in the original)
April 2007
Section 1227 Report to Congress
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rpt/1227/83923.htm
You ought to at least scan the 1227 Report to Congress... and wonder how may congressmen actually heard/read it.

Just one other thought: Americans seem to be fascinated with videos of explosions and the insurgents in Iraq are very aware of this fascination. It's like the sleight-of-hand tricks of the sideshow magician who gets you to focus on one thing and miss what is actually happening.

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