Archive: Iraq
Blinders at Arlington Cemetery
Dana Milbank touched off a reader comment storm this morning in writing about Arlington Cemetery blocking reporters from close coverage of the funeral of a Marine officer killed in Iraq.
By Doug Feaver | April 24, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (31)
A Political Surge
The three surviving candidates for president will all get chances tomorrow to ask questions of Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker at Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committee hearings about the situationsituation in Iraq.
By Doug Feaver | April 7, 2008; 09:55 AM ET | Comments (15)
Fallujah and U.S. Fatalities
Reporter Sudarsan Raghavan tells us that the return of security to Fallujah is "the result of harsh tactics recalling the rule of Saddam Hussein."
By Doug Feaver | March 24, 2008; 07:52 AM ET | Comments (3)
Suicides and War
The Post reports today that suicides among active-duty soldiers in 2007 reached their highest level since the Army began keeping such records in 1980.
By Doug Feaver | January 31, 2008; 10:00 AM ET | Comments (477)
Does This Mean a Draft?
The U.S. military is pressuring President Bush to shift troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, the Post reports, and our Readers Who Comment have jumped on a word not in the story -- draft.
By Doug Feaver | December 17, 2007; 09:10 AM ET | Comments (69)
Contractor 'Cowboys'?
Post reporter Steve Fainaru has turned over another stone in Iraq and found a new example of a private U.S. contractor army operating without military command and control. Our Readers Who Comment are mostly appalled.
By Doug Feaver | November 26, 2007; 09:17 AM ET | Comments (5)
Immigration Worries Readers
Two very different treatises are drawing the attention of Readers Who Comment (RWC) today: one on the absence of political progress within Iraq, the other a David Broder column suggesting that immigration and a two-Clinton presidency are potential big problems for the Democrats.
By Doug Feaver | November 15, 2007; 09:51 AM ET | Comments (18)
