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...Impasse? I was interested to read "The dying of the light," about how Mansour went from being Baghdad's glitziest neighborhood to one of its most dangerous [May 28]. It seems impossible for any side to win the war in Iraq. If the fighting were about land or money, maybe it would be easier for the U.N. or powerful nations to intervene and negotiate a settlement. But this war is about dominance and will. The Western countries involved have the technology and firepower, while the jihadists have the manpower and a willingness to die. I don't see how President...
...despite the country’s instability and weak infrastructure, Foote traveled throughout Baghdad, hoping to learn anything he could to improve the country’s decrepit conditions...
...Working both at home in Cambridge and in Baghdad, these professors, lecturers, and tutors have contributed to various aspects of the reconstruction effort, from helping build the country’s media market, to working to hatch the country’s constitution, to lobbying in Washington for policy changes...
...those working in Baghdad, security concerns limited movement and made it difficult to talk to Iraqis outside of a small circle of military personnel and business executives...
...deadly insurgency was building, and that the United States was frittering away, mainly through ineptitude and a lack of manpower, whatever goodwill was there in the wake of Saddam Hussein's fall. (And there was a reservoir of goodwill at the beginning, even among the Sunni community in Baghdad, in the summer right after the invasion...