# 1 Echoes of Saddam: A great leap backward By responding to Washington's call to arms, Nouri al-Maliki will be seen in Iraq as the tool of a deeply unpopular occupation By Sami Ramadani (Sami Ramadani was a political exile from Saddam's regime and is a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University) The Guardian, March 28, 2008 http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sami_ramadani/2008/03/a_great_leap_backward.html
# 2 Basra: Why are we still there? Editorial: The Guardian, Saturday March 29 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/29/iraq # 3 There must be a reckoning for this day of infamy The Iraq catastrophe isn't down to mistakes or lack of planning, but a refusal to accept that people will resist foreign occupation By Seumas Milne [Seumas Milne is a Guardian columnist and associate editor. He was the Guardian's comment editor from 2001-2007. He has worked for the paper since 1984, as a general reporter, labour correspondent (Europe) and labour editor. He has reported for the Guardian from the Middle East, eastern Europe, Russia and Latin America] The Guardian, Thursday March 20 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/20/iraq # 4 Saddam Hussein had no direct ties to al-Qaida, says Pentagon study By Elana Schor (Elana Schor is a staff reporter for Guardian America) The Guardian, Thursday March 13 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/13/iraq.usa __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Inbox http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
