Stagnation continues – problems are already being reported in the Iraqi government’s handling of Awakening Council payments. But of course the big news this past week out of Iraq was the cabinet”s approval of an agreement that will keep US troops in place through 2011. (We have yet to see what happens in the parliament.) [...]
We haven’t been talking much about Iraq lately… but the craziness continues. People in the media have long ago become desensitized to events there. Big bangs and movie-worthy stories draw headlines, but otherwise we hear very little. The leading story now is the ongoing negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement. Clearly the situation is [...]