What Went Wrong in Iraq? By Rachel Neuwirth

This is perhaps the most difficult column that we have had to write, because we have no choice but to rehearse facts that will be painful and unwelcome to many people with whom we are in general agreement and who are generally in the same political “camp” as us. This includes fellow Americans who believe as we do that the threat to America posed by radical, militant Islamism is real, and that it must be met on the battlefield and defeated, and not appeased by addressing the Islamists’ perceived or professed grievances, as some other Americans tend to think. But as John Adams wisely said, “facts are stubborn things,” and will not go away when they do not correspond with our hopes and aspirations. The facts must be faced.

More Evidence Shows Iran Directly Supports Iraq Insurgents
Coalition forces are finding more evidence that Iran is directly supporting insurgents in Iraq, a U.S. military officer said today.

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Coalition forces killed six terrorists and captured 14 in operations over the past three days in central and northern Iraq, officials reported

Coalition Raids Kill One, Net 10 Al Qaeda in Iraq Agents
Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained 10 suspects during a series of raids targeting al Qaeda in Iraq in central and northern Iraq today, officials reported.

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