Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:43:16 AM
"The Iraqi government has moved to sharply restrict the movement and activities of U.S. forces in a new reading of a six-month-old U.S.-Iraqi security agreement that has startled American commanders and raised concerns about the safety of their troops."
Predicting Iraq's Future
by Daniel Pipes
In an opinion piece today, "
The Big Decisions to Come,"
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius argues that the Middle East hosts all four of Barack Obama's major foreign policy challenges: the Israeli-Palestinian problem, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Along the way, Ignatius reports that "Afghanistan is already being called 'Obama's Vietnam'."
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