05/11/2006 Article

The Axis of Not Quite As Evil

/ Mark Perry

Tags: Bush Administration, War in Iraq, War on terrorism

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Bitterlemons, November 2, 2006 We might now take George Bush at his word: in the wake of the September 11 attacks, he named three nations

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25/10/2006 Article

Calculating Iran’s Iraq Impact: “It’s too late to switch sides” a Sunni leader argues

/ Baghdad Correspondent

Tags: Bush Administration, Iraq, War in Iraq

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Condoleezza Rice’s recent visit to Iraq was intended to show support for the battered government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, but it was clear

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31/03/2006 Article

How to Lose the War on Terrorism:
I. Talking With the ‘Terrorists’

/ Mark Perry & Alastair Crooke

Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Hamas, Hezbollah, Middle East, Political Islam, War in Iraq, War on terrorism

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Part one: Asia Times, March 31, 2006 Seventy-two hours before the Iraqi people voted on a new parliament, on December 12, 2005, we were told

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26/01/2006 Article

The Bloody Cost of Hugging “Good Intentions” in Iraq

/ Alastair Crooke

Tags: Iraq, War in Iraq

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Bitterlemons, January 26, 2006 Having recently participated in two public debates on the issue of whether the United States should withdraw now from Iraq or

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08/08/2005 Interview

Fostering Muslim-West Dialogue

Tags: Al Qaeda, Dialogue, Middle East, War in Iraq, War on terrorism

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Alastair Crooke interviewed by Humayun Chaudhry, Al Jazeera, August 8, 2005 Alastair Crooke is a former official with Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency who has worked

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01/08/2005 Publication

Briefing Paper:
I. Assessing the Iraqi Resistance Movement

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Tags: Iraq, War in Iraq

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Prepared by the research staff of Conflicts Forum, August 1, 2005 Both the U.S-led allied forces and the Iraqi Government realize that the Sunni forces

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