womzilla | Juan Cole on Today's Iraq News

Juan Cole professes History at University of Michigan and is one of the leading American experts on the Arab world. His blog is consistently information-rich. Here's the lede of his latest entry, courtesy of

kent_allard_jr:

In a CNN interview retired General Barry MacCaffrey said that the task of the US is to regain control of Baghdad and restore its lines of communication in the South. He gave away a great deal. One may conclude that a) the US has lost control of Baghdad and b) the US communications and supply lines in the South have been cut. That is, a year after the fall of Saddam, the US faces the task of reconquering the country...

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