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Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2007
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 27, 2007 07:49pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, December 27, 2007 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 10. Myth: The US public no longer sees Iraq as a central issue in the 2008 presidential campaign.
9. Myth: There have been steps toward religious and political reconciliation in Iraq in 2007.
8. Myth: The US troop surge stopped the civil war that had been raging between Sunni Arabs and Shiites in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
7. Myth: Iran was supplying explosively formed projectiles (a deadly form of roadside bomb) to Salafi Jihadi (radical Sunni) guerrilla groups in Iraq.
6. Myth: The US overthrow of the Baath regime and military occupation of Iraq has helped liberate Iraqi women.
5. Myth: Some progress has been made by the Iraqi government in meeting the "benchmarks" worked out with the Bush administration.
4. Myth: The Sunni Arab "Awakening Councils," who are on the US payroll, are reconciling with the Shiite government of PM Nuri al-Maliki even as they take on al-Qaeda remnants.
3. Myth: The Iraqi north is relatively quiet and a site of economic growth.
2. Myth: Iraq has been "calm" in fall of 2007 and the Iraqi public, despite some grumbling, is not eager for the US to depart.
1. Myth: The reduction in violence in Iraq is mostly because of the escalation in the number of US troops, or "surge." |
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