Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor. May 3, 2008. Reports of the Iraqi Army's performance range from good, with British military officers describing it as an "unmitigated disaster at every level."
Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. May 2, 2008. The killing of three U.S. soldiers in Baghdad raised the number killed in April to 47, reversing a trend towards lower American casualties.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: War on Iraq. March 26, 2008. Ah, the latest battles in the never-ending nightmare that is Iraq. The only question ever being, slow disaster or fast disaster?