The Reconstruction
An important step in stemming the violence in Iraq is to find a formula to share the country’s oil revenues fairly between the three main groups: Shiite, Sunnis, and Kurds. ...
Reviewing the Situation
Three months have passed since the last report on good news from Iraq — three more months of terrorists captured and killed, infrastructure built and rebuilt, weapons confiscated, services provided, ...
Good News Abhors a Vacuum
A few miscellaneous stories to start us off:
Prime Minister al-Maliki continues to tour the country in efforts at securing some sort of reconciliation, and won an important victory last week when ...
Progress Points
With the political season at full-steam, it is appropriate to start with the words of Democratic Senator John Rockefeller, who had the courage, three years on, finally to say what ...
Progress Report
Before we get to the latest good news from Iraq, a brief clarification is in order concerning why it is important to compile this good news here in the first ...
Do You Know That…?
We begin this installment with a brief overview of the positive trends seen in Iraq over the last few weeks. The media frenzy over Zarqawi’s death is over now, and ...
Tough Week for Terrorists
Beyond the death of Zarqawi, it has been a hard couple of weeks for terrorists in Iraq. I like to think of the current scene in Iraq as “Wrapping up ...
This Is What Progress Is Made Of
Good news from the ground in Iraq isn’t the only thing the mainstream media fails to report on when it comes to our military. They also miss stories of some ...
How About Some Good News?
In a move to help quell sectarian violence, seven Sunnis were rescued from Shia militiamen by U.S. and Iraqi forces Thursday. U.S. and Iraqi forces arrived in a village where ...
Risky Business
Though the evening news and above-the-fold coverage here in the U.S. about Iraq may not reflect it, we have come far. For starters this week, here are two stories that ...