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American forces' advertisements in Iraq are often at odds with local culture

This time, the polls will be transparent

Promised liberation and left in the lurch

Hillary's high hopes are misguided

Dreams woven from homeland pangs

An ignominious end

A test case for a new Iraq

Don't appease the Baathists

Man in the middle

The situation will not improve until there is better coordination

Mayada Al Askari writes: Iraqi prime minister has done well to quell public anger for now, but he needs to keep his promises,

Bringing smiles to the old and the young struck by debilitating illnesses is what Shaikha Shaikha Bint Saif Bint Mohammad Al Nahyan does best