Stress in Iraq

Leaked Memo Reveals Plight of Iraqis

The original memo is listed second here. An interesting snapshot of how mundane life is increasingly strained (i.e. dress codes, checkpoint relations, etc).

Leaked Memo Reveals Plight of Iraqis:
By Patrick Cockburn
The Independent UK

Tuesday 20 June 2006

A leaked cable from the US embassy in Baghdad signed by the ambassador paints a grim picture of Iraq as a country disintegrating in which the real rulers are the militias, and the central government counts for nothing.

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