Globe Editorial
THE UNITED STATES lent air power and political backing as the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki took on rival forces in the port city of Basra. But US support for this assault is a dangerous venture. President Bush risks repeating the sort of missteps that have haunted America's occupation of Iraq for the past five years. (Full article: 444 words)
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