• The Libyan Uprising: Lessons From Iraq

    The Security Council's immediate first step is to authorize a no-fly zone to prevent further butchery.

    Baghdad

    As we watch Libyan despot Moammar Gadhafi lash out at his subjects with all the murderous force at his disposal, those of us in Iraq are reminded of another uprising and another dictator who butchered thousands to preserve his reign of terror.

    In 1991, at the end of the first Gulf War, the Iraqi people heeded President George H.W. Bush's call to rid themselves of the regime of Saddam Hussein. The regular Iraqi army...

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