2008-04-22 Sombre Addition

Patrick Cockburn knows his subject well and writes clearly about the invasion and occupation of Iraq from the perspective of the Iraqis. Very well written and (almost) wholly depressing and bleak.
The writer clearly knows the country well and has an access that few other journalists do. On the downside there is little from the American point of view and nothing that puts the war/invasion into the grander world view. However as a study of a country on the brink (of an american made?) abyss it is sombre, thoughtful and extremely worthwhile.