BAGHDAD, Feb 22 (IPS) — What the U.S. has been calling the success of a “surge”, many Iraqis see as evidence of catastrophe. Where U.S. forces point to peace and calm, local Iraqis find an eerie silence And when U.S. forces speak of a reduction in violence, many Iraqis simply do not know what they … Continue reading In Tatters Beneath a Surge of Claims