WaPo: In Baghdad, Capital Vistas Gradually Shrink With Insecurity (MST RD)

[grytpype]

Incredible article in the WaPo this morning by a reporter comparing three visits to occupied Bagdhad with the Secretary of State. MUST READ!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/24/AR2005112401051.html

In Baghdad, Capital Vistas Gradually Shrink With Insecurity

By Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 25, 2005; Page C01

BAGHDAD -- Five months after the fall of Baghdad, I went to Iraq with Colin Powell. It was the first visit by a secretary of state in half a century, and although he moved under heavy security, there was an optimistic, forward-looking feel to the trip.

Much has changed about Iraq in the intervening two years. And visits by America's secretary of state -- first Powell, then Condoleezza Rice -- have proved to be a microcosm of America's intervention here.

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[unhappycamper]

1. Sure sounds like we're making some serious progress. . . .

[Demit]

2. Incredibly revealing firsthand account. Wonder how many will see it?

Curious decision for the WaPo to publish it on a day when people are more interested in the advertising supplements. I also wonder what page it appeared on.