I found two recent articles the Iraq war. One of them was from The Washington Post, entitled "Iraq Report Details Political Hurdles and Future Options." The second one was from The New York Times, entitled "Iraqi Forces Clash With Militia in Baghdad."
The first article from The Washington Post, describes possible long term plans for the future of this war. If provides two options; "The first option would peg U.S. engagement to Iraq's agreement to decentralize power to its provinces, leaving the Baghdad government in charge of national defense and revenue distribution only." "The second option is unconditional redeployment of all U.S. forces in Iraq, possibly beginning in January and completed by 2011." The article mentions that our commitment in Iraq is not making progress, or a very slow one, and something else needs to be done.
The article from The New York Times describes several killings that recently took place in Baghdad. “The deaths raised to at least 4,017 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.” Many bombings and acts of violence are mentioned in the article providing the number of casualties and people wounded for each one.
These articles can be contrasted in many ways. The first one from The Washington Post gives an insight for future plans in Iraq, while the one from The New York Times provides information on what has already happened in the country. The articles also seem to be written for two different audiences. The one from The Washington Post appears to be written for a more mature, more educated audience who wants to form an opinion on where we should stand in the war. The one from The New York Times seems to be more of a human interest story, for people who want to read up on how awful it is overseas. It is also written on a simpler reading level than the first one.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/05/AR2008040502119.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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