http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6088/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/who-surrendered-basra-anyway <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Radical Shiite cleric Moktada Sadr&#039;s troops vanished from Basra under fire from the Iraqi army - but the Times and the rest of the media declare Prime Minister Maliki the big loser. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">With hisslanted reporting on fighting between the Iraqi army and militias following the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr in Basra, Baghdad bureau chief James Glanz is making us miss his predecessor John Burns.</p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/who-surrendered-basra-anyway" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Basra EricaGoode Iraq JamesGlanz Maliki MoktadaSadr NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:41:00 +0000 admin 6078 at http://archive2.mrc.org