Chapter 46: The Dead Enders
1. Eric Schmitt, “A Low-Key Commander With 4 Stars to Tame the Iraqi Furies,” New York Times, July 5, 2004.
2. Rumsfeld to Feith et al., “Foreign Troops,” February 20, 2004.
3. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Muslim Force for Iraq,” January 3, 2005.
4. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell, My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 162.
5. Jonas to Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, “Cost for a Soldier,” February 15, 2005.
6. Rumsfeld to Matt Latimer, “Statement on Iraq,” October 21, 2004.
7. Rumsfeld to Franks, cc: Myers, “Codel Restrictions,” May 20, 2003.
8. OSD Policy, “Security Update: Update on Training the ISF,” April 21, 2005.
9. Department of Defense news transcript, “Defense Department Operational Update Briefing,” April 20, 2004.
10. Ann Scott Tyson, “Insurgents in Iraq Show Signs of Acting as a Network,” Christian Science Monitor, April 28, 2004.
11. Department of Defense news transcript, “Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with CNN Live Today,” March 8, 2002.
12. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell, My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005), p. 127.
13. Malcolm W. Nance, The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency (Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing, 2007), p. 21.
14. Edward T. Pound, “Seeds of Chaos,” U.S. News & World Report, December 12, 2004.
15. Department of Defense news transcript, “Secretary Rumsfeld Remarks at Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce,” August 2, 2005.
16. “Fact Sheet: Defining Victory in Fallujah,” November 12, 2004.
17. Associated Press, “Purported Al-Zarqawi Tape Declares War on Democracy,” Fox News, January 23, 2005.
18. “Iraq’s Lost Election,” The Nation, January 20, 2005; Rory McCarthy, “Violence Will Not Stop Poll, Says UN Official,” The Guardian, January 21, 2005; Associated Press, “Bush Confident About Iraq Elections Despite Violence,” USA Today, January 7, 2005.
19. Anas Shallal, “Postpone Iraq’s Elections,” Foreign Policy in Focus, January 13, 2005.
20. Anas Shallal, “Postpone Iraq’s Elections,” Foreign Policy in Focus, January 13, 2005.
21. Anthony Shadid, “Iraqis Defy Threats as Millions Vote,” Washington Post, January 31, 2005.
22. Anthony Shadid, “Iraqis Defy Threats as Millions Vote,” Washington Post, January 31, 2005.
23. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Leslie H. Gelb, “Unity Through Autonomy in Iraq,” New York Times, May 1, 2006.
24. Department of Defense notes of NSC meeting, November 2, 2005.
25. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Progress in Iraq,” November 29, 2005.
26. Ellen Knickmeyer and K.I. Ibrahim, “Bombing Shatters Mosque in Iraq,” Washington Post, February 23, 2006.
