As Handover Nears, U.S. Mistakes Loom Large
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54294-2004Jun19?language=printer

Harsh Realities Replaced High Ideals After Many Missed Opportunities

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, June 20, 2004; Page A01


First of three articles

BAGHDAD -- The American occupation of Iraq is formally ending this
month having failed to fulfill many of its goals and stated promises
intended to transform the country into a stable democracy, according
to a detailed examination drawing upon interviews with senior U.S. and
Iraqi officials and internal documents of the occupation authority.

The ambitious, 15-month undertaking stumbled because of a series of
mistakes that began with an inadequate commitment of resources and
deepened with a misunderstanding of how politics, religion and society
would evolve in occupied Iraq, these participants said.

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An Educator Learns the Hard Way
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56414-2004Jun20?language=printer

Task of Rebuilding Universities Brings Frustration, Doubts and Danger

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, June 21, 2004; Page A01


Second of three articles

BAGHDAD -- John Agresto arrived here nine months ago with two
suitcases, a feather pillow and a suffusion of optimism. He didn't
know much about Iraq, but he felt certain the American occupation, and
his mission to oversee the country's university system, would be a
success.