US discredited in Iraq: "Asia Times Online has had credible information since late 2003 that Shi'ites of all factions are building a 'secret army' to engage the Americans in case their democratic aspirations are not met. Even with all its military might, the US has never looked so fragile and discredited in Iraq. An occupying power which refuses democratic elections using all manners of excuses is being judged by the Islamic world - and the international community - for what it is: a neo-colonial power. It has now been proved there were never any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - much less the means to deliver them. It is now being proved the invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with introducing democracy to the Middle East."

US discredited in Iraq: "Asia Times Online has had credible information since late 2003 that Shi'ites of all factions are building a 'secret army' to engage the Americans in case their democratic aspirations are not met. Even with all its military might, the US has never looked so fragile and discredited in Iraq. An occupying power which refuses democratic elections using all manners of excuses is being judged by the Islamic world - and the international community - for what it is: a neo-colonial power. It has now been proved there were never any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - much less the means to deliver them. It is now being proved the invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with introducing democracy to the Middle East."