Andrew Tilghman was an Iraq correspondent for the Stars and Stripes newspaper in 2005 and 2006. His article "The Myth of AQI" is the cover story of the October issue of The Washington Monthly. In it, he argues:Five years ago, the American public was asked to support the invasion of Iraq based on the false claim that Saddam Hussein was somehow linked to al-Qaeda. Today, the erroneous belief that al-Qaeda's franchise in Iraq is a driving force behind the chaos in that country may be setting us up for a similar mistake. [read the article]Learn what the author has been reading: Writers Read: Andrew Tilghman.
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