*Borzou Daragahi, [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sermons22jul22,1,2842520.story?coll=la-headlines-world "Radical Shiites in Baghdad Rally for Hezbollah. Leaders condemn Israel and the U.S., and demand action by the U.N. or Arab League,"] ''Los Angeles Times'', July 22, 2006.
*Anatol Lieven, [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-lieven23jul23,0,1433816.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail "Bush's Middle East Democracy Flop. The U.S. has alienated potential allies and undermined its own stated goals,"] ''Los Angeles Times'', July 23, 2006.
*[http://mediamatters.org/items/200607260002 "In Middle East conflict, other crises, conservative media find signs of Biblical prophecy of Armageddon,"] Media Matters for America, July 25, 2006.*[http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/30/matthews-frankenstein/ "Matthews: War in Iraq United ‘the 'the Disparate Pieces of Shia Radicalism into a Frankenstein Monster’Monster',"] ''Think Progress'', July 30, 2006. See WMP and QT video links at [http://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/07/30/matthews-shia-crescent-is-a-frankenstein-monster/#more-9294 ''Crooks and Liars''].*[ http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2006/07/us-middle-east-policy-blood-soaked.html "US middle east policy: '...a blood soaked failure'!"] ''The Existentialist Cowboy'' Blogspot, July 30, 2006.
*Peter Baker, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/30/AR2006073000578.html "Crisis Could Undercut Bush's Long-Term Goals,"] ''Washington Post'', July 31, 2006.
*Alexander Cockburn, [http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn07312006.html "The Triumph of Crackpot Realism. Bush, Rice and Israel's Hack Legions,"] ''CounterPunch'', July 31, 2006.