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Baghdad

• December 11 -- No Good News From Baghdad?
Is the Times burying good news from Baghdad? Edward Wong's dispatch at first reads like another round of Baghdad bad news--until the ninth paragraph: " In contrast, a heavily policed march in central Baghdad on Wednesday, organized peacefully by the country's major political parties, drew thousands of Iraqis to protest attacks by guerrilla fighters, which have injured and killed Iraqi civilians as well as occupiers."

• December 2 -- Bush's "Top Gun" Landing a Real Turkey
John Kifner tees off on the photo of Bush holding a Thanksgiving turkey in Baghdad, segueing quickly to another famous Bush image: "The so-called 'Top Gun' landing had clearly been designed as a triumphal image that would play a prominent part in the president's re-election campaign. Instead, it now seems a symbol of the naïve, almost willful, optimism that has marked the administration's plan to overthrow Saddam Hussein."

• December 1 -- Bush in Baghdad: OK, But What About Those Funerals?
Adam Nagourney tosses cold water on Bush's Thanksgiving appearance in Baghdad: "The trip came at a time of rising criticism of the president for not attending the funerals of the returning war dead." Criticism driven by the Times itself.

• August 20 -- Times Lets Dems Exploit Grief of Baghdad
Richard Stevenson lets two Democratic candidates take unopposed potshots at Bush over the Baghdad bombing.