IN LESS THAN A YEAR, THE SUBJECT OF THE IRAQ WAR HAS BEEN DISPLACED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT PAGE IN THE U.S. MEDIAS BY THE SO-CALLED ARAB SPRING AND THE QUAGMIRE IN AFGHANISTAN, AND WHILE 40 TO 50 THOUSAND TROOPS REMAIN THERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE LITTLE INTEREST IN THE PRESS ABOUT THE FATE OF THAT NATION OF 30 MILLION AFTER TWO-DECADES OF VIOLENT CONFLICT. MEANWHILE, LAST TUESDAY, IN LOWER MANHATTAN, ALWAN FOR THE ARTS HOSTED JOURNALIST NIR ROSEN WHOSE DETAILED COVERAGE OF CONFLICT ZONES IN THE ARAB AND MUSLIM WORLDS AND ELSEWHERE HAS PRODUCED VALUABLE ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND MADE HIM A DE-FACTO HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR. MR. ROSEN DISCUSSED HIS RECENT BOOK: âAFTERMATH: FOLLOWING THE BLOODSHED OF AMERICAâS WARS IN THE MUSLIM WORLDâ, FOCUSING MOSTLY ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE IRAQI SOCIETY.