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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Over the past few weeks, many Bush administration officials have begun rewriting history in an effort to burnish President Bush's legacy. Following suit, neoconservative war hawk Richard Perle has taken the opportunity to polish his own record during the Bush years -- mainly on Iraq. In the latest issue of The National Interest, Perle devotes 4,600 words -- not to congratulate President Bush for invading...
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On Deadline (Free subscription) | yesterday
The relatives of soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan were shocked to receive form letters from the U.S. Army that were addressed "Dear John Doe," The Washington Post reports. The paper says 7,000 family members received the letters, which the Army's Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operation Center sent last month with information about groups that support the families of those who die in combat....
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New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
We're less than two weeks away from president-elect Barack Obama taking command of the American military in Iraq. Below are some predictions for what type of war he will inherit.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two roadside bombs exploding in quick succession killed five Iraqi soldiers overnight and wounded eight more while they were on patrol in a village in Iraq's volatile Diyala province, police said.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iraq's ruling Shiite Muslim parties used the sacred holiday of Ashura on Wednesday to make a pitch to voters, who will go to the polls Jan. 31 to elect authorities in the 14 of the country's 18 provinces.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Millions of Iraqi Shiites celebrated one of the most emotional occasions in their religious calendar Wednesday, accompanied by stringent security measures.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
As of Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at least 4,223 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The top American commander in the former insurgent stronghold of Anbar said Wednesday the Shiite-led government should have poured reconstruction money into the Sunni region after Sunni fighters joined forces with U.S. troops.
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THE TENSION (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pfc. Joshua Hunter from the 10th Mtn. Div. who serves as a quick reaction force gunner communicates with the MRAP driver during training conducted at Camp Victory Jan. 1. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Emery.) F ocus on Defense: BAGHDAD, Jan. 7, 2009 -- Operation Iraqi Freedom is helping create a whole new way of fielding force protection products beginning with the mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
U.S.-Iraq Agreement Opens Door to Long-term Partnership, Hadley SaysBy Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2009 – As the United States carries out the terms of its new status-of-forces agreement with Iraq, it has the opportunity to successfully conclude the American effort in Iraq and gain a long-term democratic partner in the Middle East, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley...
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VOT3R (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Shepherd has been living underground in Germany for nearly two years; he applied for refugee status on the grounds that the Iraq War is illegal.
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
NEW YORK -- ABC News and the BBC will expand their news partnership in Iraq, with ABC reducing its full-time presence there while relying on the BBC for day-to-day reports from inside the country. ABC will continue to have a Baghdad bureau, although it will have fewer employees than there had been since the war began in 2003 and no full-time correspondent assigned there. ABC News will continue have...
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Unqualified Offerings (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
By Mona . Lately, I keep bumping into this notion, both from one neocon on an email list I subscribe to, and now from the truly illiterate and imbecilic “Macsmind” blog: We won the war and lefty [sic] journalists like [Thomas] Ricks just can’t stand that fact. (The less-than-gifted Macsmind is upset by Rick’s Foreign Policy blog [...]
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Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A closed door meeting Monday with Joint Chiefs of Staff and General David Petraeus, who is in charge of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, ended with no consensus on troops plans for either Iraq or Afghanistan-a state of affairs that now paves the way for Barack Obama to take office with no [...]
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mrinternet | 05/28/2008
When the Inspector General for the Defense Department recently released a 69-page audit to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform criticizing the ‘reckless at best', accounting practices by the Pentagon of the Iraq invasion and subsequent occupation that couldn't rationally account for almost $15 Billion worth of goods and services ranging from trucks, bottled water and mattresses
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thevaneljounal.com | 04/11/2008
I am sure by now you've read the reports on Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus' testimony on Capitol Hill this week. All of the candidates were present to fire questions at the general and one point was painstakingly made clear: regardless of who wins the white house this November, we will be in Iraq for some time. Eugene Robinson wrote an excellent Op-ed artcile in the Washington Post this...
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quickrob | 04/07/2008
The "Battle of Basra" is being characterized by the media as an example of failure in Iraq. I will argue that it is not a failure at all, and it in fact signifies the readiness of a unified Iraqi government to force al-Sadr into the political process. If and when Moqtada and his Mahdi Army lay down their weapons this will portend a successful election later in the year which will influence the US...
