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Government Hires Contractors to Investigate Abuses By Other Contractors in Iraq (thinkprogress.org)
ABC News reports that the State Department has hired the a private firm to fill positions in the newly created Force Investigation Unit, created after last year’s deadly Blackwater shooting to... More
Submitted 6 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Pentagon Paying $300 Million For Pro-American Propaganda in Iraqi Media (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Defense Department will pay private U.S. contractors in Iraq up to $300 million over the next three years in an effort to "engage and inspire" the local population to support U.S. objectives and... More
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Pentagon Report: 37% Of Iraqis Feel Safe Outside Their Homes, 24% Have ‘Confidence’ In Foreign Troops (thinkprogress.org)
Yesterday, the Pentagon released its Quarterly Report to Congress on Iraq. “While security has improved dramatically, the fundamental character of the conflict in Iraq remains unchanged — a... More
Submitted 9 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
How Does Iraq Play Into the Economic Crisis? (prospect.org)
Much of the American elite has been so busy crowing over the "success" of the surge, that nobody can explain exactly what we're accomplishing with our $10 billion a month in spending halfway around... More
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Baghdad Mosque Suicide Bombs Kill 24, Wound At Least 50 (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Suicide bombers targeted Shiite worshippers as they left morning prayers Thursday at two Baghdad mosques, killing 24 people and wounding more than 50 others.
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What 'Victory' in Iraq Looks Like: The Iranians Won (www.vetvoice.com)
Of course it could be debated as to whether or not the increasing Iranian influence is a sign that we are "winning in Iraq", but I have yet to see a politician or pundit make the claim that this was... More
Submitted 10 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Iraqi Security Forces Deaths Up, U.S. Military Deaths Down Compared to Last Year (www.detnews.com)
The number of Iraqi security forces killed in September rose by nearly a third to 159 compared with the same period last year, Associated Press figures showed Tuesday. U.S. troop deaths for the same... More
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Pentagon Report: Iraq Security Gains Remain 'Reversible and Uneven' (www.washingtonpost.com)
Violence in Iraq dropped further during the summer although security gains remain "reversible and uneven," with the main threats coming from Iranian-backed militias and the Shiite-led Iraqi... More
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Gay Iraqi Leader Assassinated in Baghdad (www.ukgaynews.org.uk)
The coordinator of Iraqi LGBT in Baghdad, Bashar, aged 27, a university student, has been assassinated in a barber shop. Militias burst in and sprayed his body with bullets at point blank range.
Submitted 11 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
'Life in Iraq Now is Hell for All LGBT People' (thinkprogress.org)
“Homosexuality was generally tolerated under Saddam. There certainly was no danger of gay people being assassinated in the street by police. … Life in Iraq now is hell for all LGBT people; no one... More
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