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Bobby Ghosh: Five Reasons for Hope in Iraq (www.time.com)
Over the past four-some years, I've always relied on some personal litmus tests to gauge the mood of this city. And by those admittedly unscientific measures, Baghdad feels like it's starting to... More
Submitted 2 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
In November We Vote on Civil War in Iraq (www.hnn.us)
Sen. McCain took a principled position in supporting the US troops surge to Iraq when the country was almost unanimously against the war. During the first presidential debate, McCain took credit for... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Stop Lying About Success of The Surge: Baghdad bombing Kill 17 (corksphere.blogspot.com)
The American public has been sold a bill of goods on the success of the so-called 'surge.' It was just a lull in the violence and today two suicide bombings killed 17 in Baghdad.
Submitted 2 months ago by CORKSPHERE | 0 Comments |
Iraq's Sunni Militias Placed Under Control of Baghdad's Shiite-Led Government
(www.motherjones.com)
According to a Pentagon report delivered to members of Congress yesterday, violence in Iraq is down 77 percent from this time last year. The reasons are varied and complex. There's the much-lauded... More
Submitted 2 months ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |
When McCain Says 'Victory in Iraq,' Is He Lying About THAT, Too? (emptywheel.firedoglake.com)
Woodward's latest book about the Iraq war, "The War Within," portrays McCain as offering a rosy assessment to the public about the surge's progress while privately telling U.S. officials he thought... More
Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
General Petraeus Leaves Iraq: Indicates Security Is Tenuous (www.huffingtonpost.com)
Defense Secretary Robert Gates presided over Tuesday's ceremony as General Petraeus handed off to General Odierno the responsibility for leading U.S. forces in Iraq.
Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
The Dark Side Of The 'Surge': Cleansing, Partitioning, Imprisonment (www.aljazeera.com)
Barack Obama has been repeatedly chastised – even badgered – for opposing the “surge.” His attempts to refocus the debate more broadly on the wisdom of invading Iraq in the first place are... More
Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
LTG Lloyd Austin: 'Surge' Security Is Fragile (www.huffingtonpost.com)
General Austin, the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, cautioned that it would be a mistake to push the U.S.-trained Iraqi army and police into a leading security role before they are ready.
Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Patrick Cockburn: Iraq is Still the Most Dangerous Country in the World (www.independent.co.uk)
The Iraqi government and the US have launched a largely successful propaganda campaign to convince the world that "things are better" in Iraq and that life is returning to normal.
Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Victory in Iraq Declared, Not Achieved (www.americanprogress.org)
Increased security gained in Iraq over the last two years has been purchased through a number of choices that have worked against achieving meaningful political reconciliation.
Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
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