post-gazette.com - 12/1/2008
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BAGHDAD -- On the western bank of the Tigris River, some of the last survivors of a dying sect still gather on most Sundays, as they have for at least the past 2,000 years, to perform the baptism rituals that are central to their religion.
zombietime.com - 12/1/2008
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zombietime.com —
Operation First Casualty Anti-war protest and street theater
San Francisco, November 28, 2008 The anti-American group "Iraq...
Veterans Against the War" decided that the day after Thanksgiving would be a good time to stage an anti-war protest and street ...
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Operation First Casualty
washingtonpost.com - 12/1/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Sunday, November 30, 2008; B01 I should have
felt triumphant when I returned from Iraq in August...
2006. Instead, I was worried and exhausted. My team of interrogators had successfully hunted down one of the most notorious mass murderers of our ...
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I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 11/27/2008
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attackerman.firedoglake.com —
A Thanksgiving present from Baghdad: the Iraqi parliament
has passed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) ending...
the war by 2011. Or, as AFP reports , possibly by May 2010 . According to AFP, the SOFA's passage comes thanks to the ...
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War Is Over If You Want It
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The Liberationator
Firedoglake —
... And I'd like to be known as the People Magazine's Sexiest Blogboy, but Harry Knowles just won't stop writing HTML mash notes to Guillermo del Toro.
Let's look at those awesome accomplishments.
Iraq, brutal to woman; brutal to Christians, Jews, brutal to Shiias and Sunnis, or about any other religion; brutal to gays. But I guess it's awesome for every other person in Iraq, all two of them.
And, of course, Afghanistan is just as well off.
Heckuva legacy indeed.
The Liberationator
Rising Hegemon —
... like to be a president (known) as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace" And I'd like to be known as the People Magazine's Sexiest Blogboy, but Harry Knowles just won't stop writing HTML mash notes to Guillermo del Toro. Let's look at those awesome accomplishments. Iraq, brutal to woman; brutal to Christians, Jews, brutal to Shiias and Sunnis, or about any other religion; brutal to gays. But I guess it's awesome for every other person in Iraq, all two ...
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Casualty Report
swampland.blogs.time.com 10/28/2008 — I'm told that the U.S. military casualty report for Iraq last week was...4 wounded. That is wonderful news (and, of course, we hope the wounds weren't serious and our troops recover soon). But you've got to wonder why we have nearly 150,000 troops ...
Iraqi Parliament: Troops out in 3 years
swamppolitics.com 11/28/2008 — by Mark Silva
That light at the end of the tunnel you see just might be the end of active U.S. military involvement in Iraq.
One way or another: President-elect Barack Obama has promised to withdraw combat forces within 16 months of taking ...
US forces kill al Qaeda in Iraq's leader in eastern Anbar
longwarjournal.org 11/20/2008 —
Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Hajji Hammadi, killed by US forces on Nov. 11, 2008.
US forces killed another senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader during counterterrorism raids in Iraq. Hajji Hammadi, an al Qaeda leader in eastern Anbar ...
SOFA Text?
mudvillegazette.com 11/26/2008 — Actually, McClatchy calls it an " unofficial translation from the Arabic ".
There are some bits that are more interesting than others ("Iraqi airspace control and monitoring will be transferred to the Iraqi authorities immediately as this ...
Victory In Iraq Day
confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/25/2008 — The Iraq Wars are over, and we have won. Let me say that again. WE HAVE WON THE IRAQ WARS. And yes, I do mean to use the plural, as we have, along with our allies, won three intertwined...
Get ready to change the name to CryVAW...
mudvillegazette.com 11/21/2008 — As the panties begin inevitable twist : Reporting from Washington -- Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq ...
Iraqi cabinet votes to keep US troops - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 11/19/2008 — BAGHDAD Iraq's cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact on Sunday that will enable a continued American military presence in Iraq for up to three more years, overcoming protests from hard-line Shiite nationalists and pressure from Iran to ...
Iraqi troops kill senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader
longwarjournal.org 11/7/2008 —
Abu Ghazwan. Image is from an Iraqi wanted poster.
Iraqi troops scored a blow against al Qaeda in Iraq's network during a series of operations in the Tarmiyah region. Iraqi soldiers, backed by the local Sons of Iraq and US ...
"The Iraq war is over. We won."
wizbangblog.com 11/17/2008 — This message comes from Michael Yon who called Glen Reynolds to give him the news you probably haven't heard anywhere in the mainstream media: "THE WAR IS OVER AND WE...
Hill to meet N.Koreans in Singapore this week —
Reuters: Politics 12/1/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill will meet North Korean officials in Singapore ahead of December 8 multilateral talks in Beijing on persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear programs, a U.S. official said on ...
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