nytimes.com - 12/14/2008
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BAGHDAD President Bush flew to Iraq on Sunday, a final trip to highlight the recently completed security agreement between Iraq and the United States. Air Force One arrived in Baghdad at 4 p.m. after a 10-and-a-half-hour overnight flight from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. It was his ...
michaeltotten.com - 12/15/2008
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michaeltotten.com —
by Michael J. Totten BAGHDAD -- If your
men conduct any raids, I said to Captain Todd...
Looney at Combat Outpost Ford on the outskirts of Sadr City, Baghdad, I want to go. We might have something come up, he said. If so, I'll get you out ...
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On the Hunt in Baghdad
thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Yesterday, after an Iraqi journalist used “ [t]wo
of the worst insults in Islam ” against him,...
an unfazed President Bush sat down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for an exit interview in Iraq. When Raddatz asked Bush about his legacy, ...
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Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ...
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President Bush in Iraq
Mudville Gazette —
Early report.
The Sunday Word: All in the Family
The Caucus —
... to make news: “The incoming president’s approach to the address also differs in how content is presented, by marrying the 100-year-old technology of radio to 21st-century tools: The speech is still beamed out to radio stations nationwide on Saturday mornings, but now it is also recorded for digital video and audio downloads from YouTube, iTunes and the like, so people can access it whenever and wherever they want.” Mr. Obama spent the weekend in Chicago. President Bush, meanwhile, made a surprise visit to Iraq – his last before taking office. The Transition Though Mr. Obama ...
Amygdala —
DEMOCRACY, SEXY, WHISKEY. Sweets and flowers weren't Bush's welcome on his last visit to Iraq. [...] But his appearance at a news conference here was interrupted by a man, apparently a journalist, who leaped to his feet and threw one shoe at the president, who ducked and narrowly missed being struck. Chaos ensued. He threw a second shoe, which also narrowly missed Mr. Bush. The man was roughly 12 feet from the lecturn in the center of two rows ofchairs, about two feet from a pool of reporters. A scrum of security agents descended on the man and wrestled ...
Video: The obligatory “Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush” clip
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... , between this and the fact that the guy’s in media, he’s now qualified for his own show on MSNBC. Maliki, to his credit, went for the block .
Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes at Bush During Surprise Visit
Comments from Left Field —
... The New York Times notes that the first shoe “narrowly missed” and the second shoe also missed. “This is a farewell kiss, you dog,” Zaidi shouted. ...
12/15: A Big Deal Or Not?
Blogometer —
... scandal is theatrically sexy, and everyone is desperately trying to find a way to turn it from a local story to a national one. But there's no there there. Maybe Republicans still haven't learned their lesson from the 90s, but that's no reason the press has to follow them over a cliff once again. Cool it, folks." BUSH: The Other Shoe Drops Liberal bloggers had varied reactions to Saturday's incident at Pres. George W. Bush 's news conference in Baghdad, in which an Iraqi journalist "hurled his shoes at Mr. Bush's head and denounced him on live television as a 'dog'" : ...
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huffingtonpost.com 12/14/2008 — BAGHDAD — President George W. Bush on Sunday made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that defines his presidency, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it.
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michaeltotten.com 12/1/2008 — I'm working on a long dispatch from the Sadr City area. Here is a short piece in COMMENTARY to hold you over in the meantime. Thank you for being patient. Everything, including writing and publishing, is a gigantic hassle in Iraq.
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mudvillegazette.com 1/9/2009 — A view from two Iraqi brothers, a New Iraq Emerges from Tyranny and War (Excerpt):
The headlines for those cynics do not go beyond the throw of a shoe, whereas my headlines look into the future and speak of a new Iraq. My headlines speak of ...
Re-Arming Iraq
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 1/15/2009 — Our guest blogger is Peter Juul , a Research Associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
In 2008, the Iraqi government went on a military spending spree, signaling its intent to buy large quantities of advanced weapons from the ...
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...
How Obama Won Iraq
mudvillegazette.com 12/1/2008 — Heh .
It might be helpful for folks to understand that there were always at least two Iraq wars - one, a military conflict in Iraq and two, a political pissfest in Washington. The U.S. military won one of them in 2007; the Democrats won the other ...
The Next Steps To Get Out Of Iraq
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 2/27/2009 — Our guest blogger is Peter Juul , Research Associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Today, the New York Times reports that President Obama plans to withdraw only two combat brigades from Iraq prior to that country’s next national ...
Bush makes farewell visit to Iraq —
Reuters: Politics 12/14/2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President George W. Bush made an unannounced farewell visit to Baghdad on Sunday, just weeks before he leaves office and bequeaths the unpopular Iraq war to President-elect Barack Obama.
Bush makes unannounced visit to Iraq —
CNN Political Ticker 12/14/2008
President Bush shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad Sunday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — President Bush made an unannounced visit Sunday to Baghdad, Iraq, where he was to meet with Iraqi leaders and address U.S. troops.
Bush ...
Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq —
CNN.com - Politics 12/14/2008
President Bush made an unannounced visit Sunday to Baghdad where he was to meet with Iraqi leaders and address U.S. troops, according to National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe.
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