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Chalabi A ‘Key Figure’ In Iranian Efforts To Scuttle U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement
thinkprogress.org - 10/30/2008
Chalabi A ‘Key Figure’ In Iranian Efforts To Scuttle U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement
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The United States and Iraq are currently engaged in “ tense ” negotiations regarding the future of the U.S. military presence in Iraq after the U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year. Just yesterday, the Iraqi Cabinet proposed changes that the U.S. has yet to approve. But ...
McCain Adviser Dismisses Evidence Of Bush’s Iraq Dishonesty As ‘Conspiracy Theories’
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 10/28/2008
McCain Adviser Dismisses Evidence Of Bush’s Iraq Dishonesty As ‘Conspiracy Theories’
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Robert Kagan, a leading member of John McCain’s war cabinet , recently gave an interview to Der... Spiegel in which he was asked about the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq : SPIEGEL: Isn’t it true that Bush, Cheney and ... (more) McCain Adviser Dismisses Evidence Of Bush’s Iraq ...

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strategypage.com - 10/27/2008
Iraq: The Letter
— strategypage.com — October 27, 2008: The war is over. Most of the noise these days is from politicians arguing,... not bombs going off. There are still bombs, but now they tend to be assassination attempts, as some political parties play dirty (not unknown in this part of ... (more) Iraq: The Letter

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projects.publicintegrity.org - 10/28/2008
Iraq: The War Card - The Center for Public Integrity
— projects.publicintegrity.org — On August 26, 2002, in an address to the national convention of the Veteran of Foreign Wars,... Cheney flatly declared: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to ... (more) Iraq: The War Card - The Center ...

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Iraq Demands Troop Withdrawal Date
Politics Daily — ... Think Progress has a post about the role Ahmed Chalabi, a key White House ally in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, in helping Iran scuttle the agreement. ...

Judith Miller: Give Iran Talks ?The Good College Try? But ?Military Action? Needed If They Fail
The Hollywood Liberal — ... .” Miller’s neocon friends in the Bush administration (as well as Iraqi exile Ahmed Chalabi ) fed her that false information, and she hung onto every word. In late 2002, citing unnamed officials, she co-wrote a New York Times article reporting that Iraq had “ ...

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