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news.bbc.co.uk - 10/31/2008

BBC NEWS | Europe | Spain PM orders Iraq troops home

— news.bbc.co.uk — Spain's new prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has given orders for Spanish troops in Iraq to... be brought home in "as short a time as possible". In a televised address to the nation, he said he could not ignore what he called the will of the ... (more) BBC NEWS | Europe | Spain PM orders Iraq troops home

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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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alternet.org - 10/28/2008

Ten Appalling Lies We Were Told About Iraq |

— alternet.org — "The Iraqi dictator must not be permitted to threaten America and the world with horrible poisons and... diseases and gases and atomic weapons." -- George Bush, Oct. 7, 2002, in a speech in Cincinnati. There is a small somber box that appears in the New ... (more) Ten Appalling Lies We Were Told About Iraq |

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... hometown, Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, fired up the crowd by warning them about Barack Obama’s judicial philosophy. “Just this past week, we saw what Barack Obama said about judges,” Bond said. “He said, ‘I’m tired of these judges who want to follow what the Founding Fathers said and the Constitution. I want judges who have a heart, have an empathy for the teenage mom, the minority, the gay, the disabled. We want them to show empathy. We want them to show compassion.’” Washington Times - General holds doubts on Iraq deal In a blunt assessment, the commander of ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Washington Times - General holds doubts on Iraq deal In a blunt assessment, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, said Thursday that there is a 20 percent to 30 percent chance that the United States and Iraq won't reach a deal to allow U.S. ...

Maliki: Don’t call it a ‘security pact’; it’s ‘an agreement to withdraw’ U.S. troops.
Think Progress — Today, the AP is reporting that according to a close aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi government “wants to eliminate any chance U.S. forces will stay” in Iraq “after 2011 under a proposed security pact.” But also yesterday, al-Maliki took issue with calling the agreement a “security pact”: Al-Maliki, meanwhile, met with a leading Shiite politician late Thursday to discuss the deal. Government television quoted the prime minister as describing the agreement as a framework for the pullout of U.S. forces and the regulation of “their activities within the rest of the time ...

This Is The End Of My Endeavors Here...
Main and Central — At this juncture I foresee this as my last post here. I've been served a 10 day 'Pay or Vacate' eviction order... I'm at a loss as to how I can pay up and so I'm currently scrambling to find some immediate housing for my family... I'd like to extend my grateful thanks to Jo Fish for handing me the keys to M&C;! It has been a honor and a privilege! I'm unsure as to when I'll be able to carry on with the posts... Again, I offer my humble apologies... I'd still like to point out some of today's news in Iraq... General in Iraq: Deal letting U.S. troops stay may break down ...