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taylormarsh.com - 10/21/2008
IRAQ: Extending U.S. Military Presence
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BY TAYLOR MARSH The U.N. mandate that allows us to keep our 150,000 troops in Iraq expires at the end of the year. The new draft agreement between our countries expands that mandate : Iraq’s political leaders on Friday began studying a draft agreement to extend the ...
AMERICA THE WEAK - New York Post
nypost.com - 10/20/2008
AMERICA THE WEAK - New York Post
— nypost.com — Posted: 4:51 am October 20, 2008 IF Sen. Barack Obama is elected president, our re public will... survive, but our international strategy and some of our allies may not. His first year in office would conjure globe-spanning challenges as our enemies ... (more) AMERICA THE WEAK - New York Post

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longwarjournal.org - 10/20/2008
Iraqi forces detain seven Iranian agents in Iraq
— longwarjournal.org — Iraqi police and border guards have arrested seven members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps since Oct 18.... The arrests come as the senior US commander in Iraq accused Iran of attempting to bribe Iraqi members of parliament to vote against the ... (more) Iraqi forces detain seven Iranian agents in Iraq

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juancole.com - 10/23/2008
Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US Withdrawal; Cabinet rejects Security Agreement
— juancole.com — The debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama about a timetable for withdrawal of US troops... from Iraq may have just been overtaken by events. Without a bilateral agreement on the rules governing US military actions in Iraq, US soldiers ... (more) Iraq Moves Closer to Obama-Type Plan for early US ...

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Taylor Marsh: A Foreign Policy Vote for Barack and Joe
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The differences between McCain and Obama on Iraq are obvious. One of the biggest challenges we face right now is the new draft agreement on U.S. force presence, which Sadr is now pushing the Iraqi parliament to reject. But the biggest concern about McCain is that his talk of "victory" resembles a Vietnam warrior wanting to settle old scores that cannot be settled, while taking that strategy and utilizing it beyond Iraq, perhaps another "surge" in Afghanistan. McCain thinks in 20th century terms about battle. Obama does not. However, unlike many, I never was that impressed with ...

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