news.yahoo.com - 12/1/2008
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) The Iraqi parliament's biggest Sunni bloc said it wanted guarantees of a public referendum on a U.S. security pact before it backed the deal in a vote in parliament on Wednesday. Iraq's leaders say securing the Iraqi Accordance Front's blessing for the pact, which paves the ...
nytimes.com - 11/30/2008
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nytimes.com —
For the first time, there is a chance
that a reasonably stable democratizing government, though no doubt...
corrupt in places, can take root in the Iraqi political space. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/30/2008
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
Barack Obama and his Democratic allies have famously
done everything in their power to try to lose...
the Iraqi War while President Bush is in office, but now that everyone with any understanding of the conflict knows that the war...
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NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For ...
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
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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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SoI: Diyala
mudvillegazette.com 1/12/2009 — Continuing a series begun here .
As 2008 drew to a close, Adam Weinstein, MNC-I Public Affairs, sent us the following update on the transfer of the Sons of Iraq program to Government of Iraq control.
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Progress for Peace: Reconciliation ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
SoI: Anbar
mudvillegazette.com 1/12/2009 — Third in a series, previous entry here .
More from Adam Weinstein, on the near-future of the Sons of Iraq program.
Anbar grassroots movement reaches milestone:
Sons of Iraq registration underway
By Adam Weinstein
MNC-I Public Affairs ...
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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