nypost.com - 12/1/2008
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Posted: 4:18 am November 23, 2008"I felt I was leaving behind the Garden of Eden," writes Oded Halahmy of his expulsion from Iraq. His is just one of the fascinating testimonials in "Iraq's Last Jews," a compilation of first hand accounts by Jews who fled their Iraqi homeland. These stories ...
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 ...
michaelyon-online.com - 12/1/2008
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The Art of the End of War
Published: 01 December 2008 Zabul Province, Afghanistan (Travel from...
Iraq to Afghanistan, and needless bureaucratic delays, nearly killed this dispatch. Though many photos were made during the recent journey in ...
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The Art of the End of War
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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 —
... had this to say about his "chosen" legacy: "I'd 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 ...
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