nypost.com - 11/24/2008
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Last updated: 2:17 am November 24, 2008 Posted: 12:00 am November 24, 2008 BAGHDAD THE Iraq War is over. Flames still burst from various sources and wild cards remain, such as the potential that Muqtada al-Sadr might stomp his feet and encourage his diminished militias to attack us. Yet support ...
mcclatchydc.com - 11/26/2008
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mcclatchydc.com —
Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops or military
contractors who kill Iraqis on operations. The agreement calls...
for Iraq to prosecute U.S. troops according to court procedures that have yet to be worked out. Those negotiations, administration ...
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McClatchy Washington Bureau | 11/25/2008 | U.S. staying ...
latimes.com - 11/24/2008
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latimes.com —
Whatever the reality, the quick release of a
man whom the United States had described as a...
major catch suggests the ability of Iran to push buttons here, just as the U.S. prepares to diminish its role. Qorbani was detained at the Baghdad airport, but ...
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Release of Iranian raises questions in Iraq - Los ...
iht.com - 11/20/2008
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iht.com —
WASHINGTON: Pulling the U.S. military out of Iraq
would be a massive undertaking and would have to...
be done slowly and deliberately, defense officials said. One general said it would take up to 18 months to cut his troop levels in northern Iraq in ...
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U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would be a massive undertaking ...
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Happy Thanksgiving
Michael Yon - Online Magazine —
... Michael called by satellite phone. He is in a remote area of Afghanistan with US and Afghan forces. Michael reports that his satellite internet gear is non-functional. He has no access to internet. Please see his dispatch in the New York Post today. Michael did mention that morale among US and Afghan forces is high. More Later. ...
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Weekly Standard Blog —
Gates will stay on at Defense; Jim Geraghty notices some gnashing of teeth on the left.
Michael Yon writes that the Iraq war is over.
Without missing a shot, a corporal tallies 20 kills, as 30 U.S. Marines defeat 250 insurgents in Afghanistan.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco blocked a major offshore drilling effort.
Mitt Romney v. Jennifer Granholm on the auto bailouts.
Peter Schiff, who predicted the recession, is a bear on the bailouts and Obama. ...
AP Parrots Henry Waxman's Lie About the Still-True 'Sixteen Words'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... It seems that some in Congress are so upset that our troops and their president have achieved what looks like victory in Iraq to seasoned, on-the-ground observers like Michael Yon that they feel compelled to get in their final digs to somehow discredit the war's legitimacy. ...
A Toast to Old Media’s — and Old Medea’s — Defeat in Iraq
Pajamas Media —
... , comes out and says, “ The Iraq War is over . … The civil war has completely ended.” Second, this victory — or, if you must, “the end of the war with Iraqi and U.S. forces firmly in control” — is a major setback for those who worked tirelessly for defeat. At every opportunity, the defeatists employed or extended tactics that had ultimately “succeeded” in bringing about the fall of South Vietnam and ...
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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 ...
War Is Over If You Want It
attackerman.firedoglake.com 11/27/2008 — A Thanksgiving present from Baghdad: the Iraqi parliament has passed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) ending the war by 2011. Or, as AFP reports , possibly by May 2010 .
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Muqtada al Sadr.
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"IRAQ'S LAST JEWS" - New York Post
nypost.com 12/1/2008 — 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 ...
Iran-made Weapons Less Than 1% Of All Iraq Caches Found
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Why the U.S. blinked on its troop agreement with Iraq
mcclatchydc.com 11/20/2008 — WASHINGTON — Although the Pentagon officially has welcomed the new accord on a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, senior military officials are privately criticizing President Bush for giving Iraq more control over U.S. military operations for ...
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 ...
Iraq's prime minister won't sign U.S. troop deal
mcclatchydc.com 10/25/2008 — BAGHDAD — Fearing political division in the parliament and in his country, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki won't sign the just-completed agreement on the status of U.S. forces in Iraq, a leading lawmaker said Friday.
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