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mcclatchydc.com - 10/28/2008
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 10/27/2008 | U.S. threatens to halt services to Iraq without troop accord
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By Roy Gutman and Leila Fadel | McClatchy Newspapers BAGHDAD _ The U.S. military has warned Iraq that it will shut down military operations and other vital services throughout the country on Jan. 1 if the Iraqi government doesn't agree to a new agreement on the status of U.S. forces or a ...
McCain Adviser Dismisses Evidence Of Bush’s Iraq Dishonesty As ‘Conspiracy Theories’
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 10/28/2008
McCain Adviser Dismisses Evidence Of Bush’s Iraq Dishonesty As ‘Conspiracy Theories’
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Robert Kagan, a leading member of John McCain’s war cabinet , recently gave an interview to Der... Spiegel in which he was asked about the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq : SPIEGEL: Isn’t it true that Bush, Cheney and ... (more) McCain Adviser Dismisses Evidence Of Bush’s Iraq ...

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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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projects.publicintegrity.org - 10/28/2008
Iraq: The War Card - The Center for Public Integrity
— projects.publicintegrity.org — On August 26, 2002, in an address to the national convention of the Veteran of Foreign Wars,... Cheney flatly declared: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to ... (more) Iraq: The War Card - The Center ...

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US Forces Plan To "Step Aside" From Any Iraqi Civil War
Newshoggers.com — ... Of course, if there's no new status of forces deal by January Thomas' plans become moot, since it's likely US forces would be confined to base anyway. In fact, they're using the threat of exactly that to try to strongarm Iraqi into accepting an agreement it isn't happy with. McClatchy reports: ...

US Forces Plan To "Step Aside" From Any Iraqi Civil War
Crooks and Liars — ... Of course, if there's no new status of forces deal by January Thomas' plans become moot, since it's likely US forces would be confined to base anyway. In fact, they're using the threat of exactly that to try to strongarm Iraqi into accepting an agreement it isn't happy with. McClatchy reports: ...

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