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msnbc.msn.com - 11/5/2008
NBC brands Iraq conflict 'civil war' - Conflict in Iraq
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news.bbc.co.uk - 10/31/2008
BBC NEWS | Europe | Spain PM orders Iraq troops home
— news.bbc.co.uk — Spain's new prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has given orders for Spanish troops in Iraq to... be brought home in "as short a time as possible". In a televised address to the nation, he said he could not ignore what he called the will of the ... (more) BBC NEWS | Europe | Spain PM orders Iraq troops home

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washingtonindependent.com - 11/7/2008
Now That Obama’s Elected, Iraq Will Sign Basing Deal
— washingtonindependent.com — Barely a week ago, the Iraqi government was refusing to sign a status of forces agreement with... the U.S. military, despite the agreement’s guarantee of a full-scale troop withdrawal by 2011. Prominent Iraqi dignitaries were talking about ... (more) Now That Obama’s Elected, Iraq Will Sign Basing Deal

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Iraqi troops kill senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader
longwarjournal.org - 11/7/2008
Iraqi troops kill senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader
— longwarjournal.org — Abu Ghazwan. Image is from an Iraqi wanted poster. Iraqi troops scored a blow against al Qaeda... in Iraq's network during a series of operations in the Tarmiyah region. Iraqi soldiers, backed by the local Sons of Iraq and US ... (more) Iraqi troops kill senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader

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Perfunction:  Thomas Friedman: The Civil War Finally Ends

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Thomas Friedman: The Civil War Finally Ends
Perfunction — ... So as the New York Times finally announces the end of the American Civil War, we anxiously await NBC's proclamation of the end of the Iraqi civil war they breathlessly declared 2 years ago --- and stopped referring to as such a few weeks later. Only 145 years to go!: ...

Matthews: “I want to do everything I can to make … this new presidency work”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... observes, acidly, that wanting the president to succeed never seemed like a real high priority for the media vis-a-vis George Bush, but that’s easily explained. If you believe that anything that hurts the GOP’s election chances is ipso facto in the national interest, then it’s practically your patriotic duty to want Bush to fail, whatever the short-term (or long-term) collateral damage to America. Speaking of which, has NBC gotten around yet to formally downgrading Iraq from the “civil war” status they declared two years ago or were they saving that for when the national ...

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