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On Victory
mudvillegazette.com - 3/16/2009
On Victory
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Continuing our 6th anniversary retrospective with a "dispatch" from Baghdad from October, 2007. In our last episode... It IS VERY FREAKING NOISY IN A HELICOPTER AND I HAVE EAR PLUGS STUCK IN ALMOST TO MY TONSILS, but I figure if he wants to chat I can pop one out. I do. He's been in radio ...
michaelyon-online.com - 3/10/2009
The Pathetic Afghan Army & Will Obama Fumble Iraq?
— michaelyon-online.com — The Pathetic Afghan Army & Will Obama Fumble Iraq? 11 March 2009 The disconnect between reporting and... reality on Iraq was dramatic during 2005. Media stories about the incompetence and hopelessness of the Iraqi army and police were like the soup ... (more) The Pathetic Afghan Army & Will Obama Fumble Iraq?

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TPM Photo Galleries | Talking Points Memo | 6 Years in Iraq: A Timeline in Images
talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/19/2009
TPM Photo Galleries | Talking Points Memo | 6 Years in Iraq: A Timeline in Images
— talkingpointsmemo.com — | next March 19, 2003: March 19, 2003: In a televised address to the nation, President Bush... announces that the U.S. attack on Iraq has begun. (Photo courtesy of Newscom/AFP) March 21, 2003 : After two days of limited bombing, Coalition forces launched ... (more) TPM Photo Galleries | Talking Points Memo | 6 Years in ...

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independent.co.uk - 3/13/2009
Secret emails show Iraq dossier was 'sexed up' - UK Politics, UK - The Independent
— independent.co.uk — Secret Whitehall emails released yesterday provide damning new evidence that the notorious dossier making the case for... invading Iraq was "sexed up". They disclose that the intelligence services were sceptical over the "iffy drafting" of government ... (more) Secret emails show Iraq dossier was 'sexed up' -  ...

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