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The Anniversary Party
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 3/19/2009
The Anniversary Party
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photo by jamesdale10 It's eerie and uncomfortable and inappropriate that there isn't much notice that six years ago today the U.S. invaded Iraq. Maybe that's natural now that the Obama administration is ending the war. Maybe it's an indication of a cultural exhaustion with Iraq. We who ...
Top brass disturbed by GOP stalling of Iraq ambassador
thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 3/19/2009
Top brass disturbed by GOP stalling of Iraq ambassador
— thecable.foreignpolicy.com — There's one as yet unremarked constituency increasingly disturbed by some Republican senators' efforts to block the confirmation of former North Korea envoy Christopher Hill to be the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq: the U.S. military. Sources tell ... (more) Top brass disturbed by GOP stalling of Iraq ambassador

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washingtontimes.com - 3/20/2009
Brownback to block Iraq nominee
— washingtontimes.com — Senator says Christopher Hill misled him Eli Lake ( Contact ) Friday, March 20, 2009 Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas threatened Thursday to take advantage of a Senate rule to block the confirmation of Christopher Hill as U.S. ambassador to Iraq on the ... (more) Brownback to block Iraq nominee

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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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Corrente:  Embarrassing admission: I forgot today is 6th anniversary of Bush's Invasion of Iraq

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Embarrassing admission: I forgot today is 6th anniversary of Bush's Invasion of Iraq
Corrente — ... I didn't remember until I read Spencer Ackerman's post at Firedoglake, about Big Oil apparently getting its hands on as much as 75% of Iraq's oil. ...

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