ap.google.com - 11/12/2008
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2 days ago WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. military in Iraq is abandoning deliberately and with little public notice a centerpiece of the widely acclaimed strategy it adopted nearly two years ago to turn the tide against the insurgency. It is moving American troops farther from the people they are ...
zombietime.com - 11/17/2008
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zombietime.com —
Victory in Iraq Day November 22, 2008 We
won. The Iraq War is over. I declare November
22, 2008 to be "Victory in Iraq Day." (Hereafter known as "VI Day.") By every measure, The United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all ...
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Victory in Iraq Day, November 22, 2008
pajamasmedia.com - 11/14/2008
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pajamasmedia.com —
November 14, 2008 "THE WAR IS OVER AND
WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and
reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. "There's nothing going on. I'm with the 10th Mountain Division, ...
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Instapundit.com -
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/14/2008
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
Though he'd been on a mission all day
and was about to drop, Mike Yon just called
from Iraq to let me know that the war is over, and we've won. Whatever it is that is left of violence, there...
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"The Iraq War is Over. We Won."
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When Cut and Run is Success
The Jawa Report —
... an article by the AP claiming "US Military to Abandon Iraqi Cities". It's not just the headline that's misleading, it's the introductory paragraph which makes it seem like the U.S. is, in fact, "abandoning" Iraqis to a horrible fate. One problem, five paragraphs into the article the AP finally mentions that the reason U.S. troops are on track to pull out of several Iraqi cities is because we have been so successful and are therefore no longer needed there. Good job AP! (sarcasm) Good find Taranto! (non-sarcastic) Thanks to Mike. By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at November 12, ...
How The Associated Press Reports On Victory: “US military to abandon Iraqi cities”
Say Anything —
... This has to be the most absurd Iraq headline since the McClatchy news service reporting the drop in violence in Iraq... ...
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