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michaeltotten.com - 12/15/2008

On the Hunt in Baghdad

— michaeltotten.com — by Michael J. Totten BAGHDAD -- “If your men conduct any raids,” I said to Captain Todd Looney at Combat Outpost Ford on the outskirts of Sadr City, Baghdad, “I want to go.” “We might have something come up,” he said. “If so, I'll get you out ... (more) On the Hunt in Baghdad

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thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008

Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ‘So What?’

— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, after an Iraqi journalist used “ [t]wo of the worst insults in Islam ” against him, an unfazed President Bush sat down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for an exit interview in Iraq. When Raddatz asked Bush about his legacy, ... (more) Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ...

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julescrittenden.com - 12/14/2008

Victory Lap

— julescrittenden.com — Bush makes a last visit to Iraq. Reuters: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President George W. Bush made an unannounced farewell visit to Baghdad on Sunday, just weeks before he leaves office and bequeaths the unpopular Iraq war to President-elect Barack ... (more) Victory Lap

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Mudville Gazette: This week in Iraq War History
Victory Caucus -- All Content — December 10, 1996: The oil-for-food program begins operations as oil flows from Iraq for the first time since 1990. (Food shipments to Iraq would not begin until March, 1997.) Estimates of the Iraqi death toll resulting from UN sanctions between 1990 and 1996 vary widely; some indicate that 750,000 people died through malnutrition and lack of medicines; and that the rate at this time was 10,000 a month. Oil for Food was initially approved by the U.N. Security Council in... read ...