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thenation.com - 11/3/2008
Today in The Nation: Obama and Iraq
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Robert Dreyfuss If Barack Obama becomes president, will he have a mandate to end the war? Will he want to?

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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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projects.publicintegrity.org - 10/28/2008
Iraq: The War Card - The Center for Public Integrity
— projects.publicintegrity.org — On August 26, 2002, in an address to the national convention of the Veteran of Foreign Wars, Cheney flatly declared: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to ... (more) Iraq: The War Card - The Center ...

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longwarjournal.org - 11/6/2008
Iraq announces plan to expand the Air Force
— longwarjournal.org — Iraq will purchase 516 military aircraft from the United States and France for its new Air Force, a senior Iraqi military official said this week. The planes and helicopters will provide Iraq with its first significant air combat and strike ... (more) Iraq announces plan to expand the Air Force

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Deputy Oil Minister Wounded; Iraq Likely to tie down Next President
Informed Comment — ... military and diplomatic mess could end up consuming the new president. For US troops to operate without an internationally accepted legal framework would expose them to prosecution for their military actions in Iraq. The looming disaster is one reason that even the grossly incompetent Bush administration is at least considering a Plan B. That is to go back to the UN Security Council for an extension of its mandate for US and allied troops to act in Iraq. Bob Dreyfuss at The Nation wonders whether, if he is elected, he will get US troops out of Iraq on a ...

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