reuters.com - 12/1/2008
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Monday he believed U.S. combat troops should leave Iraq within 16 months of his taking office but he would listen to advice from military commanders. "I believe that 16 months is the right timeframe but, as I've said consistently, I will ...
nytimes.com - 11/30/2008
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For the first time, there is a chance
that a reasonably stable democratizing government, though no doubt...
corrupt in places, can take root in the Iraqi political space. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/30/2008
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Barack Obama and his Democratic allies have famously
done everything in their power to try to lose...
the Iraqi War while President Bush is in office, but now that everyone with any understanding of the conflict knows that the war...
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NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For ...
michaelyon-online.com - 12/1/2008
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The Art of the End of War
Published: 01 December 2008 Zabul Province, Afghanistan (Travel from...
Iraq to Afghanistan, and needless bureaucratic delays, nearly killed this dispatch. Though many photos were made during the recent journey in ...
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The Art of the End of War
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Lowest U.S. Casualty Toll Since 2003 Invasion
Flopping Aces —
... to any agreement to keep U.S. forces in Iraq, who want the U.S. and Coalition Forces out of Iraq NOW, are probably prolonging our presence there. You want us out of Iraq as soon as possible? Solution: Cease with the violence and sabotage of the budding Iraqi government. ...
Obama Sticks to 16 Month Timetable; Gives Gates 'New Mission'; 38 Killed, 100 Wounded in Spate of Bombings;
Informed Comment —
... President-elect Barack Obama reaffirmed on Monday that he wants to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 months of his inauguration. That would be well before the December, 2011 deadline enshrined in the new security agreement between the two countries. The agreement stipulates that its details can be altered by mutual consent, or by one side giving one year's notice. ...
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mudvillegazette.com 11/26/2008 — Actually, McClatchy calls it an " unofficial translation from the Arabic ".
There are some bits that are more interesting than others ("Iraqi airspace control and monitoring will be transferred to the Iraqi authorities immediately as this ...
Iraq SOFA Approved
mudvillegazette.com 11/28/2008 — It's official: Barack Obama's "16 month" withdrawal from Iraq must begin no later than two years from next September. Unless conditions change, then it might be sooner or later.
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Thanksgiving in America, and in Iraq the Parliament approved ...
SoI: Diyala
mudvillegazette.com 1/12/2009 — Continuing a series begun here .
As 2008 drew to a close, Adam Weinstein, MNC-I Public Affairs, sent us the following update on the transfer of the Sons of Iraq program to Government of Iraq control.
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SoI: Anbar
mudvillegazette.com 1/12/2009 — Third in a series, previous entry here .
More from Adam Weinstein, on the near-future of the Sons of Iraq program.
Anbar grassroots movement reaches milestone:
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Victory In Iraq Day
confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/25/2008 — The Iraq Wars are over, and we have won. Let me say that again. WE HAVE WON THE IRAQ WARS. And yes, I do mean to use the plural, as we have, along with our allies, won three intertwined...
Insurgents to Obama: Pull troops from Iraq - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 11/8/2008 — BAGHDAD Two Iraqi insurgent groups called on President-elect Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and abandon the war on terror , an Internet monitoring service reported Friday. Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, self-styled head of the al-Qaida front ...
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