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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 6/30/2009

CNN Poll: Americans overwhelming support moving US combat troops out of Iraqi cities

— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) –A new national poll suggests that nearly three-quarters of all Americans support the plan to... withdraw most U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns, even though most believe that the troop movements will lead to an ... (more) CNN Poll: Americans overwhelming support moving US ...

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washingtonpost.com - 6/30/2009

In Iraq, Jubilation as U.S. Combat Troops Withdraw From Cities

— washingtonpost.com — Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, June 30, 2009; 9:52 AM... (more) In Iraq, Jubilation as U.S. Combat Troops Withdraw From ...

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news.bbc.co.uk - 6/30/2009

BBC NEWS | Middle East | US soldiers leave Iraq's cities

— news.bbc.co.uk — US troops have withdrawn from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion, having formally... handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces. A public holiday - National Sovereignty Day - has been declared, and the capital, Baghdad, threw a ... (more) BBC NEWS | Middle East | US soldiers leave Iraq's cities

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Changing of the Guard: US Troops Withdraw from Iraqi Cities; Maliki Declares “Sovereignty Day”
Firedoglake — ... Ware for CNN in which he declares that “this will no longer be America’s war,” we hear about all the American blood spilled to bring about this day with not a single mention of the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have died, killed by our unnecessary and criminal invasion. A step back by US forces is not an achievement hard won by our efforts – something we’ll hear over and over in the statements from American spokesmen. As Andrew Bacevich notes today in the Washington Post: ...

Goodbye to All That
Opinionator — ... as a partner, and never as a patron.” Indeed. But until the Iraqi government is strong enough to monopolize independently the use of force, a vacuum will exist and the most violent factions will fill it. Power and prestige matter. Withdrawal from Iraq’s cities is good politics in Washington, but when premature and done under fire it may very well condemn Iraqis to repeat their past. In a roundup of short takes at the Washington Post, Danielle Pletka also invoked the notion of the “ anti-surge .” If the situation deteriorates, we will need to consider redeploying U.S. troops ...