iht.com - 11/20/2008
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WASHINGTON: Pulling the U.S. military out of Iraq would be a massive undertaking and would have to be done slowly and deliberately, defense officials said. One general said it would take up to 18 months to cut his troop levels in northern Iraq in half. The length of the withdrawal would depend ...
mcclatchydc.com - 11/26/2008
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Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops or military
contractors who kill Iraqis on operations. The agreement calls...
for Iraq to prosecute U.S. troops according to court procedures that have yet to be worked out. Those negotiations, administration ...
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McClatchy Washington Bureau | 11/25/2008 | U.S. staying ...
nypost.com - 11/24/2008
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Last updated: 2:17 am November 24, 2008 Posted:
12:00 am November 24, 2008 BAGHDAD THE Iraq War...
is over. Flames still burst from various sources and wild cards remain, such as the potential that Muqtada al-Sadr might stomp his feet and encourage his ...
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IRAQ'S NEW DAWN - New York Post
cnn.com - 11/20/2008
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Defense chief speaks to Iraq-bound soldiers in Kuwait
(CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld faced tough...
questioning Wednesday from troops about to be deployed to Iraq. Soldiers at Camp Buehring, a staging area in the Kuwait desert, peppered ...
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Troops put thorny questions to Rumsfeld - Dec 9, 2004
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Tom Engelhardt: Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... And it doesn't stop there. In mid-2007, when the issue of our "stuff" first became part of the withdrawal news, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pointed out: "You're talking about not just U.S. soldiers, but millions of tons of contractor equipment that belongs to the United States government, and a variety of other things... This is a massive logistical undertaking whenever it takes place." So, one might ask, what about those many tens of thousands of private contractors in Iraq and all their material? Presumably, some of them, too, would have to withdraw, mainly through the ...
Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq
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... units. They're also home to airfields laden with high-tech gear, complexes of offices filled with computers, furniture and air conditioners, systems of generators and water plants, PXs full of merchandise, gyms packed with equipment, big prefab latrines and ranks of small portable toilets, even Burger Kings and Subway sandwich shops." And it doesn't stop there. In mid-2007, when the issue of our "stuff" first became part of the withdrawal news, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pointed out : "You're talking about not just US soldiers, but millions of tons of contractor ...
Stuff Happens
The Latest on Air America —
... units. They're also home to airfields laden with high-tech gear, complexes of offices filled with computers, furniture and air conditioners, systems of generators and water plants, PXs full of merchandise, gyms packed with equipment, big prefab latrines and ranks of small portable toilets, even Burger Kings and Subway sandwich shops." And it doesn't stop there. In mid-2007, when the issue of our "stuff" first became part of the withdrawal news, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pointed out : "You're talking about not just U.S. soldiers, but millions of tons of contractor ...
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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 ...
Mullen: U.S. Would Need More Than 2 Years for Iraq Withdrawal
washingtonpost.com 11/20/2008 — Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 17, 2008; 4:43 PM The U.S. military would require two to three years to remove its roughly 150,000 troops and equipment from Iraq safely, and the timing of that withdrawal should be based on security ...
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War Is Over If You Want It
attackerman.firedoglake.com 11/27/2008 — A Thanksgiving present from Baghdad: the Iraqi parliament has passed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) ending the war by 2011. Or, as AFP reports , possibly by May 2010 .
According to AFP, the SOFA's passage comes thanks to the ...
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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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Progress for Peace: Reconciliation ...
Get ready to change the name to CryVAW...
mudvillegazette.com 11/21/2008 — As the panties begin inevitable twist : Reporting from Washington -- Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq ...
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.
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By Adam Weinstein
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Pentagon Wary of Fast Iraq Withdrawal
online.wsj.com 11/20/2008 — WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is facing an early confrontation with the Pentagon over the hot-button issue of how fast to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq, with some senior officers arguing for a slower drawdown. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman ...
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