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Omissions In the Iraq Study Group Report
Stephen LendmanWhat's not in the Iraq Study Group report is more important than what's in it.
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WAR: About that War
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War without end: The Beginnings
• by Tom Engelhardt and Michael SchwartzFirst a little "political bedtime story" about how Washington has tried to "fix" everything but reality itself; then, why the withdrawal option, increasingly popular for the American public, is such poison to Washington's move
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Mass abduction in Iraq, US general demands action
• ReutersIraqi police said gunmen traveling in 10 government cars and three pickup trucks descended on Sinak, an area in central Baghdad where car parts and agricultural equipment are sold, and rounded up about 30 shopkeepers and bystanders.
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Bush's 'new way forward' is into quicksand
• BY JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY (McClatchy)The power brokers in Washington spent the week carefully arranging fig leaves and tasteful screens to cover the emperor’s nakedness while he was busy pretending to listen hard to everyone with an opinion about Iraq while hearing nothing.
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Democrats Claim They'll Tighten Reins on Iraq Spending
• NY TimesFrustrated by the Bush administration’s piecemeal financing of the Iraq war, Democrats are planning to assert more control over the billions of dollars a month being spent on the conflict when they take charge of Congress in January.
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Pentagon's [and Bush's] plan: More U.S. troops in Iraq
• LA TimesStrong support has coalesced in the Pentagon behind a military plan to "double down" in the country with a substantial buildup in American troops, an increase in industrial aid and a major combat offensive against Muqtada Sadr, the radical
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IraqSlogger: ALL the news about Iraq
A one-stop-shopping clearinghouse for nonpartisan information, including material coming out of Iraq itself from natives of that country, not from foreign correspondents.
Entered By: Powell Gammill
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Fla. Senator Defies Bush, Visits Syria
• APIn a direct affront to the Bush administration, a Democratic senator spent an hour with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, asking him to do more to stabilize Iraq. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relati
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'Knocking Opportunity' in the Middle East
• William S. Lind for LewRockwell.comThe Iraq Study Group Report is not a recipe for defeat, but an acknowledgment of defeat. Therein lies its value, and its function. It offers the Bush administration the bi-partisan fig leaf it needs to cover its defeat in Iraq and our inevitable with
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Baghdad suicide bombs kill at least 60
• AFPA pair of suicide car bombs has killed at least 60 people, mostly Shiite casual labourers, in downtown Baghdad as Iraq's divided government struggled to deal with the escalating violence. Insurgents, meanwhile, again targeted a revered Shiite
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Saudi Clerics urge Muslims to back Iraq Sunnis
• APMore than 30 prominent Islamic clerics from Saudi Arabia called on Sunni Muslims around the Middle East to support their brethren in Iraq against Shiites and praised the insurgency.
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Long promised Intelligence panel’s ‘Phase Two’ to be completed next year
• The HillThe three unreleased sections of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s controversial “Phase Two” report on the Bush administration’s use of prewar intelligence are headed for circulation next year, incoming Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) told The H
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Tuesday: 158 Iraqis Killed, 5 GIs Killed; 287 Iraqis Injured
• AntiWarSeveral explosions rocked the capital today, including one that killed 70 people and wounded 236 others. Another bomb damaged the Golden Mosque in Samarra. Overall, at least 158 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and 287 were injured in various i
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Fred Barnes hopes the “lame Duck” Bush bombs Iran on the way out the door (Video)
• CrooksAndLiars.comBarnes:…and the day before he leavers office—carry out the military option in Iran.
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Dahr Jamail in Iraq
• Jamail, Emails from the Front Lines of Iraqi DailyIts time to check in again with someone that knows what's really happening in Iraq
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Karzai cries during speech, says Afghan children are dying from terrorism and NATO bombs
• APWith his lips quivering and voice breaking, a tearful President Hamid Karzai on Sunday lamented that Afghan children are being killed by NATO and U.S. bombs and by terrorists from Pakistan. "the coalition from killing our children."
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Iraq Fails to Spend Billions to Rebuild
• NY TimesIraq is failing to spend billions of dollars of oil revenues that have been set aside to rebuild its damaged roads, schools and power stations and to repair refineries and pipelines. [And you thought it was Halliburton's fault.]
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Leave Iraq now; don't wait until 2008 election day
• by Joe Galloway (McClatchy)All things considered, it was too little, too late and too long a wait if you have a son or daughter serving a third or fourth combat tour in Iraq - something that few, if any, of the above referenced politicians and wise men have contributed to the
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Historian doubts record of black pilots
• APIt has been part of the lore of America's first black fighter pilots since the end of World War II: The Tuskegee Airmen never lost a bomber to enemy fire. But now a leader of the group says he has uncovered records proving the claim is not accura
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Talks under way to replace Iraq PM
• APMajor partners in Iraq's governing coalition are in behind-the-scenes talks to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki amid discontent over his failure to quell raging violence, according to lawmakers involved.
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Active-Duty Military Personnel Will Protest War in Iraq on Wednesday
• Common DreamsWednesday, more than a hundred members of active duty military, reserve, and National Guard will speak out against the War in Iraq. The first time active servicemembers will voice a protest since the US entered Iraq in March 2003.
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Iraqis Near Deal on Distribution of Oil Revenues
• NY TimesIraqi officials are near agreement on a national oil law that would give the central government the power to distribute current and future oil revenues to the provinces or regions, based on their population, Iraqi and American officials say.
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A Soldier's Story
• by MAJOR BILL EDMONDSA CIA buddy forwarded this article. It is a must read. It is consistent with what I saw on the ground in Iraq when I was there in June. I discovered that the our focus on counter terrorism--i.e. kicking in doors and killing suspected terrorists--w
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The Iraq Study Group: None Dare Call It Treason
• by Mark Rothschild (AntiWar)What is the Iraq Study Group and whose interests does it serve? The Iraq Study Group is part of an organization called the United States Institute of Peace. A non-profit charitable organization funded by the US Treasury and controlled by the presiden
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Secret American talks with insurgents break down
• London TimesSECRET talks in which senior American officials came face-to-face with some of their most bitter enemies in the Iraqi insurgency broke down after 2 months of meetings. Hosted by Iyad Allawi, Iraq’s former prime minister, brought insurgent commanders
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'You must leave in 24 hours or your heads will be cut, your houses burnt'
• London TimesOne Shia family saw their neighbours flee, one by one. They stayed - until the al-Qaeda death threat finally landed on the doorstep.
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Cornered US Military Takes to Desperate Tactics in Iraq
• by Dahr Jamail & Ali Al-Fadhily (AntiWar)People living in areas where resistance to US-led occupation is mounting are facing increased levels of collective punishment from the occupation forces. Siniyah 100 miles north of Baghdad (pop. 25,000) has been under siege by the US military for 2 w
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A Very Bad Idea
• by John Nichols (The Nation)The [Iraq Study Group] report: "... US combat forces in Iraq could be deployed only in units embedded with Iraqi forces...." Retired Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters says embedding US troops in this manner creates "tens of thousands of hosta
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Nice Try, Daddy
• by Alan Bock (AntiWar)The most impressive aspect of the [Iraq Study Group] report – genuinely worth reading – is the assessment contained in the first 40 pages. It is grim but realistic. It highlights the increasing levels of violence and the inability of the current **QQ
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Saddam's nephew escapes Iraqi prison
• APA nephew of Saddam Hussein serving a life sentence for financing insurgents and possessing bombs escaped from prison Saturday in northern Iraq with the help of a police officer, authorities said.
