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WAR: About that War

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The Nation

The double jeopardy clause of the US Constitution ensures that no American can be tried twice for the same offense. At a time when our civil liberties are rapidly eroding, a drama is unfolding over whether that protection applies to a US soldier.

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World Tribune

The Bush administration is concerned that Turkey could block vital U.S. supply routes to Iraq. 70% of the fuel and air shipments to the U.S. military in Iraq are currently routed through Turkey. 70% of the U.S. air cargo to Iraq flies through Turkey.

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Mondoreb & Ginn

One week ago, Death by 1000 Papercuts posted a story about al-Qaeda in Iraq issuing playing cards similar to those the US handed out when hunting down leaders of Sadaam Hussein's regime. Only these cards had pictures of Iraqi tribal leaders AQI h

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The Penisula

A key Shi'ite member of Iraq's ruling coalition called yesterday for the complete withdrawl of foreign troops from his country and rejected the possibility of permanent bases. Ammar Hakim, a leading figure of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Counci

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AP

The U.S. mission in Iraq is a "nightmare with no end in sight" because of political misjudgments after the fall of Saddam Hussein that continue today, a former chief of U.S.-led forces said. Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who commanded c

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Reuters

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates played down a newspaper report that the U.S. Marine Corps was pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and switch to a leading role in Afghanistan. "I have heard that they were beginning to think about that and

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UPI

SUNDERLAND, England, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A British woman says the body of her soldier son was returned from Iraq with a leg and arm that were not his.

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Tom Tom

Eric and Robert have traveled 27,000 miles on their bicycles. They have been from Los Crusis New Mexico to the Canadian boarder nine times all to support the troops and at the same time protest the war. For every troop killed they travel another 10 m

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AP

U.S. troops already are stretched thin trying to contain Sunni and Shiite Muslim extremists. But the shrunken coalition won't make much of a difference because most of the non-U.S. forces have largely stuck to non-combat roles. "This is a U.

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AP

Turkey is shelling suspected Kurdish rebel camps across the border in northern Iraq, a newspaper reported Wednesday, but the government appeared unlikely to move toward sending groud troops until next week. (That's a relief)

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AP

Congressional Democrats have put on the back burner legislation ordering troops home from Iraq and turned their attention to war-related proposals that Republicans are finding hard to reject. The legislative agenda marks a dramatic shift for party l

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Wall Street Journal

BAGHDAD--The latest chapter in al Qaeda's war manual in their war against the Iraqi people and the Coalition is this: raiding remote peaceful villages, burning down homes and slaughtering both man and beast. It's a campaign of self destructio

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Reuters

The US cautioned Turkey on Tuesday against making an incursion into northern Iraq after Kurdish rebels launched attacks from there and urged both countries to work together to resolve the conflict. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan

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The Independent

Anti-war protesters will clash with police if they defy a ban to march to Parliament on the day MPs return to work after the summer recess. This is the first time Scotland Yard has invoked an ancient law to prevent demonstrating near Parliament,

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Mail & Guardian

Britain is to cut the number of its troops in Iraq to 2,500 by next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said. "We plan for next spring to reduce force numbers in southern Iraq to a figure of 2,500," he told parliament's lower House of C

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Reuters

Cholera has struck at least 3,315 people in Iraq since mid-August, killing at least 15. The WHO global cholera coordinator said that up to 10 cases have also been confirmed in Iran, near the Iraqi border. [Cholera! Heck of a job, Gates.]

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AFP

A double US air strike on an Iraqi village killed around 25 suspected Iranian-linked insurgents on Friday, the military said, with Iraqi officials claiming women and children were among the dead.

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USA Today

A Fort Lewis soldier charged with refusing to deploy to Iraq asked a federal court Wednesday to bar his upcoming court-martial, saying the Army is violating his constitutional rights by trying him twice for the same crime.

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AFP

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that Blackwater should leave the country because of the mountain of evidence against the under-fire US security firm. His comments came amid growing anger among Iraqis that "above the law

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Chuck Baldwin Live

"Bush quietly advising Hillary Clinton, top Democrats." This appeared in The Examiner. "President Bush is quietly providing back-channel advice to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to modulate her rhetoric so she can effectively prose

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AP

The second court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, a Fort Lewis U.S. Army officer who refused to go to Iraq with his unit a year ago, has been rescheduled to Oct. 9. His first trial ended in a mistrial. If convicted, Watada faces a maximum of six year

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Vanity Fair

Americans working in Iraq for Halliburton spin-off KBR have been outraged by the massive fraud they saw there. Dozens are suing the giant military contractor, on the taxpayers' behalf. Whose side is the Justice Department on?

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AP

Violence in Afghanistan has surged this year with suicide bombings inflicting an especially high toll on civilians, a new UN report says. The report said Afghanistan is averaging 550 violent incidents a month, up from an average of 425 last year.

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