Archive for the 'Iraq' Category

It’s 3-Card Monte time…”McCain Leaks Details Of Obama’s Iraq Trip”

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Johnny Mac is either…
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July 18, 2008 04:57 PM
Reuters reports that McCain shared details of Obama’s trip to Iraq at a fundraiser:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, is likely to be in Iraq over the weekend.
The Obama campaign has tried to cloak the Illinois senator’s trip in some […]

Unknown facts from history…

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

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Images: (Anthony Celebrezze) ssa.gov; (al-Maliki) news.xinhuanet.com; xinhua/Reuters Photo

Petraeus prohibits phrase ‘We’re winning’ in connection with Iraq.

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

I have investigated and found that the following are allowable. 
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Bottom sixth, tied.
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Bases loaded, one out. Lavagetto at bat.
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Pitching change, we’ll be right back.
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Any re-broadcast, re-transmission or other use
of the pictures, descriptions and accounts of this war
without the express written consent of
Major League Baseball is prohibited 
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In the third; No runs, 1 hit, 1 error and one […]

SHINE ON, HARVEST BOOM

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

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Houston Chronicle
“We Should Not Let Them Back into Polite Society” - Richard Clarke on GWB and His Cronies
Posted 6/6/2008 8:40 AM CDT
On Countdown last night, Keith went after GWB and his administration over the new Phase 2 Report on Iraq intelligence issued yesterday under chairman Jay Rockefeller. The conclusions reached by this report were […]

History is replete with tyrants who have done without candy for Lent.

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Bush: I quit golf over Iraq war
Tue May 13, 10:01 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year.
“I think playing golf […]

This man now teaches at a major university?!

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Feith Blames Public For Feeling Misled About Iraq: ‘I Think They Misremember A Lot’»
Last night, Iraq war architect Douglas Feith (video)appeared on The Daily Show to discuss his war apologia, War and Decision. When Stewart said that many Americans feel the Bush administration misled them into war, Feith replied, “Errors are not lies. I think […]

Fallen U.S. troops cremated at ‘Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service.’

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Wake up, Folks! This administration is beneath all contempt.

Think Progress
May 10, 2008
Since 2001, the U.S. military has cremated the remains of approximately 200 service members at Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service, a Delaware facility that primarily cremates pets. The practice was stopped yesterday, as the Washington Post reports:
The revelation came to light when an Army […]

Leadership We Deserve!

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

I realize this article is two- months- old, but I felt Vincenzo Kolchak had a good point in sending it. After all the Bush regime has lately been squawking about its openess regarding policy matters.

Pentagon cancels release of controversial Iraq report
By Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
* Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
WASHINGTON — The […]

Lew Harper: Your husband keeps lousy company, Mrs. McCain, as bad as there is in DC. And that’s as bad as there is.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Sam Stein
The Huffington Post
McCain Strongly Rejected Long-Term Iraq Presence: “Bring Them All Home”
April 28, 2008 09:16 PM
When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it.
Three years before the Arizona Republican argued on the campaign trail that U.S. forces could be in Iraq […]

“Your money is no good here, Mr. Torrance.”

Friday, April 25th, 2008

raq’s Sadr tells fighters to observe truce
By Wisam Mohammed 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled back from confrontation with the government on Friday, asking his followers to continue to observe a shaky ceasefire and not to battle government troops.
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Sadr, whose call for calm was read out in a […]