Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer Sun Apr 20, 3:20 AM ET
BAGHDAD - Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a “final warning” to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare “open war until liberation.”
A full-blown uprising by al-Sadr, who […]
(AFP/Essam al-Sudani)
1,300 Iraqi troops, police dismissed
By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 9 minutes ago
The Iraqi government has dismissed about 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted or refused to fight during last month’s offensive against Shiite militias and criminal gangs in Basra, officials said Sunday.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said 921 police and […]
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Anderson Cooper 360 Blog
April 11, 2008
Gen. Paul Eaton: In Iraq, where is the cavalry?
Posted: 11:21 AM ET
The Bush administration has chosen to abandon our under-equipped and over-burdened military to fight alone in Iraq.
After successfully alienating potential allies in the prosecution of our war in Iraq, this Administration continues to view our first truly interagency war […]
Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit
JACKSON, Missouri (CNN) – Debbie Shank breaks down in tears every time she’s told that her 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed in Iraq.
The couple’s 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed two weeks after arriving in Iraq.
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The 52-year-old mother of three attended her son’s funeral, but she […]
W ‘n Friends reward the man with disdain while having praised
vermin in the guise of Chalabi. But, why wouldn’t W’s regime
appreciate someone accused of embezzling $300,000,00
from a Jordanian bank?
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Stalwart Service for U.S. in Iraq Is Not Enough to Gain Green Card
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 23, 2008; A01
During his nearly four years as […]
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5.1 million displaced Iraqis is the equivalent of 55.7 million displaced Americans. Nevertheless, Dick ‘n W are only doing what they do best.
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Bush’s legacy: An America in decline
March 17, 2008 - 5:55am
President Bush’s unilateral decision to invade Iraq five years ago has not only cost America power, influence and prestige but has also plunged the nation into economic chaos and left America with lagging morale and hope for the future.
That’s the conclusion of an increasing […]
Think Progress
March 16, 2008
One Year Later, Market Where McCain Strolled ‘Freely’ Is Controlled By Sadr,
Too Unsafe For Americans To Visit
On April 1, 2007, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) strolled through the open-air Shorja market in Baghdad in an effort to prove that Americans are “not getting the full picture” of what’s going on in Iraq. In […]
“I hate people like that,” the sources say. That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by making remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a superior.
Gareth Porter, Asia Times, September 14, 2007
March 11, 2008
Top U.S. Commander in Mideast to Retire Early
By THOM SHANKER and DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON — Adm. William J. […]
AP: Water makes US troops in Iraq sick
By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press WriterSun Mar 9, 11:38 AM ET
Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using “unmonitored and potentially unsafe” water supplied by the military and a contractor once owned by Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company, the Pentagon’s internal watchdog says.
A report […]