Joe Biden Is Literally in Iraq
(washingtonindependent.com)
Vice President Biden has arrived in Iraq to visit U.S. troops and to meet with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Speaker of the Council of... More
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Video: Long War Needs Long Peace Movement
(bravenewfilms.org)
The simultaneous conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond are all connected to the Pentagon strategy of “the Long War” projected to last fifty years in “the arc of crisis” that just... More
Submitted about 9 hours ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
Slideshow: US Troops Leave Iraqi Cities, Iraqis Celebrate
(www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
Images of the day US combat troops withdrew from cities across Iraq and Iraqis celebrating the day.
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Iraq's oil auction "goes bust"?
(therealnews.com)
As US forces begin to withdraw from the urban areas in Iraq, the government conducts an elaborate oil field auction which is not entirely successful. The televised auction to sell off eight major oil... More
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U.S. Troops Leave Iraqi Cities, but Unsettled Issues Remain
(www.truthdig.com)
If all goes correctly, when this column is read American troops will be gone from the cities of Iraq. Then the calculation must begin as to whether the loss of some half-million to million lives and... More
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Milestone in Ending Iraq War
(UpTake-Editorial.groups.theuptake.org)
President Obama announced that on Tuesday (June 30, 2009) US Troops turned over all of Iraq's towns and cities to the Iraqi government and security forces.
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Iraq: What We Leave as We Withdraw
(us.oneworld.net)
WASHINGTON, Jul 1 (OneWorld.net) - Iraq is "devastated" and its people are angry, explains a peace activist detailing a visit to Baghdad after six years of U.S. occupation. The United States "has not... More
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Iraq Has Another One of Its Famous Turning Points
(www.truthdig.com)
As the media trumpets sound for the pullback of American troops from urban areas in Iraq, the essential lesson of our involvement must be recalled: Nothing about our entanglement in Iraq has ever been... More
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Iraqis Celebrate 'National Sovereignty Day' (www.google.com)
"All of us are happy-- Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds on this day," Waleed al-Bahadili said as he celebrated at the park. "The Americans harmed and insulted us too much."
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MEETING A DEADLINE IN IRAQ
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
For months, there were plenty of concerns that the U.S. commitment of withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities by June 30 was ambitious, and perhaps unrealistic. And yet, here we are. The... More
Submitted 2 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
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