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U.S. Troops Leave Iraqi Cities, but Unsettled Issues Remain (www.truthdig.com) TMC

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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Submitted 8 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Slideshow: US Troops Leave Iraqi Cities, Iraqis Celebrate (www.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

Images of the day US combat troops withdrew from cities across Iraq and Iraqis celebrating the day.

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Submitted 8 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Hey! Pundits! Bob Gates Is Pretty Much OK With Withdrawing Combat Troops From Iraq on a 16-Month Timeline! (washingtonindependent.com) TMC

I was on the phone during Bob Gates’ first presser since being reappointed as defense secretary by President-elect Obama, but my man Matt DeLong kept me covered and sent along his notes. And look at... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

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Iraq Sniper Fires on US Troops: Very Graphic (corksphere.blogspot.com)

This video shows what happened immediately after a sniper hits a US Marine in Iraq.

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Submitted about 1 year ago by CORKSPHERE | 0 Comments |

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Violent Video: Grenades Kill U.S. Troops In Iraq--CBS' Lara Logan Reports (corksphere.blogspot.com)

In this violent video, CBS' Lara Logan shows how insurgents are using new grenades to kill US troops.

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Submitted about 1 year ago by CORKSPHERE | 0 Comments |

Iraq War: Ohio's Lima Company Is Hardest-Hit Combat Unit of War (news.sky.com)

All were reservists from the same state and the deaths acted as a watershed for many. Sky talked to a Lima Company Marine, parents of fallen and the mother of a brain damaged marine for their... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

U.S.-Iraq Agreement Severely Flawed (www.progressive.org) TMC

The Iraqis are getting the jitters about their forced marriage to the United States. Can’t blame them. A recently drafted agreement between the two governments would supposedly have U.S. troops... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Status of Forces Agreement Reached Between U.S. and Iraq, Almost. (www.alternet.org) TMC

Iraq and the United States have finally agreed on a security pact which would mean that U.S. forces would withdraw from Iraq by 2011, American and Iraqi officials said yesterday. The accord became... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Soldiers Serving Overseas Find It Increasingly Difficult to Vote (corksphere.blogspot.com)

The last time there was a national election troops serving overseas found it difficult to obtain absentee ballots. According to AP the situation has not improved for this election.

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Submitted about 1 year ago by CORKSPHERE | 0 Comments |

Bush Admin Listens to Phone Conversations of Troops Overseas (corksphere.blogspot.com)

The Bush Administration has been tapping into phone calls from our troops overseas.

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Submitted about 1 year ago by CORKSPHERE | 0 Comments |

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