Category Archives: Iraq

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The Lies

24 May Filed under History, Iraq, Politics. 1 Comment.

"A liar needs a good memory."

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March on.

18 May Filed under Iraq, Military, New York. 1 Comment.

Since the war in Iraq began five years ago, the Second Brigade at Fort Drum has put in four tours.

For the past week, opponents of the war have taken several routes through the conservative and largely rural reaches of upstate New York - small communities that have sent many of their young men and women into the military right after high school and have paid a disproportionate price.

On Saturday, which is Armed Forces Day, protesters ranging from peace activists to Iraq Veterans Against the War will hold a daylong rally outside Fort Drum. What they lack in numbers - there were only about 40 on the road on Wednesday - they have made up for in passion, having walked about 80 miles so far.

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Three Generations

15 May Filed under History, Iraq. 7 Comments.

“Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.” …and in other absurdities: New G.I. Bill Proposes ‘Patriot Tax’ by Brian Naylor All Things Considered, May 15, 2008 · Congressional Democrats are pushing forward with plans for a new … Read More →

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Support the Troops

6 May Filed under Afghanistan, Iraq. 5 Comments.

Post-War Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths, U.S. Says By Avram Goldstein May 5 (Bloomberg) — The number of suicides among veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may exceed the combat death toll because of inadequate mental health care, the U.S. government’s top psychiatric researcher … Read More →

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Generals gathered in their masses.

19 Apr Filed under Afghanistan, Asides, Iran, Iraq, Military, Washington. 5 Comments.

Message Machine Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand By DAVID BARSTOW In the summer of 2005, the Bush administration confronted a fresh wave of criticism over Guantánamo Bay. The detention center had just been branded “the gulag of our times” by Amnesty International, there were … Read More →

Positive Developments

13 Apr Filed under Iraq.
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100 years vs 100 days

10 Apr Filed under Campaign, Iraq, Washington. 3 Comments.

He’s got that Reagan look in his eyes, circa 87′… Maliki Disagrees With Petraeus’s ‘Pause,’ Says ‘U.S. Troops Should Be Pulled Out’ Gen. David Petraeus, top U.S. commander in Iraq, told Congress this week that he is recommending to President Bush that the United States … Read More →

It wasn’t your kid.

7 Apr Filed under Iraq, Military. 3 Comments.

Three U.S. soldiers killed in Green Zone attack. The AP reports that a “rocket attack on the U.S.-protected Green Zone on Sunday killed three American soldiers and wounded at least 31 people, a military official said. The strike came after heavy fighting in a Baghdad … Read More →

Not your average link dump…

27 Mar Filed under Afghanistan, Iraq, Military, Pakistan. 8 Comments.

Smoke rises from burning tires at a street in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. President George W. Bush called the fighting in Basra a “positive moment” for the development of Iraqi security forces and proof the Baghdad government could defend itself. (AFP/Essam al-Sudani) Other … Read More →

Thin Air

25 Mar Filed under Iraq, Military, Washington. 10 Comments.

Is ‘success’ of U.S. surge in Iraq about to unravel? BAGHDAD — A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad … Read More →