Security Council Unanimously Extends Iraq Mandate:
[Pajamas Media] Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the mandate of the 160,000-member multinational force in Iraq. The council acted quickly in response to a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who said a top government priority is to assume full responsibility for security and stability in the country but it needs more time.
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Gaming The Gamers Gaming Junior
[Stop The Spirit Of Zossen] In Latvia today, Dubya declares “There's one thing I'm not going to do, I'm not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete.” And then promptly declared Al Qaeda the engine of violence in Iraq today. James Baker, who knows Junior well, took the job chairing his Deus Ex Machinacommission initially on the condition that he would have freedom of inquiry and political recommendations.
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Posted at 01:38 AM
November 29, 2006
Security Council Unanimously Extends Iraq Mandate:
[Pajamas Media] Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the mandate of the 160,000-member multinational force in Iraq. The council acted quickly in response to a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who said a top government priority is to assume full responsibility for security and stability in the country but it needs more time.
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Posted at 01:40 AM
Gaming The Gamers Gaming Junior
[Stop The Spirit Of Zossen] In Latvia today, Dubya declares “There's one thing I'm not going to do, I'm not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete.” And then promptly declared Al Qaeda the engine of violence in Iraq today. James Baker, who knows Junior well, took the job chairing his Deus Ex Machinacommission initially on the condition that he would have freedom of inquiry and political recommendations.
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Posted at 01:38 AM
November 27, 2006
Family awaits word on captive in Iraq The Buffalo ...
[Not Ready for my Burqua] Jonathon Cote, who previously served in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division, was working in Iraq for a private company called Crescent Security Group. According to news reports from Iraq, Cote and other Crescent employees were guarding a convoy of supply trucks that was ambushed near the city of Safwan.
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Posted at 01:40 AM
Why Shouldn’t Iran Support the Iraqi Insurgency?
[TvNewsLIES.org] Donald Rumsfeld and the United States supplied the arms and intelligence to Iraq helping them to kill Iranians for the better part of a decade. The mass graves that we hear about so often when our media demonize Saddam Hussein are filled with Iranians;
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Posted at 01:39 AM
November 25, 2006
Shi'ites Burn Sunni Mosques To The Ground
[Vertitas Lux] Some 30 people were killed, police said, as suspected Shi'ite militiamen rampaged for hours, untroubled by a curfew enforced in the capital by U.S. and Iraqi forces after bombs killed 202 people in the Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City.
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Posted at 01:40 AM
A family huddled under the whistling sound of mortar shells
[Apophenia] A coordinated series of car bombings and mortar attacks by Sunni insurgents - the deadliest yet since the American invasion in 2003 - has killed at least 161 Iraqis and wounded up to 260 at the Shi’ite district of Sadr City, northeast of Baghdad. They targeted several checkpoints and marketplaces at three busy streets leading into Sadr City from across the Army Canal, which separates it from the rest of Baghdad.
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Posted at 01:38 AM
November 23, 2006
”˜The Death Squads’
[Truthdig - Ear to the Ground] Watch this chilling, full-length documentary (produced by UK’s Channel 4) showing Shiite militia groups waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Baghdad. It contains footage and details never before seen in the West.
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Posted at 01:50 AM
Marine General Calls for Larger Force
[Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines] While the Army has routinely extended deployments for its troops in Iraq, the Marines have limited the practice in an attempt to give soldiers more time at home than at war. AP: WASHINGTON (AP)””The Marine Corps may need to increase in size to sustain deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan without sacrificing needed training or putting undue stress on the corps, the new Marine commandant said Wednesday.
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Posted at 01:46 AM
November 21, 2006
The Descent of Western Civ for 20 Nov.
[THE TENSION] "We know these countries want us to fail and we should remain steadfast in our opposition to their support of terrorism and Iran's nuclear ambitions," Obama said. "But neither Iran nor Syria want to see a security vacuum in Iraq filled with chaos, terrorism, refugees and violence as it could have a destabilizing effect on the entire region and within Iran and Syria themselves"
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Posted at 01:47 AM
Slipping Away
[The Eyrie] Iran To Hold Summit With Iraq & Syria: BAGHDAD (AP) - Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region, four key lawmakers told The Associated Press on Monday. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has accepted the invitation and will fly to the Iranian capital Saturday, a close parliamentary associate said.
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Posted at 01:43 AM
November 19, 2006
Eternal Optimism
[ spazeboy] I tend to believe that Lieberman is going to do whatever he thinks is in his own best interests, regardless what ConnecticutBob, CTBlogger or myself are writing.
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Posted at 01:50 AM
Magazine "Deepy Regrets" Supporting the War
[Clipmarks - Kore7's clips] Clip Source: www.tnr.com Obligations by the Editors Post date 11.16.06 | Issue date 11.27.06 This magazine has long advocated deploying U.S. power to halt the mass slaughter of innocents. Saddam Hussein distinguished himself at the mass slaughter of innocents: About this, there can be no dispute.
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Posted at 01:46 AM
November 17, 2006
Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Cut Off Iraq War Funding
[Truthdig - A/V Booth] KUCINICH: I think the Democratic control of Congress makes it more difficult for the president to pursue a policy which leads to military conflict with Iran. This president would have to come to Congress for approval for any action, and if he decides to take action without the support of Congress, I think he would find himself at a serious constitutional disadvantage.
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Posted at 01:41 AM
Reuters Interviews Torturer
[lgf: the lowest of the low] And he’s doing this by torturing those Iraqis with power tools. BAGHDAD, Nov 16 (Reuters) - They call him the “Shi’ite Zarqawi”, a torturer with a passion for power tools, a sectarian warlord bent on driving Sunnis from Baghdad, a man whose shadowy legend has grown with recent narrow escapes from U.S. forces.
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Posted at 01:39 AM
November 15, 2006
Options
["On Topic" With Doug Krile] We have three choices 1) Draft 100,000 men to bolster the Army in Iraq, sending 20K there in the next nine months. Expanding the Army will not happen without conscription 2) Prepare for an immediate withdrawal 3)Plan to leave within a fixed time frame There are no other choices.
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Posted at 01:46 AM
Can Cooperating With Iran Work?
[Riehl World View] Problem 1: Iran and Syria are terrorist-supporting nations whose regimes currently believe they have a greater interest in chaos, violence and dividing the spoils in Iraq than they do in peace, prosperity and unity in Iraq. They also have no interest in helping the western powers emerge anything like victorious in Iraq.
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Posted at 01:44 AM
November 13, 2006
KENTUCKY: School Board Member, Teacher Charged With Allowing Teens To Drink
[DaBronx News] CAMPBELL COUNTY KENTUCKY: School Board Member, Teacher Charged With Allowing Teens To Drink Newport, KY (AP) ”” A northern Kentucky school board member...
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Posted at 01:54 AM
Democrats say will push for Iraq withdrawal
[ Nuke’s news & views] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats, who won control of the U.S. Congress, said on Sunday they will push for a phased withdrawal of American troops from Iraq to begin in four to six months, but the White House cautioned against fixing timetables.
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Posted at 01:42 AM
November 11, 2006
Big News Here
["On Topic" With Doug Krile] For some of the young marines slogging through the war in Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld’s departure appeared to mean almost nothing [...]
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Posted at 01:58 AM
Weekend Reprise: Condi and the Cricket
[The Strange Death of Liberal America] Weekend Reprise: Condi and the Cricket November 10th, 2006 Prelude It has been a busy week for bloggers, so I decided to take a cue from my favorite Saturday radio program, Car Talk, and each weekend bring back a post from the past. I doubt any of you who have viewed this page in the last month or so have seen this one.
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Posted at 01:48 AM
November 09, 2006
She just won’t go away
[PolCentre] I thought I could just [inaudible] on eBay, you know, “[inaudible] Cindy Sheehan’s uterus.” And so I planted it in the garden where the bush, it’s a pretty bush”¦ It’s so funny ’cause me and my children, we’ll always be a part of, of Crawford, Texas. Long after people forgot the horror of the Bush regime, long after, you know, we’re forgotten.
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Posted at 01:41 AM
What you missed on Election Night
[FP Passport | blogging on global news, politics, economics and ideas] What a convenient time to release bad news or sweep unfortunate events under the rug. Here's some of what you missed when you were watching Anderson Cooper and Chris Matthews: -Russia decided to weaken proposed sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program.
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Posted at 01:39 AM
November 07, 2006
failed u.s. ambassador to iraq, khalilzad, to leave
[BlueHerald - News You Can Abuse] Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy in Baghdad who tried to conciliate the Sunni people, is to leave his post in the next few months said a senior member of the US administration. “Khalilzad really failed because greater Sunni political participation has not reduced the violence and has at the same time angered the Shia,” said a senior Kurdish political figure.
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Posted at 01:42 AM
November 05, 2006
Tony Snow: ”˜Iraq can defend itself.’ Can we go now?
[BTC News] “The National Police had a severe fight with them and as a result of these clashes, they killed 53 terrorists, arrested 16, burned 40 cars and seized many weapons.”If accurate, it’s good news other than in the sense that Iraqi police are fighting pitched battles with insurgents on the outskirts of the capital city, possibly as part of an effort by the insurgents to cut Baghdad off from the rest of the country.
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Posted at 01:39 AM
November 03, 2006
Who has done more harm to the soldiers?
[ MissM’s Blog] Who has done more harm to the soldiers? Thursday, November 2nd in Political, Iraq, Vote | No comments ...
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