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Iraq Veterans Against the War Brings the War to Downtown San ...

[indybay sf newswire] For the people of Iraq the terror of 160,000 U.S. soldiers occupying their country the war is an everyday reality. Thousands of people who had come to the Union Square commercial district the day after thanksgiving the Iraq war was brought back to their attention by dramatic street theater acted out by IVAW members and many supporters who acted as people arbitrarily detained and arrested and tortured.

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Analysis: End of the Iraq war is only the beginning | World ...

[chron.com World] "Question marks remain in the agreement concerning freedom of action for U.S. soldiers, vague security commitments and protection of Iraqi assets," Travis Sharp, a defense analyst at the Council for a Livable World, a nonprofit advocacy group, wrote in a statement after the Iraqi parliament voted.

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November 29, 2008

Iraq Veterans Against the War Brings the War to Downtown San ...

[indybay sf newswire] For the people of Iraq the terror of 160,000 U.S. soldiers occupying their country the war is an everyday reality. Thousands of people who had come to the Union Square commercial district the day after thanksgiving the Iraq war was brought back to their attention by dramatic street theater acted out by IVAW members and many supporters who acted as people arbitrarily detained and arrested and tortured.

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Posted at 03:34 PM

Analysis: End of the Iraq war is only the beginning | World ...

[chron.com World] "Question marks remain in the agreement concerning freedom of action for U.S. soldiers, vague security commitments and protection of Iraqi assets," Travis Sharp, a defense analyst at the Council for a Livable World, a nonprofit advocacy group, wrote in a statement after the Iraqi parliament voted.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

November 27, 2008

Truthdig - Ear to the Ground - Anti-War Group Supports U.S.-Iraq ...

[Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines] “Given where we find ourselves today, we see the agreement as the best way for the United States to leave Iraq promptly and responsibly,” said John Isaacs, executive director of Council for a Livable World. The agreement reflects the views held by the majority of Iraqis and Americans that it is time for U.S. combat forces to start getting out of Iraq.”

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Posted at 03:33 PM

Iraq Vets Against The War To “Occupy” San Francisco’s Union Square ...

[Workers Independent News - Providing news on issues important to workers and working families.] On Friday Iraq veterans Against The War will occupy San Francisco’s Union Square, using street theater to re-enact how the U.S. military treats the people of Iraq under the occupation. Eddie Falcone is an Iraq veteran against the war who will be part of Friday’s action.

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Posted at 03:31 PM

November 25, 2008

The Jawa Report: Note to "Reality Based Community": Iraq War Over ...

[The Jawa Report] None had even fired a weapon during this entire tour, which so far has lasted more than eight months, in what previously was one of the most dangerous areas of Iraq.Those on the Left (and some on the Right) who declared the war "lost" during the past four years should really join the reality based community. We won.

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Posted at 03:03 PM

Iraq: Oct ”˜08

[Institute for War & Peace Reporting: ICC - Africa Update] The Iraqi government’s announcement of a plan to integrate only 20 per cent of the fighters, who helped Iraqi and US forces fight al-Qaeda, prompted IWPR to raise the question of whether the government will offer demobbed Awakening Council militiamen other work. The piece also looked at the risk of them rejoining the insurgency if they’re not catered for.

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Posted at 03:02 PM

November 22, 2008

newsminer.com • Iraq war protester loses appeal of trespassing ...

[News-Miner stories] “Even if Muller reasonably believed the war in Iraq was illegal and morally wrong, he offered no evidence that his protest had any realistic hope of ending the war or that it would be any less effective if it was completed during normal business hours,” the opinion stated.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

The U.S.-Iraq Security Deal 'Legitimizes the Occupation': Iraqi ...

[The Moderate Voice] “Al-Maliki knew in advance, as we did, that the Iraqi National Assembly would approve the deal, because al-Maliki, the Assembly bloc of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim

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Posted at 03:32 PM

November 20, 2008

LeftClick: Iraq War Ends?

[LeftClick] LeftClick apologises for Vodpod · The Author as Producer -- Walter Benjamin · Upskilling Toolkit. RatbagMedia's new video channel · Some notes on Walter Benjamin's essay -- The Work .

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Posted at 03:35 PM

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Time to Reassess the Iraq War?

[RealClearPolitics - Articles - Maggie Gallagher] A Rasmussen poll released a week ago finds voter confidence in the War on Terror at 60 percent -- its "highest level ever." As for Iraq, 42 percent of voters say that, long term, the mission will be judged a success, with 34 percent believing history will judge it a failure (down from 54 percent in March). At the war's beginning, President Bush said when the Iraqi government and military can stand up, we will stand down.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

November 18, 2008

US Military Deaths in Iraq War at 4200 / Northern Nevada, Reno ...

[KOLO - HomePage - Headlines] Northern Nevada, Reno, Lake Tahoe, News Now, Live Streaming Darren Mack Trial.

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Iraq Deal Could End War

[Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense] President George W. Bush appears to have had to climb down from his long-held opposition to an unconditional troop withdrawal from Iraq, a move which Barack Obama will likely speed up.

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Posted at 03:01 PM

November 15, 2008

Main St. USA: Third Graders Debate Iraq War

[Main St. USA] Third Graders Debate Iraq War. An excerpt from a presidential debate in Mr. Faustmann's third grade class, Alma Michigan. ... Cost of the War in Iraq. (JavaScript Error). To see more details, click here. ...

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Posted at 03:33 PM

VetVoice:: CIA Director: Iraq Not Main Front in "War on Terror"

[VetVoice - Recent Diaries] Well, surge or no surge in Afghanistan, (

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Posted at 03:32 PM

November 13, 2008

Fake New York Times proclaims Iraq War is over - Press Gazette

 [Press Gazette: Latest News] In addition to the story about the ending of the Iraq war, the fake paper also had stories about the establishment of new national health care, the abolition of corporate lobbying and the setting of maximum pay for CEOs.

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Western Standard

[The Shotgun] claimed that they distributed 1.2 million copies of a hoax New York Times newspaper yesterday. The stunt includes a fake New York Times website, which you can see here.

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Posted at 03:31 PM

November 11, 2008

Obama Plan to Withdraw from Iraq Would Spell Disaster!: Kitabat of ...

[The Moderate Voice] It is because of our tendency toward national self-destruction that without the American umbrella and its protection - all will be lost. READ ON AT WORLDMEETS.US, along with continuing Iraqi coverage of the war and the U.S. election .

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Posted at 03:04 PM

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4192 - Salon.com

 [Associated Press News - Salon.com] The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,388 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

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Posted at 03:02 PM

November 08, 2008

First Things » Blog Archive » Rahm Emanuel on the Iraq War

[First Things] Again, the problems with our troops and the country today faces in Iraq isn’t about whether we should or should not have gone to war, whether we should or should not have removed Saddam Hussein, it’s how they have pursued this war, the lack of planning, the lack of processing, thinking about there was no plan, as you know, for after we removed Saddam Hussein, what would you do. There was no plan for–as you know, before war, you had to have an exit strategy.

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Posted at 03:32 PM

Iraq Veterans Against the War Write to President Elect Obama ...

 [AfterDowningStreet.org - Convict Bush and Cheney!] George W. Bush versus the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying," by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff, .

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Posted at 03:31 PM

November 06, 2008

Iraq War Veteran Makes TV Debut on 'All My Children'

 [BuddyTV] Martinez, a real life war hero who won the casting search, will assume the role of Brot Monroe on All My Children in a storyline that begins with a special episode featuring a series of unscripted support group sessions with other veterans of the war.

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Posted at 03:34 PM

Iraq Today: War News for Wednesday, November 05, 2008

 [Iraq Today] He made this transparently clear by adding a signing statement to the defense appropriation bill, indicating that he would not be bound by the law’s prohibition against expending funds: “(1) To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq,” or “(2) To exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq.”

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November 04, 2008

Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Joel Mowbray ...

 [Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Though a substantial portion of its base is fervently against the Iraq War, the Democratic Party has gone to great lengths to express admiration for the troops. At a time when Democrats have been exhaustively courting moderates and independents, one of its candidates slinging mud at a veterans’

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Posted at 03:02 PM

Power Line - Joel Mowbray reports: Iraq war vet attacked again for ...

 [Power Line] Democrats outnumber Republicans more than two-to-one in the district. Belovich must feel that he doesn't enjoy the support he should have on paper, so he's throwing the hardest punch he can at Mandel.

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