Iraq Reviews: April 2009 Archives

Iraq Reviews > April 30, 2009

OpEdNews » In the Case of Iraq, a War Story Might Best Take Place ...

[OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion] If you consider how mainstream media and journalism have botched so many opportunities to pierce the veil of high-power deception, you'll not be surprised that a prestigious prize for journalism shows a lack of interest in Iraq, war, soldiers and civilians dying. After all, how many newspapers, or congressmen for that matter, risked dissent from the W administration during the wake of the hyped-up, politically exploited, hysterical 9/11 reaction?

Iraq war wanes; military families' struggles don't - Kansas City Star

[Kansas City Star: Breaking News] Jobel Barbosa, assigned to E Co., 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, comforts his girlfriend Regina Ward following his deployment ceremony Fayetteville, N.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2009. This is the last time Barbosa saw Ward and other family members before he deployed to Iraq.

Posted at 03:34 PM

April 30, 2009

OpEdNews » In the Case of Iraq, a War Story Might Best Take Place ...

Posted at 03:35 PM

Iraq war wanes; military families' struggles don't - Kansas City Star

Posted at 03:34 PM

April 28, 2009

Trial opens in Iraq War vet's murder - Chicago Breaking News

[Chicago Breaking News] Ricardo "Ricky" Martinez Jr. was gunned down on the Northwest Side on "a night when everything went wrong," prosecutors said as a trial opened today for a reputed gang member charged in the slaying.

Posted at 03:04 PM

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4278

[EuroNews24 - News] As of Monday, April 27, 2009, at least 4,278 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Posted at 03:02 PM

April 25, 2009

Thoughts of Nigel: Cockburn looks back at the Iraq war

[Thoughts of Nigel] But George Bush and Tony Blair were able to maintain that the war was confined to only four out of 18 provinces of Iraq and the extent of the violence was being exaggerated by the media. This was quite untrue, but journalists could not disprove it because if we ventured into these supposedly pacific provinces we stood a good chance of being kidnapped or decapitated.

Posted at 03:33 PM

Patrick Cockburn: How well was the Iraq war reported? | Gorilla's ...

[Gorilla's Guides] For instance, during the rout of the Iraqi army during the American invasion of 2003, there were frequent pictures of tanks on fire giving an impression that the Iraqi army had fought to the end. This was an important point to establish since, if Iraqi soldiers had refused to fight for Saddam Hussein, then they might not feel they had been defeated and be capable of resuming the war later on.

Posted at 03:32 PM

April 23, 2009

TOONPOOL Cartoons | Politics | Iraq war by grant

[Newest Cartoons] The war in Iraq is, in reality, a war against the nation’s workers and the poor who are getting less and less while the big defense industries are making a killing””literally. What’s next?

Posted at 03:32 PM

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4275

[Euro News 24 - News] As of Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at least 4,275 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Posted at 03:32 PM

April 21, 2009

The Washington Independent » Iraq War Intelligence Chief to Head ...

[The Washington Independent] I don’t know anything specific about Legere’s Iraq tour, but it’s noteworthy that an Iraq veteran would take over the Army’s premiere intelligence center. There are few people more qualified than chiefs of Iraq-war and Afghanistan-war intelligence to orient the Intelligence Center around the real-life intelligence needs of soldiers at war.

Posted at 03:03 PM

MichaelMoore.com : Dimon: Iraq War, Greed Contributed To Economic ...

[Michael Moore - This Just In] Dimon also cites the 2008 energy crisis as a shock to the economy that played a part in bringing it down. The energy crisis may still have occurred without the instability in the Middle East caused by the U.S. invasion, but with Iraq's oil supply knocked off-line for years, it didn't help.

Posted at 03:02 PM

April 18, 2009

War Veteran Develops Cancer After Serving in Iraq | KUSI - News ...

[KUSI - News - Local] For the second time in a week KUSI breaks a story involving Iraq war veterans who are coming home, only to find they have cancerous tumors.

Posted at 03:36 PM

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006) | meaupload rapidshare ...

[Movie Central] Documentary portraying the actions of U.S. corporate contractors in the U.S.-Iraq war. Interviews with employees and former employees of such companies as Halliburton, CACI, and KBR suggest that government cronyism is behind apparent “sweetheart”

Posted at 03:32 PM

April 16, 2009

Nearly 20000 Murders in Iraq Since War's Start | Danger Room from ...

[Wired: Danger Room] So, sorry you don't like the Iraq war, but the nature of a representative government means that sometimes the people you don't agree with get their way, instead. You don't like wars, I don't like bailouts, everyone's equally unhappy - hooray!

Posted at 03:34 PM

COST OF WAR: Iraq & Afghanistan by the numbers (4/15/09) - News ...

[News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper] IRAQ TOTALS - 4265 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 91,385 to 99,772 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to April 10.

Posted at 03:31 PM

April 14, 2009

Don Surber » Blog Archive » Iraq, the good war

[Don Surber] The left discovers there’s not much of a difference between President Obama’s position and George Bush’s position at this stage. Obama just asked for another $83 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Posted at 03:03 PM

Britain and Iraq: fortunes of war « Dr Nasir Khan

[Dr Nasir Khan] The deal which allowed US troops to disengage, and which could still crumble, was between two fairly homogenous groups - the Shia government of al-Maliki and the Sunni tribal chiefs. In Afghanistan, there is neither a central government worth the name, nor a clear enemy.

Posted at 03:02 PM

April 11, 2009

Russia, Iraq aim to revive pre-war deals-minister

[Iraq News :: Daily Update of Iraq Business] Russia agreed last year to write off most of Iraq's remaining $12.9 billion debt and signed a separate deal to open up the country to $4 billion in investment from Russian firms but the agreement did not help LUKOIL win back the Qurna deal.

Posted at 03:33 PM

The war in Iraq isn't over - OregonLive.com

[Opinion Impact - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com] Meanwhile, roughly half of the Oregon National Guard is preparing to deploy to Iraq, to drive vehicles across miles of Iraqi roads and highways, escorting food and equipment from place to place. For many of the Oregon soldiers, this will be the second, third or even fourth deployments.

Posted at 03:31 PM

April 09, 2009

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (April 08, 2009) - Iraq's ...

[The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan] Another sign of the same sectarianism that gave us the last wave of mass murder in occupied Iraq, and the green shoots of the next major Sunni and Qaeda insurgency. Notice how the insurgents are targeting a major .

Posted at 03:33 PM

COST OF WAR: Iraq and Afghanistan by the numbers (4.08.09) - News ...

[News & Opinion - Rochester City Newspaper] IRAQ TOTALS - 4261 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 91,364 to 99,751 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to April 3.

Posted at 03:31 PM

April 07, 2009

TheDay.com - Obama Says U.S. Not At War With Islam

[theday.Com - Top Stories] On the sidelines of a dinner Monday night, Obama huddled with the foreign ministers of Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland, said a senior White House official. Obama commended their efforts to bring about normalized Turkish-Armenian relations and urged them to complete the talks “with dispatch,”

Posted at 03:03 PM

The Raw Feed: US vets help create Iraq War game, UK vets oppose it

[The Raw Feed] US Marines have shared their personal videos, photos and diaries with the Japanese game giant Konami to help that company make its Six Days In Fallujah game more realistic. But some Iraq War veterans in the UK oppose the game, .

Posted at 03:02 PM

April 04, 2009

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4265 | Euro News 24

[Euro News 24 - News] As of Friday, April 3, 2009, at least 4,265 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Posted at 03:35 PM

Gateway Pundit: State Department Refuses to Allow Iraq War Hero ...

[Gateway Pundit] The State Department has made a decision to make an Iraqi translator, Jasim, wait another three years for a visa. One of the reasons that the denial was issued was that, Jasim, as part of the Kurdish Peshmerga, infiltrated Uday Hussein's organization to steal data and then stole Uday's car to escape.

Posted at 03:34 PM

Iraq Reviews > April 30, 2009

OpEdNews » In the Case of Iraq, a War Story Might Best Take Place ...

Iraq war wanes; military families' struggles don't - Kansas City Star

April 30, 2009

OpEdNews » In the Case of Iraq, a War Story Might Best Take Place ...

Iraq war wanes; military families' struggles don't - Kansas City Star

April 28, 2009

Trial opens in Iraq War vet's murder - Chicago Breaking News

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4278

April 25, 2009

Thoughts of Nigel: Cockburn looks back at the Iraq war

Patrick Cockburn: How well was the Iraq war reported? | Gorilla's ...

April 23, 2009

TOONPOOL Cartoons | Politics | Iraq war by grant

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4275

April 21, 2009

The Washington Independent » Iraq War Intelligence Chief to Head ...

MichaelMoore.com : Dimon: Iraq War, Greed Contributed To Economic ...

April 18, 2009

War Veteran Develops Cancer After Serving in Iraq | KUSI - News ...

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006) | meaupload rapidshare ...

April 16, 2009

Nearly 20000 Murders in Iraq Since War's Start | Danger Room from ...

COST OF WAR: Iraq & Afghanistan by the numbers (4/15/09) - News ...

April 14, 2009

Don Surber » Blog Archive » Iraq, the good war

Britain and Iraq: fortunes of war « Dr Nasir Khan

April 11, 2009

Russia, Iraq aim to revive pre-war deals-minister

The war in Iraq isn't over - OregonLive.com

April 09, 2009

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (April 08, 2009) - Iraq's ...

COST OF WAR: Iraq and Afghanistan by the numbers (4.08.09) - News ...

April 07, 2009

TheDay.com - Obama Says U.S. Not At War With Islam

The Raw Feed: US vets help create Iraq War game, UK vets oppose it

April 04, 2009

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4265 | Euro News 24

Gateway Pundit: State Department Refuses to Allow Iraq War Hero ...

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