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 [SurfTalk] Iraq - The week that was... 5/25 - 31 "Sustained Progress in Iraq": Bush and his aides have been reluctant to declare the sharp drop in ethnic and sectarian violence over the last year as irreversible. Still, he gave the clearest indication yet that conditions in Iraq would allow him to begin reducing the number of American troops there before he leaves office in less than six months.

[Sarkle] Citing Stability in Iraq, Bush Sees Troop Cuts: The New York Times: President Bush said Thursday that increased stability in Iraq would allow the withdrawal of more American forces there, reflecting an emerging consensus at the White House and the Pentagon, though a cautious one, that the war has turned a corner.

 [Digg / upcoming] President Bush Scales Back Iraq War Deployments to 12 Months: Bush has ordered troop deployments to Iraqi theatre of operations scaled back to 12 months from the 15 month deployments. This is good news to military men and women everywhere.

[VMVZ News] Bush hails gains in Iraq, suggests more troop cuts: WASHINGTON - President Bush hailed a new “degree of durability” in security gains in Iraq Thursday, saying it should permit him to announce further U.S. troop reductions later this year.

 [newsbusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias] Only ABC Runs Full Iraq Status Story After Fewest US Deaths Ever: And these days, that tells them things are getting better.” McCarthy pointed to how an Army Sergeant, seven months into his second tour, “hasn't fired his weapon once on patrol” and then McCarthy credited the surge: “The turning point was the surge, which began 18 months ago. Three months in, U.S. fatalities peaked at 119.

 [portland indymedia - newswire] Retribution for Years of US War Crimes in the Middle East will be ...: In the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq more than five years ago, millions of Americans did actually, for a time, hit the streets in opposition to Bush and Cheney's war. But once the occupation settled in, and even after news of US atrocities and torture became commonplace, mass opposition rallies and civil disobedience actions petered away to nothing more than largely ignored and ill-attended candlelight vigils marking the invasion anniversary.

 [: iStockAnalyst.com News Feed] US Deaths Decline in Iraq -- July is War's Lowest Total; Bush Eyes ...: "There is a reason to hope that it's going to stay very low," said Stephen Biddle, an analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations, who has advised the U.S. military command in Iraq. That's because the current fighting is focused on "dealing with holdouts rather than trying to break the back of an ongoing insurgency."

[The Lessnau Lounge] Twitter Tweets about Iran OR Iraq as of August 1, 2008: WebA: Bush: cutting troop Iraq combat tours to a year http://newzof.com/r/p/CSVRg. 2008-08-01 22:28:32 · Reply · View. topix_top: Iraq suffers from dirty water, fears about cholera: Just months after Americans repaired a sewage ...

[AC - Public Governance RSS News Feed] Bush: Falling Violence In Iraq Allows Cutback; Could Send More ...: WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Thursday that falling violence levels in Iraq should allow troop withdrawals there to continue. The result would be shorter tours of duty and the potential to shift forces to Afghanistan.

 [Global News Blog Headlines] Iraq - Partnership of Petraeus, Crocker in Iraq nears end (Detroit ...: When President Bush announced his plan, in January 2007, to launch a “surge” of US troops in Iraq, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called the initiative the “best possible chance” for success and proposed a Senate resolution supporting it.

 [Global News Blog] Is the war in Iraq over?: Al Qaeda in Iraq might be on the ropes but it has regenerated itself before. Sunni Arab insurgents who switched sides to fight al Qaeda might come into open conflict with Iraq’s Shi’ite-dominated security forces.

[Papa Mike's Blog] Bush: Iraq Tours Cut Back To 12 Months, More Troops Likely To Be ...:     Bush, in an appearance at the White House, said violence in Iraq had fallen to its lowest point since the spring of 2004 and that progress on the ground was showing a “degree of durability.”

[Business Blog] Bush declares progress in Iraq war: in security gains in Iraq Thursday, saying it should permit him to announce further U.S. troop reductions later this year. With the war in its sixth year and violence substantially decreased in recent weeks,…

[Iran Reviews] Shiite cleric loyalists resume Friday prayers in Basra: Iraq - Iraq: Troops arrest 189 in security swoop (Adnkronos): Iraqi demonstrators wave national flags and a banner of hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest on July 18, 2008.

 [My2centsforchange Blog] What’s Afghanistan? Never heard of that place before”¦: A catalyst for this would be that, with both nominees, and the President saying that we should try to pull out more troops from Iraq, they are saying we should crack down in Afghanistan, to increase their military size, stop the terrorists, and stop the drug trafficking.

[Barrett's Blog] US toll in Iraq hits all-time low as month ends: An Associated Press tally shows that at least 510 Iraqi civilians and security force members were killed in July, a 75 percent drop from the 2,021 deaths in the same period last year as the U.S. troop buildup aimed at quelling rampant Sunni-Shiite violence was nearing its peak.

 [LobeLog.com] Neo-Cons Make Their War Aims in Iraq Clearer: The debate over the real motivation for the Bush administration and its Congressional lapdogs’ invasion of Iraq (since we now know it wasn’t what turned out to be merely the pretext for invasion–Saddam’s alleged ties to the 9/11 attacks and his alleged possession of WMD) has now moved on to new ground, as outlined in the article above. It is now clear that the motivation was the desire for US regional hegemony.

[4ElementZ Weblog] Bush declares progress in Iraq war (AP): AP - President Bush declared progress in the Iraq war Thursday, saying terrorists "are on the run" and a generally improved security environment should permit further US troop reductions.

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