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Iraq War Fakearoo « LewRockwell.com Blog

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September 02, 2010

Obama in Oval Office Address: Iraq War Combat Mission Is Over

[Politics Daily] The withdrawal of nearly 100,000 U.S. troops during Obama's presidency continued despite a major snag: the inability of Iraqi politicians to form a government after presidential elections last March failed to produce a clear winner. Negotiations have continued between power blocs led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi, a former interim prime minister.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

August 31, 2010

Biden in Iraq for Security Changeover Talks « Liveshots

[Liveshots] Despite the lack of a government, the last U.S. combat brigade packed up and left.  Troop levels have dropped below 50,000 ahead of the August 31st deadline set by President Obama.  Starting September 1, the U.S. military says it's mission changes from combat to "advise and assist."  And all American troops are supposed to be gone by the end of next year.

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Posted at 03:08 PM

Withdrawal from Iraq | War | Iran

[GlobalPost] For example, Saudi Arabia’s ruling Al-Saud dynasty views itself as the rightful leader of the Muslim world, but Iran is challenging that leadership right now. Although Saudi Arabia has a Sunni majority, its rulers fear Iran’s potential influence over a sizable and sometimes-restive Shiite population concentrated in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province.

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Posted at 03:07 PM

August 28, 2010

Stimulus Package Rivals Cost of War in Iraq, Loss of Your Medical ...

[John Goodman's Health Policy Blog] Did the stimulus package cost more than the Iraq War? One researcher says “yes.” Steve Wynn: China is more friendly to capitalism than the United States.

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Posted at 03:35 PM

NewsDaily: Obama says Iraq war is ending, his promise is kept

[NewsDaily: Top Headlines] President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to make good on his promise to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by the end of August, despite a dangerous political deadlock in Baghdad and a recent surge in militant violence.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

August 26, 2010

Iraq War by the numbers: slide show - Holy Kaw!

[Holy Kaw!] As American troops begin their partial withdrawal from Iraq this week, the war begins a new process of wiggling its way into the history books. But exactly how future generations will view America's time in Iraq -- now seven years, .

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Posted at 03:34 PM

64 Dead, 274 Wounded in Iraq War on Police | Informed Comment

[Informed Comment] Muqtada is not, however, easy to strong-arm, and is now reportedly considering relocating to Beirut as a way of escaping Iranian pressure and also of retaining his independence from the Iraqi political scene. (He may also be thinking he could fill the vacuum created by the death of Lebanese grand ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah.) The rumors were denied by Muqtada’s spokesmen in Baghdad, who said it was much more likely that he would return to Iraq.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

August 24, 2010

Little-known fact: Obama's failed stimulus program cost more than ...

[Beltway Confidential] Expect to hear a lot about how much the Iraq war cost in the days ahead from Democrats worried about voter wrath against their unprecedented spending excesses. The meme is simple: The economy is in a shambles because of Bush's economic .

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Posted at 03:06 PM

Rebranding the Iraq War by Chris Toensing -- Antiwar.com

[Antiwar.com Original] Amid the bluntly expressed angst of these politicians that Iraq is not ready for U.S. troops to leave, the Obama administration insists that the drawdown is “firmly on track.” Obama is understandably determined to fulfill his campaign promise to remove Iraq from Americans’

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Posted at 03:03 PM

August 21, 2010

At the Iraq war's start, | War Is A Crime .org

[War Is A Crime .org] Below is an editorial from March 20, 2003, the day the war started. In the piece, The Times' editorial board expressed some confidence that the war would end quickly and with few casualties.

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Posted at 03:34 PM

The End of the Iraq War on 'Colbert' -- Was the War Worth It? (VIDEO)

[TV Squad] 'WE DID IT!' This is the message emblazoned on the screen in huge capital letters during 'The Colbert Report' (weeknights, 11:30PM ET on Comedy Centra.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

August 19, 2010

US Announces Second Fake End to Iraq War -- News from Antiwar.com

[News From Antiwar.com] But as violence continues to rise across Iraq, and July saw the worst violence in over two years, it will likely be difficult for the Obama Administration to keep this war a secret for much longer.

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Posted at 03:35 PM

CURRENTBLIPS: World Most Longest War Iraq War Ended

[CURRENTBLIPS] It appears the U.S. will continue to occupy both Iraq and Afghanistan for the indefinite future, seeing as how the Mr. Nobel Peace Prize is in charge of the wars and, although more Americans want the U.S. to leave, it seems fewer are adamant about it as a political priority.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

August 17, 2010

does the war in Iraq and the middle east begin the fulfillment of ...

[eyescoops.ca] there has been fighting in the Euphrates River Valley for thousands of years, well before and after Christianity, and it is not going to stop. Christians once thought the apocalypse was upon us when Attila the Hun was rampaging through Europe.

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Posted at 03:07 PM

Broken Promises (Barack Obama lied about ending the War in Iraq ...

[Barack Obama Videos] Senator Barack Obama gives a policy address on Iraq and National Security at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, DC This program was recorded on July 15, 2008. Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961), is the junior United States Senator from Illinois.

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Posted at 03:03 PM

August 14, 2010

war in Iraq could be extended to Iran by Election Day | Formula ...

[Formula One Racing] Hillary Clinton accepts its inevitable end. Currently, Hillary Clinton withdrew from

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Posted at 03:33 PM

Daniel Ellsberg testifies for Iraq war protester - Northwest - The ...

[The Olympian Online -- Northwest] We shouldn't be surprised that Rove, the master of political spin, is using his book tour to confuse the public about what occurred in the Bush White House as operatives ramped up public opinion in favor of invading Iraq seven years ago. Weapons of mass destruction were never found in Iraq, and now Bush loyalists are trying to explain their way out of the administration's decision to lead us into war.

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Posted at 03:33 PM

August 12, 2010

The Flawed and Costly War : Iraq News and Information

[Iraq News and Information] They claim we are fighting for better education - yet American public schools continue to turn out under performing students. They claim we are fighting to provide security in retirement - yet we still hear far too many stories of how the government issued checks often do not make ends meet for those that receive them and how bankruptcy of the system is looming.

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Posted at 03:34 PM

FLASHES FROM FRONTS OF CRISIS AND WAR (Iraq, Afghanistan, India ...

[CatInfor.com] IRAQ - A bomb exploded in Sadiya, province of Baquba, killing three civilians and eight soldiers. It is believed that th

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Posted at 03:33 PM

August 10, 2010

VG247 » Blog Archive » EA was making game based on Iraq war ...

[VG247] “When I worked at my former company , I had to go to the UK in the middle of the Iraq war and try to talk to them about a game that we never wound up finishing - it was well built up - that was that stuff, right?,” he told CVG.

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Posted at 03:04 PM

EA Tried To Make An Iraq War Game?

[Kotaku] Danny Bilson, who used to be an executive at EA before leaving to join rivals THQ, says "When I worked at my former company [EA], I had to go to the UK in the middle of the Iraq war and try to talk to them about a game that we never wound up finishing - it was well built up - that was that stuff, right? Remember, even in America you get a 50/50 split on this stuff."

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Posted at 03:03 PM