http://www.iraqreviews.com/ „God save our troops and the Iraqi people.“ Inshallah, dona nobis pacem. en 2010-09-02T15:33:55+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/iraq_war_fakearoo_lewrockwellcom_blog-archive.html [LewRockwell.com Blog] Iraq War Fakearoo. Posted by Lew Rockwell on September 1, 2010 07:35 PM. (Thanks to Travis Holte). Bookmark/Share · « Previous: Yes, It Is Getting Even Worse Than You Currently Think | LRC Home | LRC Blog | Next: “Save the Planet; ...

]]> Entry admin 2010-09-02T15:33:55+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/obama_in_oval_office_address_iraq_war_combat_mission_is_over-archive.html [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.

]]> Entry admin 2010-09-02T15:33:18+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/biden_in_iraq_for_security_changeover_talks_liveshots-archive.html [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.

]]> Entry admin 2010-08-31T15:08:53+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/withdrawal_from_iraq_war_iran-archive.html [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.

]]> Entry admin 2010-08-31T15:07:08+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/stimulus_package_rivals_cost_of_war_in_iraq_loss_of_your_medical_-archive.html [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.

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-28T15:35:23+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/newsdaily_obama_says_iraq_war_is_ending_his_promise_is_kept-archive.html [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.

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-28T15:33:22+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/iraq_war_by_the_numbers_slide_show_holy_kaw-archive.html [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, .

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-26T15:34:15+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/64_dead_274_wounded_in_iraq_war_on_police_informed_comment-archive.html [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.

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-26T15:33:12+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/littleknown_fact_obamas_failed_stimulus_program_cost_more_than_-archive.html [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 .

]]> Entry admin 2010-08-24T15:06:37+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/rebranding_the_iraq_war_by_chris_toensing_antiwarcom-archive.html [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’

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-24T15:03:58+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/at_the_iraq_wars_start_war_is_a_crime_org-archive.html [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.

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-21T15:34:42+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/the_end_of_the_iraq_war_on_colbert_was_the_war_worth_it_video-archive.html [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.

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-21T15:33:10+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/us_announces_second_fake_end_to_iraq_war_news_from_antiwarcom-archive.html [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.

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-19T15:35:00+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/currentblips_world_most_longest_war_iraq_war_ended-archive.html [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.

]]> Iraq admin 2010-08-19T15:33:12+00:00 http://www.iraqreviews.com/does_the_war_in_iraq_and_the_middle_east_begin_the_fulfillment_of_-archive.html [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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