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[The LA Progressive] Furthermore, the government had agreed to pay Sunni Awakening Council members””those former Sunni guerrillas that are now helping the U.S. to fight al Qaeda in Iraq””but has dragged its feet on getting them their money. In addition, the government, suspicious of the Awakening Councils, has also slow rolled its promise to get their members jobs in the security forces, bureaucracy, or private business.

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[Party for Socialism and Liberation Stories] PSLweb (Party for Socialism and Liberation): Fighting in Iraq ...: Amongst the mostly Sunni groups, which also include the more secular and nationalist Baathists, there is a growing disillusionment with the government, driven by the alienating stance taken towards the “Awakening” groups, which had allied with the United States .The current situation in Iraq is fluid and explosive.

[Booman Tribune] Booman Tribune ~ A Progressive Community: I have never said no one has the right to doubt anything, just as I never said the government of France does not have the right to an opinion about the burqa, and just as I never said rebuilding Iraq from the ground up would be a cakewalk. What I have done is object to the assumption that Iraqis are going to self-destruct without the Americans there to protect them from themselves, or that they are incapable of recovering and rebuilding their society, their civil institutions and their government without the United States to tell them how, or do it for them.

[Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news] The Trillion Dollar War: Going Big with Obama: Bush's example of keeping war funding off the books, President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion in additional "emergency" funding for the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which, if approved, .(The Awakening Groups are a US-constructed Sunni militia.

[Dagbladet.no - oppdatert] Bush-talen (forts.) - Utenriks - Dagbladet.no: (Applause.) With the other members of the Quartet -- the U.N., the European Union, and Russia -- we're pursuing diplomacy to help bring peace to the Holy Land, and pursuing the establishment of a democratic Palestinian state living side-by-side with Israel in peace and security. (Applause.) In Afghanistan, NATO has taken the lead in turning back the Taliban and al Qaeda offensive -- the first time the Alliance has deployed forces outside the North Atlantic area.

[OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion] OpEdNews » Surgified Iraq: How the US has guaranteed a state of ...: In recent months the world has been hearing more and more about a sharp increase of vendetta style torture and killing by the current Iraqi government against those leaders of Sunni tribes who were partners with the US during the infamous surge of 2007 and 2008, namely the Sons of Iraq aka, the Awakening Councils. Prior to the official launching of President Bush’s surge in early 2007, a deal was secretly worked out between the US military, headed by General Patraeus, and the Awakening Councils which were comprised of many small Sunni tribes.

[Untitled] Dispute Over Governorship In Anbar | The Progressive Realist: Anbar province saw some of the most heated disputes before and after the January 2009 provincial elections. The Anbar Awakening broke up into different factions, alliances shifted back and forth, and then when early voter returns said that the ruling Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) had come out with a plurality, many leading sheikhs claimed the party had cheated and threatened violence.

[Antiwar.com Original] War With Iran: Has It Already Begun? by Justin Raimondo -- Antiwar.com: Every time he betrays them, the limousine liberals and their media amen corner blame it on bad advisers, the Republicans, or the iron necessity of "moderating" his liberal politics in the name of "pragmatism."

[AlterNet.org] Low Morale Has U.S. Troops in Iraq Pretending to Patrol | World ...: Aliff, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), refused to return to Iraq with his unit, which arrived in Kirkuk two weeks ago. "They've already lost a guy, and they are now fostering the sectarian violence by arming the Sunnis while supporting the Shi'ites politically .

[Orthodox Anarchist] Tony Blair on Faith & Justice | Daniel Sieradski: “I call it ”˜thick’ and ”˜thin’ religion,” says Miroslav Volf, Blair’s co-teacher at Yale this past semester. “”˜Thin’ is a cultural resource that provides a canopy over who we are, and it functions to legitimize, to sacralize, what we would have done in any case.

[The Opinionator] Weekend Opinionator: The Art of War in Afghanistan - The ...: But it's clear that the “all in” approach is not what they wanted. Earlier this week Ilan Goldenberg, the policy director at the progressive National .

[AlterNet.org] Confessions from U.S. Soldiers in Iraq on the Brutal Treatment of ...: Court cases, such as the ones surrounding the massacre in Haditha and the rape and murder of a 14-year-old in Mah­mudiya, and news stories in the Washington Post, Time, the London Independent and elsewhere based on Iraqi accounts have begun to hint at the wide extent of the attacks on civilians. Human rights groups have issued reports, such as Human Rights Watch's Hearts and Minds: Post-war Civilian Deaths in Baghdad Caused by U.S. Forces, packed with detailed incidents that suggest that the killing of Iraqi civilians by occupation forces is more common than has been acknowledged by military authorities.

[Breaking News] UN chief urges Iraqis not to revert to revenge but to work ...: Biden spends July 4 with son, other troops in IraqBAGHDAD ”” Vice President Joe Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected the American's offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair. Biden took a break from politics and presided over a naturalization ceremony for 237 U.S.

[Economist's View] Economist's View: A Bunch of Whiners?: You've said nothing new on this blog...all you ask for are handouts, crying about some silly waffle house. And, worse, when anyone suggests a better plan, or a more effective method towards material security, you cry for sleep, or scream 'unfair'.

[Sadly, No!] Sadly, No! » The Explanation That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Some of the army currently in Iraq, and also, possibly, in Afghanistan, are reservists, who will have to be demobbed, unless they opt to sign up (not likely, reservists tend to be older, with family, and not career army). Given the contraction of the economy, those people can kiss their former jobs goodbye, especially if they’ve been stop-lossed since 2003.

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