Iraq Reviews > Iraq Today: War News for Saturday, August 07, 2010

[Iraq Today] He made this transparently clear by adding a signing statement to the defense appropriation bill, indicating that he would not be bound by the law’s prohibition against expending funds: “(1) To establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq,” or “(2) To exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq.”

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[Dinar Daddy's Tidbits] * U.S. sources : Obama is committed to Iraq even after the ...: Analyzes U.S. newspapers came as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, the political situation in Iraq Palmakd compared to other countries , expressing his confidence , then, Iraqi political blocs have resolved to form a government , refused to disclose the real purpose of the visit by the delegation of the White House Baghdad recently.

[PEACE BY TRUTH] The War on Iraq : Five US Presidents, Five British Prime Ministers ...: On 17th January the forty two day assault on Iraq began, as now well documented, deliberately destroying all infrastructure necessary to sustain society, including the deliberate targeting of all water purification facilities, with an exact time line of how long it would take Iraq’s complex water system “to fully degrade” issued to all NATO Command Headquarters.(2) Somewhere in Iraq’s ashes lay all the painstakingly crafted legal Treaties, Conventions and Principles, on war crimes and treatment of civilians in conflict, never to surface again, as far as the US and UK were concerned, arguably now officially signed up to “rogue state”

[Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran - Working for International Dialogue and Peace] Is Iran, like Iraq, 'Asking for War'? | Campaign Against Sanctions ...: And earlier this year we could read in the Sunday Times of London: "Brigadier-General Uzi Eilam, 75, a war hero and pillar of the [Israeli] defence establishment, believes it will probably take Iran seven years to make nuclear weapons. The views expressed by the former director-general of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission contradict the assessment of Israel's defence establishment and put him at odds with political leaders." [Sunday Times (London), January 10, 2010]

[Iraqi Dinar News] * U.S. sources : Obama is committed to Iraq even after the ...: Analyzes U.S. newspapers came as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, the political situation in Iraq Palmakd compared to other countries , expressing his confidence , then, Iraqi political blocs have resolved to form a government , refused to disclose the real purpose of the visit by the delegation of the White House Baghdad recently.

[Bullfax.com - Market News & Analysis] Six police among seven killed in Iraq violence | www.bullfax.com: The US military on Sunday refuted Iraqi figures released a day earlier which showed July was the single deadliest month in the war-torn country since May 2008.The Iraqi figures showed a sharp upswing in the level of violence nearly five months after parliamentary elections which have yet to result in the formation of a new government and as the United States carries out a major troop withdrawal.According to US data, 222 people were killed in Iraqi violence last month, less than half the number compiled by the Iraqi ministries of health, interior and defence.

[The Great Debate] Iraq, America and hired guns | Analysis & Opinion |: The commission’s report challenged the widespread perception that Iraq is on the road to normality after years of floundering thanks to the right military strategy and democratic processes including elections. “In stable, peaceful countries, (the Department of) State can count on the host nation to meet emergency needs for security or other services,”

[eyescoops.ca] Does anyone still believe Dick Cheney's incredulous Iraq - 9/11 ...: Secretary Powell recalled that Wolfowitz””not Rumsfeld””argued that Iraq was ultimately the source of the terrorist problem and should therefore be attacked.66 Powell said that Wolfowitz was not able to justify his belief that Iraq was behind 9/11. “Paul was always of the view that Iraq was a problem that had to be dealt with,” Powell told us.“And he saw this as one way of using this event as a way to deal with the Iraq problem.” Powell said that President Bush did not give Wolfowitz’s argument “much weight.”67 Though continuing to worry about Iraq in the following week, Powell said, President Bush saw Afghanistan as the priority.68

[altnews.asia] Terror NATO Axis Evils must Quit Afghanistan, Iraq! (Part-14) -Dr ...: Now it says that despite major setbacks, Al-Qaeda's core in Pakistan is the "most formidable" terrorist group threatening the United States, along with affiliates in Yemen and Africa. US military terrorists have murdered thousands of innocent civilians both in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Iraq News and Information] Political Satire - “W” - The President Millions of Americans Hate ...: They re-elected a stupid, incompetent President who did not have the good sense to shut down the war and pull out of Iraq, thus allowing the United States to save face with its allies. He also refused to negotiate a peace treaty with the terrorist organizers who planned the attack that killed 3,000 of our citizens.

[Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Blog] Terror NATO Axis Evils must Quit Afghanistan, Iraq! (Part-14) -Dr ...: So far, Obama has failed to achieve anythng tangibly in regional crises and he ahs escapted the terror wars in Iraq and Af-Pak. The key achievement of Obama in both Afghanistan and Iraq, then, has been the colossal murders of Muslims in millions and thousands- over 90 percent of them is civilians and this is indeed the “progress” hailed by Obama. Bombings and shooting remain daily occurrences, despite the fact that the Iraqi capital remains under what amounts to martial law, with some 1,500 checkpoints and large numbers of concrete blast walls dividing its neighborhoods.

[Commentary] Commentary » Blog Archive » Dismantling Joe Klein: So was the first Gulf War, when the United States repelled Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. So was Tony Blair’s intervention in Kosovo and Sierra Leone (the latter widely viewed as successful in helping save that West African country from barbarism and dictatorship).

[SWJ Blog] Significant Challenges in Iraq Remain Despite “End” Of U.S. Combat ...: (Ret.), Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow: "President Obama was right to highlight the unique milestone approaching in our long struggle in Iraq. As we change our mission there at the end of this month from combat operations to one of supporting and training Iraqi forces, we should remind ourselves that our success in Iraq holds both lessons and cautions for the very tough fight we face today in Afghanistan.

[Mideast Youth] Mideast Youth » Blog Archive » The BlackBerry war - Thinking Ahead: United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the United States and the United Arab Emirates will hold talks on Blackberry use as she moved to ease a row over a UAE ban on messaging services, as Lebanon said it will assess security concerns linked to the use of BlackBerry smartphones.

[At War] As Iraq Drawdown Nears, a Soldier Shares Hopes and Fears - At War ...: Bush’s second term: “As the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.” In a sense, helping the Iraqis stand on their own became the mission of United States nd coalition forces from 2005 onward, and the most prominent manifestation of this effort came with the focus on building Iraq’s own security forces. Normally, training foreign militaries and militias falls under the purview of United States Army Special Forces, but this elite community of soldiers was simply not large enough to supply adequate military trainers for so large an operation.

[Cagle Blogs] Cagle Blogs » Obama's Afghanistan Policy Tracks Bush in Iraq: The three not only opposed Bush 43 on Iraq but his father's 1991 decision to go to war when Iraq invaded Kuwait .The latest Gallup poll shows that ”” no doubt because of mounting U.S. casualty levels ”” a growing number of Americans (43 percent) believe that the United States made a “mistake” sending troops to Afghanistan, even though the .

[World Blog] World Blog - Obama thanks troops, stops short of calling war a success: Yes, a U.S. troop surge stopped the worst of Iraq's civil war, but it was a civil war many Iraqis blame the United States for starting. It's hard to praise Iraqi democracy when this country still doesn't have a government five months .

[The Caucus] The Early Word: Leaving Iraq - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com: The notion that Iraq would be the political selling point while the 'good war' in Afghanistan is now the sour note underscores how much has changed since Mr. Obama began his presidential campaign.” Up on the Hill: Scratching a campaign .

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