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[The United Nations] US military deaths in Iraq war at 4243 (AP) | The United Nations: 11, 2009, at least 4243 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 12:04 am and is filed under UN ...

[GroundReport.com] GroundReport | United States | Afghan War ”˜much tougher than Iraq ...: Hamid Karzai Afghanistan’s president said, The American view of Afghanistan’s problems differed from that of the country’s president. He called Taliban forces “who are not part of Al Qaeda, who are not part of terrorist networks, who want to return to their country.”

[Wired: Danger Room] Iraq Twitter Lands Congressman in the Sh*tter | Danger Room from ...: Partisan sniping aside, this whole controversy says more about the paranoiac level of official security that persists to this day in Iraq, despite the drop in violence. The Green Zone, one of the most heavily fortified places on the planet, is still the place where you are most likely to get your tweezers confiscated.

[SWJ Blog] 12 February SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

[Euro News 24 - News] In Surprise Trip to Iraq, Sarkozy Urges Stronger Ties With Europe ...: By coming to Iraq, analysts said, Sarkozy hoped to distinguish himself from his predecessor Jacques Chirac, whose opposition to the war in Iraq infuriated the Bush administration and Republicans in Congress. Sarkozy's trip was meant to signal a French attempt to promote closer ties with the United States and Iraq as the U.S. military reduces its presence in the country under a new American administration.

[Investor's Iraq Forum - Iraq Dinar Forum, Iraq Investments, Iraq Stock Exchange, Iraq Bank, Iraq News, Iraqi Dinar] Renewed Drive in Washington - Investor's Iraq Forum - Iraq Dinar ...: The United States is undeniably the center of the global system: It has the world’s largest economy, most productive industry and most military power — all by substantial margins over the countries ranked second through fifth in these categories combined. Other states take few actions without at some point thinking to themselves, “What do the Americans think of this?

[open Democracy News Analysis -] Iraq’s elections: winners, losers, and what’s next | open ...: The lessons of a peaceful Iraqi election are more complex than early readings suggest. The reverberations will be felt in Kurdish and Shi'a politics in particular, says Joost R Hiltermann. 

[The Seferm Post] Iran Rules Out Fresh Talks On Iraq With US | The Seferm Post: "We are happy to say that the (Iraqi) government is quite capable of making the country completely safe," Mottaki said, asked to comment on offers by US President Barack Obama's administration to hold talks with Iran.

[Hot Air TV] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Iraqis signal long-term security ...: The 43rd President of the United States of America, presided over the beginning of the US response to the War of Terror (aka”¦ World Wide Islamo-Fascist Terrorism), stabbed in the back by the Dems/libbies of America… Still managed to win a few major battles before the One (aka…

[Left News and Views] Left News and Views » Blog Archive » Prosecuting George”¦: Vince Bugliosi- Author of The Prosecution of George Bush For Murder has successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, including 21 murder convictions without a single loss. His most famous trial, the Charles Manson case, became the basis of his classic, Helter Skelter, the biggest selling true crime book in publishing history.

[Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq] Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to ...: The Peace Advocates Task force of the First Unitarian Church will be showing the film “BODY OF WAR”, which was produced in part by Phil Donahue, on Friday March 6th at 7pm in Gilbert Hall at the First Unitarian Church, located at 220 Winton Road South. THIS IS A FILM NOT TO BE MISSED.

[NO QUARTER] Ricks on Iraq: “This war is far from over” * Open Thread : NO QUARTER: (Call it a gut feeling, but I got the impression from Ricks that he has doubts about Obama’s abilities to comprehend and handle the truly serious decisions he will have to make about troop numbers and withdrawals, and that Ricks sees that a precipitous pull-out could endanger any stability Iraq may be enjoying at this point, what with all the “little Saddams” and the forces trained and armed by the U.S. Ricks is as far from an ideologue as one could hope for in a journalist, best I can tell.

[Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to Iraq] Sir! No Sir! Exposing and Debunking Military Lies from Vietnam to ...: This report was published by KRGV, February 10, 2009 Washington, DC - Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) kicked off its fourth annual Storm the Hill advocacy week in Washington, DC Among them is US Marine Corps Sergeant Reynaldo... No Sir!

[Leboon1653's Weblog] Kerbala, Iraq « Leboon1653’s Weblog: The death of Imam Hussein and seventy-two companions in battle with the 4000 archers and cavalrymen of the Umayyad Caliph, Yazid, shook the Muslim world with reverberations that can still be felt after fourteen hundred years. That battle followed the murder nineteen years earlier of Hussein’s father, Ali (kaw), the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet (pbuh), in the doorway of his recently completed mosque at the new Muslim city, Kufa.

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