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

[Enduring America] Iraq Follow-Up: 64 Dead in Bombings ”” What is the Significance ...: 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.

[Army Times - News] Fewer than 50000 U.S. troops in Iraq - Army News | News from ...: The White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan, meanwhile, hailed the troop drawdown as a "truly remarkable achievement." He acknowledged persistent terrorist attacks in Iraq, but said the violence is at a "reduced level." Vice President Joe Biden called the troop reduction a "remarkable milestone."

[Raw Story] Military dog comes home from Iraq traumatized | Raw Story: Instead of addressing the REAL culprit, the failed foreign policy, or even abdicating responsibility once the military men/women return limbless, they're frakking worried about whether to label dogs with the same medical condition and how it would demean the servicemen/women. What a bunch of delusional F*CKS.

[Republicans & Conservatives] Republicans & Conservatives: How We Won in Iraq: Building on this success and experience in Afghanistan, in November 2005, Secretary of State Rice established Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq. In January 2007, President Bush announced the establishment of embedded PRTs, who work directly with military units such as Regimental Combat Teams.

[Abu Muqawama] Quote of the Afternoon (Iraq Edition) | Center for a New American ...: This is a very debatable point, but I would argue the critical mass of insurgent activity in Iraq relates to a level of violence the population finds acceptable, a belief that there will not be a return to the sectarian violence of '06 and '07, and that country is generally moving toward improvement. So at the end of the day, with the way America has geared its political and military operations, victory in Iraq will come down to when the Iraqi population believes victory has been achieved.

[Georgetown Security Law Brief] Georgetown Security Law Brief: Iraq talks on forming government to ...: appeals court for Iraq's Justice and Accountability Commission overturned a ban on nine newly elected members of parliament accused of having ties to the banned Baath Party.The ad hoc commission was created to eliminate Iraqi officials with potential connections to regime of Saddam Hussein, who led the Baath party during his presidency. Eight of the banned candidates were members of the Sunni-backed coalition Iraqiya, which received the plurality of votes in the March 2010 parliamentary elections by a two-seat margin.

[GayPatriot] GayPatriot » “Stimulus” More Expensive than Iraq War?: They ascribe Bush-era deficits to the Iraq war, when in reality, the deficits are explained (or are more than covered) by his and the GOP’s wasteful, unnecessary increases in discretionary domestic spending in the 2001-2006 period. (Followed by congressional Democrats spending even more in 2007-8.)

[Arab News Blog] Arab News Blog » 64 Dead, 274 Wounded in Iraq War on Police: 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.

[The Star-Ledger Editorial Page] Post-war Iraq remains uncertain | NJ.com - blog.nj.com: We have a president who has recently snubbed the Boy Scouts of America on their 100th anniversary and chose to visit a sub sandwich shop in Edison NJ in a historically democratic county that EX-Governor Democrat Corzine lost "that wasn't in his vocabulary to lose" after being endorsed by obama and biden, this so-called president consistently snubs the Military and the American people which he is doing intentionally here once again and seems to find an urgency to "forcefully endorse" building a mosque in the vicinity of Ground Zero which remains a large hole in the earth since the 9/11 attacks almost 10 years later? This is a very nasty and aggressive person as you will learn to see through his character as he attempts to push "his" agenda like a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[Jay Bookman] In Iraq, official U.S. optimism contradicts (lack of) progress on ...: As a young man, serving in Da Nang, I didn’t seem to have the maturity that age has brought and I thought all of those war protesters were certainly not “good Americans”. The ones that spit on me, my wife and young son in the Santa Barbara airport on my return from VN didn’t endear me to their cause either.

[Israpundit] Israpundit » Blog Archive » LEAVING IRAQ,”¦”¦”¦ ANOTHER AMERICAN DEFEAT: Would it strain everyone’s credibility if I stated that the number of deaths within the ranks of the 50000 American “advisers and trainers” will be as much as, if not more than, the number of deaths suffered by the combat soldiers since the beginning of OIF?

[POLITICO Top Stories] Officials: We could still lose Iraq - Simmi Aujla - POLITICO.com: Now Iraq held elections more than 6 months ago and still haven't formed a gov, I say they are waiting for us to leave before they start going at each other. If the parties didn't feel an urgency to form a gov when the Americans were there, what's going to happen when the Americans are gone, here is Iraq where the congress hasn't met in more than 6 months and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rules like a dictator.

[Scotty Starnes's Blog] Iraq and Mexico are Safer than Socialist Venezuela « Scotty ...: _qoptions={qacct:'p-18-mFEk4J448M',labels:'language.en,posttag.liberals,posttag.socialism,posttag.socialist,posttag.venezuela,posttag.crime,posttag.libtards,posttag.iraq,posttag.mexico,posttag.hugo-chavez,posttag.oliver-stone,posttag.sean-penn,posttag.dictator,posttag.crime-rate,posttag.murders'};

[Raw Story] New spy chief who hyped Iraq WMD 'may invade Finland' | Raw Story: According to the New York Times, Clapper, who was then head of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, "said satellite imagery showing a heavy flow of traffic from Iraq into Syria, just before the American invasion in March, .Dick Cheney must be very proud of his smiling pro-torture, pro-assassination, pro-war protege.

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