Iraq Five Years

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Letter From A Soldier: Answers You Won't Want To Hear

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


McCain claims that he is a break from the flawed strategy of the Bush administration. But the Iraq miasma is not the result of a flawed strategy. It is the result of a flawed concept to begin with.

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General Hayden Revises History In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


We gave this particular moment some special attention on our Sunday Morning Liveblog today, but it deserves some special attention and scrutiny. We'r...

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Hagel: 'Arrogance, Incompetence' Fuel Bush's Run To War

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, who will not seek a new term in the Senate, continues to offer some of the most potent criticism of the Iraq War out the...

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Hagel: Bush Administration 'Certainly Misrepresented' Facts On Run-Up To War

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics


Over the past year, Senator Chuck Hagel has not been shy about expressing his disillusionment with his own party. Having announced that he'll be fore...

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Dana Perino, The Gift That Keeps On Giving: A Neverending Surge

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


Years after missions were declared to have been accomplished in Iraq, it's still difficult to get a straight answer out of the Bush administration as ...

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'Al Qaeda In Iraq': Part Myth, Part Manipulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics


The triumph of Al Qaeda in Iraq has less to do with their achievements in the field of terrorism, and more to do with the tautology that the administration has erected to pin the tail of our misfortune on a convenient, scary sounding donkey.

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WaPo Editorial On Iraq 'Fantasies' Ignores Certain Realities

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Today's Washington Post editorial, commemorating five years of Iraq miasma, levels the charge at Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obam...

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Bush Makes Myths: Claims Iraq As The Locus For An 'Arab Uprising'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Anytime President Bush starts expounding on the Iraq War, you're bound to hear some sort of claim that lands, unsubstantiated, into your brainpan with...

Cheney Spends Iraq Anniversary Fishing Off Sultan Of Omans' Boat

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Vice President Dick Cheney went fishing in the waters between Oman and Iran on Wednesday, borrowing the Sultan of Oman's 60-foot royal yacht for the m...

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Bush Continues To Link Iraq With 9-11

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Five years after the beginning of the Iraq War, some things never change. Among them, our President's continuing effort to sell his Middle East misad...

Bush: We Can't Jeopardize Gains in Iraq

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Remarks of President George Bush 5 Year Anniversary of Iraq War The Pentagon Arlington, VA Read more about Bush's speech marking the five-year-annive...

Iraq Casualties, Iraq Costs, Iraq Numbers

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Below Is a detailed list of Iraq "by the numbers" released by Senator Harry Reid's office: The Cost to Our Forces in Iraq 3,990: American troop...

War Protesters Halt Traffic, Recall Dead

AP | SARAH KARUSH | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Protesters blocked traffic and government buildings in Washington, acted out a Baghdad street scene in Syracuse, N.Y., and banged d...

Cheney: I Don't Listen To Polling On Iraq

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Vice President Dick Cheney spoke to ABC's "Good Morning America" about his recent visit to Iraq: "I think you cannot be blown off course by the fluc...

Iraqis Clear Way for Provincial Vote

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD — Under strong U.S. pressure, Iraq's presidential council signed off Wednesday on a measure paving the way for provincial elections by t...