Iraq Five Years of War

Major Baghdad Hospital Damaged By US Missile, Dozens Injured

McClatchy Newspapers | Shashank Bengali | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics

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A major hospital in Baghdad's Sadr City slum was damaged Saturday when an American military strike targeted a militia command center just a few yards ...

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Largest Labor Strike Since Iraq War Shuts Down West Coast Ports

LA Times | Louis Sahagun and Ronald D. White | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Thousands of dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports took the day off Thursday, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes in what the unio...

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Brownstein to McCain: Explain Yourself on Iraq

Moira Whelan | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media

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Moira Whelan

You can't just criticize people for taking you out of context for repeating your "100 Years" remark when you have failed to explain what, exactly, your context is.

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Jason Linkins

$3 Trillion Campaign Reveals The Cost Of Quagmire

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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Three trillion dollars is a lot of money. So much that it's hard to get your head around. You shouldn't feel bad about it, after all, John McCain ca...

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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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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 03.30.2008 | Politics

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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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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics

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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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4000 Reasons to Take Responsibility

Donna Edwards | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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Donna Edwards

It has been obvious for a long time that our presence in Iraq is making things worse, and that it is not a false choice between supporting the troops and ending the war.

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John McCain, Iraq, and the Eyewitness Fallacy

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

In a brilliant essay, Malcolm Muggeridge described public figures of strong conviction throughout history who, in eyewitness accounts, saw what they wanted to see, and became what they wanted to be.

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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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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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While the Iraq Spin Continues, the Real Enemy Remains on the Lam

Andrew Rice | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Andrew Rice

My opponent, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, rubber-stamps President Bush about the success of the surge. He warned of mushroom clouds from WMDs, but now blames the media for "hyping" WMDs in Iraq.

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Smears and Tears: How Obama's National Security Week Turned Into the Mendacity of Hype

Joseph C. Wilson | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Joseph C. Wilson

The real subtext of the Obama campaign last week was to attack Clinton in order to distract from Obama's association with his anti-American preacher. National security went un-addressed.

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Militiamen Holding Out in Basra Fighting

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.26.2008 | Home

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister warned gunmen in the oil port of Basra to surrender their weapons by Friday or face harsher measures, as clashes...

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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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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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US, Iraqi Troops Battle Shiite Militia

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr batt...

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The 3,999th Was Important, Too

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media

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The media, it has been amply shown, has dropped off in its coverage of the war -- studies prove it, war correspondents lament it -- and we've all noticed it.

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Is "Success" Of Iraq Surge About To Unravel?

Huffington Post | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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A cease-fire with Muqtada al Sadr and his loyalists in the Mahd army is showing signs of deterioration. The agreement, which has been critical to the...

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New Iraq War Plan: High Troop Levels Through 2008

New York Times | STEVEN LEE MYERS and THOM SHANKER | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home

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Troop levels in Iraq would remain nearly the same through 2008 as at any time during five years of war, under plans presented to President Bush on Mon...

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Bush Sympathetic As War Toll Hits 4,000

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Marking a grim milestone, a determined President Bush declared Monday the lives of 4,000 U.S. military men and women who have died ...

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Year Six

Mary Lyon | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

As we limp into Year Six, listen to the troops' families. They offer the only clear picture anyone among the rest of us will get, to illuminate even a small part of their sacrifice.

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Our Man in Baghdad -- John McCain

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Jayne Lyn Stahl

McCain is so certain of the success, and direction, of the war, he's willing to stake his political life on it, and the lives of thousands more over the next century, which is how long he's prepared to make it last.

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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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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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Why I Was Right About Iraq

Jane Smiley | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Jane Smiley

Being against the Iraq War wasn't hard -- it was easy. The Iraq War made no sense, even as a wish. To wish for a war on someone else's soil is to wish death and destruction on others.

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Cheney On 4,000 Dead Americans: They Volunteered

ABC News | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Wrapping up a nine-day overseas trip to Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney was asked, in an exclusive interview with ABC News, about the effect on the n...

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Five Years in Iraq: My Conversations with War Critics and Supporters

Charlie Rose | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Charlie Rose

I did a series of conversations to find out how both critics and supporters of the war effort see the current situation. I talked to Les Gelb, George Packer, Richard Perle, Fred Kagan and two young Iraqis.

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