Iraq Occupation

Lawrence Wilkerson's Lessons of War and Truth

Nick Turse | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

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Nick Turse

Lawrence B. Wilkerson has spent 31 years as a soldier in the US Army, including military service in Vietnam. He played a role in the death of a Vietnamese girl and came to disclose that.

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End the Occupation of Iraq -- and Afghanistan

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

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Marjorie Cohn

So far, Bush's plan to maintain a permanent U.S. military presence in Iraq has been stymied by resistance from the Iraqi government. Barack Obama's ti...

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We Won in Iraq -- A Long Time Ago

Dave Winer | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Dave Winer

Remember when our troops marched into Baghdad, took the place over, drove Saddam into a hole and arrested or killed the government? Then we disbanded their army -- that's what victory looks like.

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The Surge Is Working? Not If You Read the Latest GAO Report

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

What the GAO report makes clear, above all else, is that contrary to what the mainstream media and the GOP would have you believe, the surge has not worked. It's time for the U.S. military to go home.

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Jason Linkins

Majority Of Iraqi Legislators Call For Timetable For U.S. Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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In a letter to Congress, dovetailing with yesterday's testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Ri...

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Jason Linkins

In Congressional Hearings, Iraqi Parliamentarian Blames The "Destruction" Of Iraq On U.S. Invasion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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Some extraordinary testimony is being offered today in hearings impaneled by Congressman Bill Delahunt - who chairs the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee o...

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Shout It Out: There's Still a War Going On!

R.T. Eby | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Occupation, Mission Accomplished, Dick Cheney War, Green Zone Haliburton, Iraq Death Toll, George Bush War, Green Zone, Media Iraq War, Jennifer Aniston Iraq, Press Iraq War, Home News
R.T. Eby

The media have stopped covering the war. Bush has given up trying to accomplish his mission. Meantime, PFC George Delgado may very well have been the 4,000th American death in the war.

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The Endless Bummer

Mary Lyon | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

I'm beginning to think it never will be enough, no matter how many years, trillions of dollars, and troops' lives we throw at the Iraq War. This isn't warfare. This is extortion.

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Frederick Kagan, Michael O'Hanlon, and Kenneth Pollack: The Three Musketeers of Neo-Colonialism

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

They'll soon will be darkening our TV screens and polluting our radio waves, doing advance work for the Petraeus-Crocker dog and pony show coming to Congress next month.

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Five Costly Years in Iraq

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 did not authorize the United States to invade and occupy Iraq. The U.S. sent its armed forces into Ir...

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$1 Billion In Military Equipment Missing In Iraq

CBS | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

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Tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, crates of machine guns and rocket propelled grenades are just a sampling of more than $1 billion in unaccoun...

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White House And Iraq Agree On "Principles" For Permanent US Presence

TPM Muckraker | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

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So it begins. After years of obfuscation and denial on the length of the U.S.'s stay in Iraq, the White House and the Maliki government have released ...

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