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Iraq Surge

A Commitment Strategy for Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Conservatives, National Security, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Progressives, President Obama, Taliban, World News
Lorelei Kelly

The president will put forward his decision on Afghanistan soon. It will involve a troop increase. If progressives stay in full opposition mode, they will exist on the margin of the debate.

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Iraq in Afghanistan?

James Denselow | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Afghanistan War, World News
James Denselow

Reports suggest that General Stanley McChrystal is going to call for a "surge on top of the surge," with the potential for thousands of additional US and NATO soldiers being deployed in Afghanistan.

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Senior Army Commander Warns Against Forgetting Iraq

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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The senior American commander in Iraq has told the BBC that he is concerned that the country will be forgotten, amid the current focus on Afghanistan....

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Tom Ricks And The Military's New Philosophical Embeds

Columbia Journalism Review | Tara McKelvey | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Kabul, Iraq Surge, Washington, Tom Ricks, Pakistan, War, Philosopy, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Iraq, Surge, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Embedded Journalists, Journalism, Iraq War, Baghdad, Taliban, Ethics, Insurgency, Policy, Foreign Correspondents, Counterinsurgency, Media News

Thomas E. Ricks has a photograph of a general--Ulysses S. Grant, looking haggard and defeated in Cold Harbor, Virginia--on the wall of his office. His...

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Truck Bomb Kills At Least 19 In Northern Iraq

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Kurdish lawmakers demanded the government step up security in northern Iraq after a suicide truck bomb flattened a neighborhood in a s...

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Iraq's New Surge: Gay Killings

Foreign Policy | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Gay Rights, Iraqi Gay Men, War in Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, World News

When my colleague and I sat down last April with Hamid, an Iraqi man from Baghdad, his trauma-induced stutter said as much as the words he spoke. Hudd...

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Roadside Bombs Kill 4 US Troops In Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Four U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs Tuesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since combat troops pulled bac...

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Iraq Civilian Deaths Are Highest Since April

Reuters | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) The number of civilians recorded killed in violence in Iraq shot up to 393 in August, its highest level since April, after a spate ...

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Iraq: Talk Is Cheap, Blood Is Cheaper

Jamal Dajani | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, Al Alam Tv, Mosul, Middle East, Terrorism, Saudi Arabia, Al Iraqiyya TV, Oil, Nuri Al-Maliki, Iraq, War in Iraq, Al Qaeda, World News
Jamal Dajani

It is now apparent that the Iraqi insurgency has adapted and moved right back in. What's interesting in the new round of attacks is that no one has been claiming responsibility for them.

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Biden Sends Right Message on Iraq

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

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Jon Soltz

It's time to start putting pressure on the Iraqi government to settle their internal differences, and make clear that we're no longer going to be their crutch. This weekend, Biden did just that.

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Tragedy and Compassion in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

The fireworks fired into the air and the pomp and circumstance of so-called Sovereignty Day cannot mask the grief felt by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who lost loved ones in the past six years.

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Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Kirkuk, Al-Qaeda, Violence in Iraq, Success of the Surge, votevets.org, President Obama, Votevets, Iraq, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News
Jon Soltz

There haven't been any results in Iraq, either because President Obama hasn't tried hard enough, or because his efforts have failed.

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Eminent Liberal Theologian on American Empire: Can Obama Pull Off a Game-Changer in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan?

Evan Derkacz | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Empire, Obama Afghanistan, Iraq Surge, Liberals, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Liberalism, Theology, Liberal Theology, Iran, Iraq, War in Iraq, Afghanistan War, World News
Evan Derkacz

Today's feature on Religion Dispatches was written by the most eminent interpreter of the American liberal theological tradition today, Gary Dorrien. ...

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Refugee Chess

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Iraq Surge, Damascus, Chess, Wunderkammer Magazine, Iraqi Refugee Crisis, Iraq War, Iraqi Food, War Refugees, Refugee-Camps, Baghdad, Iraq War Refugees, Iraq, Syria, Refugees, Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Living News
Freddy Deknatel

In Baghdad, their eldest daughter had two cars. Six years later, the Iraqi couple moves their mattresses out of the bedroom each night to sleep on the living room floor.

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While Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan, Iraq Could Blow Up in His Face

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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Jeremy Scahill

There is great reason to suspect that the timeline for withdrawal -- all troops out by 2011 -- announced in February by the Obama administration will prove to be a fallacy.

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The Search for a Bailout End Game

Don McNay | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business

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Don McNay

Every bailout plan reminds me of an economic re-run of the Iraq war: There is a lot of panic. A hastily written plan sweeps through Congress without scrutiny. The plan is expected to "shock and awe" us.

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Don't Let Afghanistan Become Obama's Vietnam

Sahil Kapur | Posted 03.21.2009 | World

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Sahil Kapur

Although the president's goals for the region are commendable, he must carefully examine the larger strategy or Afghanistan might devolve into a hauntingly familiar quagmire.

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Iraq's "Teflon Don"

Dahr Jamail | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Reconstruction, Iraq Surge, Anbar Awakening, Warwire, Iraq, Sheik Aifan Sadun, Fallujah, World News
Dahr Jamail

Today, 34-year-old Sheik Aifan Sadun may be the richest man in Falluhah, thanks to his alliance of self-interest with U.S. forces.

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"We Won't Take That History Lightly"

Harry Shearer | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Petraeus, Iraq Surge, General Petraeus, Afghanistan Surge, Success of the Surge, David Petraeus, World News
Harry Shearer

It's neat that Petraeus should pause to remember history at this juncture, after he's helped perpetuate an Iraqi adventure that completely ignored history in the same part of the world.

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In Iraq: Forget Michael Goldfarb, Remember Inigo Montoya

David Quigg | Posted 02.21.2009 | Media

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David Quigg

As Andrew Sullivan noted in the earliest hours of the Obama presidency, It only took Michael Goldfarb twenty-two minutes to start blaming Obama for Iraq.

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Afghanistan: Revenge Of The Surge

Military.com | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, David Petraeus, Iraq Surge, Surge in Iraq, Afghanistan Surge, New York Times, Afghanistan, Taliban, Surge in Afghanistan, War Propoganda, World News

We got through Christmas without having NORAD accidentally blow Santa out of the sky, but don't let your guard down yet. While visions of sugarplums d...

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An International Businessman's Perspective on the Popular Mr. Obama

Heather Robinson | Posted 01.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Iraq Surge, Israel, Obama Transition, Success in Iraq, Iraq, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Adam Ginsberg, Business News
Heather Robinson

Based on his experiences lately, Adam Ginsberg believes Obama's election has spurred the masses, not only in the U.S. but around the world, to regain their faith in the U.S. and, more importantly, in their own potential.

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Jason Linkins

Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq War 'Manipulator,' Pens Fatuous Op-Ed For New York Times

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq Surge, Aram Roston, Iraq War, New York Times, Breaking Politics News, Barack Obama, Nancy Youssef, Media News

The Times it seems, has a regrettably short memory, to afford this man the opportunity to burnish his credibility on their hallowed pages. But readers should not be fooled: Ahmad Chalabi has no credibility.

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McCain: The Fundamentals of Madonna's Marriage are Strong

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Borowitz Report, Iraq Surge, Guy Ritchie, Madonna Divorce, John McCain, Andy Borowitz, Presidential Debate 2008, Success of the Surge, Madonna, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

In what his aides are hoping could be a "game-changer" in advance of tonight's debate, McCain today expressed a strong vote of confidence in the marriage between Madonna and Guy Ritchie.

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Afghans Trained by Blackwater Defect to Taliban

Jamal Dajani | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Taliban, Iraq, Blackwater, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

Many Afghans working for the Afghan security forces are now switching sides and are now defecting to the Taliban. Guess who trained many of them? Blackwater!

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