Iraq Surge

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Chris Wallace, Bill Kristol Chat Up An Iraq War Fantasy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics


Today on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace and Bill Kristol had themselves a tidy little conversation on an Iraq War. I say "an" Iraq War, because whate...

Joe Biden: The Surge Is A Failure

AP | Posted 04.13.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A leading Democrat on Saturday declared last year's troop buildup in Iraq a failure. Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreig...

Shiite Fighting In Iraq Exposes Weakness Of Iraqi Security Forces

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home


This week, the final U.S. Army brigade deployed to Baghdad as part of the troop surge returns to the United States. And that's only appropriate, as th...

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McCain Clueless, Contradictory On al-Sadr's Influence In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


For all of John McCain's claims to both foreign policy experience and a keen understanding on what needs to be done in Iraq, it seems that with each p...

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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.

Militiamen Holding Out in Basra Fighting

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home


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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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 ...

US, Iraqi Troops Battle Shiite Militia

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


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

Is "Success" Of Iraq Surge About To Unravel?

Huffington Post | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


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...

McCain Pushed For War In Iraq For 10 Years

LA Times | Bob Drogin | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


As America's war in Iraq enters its sixth year, Sen. John McCain is hoping that his long effort to send thousands more U.S. troops -- a "surge" that h...

Over 40 Killed in Attacks in Iraq

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five...

80,000 Angry Men: Is The US Surge In Iraq Collapsing

The Guardian | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


In an investigation carried out by GuardianFilms for Channel 4, we uncover how thousands of Iraqis employed at $10 a day by the US to take on al-Qaida...

Pentagon Divided Over Iraq Strategy

LA Times | Julian Barnes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


By many important measures, the U.S. military has reason to feel better about Iraq. Violence has declined, casualties are down, the president is touti...

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...

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...

McCain Surrogate: "Christian Right" A Serious Problem

Haaretz | Shmuel Rosner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The location keeps changing, and the speakers might be different as well, but the goal remains the same: courting the Jewish vote. Today, it was in Wa...

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 43 in Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, an official and a witness said, killing at le...

The Bitter Irony Of Five Years' Occupation

NY Times | John Burns | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


FIVE years on, it seems positively surreal. On the evening of March 19, 2003, a small group of Western journalists had grandstand seats for the big ...

John McCain Heads To Iraq, Jerusalem

Washington Times | Joseph Curl | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


With the Democratic presidential contenders crisscrossing Pennsylvania in a provincial battle for the nomination, presumptive Republican nominee Sen. ...

David Petraeus: Iraqis Not Making "Sufficient Progress"

Washington Post | Cameron Barr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


With a Senate appearance looming to explain the success of President Bush's surge in Iraq, Gen. David Petreaus has offered his starkest commentary yet...

Iraq American Death Count: Public Largely Unaware

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A new poll from the Pew Research Center finds a staggering drop in the public awareness about fatalities in Iraq: Public awareness of the number of A...