Obama's Iraq Timetable Still Puts Troop Withdrawal At 16 Months
CHICAGO — Barack Obama says the U.S.-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq's parliament puts the U.S. on a "glide path" toward reducing force...
Iraq Troop Withdrawal
Iraqis Don't Believe Americans Will Leave
New York Times | Alissa J. Rubin | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home
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BAGHDAD -- On the street here and in the well-furnished living rooms of the Iraqi intelligentsia, the recently approved Iraqi-American security pact i...
U.S. Troops To Stay in Iraq Until 2012?
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
What exactly does the Iraqi parliament's troop withdrawal agreement change in the fundamental relationship between Iraq and the United States? The answer is: nothing.
Future Uncertain For Vast US Embassy In Baghdad
McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 11.28.2008 | World
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Shelley's lines about a long-forgotten ruler's monument to himself come unavoidably to mind the first time one visits the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad....
Iraqi Parliament Approves US Troop Pact
AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact...
Iraqi Parliament Delays US Troop Pact Vote
AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics
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BAGHDAD — Iraq delayed until Thursday a crucial vote in parliament on a pact that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq through 2011 after lawmakers, m...
Iraq-US Security Pact: Bitter Battles Ahead?
The Real News | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics
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The Real News Network spoke with Leila Fadel about the Iraq/US deal that will not allow residual forces to stay after 2011.
Iraqi Parliament's Troop Pact Debate Disrupted By Sadr Loyalists
AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics
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BAGHDAD — A heated parliamentary debate on the U.S.-Iraq security treaty was called to an early close Wednesday as lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. ...
Maliki Defends Troop Withdrawal Pact On Iraqi National Television
AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics
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BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister delivered a nationally televised address Tuesday to rally domestic support for a U.S.-Iraqi security pact, calli...
New Iraq Pact Bans US Troops Past 2011
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
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BAGHDAD — Iraq's government spokesman said Monday the proposed U.S. changes to a draft security agreement were "not enough" and asked Washington...
The Sick Man of the North Atlantic
Eric Margolis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics
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Money, observed the witty British thinker Malcolm Muggeridge, is the homogenized form of power. No more money, no more power. The great imperialist ...
US-Iraq Withdrawal Plan Reached, Mirrors Obama's Plan
The Independent | Patrick Cockburn | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
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Iraq and the United States have finally agreed on a security pact which would mean that US forces would withdraw from Iraq by 2011, American and Iraqi...
Obama's Edge Over McCain on Iraq
John Bruhns | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
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Senator Obama's plan to leave troop elements behind would have conditions: the Iraqis would have to politically reconcile and end sectarianism. McCain's is to continue on the current path.
Please Barack Say It's Nonsense that You Tried to Stall Troop Withdrawal Until after the Elections
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics
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The alleged reason for the Obama request for a foot drag on troop withdrawal says the New York Post was to give him an election boost.
Bush Afghanistan Plan Ignores Commanders' Advice
AFP | Posted 09.09.2008 | Home
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WASHINGTON - The modest shift in US forces to Afghanistan announced Tuesday by President George W. Bush falls short of his commanders' requests despi...
Bush Troop Plan Criticized By Democrats
Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics
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Was The Surge A Success? Despite Rhetoric, Iraqi Politicians Don't Really Want The US To Leave, NYT Reports
NY Times' Baghdad Bureau Blog | Tareq Maher | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics
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BAGHDAD -- As an Iraqi journalist, each day I meet dozens of officials, some government ministers, some members of parliament, some advisers to senior...
Petraeus Recommends Delay In Troop Cuts, Signaling Doubts About Iraq Stability
LA Times | Julian E. Barnes | Posted 09.05.2008 | Home
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WASHINGTON -- Army Gen. David H. Petraeus has recommended that President Bush postpone sharp troop cuts in Iraq until next year, delaying a large-scal...
Petraeus: Troops May Leave Baghdad Next Summer
Financial Times | Demetri Sevastopulo | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home
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General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said declining violence in Baghdad raised the possibility that American combat troops could leav...
The Issues Are Enough To Achieve Change
John Bruhns | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics
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I became inspired last evening while watching the Democratic convention to write a piece outlining my strong support for the Obama/Biden ticket this November.
US Troop Withdrawal Would Be Complete In Three Years Under New Plan, Iraqi Foreign Minister Says
Times Online | Posted 08.14.2008 | Home
In an interview with The Times of London, Iraq's Foreign Minister said that a new draft agreement with the United States would have troops out of the ...
Bush, Maliki Withdrawal Timetable Close: New Signs
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
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Reports are mounting that a "memorandum of understanding" between the United States and the Iraqi government for a military withdrawal by 2010 or 2011...
The Ticking Iraqi Clock
John Bruhns | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics
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The latest propaganda being formulated by those in a perpetual state of denial is that the Bush initiated this war and occupation as philanthropists for the Iraqi people. Explain that philanthropy to the 4.5 million Iraqi refugees.
Afghanistan: Good War or Quagmire? The Dilemma of Redeployment
Chuck Spinney | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
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The knee jerk, lemming-like calls of beltway politicos for redeployment of troops from Iraq to the so-called "good war" in Afghanistan may merely lead our country into another counter-productive quagmire.
Bush Reveals True Reason for War in Push for Iraqi Agreement
Bennet Kelley | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
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Operation Iraqi Freedom was never about liberating the people of Iraq but instead about liberating its assets for foreign exploitation.
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