Iraq War Five Year Anniversary

Twin Cities Peace Marchers Say Five Years Too Long of Iraq War's Pain and Suffering

Coleen Rowley | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Coleen Rowley

The little news coverage given in the Twin Cities to the 5 year anniversary of the Iraq War seems to bea bit biased. Notably, there's nary a word about the nearly 4,000 troops who've died in Iraq.

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Iraq's Refugees: Five Years Later

Ken Bacon | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Ken Bacon

Governments in Washington and London aren't paying much attention to Iraqi displacement, but neither Iraq nor the region will be stable until Iraqis feel that it is safe to go home.

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Pressuring the Democrats on Peace: A Commentary on the Fifth Anniversary of the War

Tom Hayden | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Tom Hayden

Only the pressure of the peace movement, bloggers and the mainstream media might make Clinton or Obama break with their advisers and issue an actual plan for ending the war.

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Five Years On, We've 'Betrayed' Iraqis

Lionel Beehner | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

Five years after the fall of Saddam, Iraqis cannot escape the inferno of violence in their own country, largely because of Washington's unwillingness to help them.

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Iraq: Five Years and Fading

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

Maybe this five-year date will jog the media out of its Iraq-fatigue, and force them to confront what is happening, and report on it.

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Five Years of War: Billions Squandered, Opportunities Lost

Greg Speeter | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Greg Speeter

At the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, it's fitting to take stock: What has the war cost your community?

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