Iraqi Elections Might Not Take Place This Year
BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers failed Wednesday to agree on a provincial election law and adjourned for the month, casting doubt whether U.S.-backed ...
BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers failed Wednesday to agree on a provincial election law and adjourned for the month, casting doubt whether U.S.-backed ...
The New York Times | James Glans | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
The soaring price of oil will leave the Iraqi government with a cumulative budget surplus of as much as $79 billion by year's end an American federal ...
John Bruhns | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics
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.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
The Associated Press has obtained a new White House report assessing progress in Iraq. The White House assessment claims 'satisfactory' progress on 15...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
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.
CNN | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
An Iraqi city council member opened fire on U.S. forces outside Baghdad on Monday, killing two soldiers, U.S. officials said. Two U.S. soldiers were ...
AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iraqi troops arrested the mayor of the southern city of Amarah on Thursday, raising tensions with followers of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtad...
Washington Post | Amit R. Paley and Karen DeYoung | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
High-level negotiations over the future role of the U.S. military in Iraq have turned into an increasingly acrimonious public debate, with Iraqi polit...
Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 04.02.2008 | 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...
Rep. John Murtha | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics
As we begin the fifth holiday season without a redeployment plan, we are faced with two choices: Either we continue to stick with a policy that sacrifices American blood or we can listen to the American people.
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Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps. With all the play his name gets right now,...
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AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home