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Congressional Visit to Iraq, Part II: Observations on Strategy (My Return to Iraq, 1.5 Years Later)

Rep. Jared Polis | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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Rep. Jared Polis

From an undisclosed location somewhere in the Middle East... I am writing most of this entry from the backseat of a helicopter bound to Mosul from Baghdad.

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Iraqi Parliament Delays Vote On Foreign Troops, UN Mandate Expires December 31

AP | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament speaker has delayed a session to approve a resolution allowing British and other non-American troops to remain in Ir...

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Iraqi Parliament Approves US Troop Pact

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact...

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Iraqi Parliament's Troop Pact Debate Disrupted By Sadr Loyalists

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.20.2008 | 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. ...

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Reading The Pictures: Latest Cover For Iraq's Core Meltdown

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.07.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-08-08-nyt_shaw_iraq.jpgRemarkable, isn't it, how this cover -- illustrating Sunday's NYT Mag lead story on Iraq -- manages to reduce what is otherwise Russian Roulette with a Rubik's Cube to a one-liner?

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Iraq Parliament Takes Another Month Off

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday for the rest of the month to mark the Muslim religious season -- the end of much-delayed e...

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