Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City
May 18, 2008
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Prolonging The Inevitable
John Bruhns | Posted May 9, 2008 | Politics
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Once again the U.S. military is conducting major combat operations in Baghdad's Sadr City slum. Urban street fighting, daytime air strikes, refugees fleeing, the whole 9 yards. The targets are Shiite extremists who have been killing our troops and obstructing the so-called progress of a freely elected Iraqi government....
Iraqi Military Orders Sadr City Residents To Evacuate
McClatchy | Leila Fadel | May 8, 2008 08:04 PM
Reading The Pictures: American Bombing Of Sadr City: Like Qana, But Without The Attention?
Michael Shaw | Posted May 1, 2008 | Media
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Now that the U.S. -- desperate to protect the Green Zone, and avoid a Saigon-style evacuation -- is actively bombing Sadr City, what is the difference between what the Americans are doing , and what the Israelis did in Qana during the '06...
Iran Tom Toms
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted April 30, 2008 | Politics
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If you listen very carefully, above the din of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's nonsensical theatrical performances, the distant sound of war drums in the Persian Gulf are growing increasingly audible.
Two weeks ago, when Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker appeared before Congress, they testified that Iran had greatly accelerated its...
When The Going Gets Tough, The Iraqi Army Gets Americans
Peter Smith | Posted April 16, 2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD -- A company of Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions on Tuesday night in Sadr City, defying American soldiers who implored them to hold the line against Shiite militias.
The retreat left a crucial stretch of road on the front lines undefended for hours and led to a tense...
Airstrike kills 4 in Basra, 2 die in Sadr City clashes
AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | April 16, 2008
US GIs in Iraq Suffer Worst Week of '08
AP | ROBERT H. REID | April 12, 2008
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Ten Questions for General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted April 7, 2008 | Politics
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When Gen. Petreaus and Amb. Crocker appear before both houses of Congress tomorrow and Thursday, Democrats should ideally position themselves through these hearings to achieve the following overarching goals:
-- Debunk the fiction that the military surge has achieved sustainable military or political objectives.
-- Undermine Sen. McCain's argument that...
Fighting Erupts In Baghdad After Week Of Relative Calm
Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | April 6, 2008 11:36 AM
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Poll: Civilian Toll In Iraq Could Top 1 Million
Los Angeles Times | Tina Susman | September 14, 2007 10:39 PM
A car bomb blew up in the capital's Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least four people, as a new survey suggested that the civilian death toll from the war could be more than 1 million....
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