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Iranian Exiles In Iraq Camp Raided By Army

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces raided a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad on Tuesday in a move that ran contrary to U...

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Marketing a Myth: How John McCain Actually Got The Surge Wrong

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.)

The fall-off in violence in Iraq had almost nothing to do with the increase in American troop levels -- and everything to do with actually talking with and supporting the previous insurgents.

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Who's Paying The Biggest Price Now For Our War In Iraq? Our National Guard.

Bobby Muller | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Bobby Muller

Almost half of the soldiers scheduled to deploy to Iraq are members of our National Guard. We can't maintain this -- it is another cost of the war, one that is too great for our country to bear.

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Another Incoherent Policy Proposal: McCain Calls for Expanding Ground Forces by 200,000!

Max Bergmann | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

This is another case of McCain having a completely contradictory and incoherent policy approach -- and this is the issue that he has most emphasized his knowledge and experience.

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New Iraq War Plan: High Troop Levels Through 2008

New York Times | STEVEN LEE MYERS and THOM SHANKER | Posted 04.01.2008 | Home

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Troop levels in Iraq would remain nearly the same through 2008 as at any time during five years of war, under plans presented to President Bush on Mon...

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