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Us Military Bases Iraq

As Washington Talks Iraq Withdrawal, the Pentagon Builds Up Bases in the Region

Nick Turse | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Washington is sending tremendous amounts of military material into autocratic Middle Eastern nations and building-up bases in countries whose governments often prefer that no publicity be given to the growing American military "footprint."

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Stuff Happens: The Pentagon's Argument of Last Resort on Iraq

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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Tom Engelhardt

In a nutshell, the Pentagon's argument couldn't be simpler or more red-bloodedly American: We have too much stuff there to leave Iraq any time soon.

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Iraqis Condemn American Demands For Nearly 60 Military Bases

Washington Post | Amit R. Paley and Karen DeYoung | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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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...

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US Wants 58 Bases In Iraq, Shiite Lawmakers Say

Huffington Post | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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McClatchy reports the U.S. is demanding 58 military bases in Iraq as part of a "status of forces" agreement that would allow American troops to remain...

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Bush Administration Negotiating Long-Term Iraq Occupation

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

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This week the United States suffered its 4,000th military death in Iraq. That number will surely increase, as violence is now exploding across the cou...

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US, Iraq Begin Talks on Relationship

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — U.S. State Department and Iraqi foreign ministry officials opened negotiations Tuesday over formal arrangements for a long-term relati...

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