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Blue Star Mothers Send Care Packages Overseas

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

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Veterans Day was last week, but our troops are still in harm's way, with many more likely on their way overseas. Fortunately, efforts continue to sup...

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How Many Enemies, How Much Military Spending?

Doug Bandow | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

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Doug Bandow

Washington is spending more today on its military now than it did when the U.S. was confronting the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, Maoist China, and assorted Third World autocracies. Whatever could justify such outlays?

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US: Iraq Attacks At Lowest Levels Since 2003

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

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CAMP STRIKER, Iraq — Attacks on Iraqi security forces have increased in an area south of Baghdad where the Iraqis are in control, even as violen...

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Turkey, US Begin Talks On Iraq-Exit Strategy

Hurriyet Daily News | Zeynep Gurcanli | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

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Turkey and the U.S. have officially began preliminary talks on the use of Turkish soil for the transfer of American troops, arms and other logistic eq...

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Iraq: US Soldier Convicted Of 2007 Murder

BBC | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

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A US soldier has been convicted of murder for his involvement in the killing of four Iraqis who were shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal in 2007. Sgt ...

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Bombs Strike US Military and Iraqi Government Convoys Killing Five

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.20.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — Two bombs struck separate U.S. military and Iraqi governmental convoys in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing five Iraqi civilians and woundin...

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Iraq: Is the SOFA viable?

John Bruhns | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

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John Bruhns

The Status of Forces Agreement comes with outrageous stipulations that render our troops helpless, subject them to the Iraqi military tribunals, halt U.S. military operations, and turn vengeful detainees over to the Iraqis.

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Will The Slaughter Of Iraqis By The US Military Ever Be Reported?

Michael Schwartz | Posted 12.14.2008 | Media

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Michael Schwartz

Even if the Obama administration pursues a very different policy in Iraq and the Middle East, I doubt it will acknowledge the amount of violence caused by the war during its first six years.

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Iraqi Official: US Military Still Needed To Ensure Security

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — A top Iraqi official warned Saturday that time is running out to sign a new security agreement with Washington, saying the country sti...

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US Quietly Expanding Permanent Bases Throughout Middle East

Washington Post | William M. Arkin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The "pause" is now official, replacing the surge. Once the summer's withdrawal of five-plus brigades from Iraq is completed, a broad consensus of defe...

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