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Bennis: Contested Terrain: Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Plan and the Peace Movement
Commentary, March, 09 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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The meaning of President Obama's Iraq withdrawal speech, and its influence on real U.S. policy in Iraq, will not be determined solely by his actual words. The import of the speech - and whether its promises become real - will be determined by a fl...
Margolis: US Influence in Iraq Far From Over
Znet Article, March, 08 2009
Eric Margolis
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President Obama says U.S. combat troops will leave Iraq by August 2010. However, the U.S. military occupation will not end. What we are seeing is a public relations shell game.
Jamail: IRAQ: Medical Care At Last, At a Price
Znet Article, March, 06 2009
Dahr Jamail
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Prompt medical care is at last on offer in Iraq, for those who can find the dollars for it.
Edwards: Generic Invader Nonsense - Obama On Iraq
Znet Article, March, 05 2009
David Edwards
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According to the American agreement with Iraq - known as a SOFA (status of forces agreement) - US forces must leave Iraq by the end of December 2011.
Wl: "Pentagon Papers II?"
Znet Article, March, 03 2009
Wikileaks -- Wl
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This major November, 2008 RAND Corporation study on intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, conducted 300 interviews at all levels with US, UK and Dutch intelligence officers and diplomats.
Schwartz: The Iraqi Elections
Znet Article, March, 02 2009
Michael Schwartz
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Making sense of the Iraqi elections
Kershner: The Refugee Crisis
Zmag Article, March, 01 2009
Seth Kershner
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Iraqis form the largest displaced population in the world, according to some estimates
Scahill: All Troops Out By 2011? Not So Fast; Why Obama's Iraq Speech Deserves a Second Look
Znet Article, February, 28 2009
Jeremy Scahill
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Some anti-war analysts find hope in President Barack Obama's address at Camp Lejuene in North Carolina on Friday, in which he appeared to spell out a clear date for withdrawal from Iraq.
Bennis: Obama To Announce Iraq Troop Withdrawal
Commentary, February, 27 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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President Obama is about to order the beginning of the end of the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq...
Sinclair: Meeting Resistance: An interview with Steve Connors
Znet Article, February, 27 2009
Ian Sinclair
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Meeting Resistance: An interview with Steve Connors
Solomon: Freeing Up Resources ... for More War
Znet Article, February, 25 2009
Norman Solomon
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Hours after President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, The New York Times printed the news that he plans to gradually withdraw "American combat forces" from Iraq during the next 18 months. The newspaper reported that the advantages o...
Sinclair: DVD Review: Meeting Resistance
Znet Article, February, 25 2009
Ian Sinclair
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DVD review...
Jamail: Iraqi Doctors in Hiding Treat as They Can
Znet Article, February, 21 2009
Dahr Jamail
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Seventy percent of Iraq's doctors are reported to have fled the war-torn country in the face of death threats and kidnappings. Those who remain live in fear, often in conditions close to house arrest.
Jamail: Still Homeless in Baghdad
Znet Article, February, 20 2009
Dahr Jamail
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"We only want a normal life," says Um Qasim, sitting in a bombed out building in Baghdad. She and others around have been saying that for years.
Porter: Commanders in Iraq Challenge Petraeus on Pullout Risk
Znet Article, February, 19 2009
Gareth Porter
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CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitted assessments of Iraq combat troop withdrawal plans to President Barack Obama based on the premise that his 16-month withdrawa...
Stoner: No Mercy for Mercenaries
Znet Article, February, 18 2009
Eric Stoner
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After raking in more than a billion dollars from its contracts in Iraq, Blackwater is finally being forced to leave the country that it has terrorised for so long. But the notorious mercenary firm's departure will likely have more symbolic signifi...
Jamail: Iraq's "Teflon Don"
Znet Article, February, 17 2009
Dahr Jamail
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Driving through Fallujah, once the most rebellious Sunni city in this country, I saw little evidence of any kind of reconstruction underway.
Jamail: Boys With Toys
Znet Article, February, 16 2009
Dahr Jamail
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It is not the threat of violence that weighs on the people of Iraq. It is the omnipresent occurrence of violence that has resulted in the desperate nation wide chant, "We are tired. All we want is for normal life to return."
Cockburn: The Present State of Iraq
Znet Article, February, 11 2009
Patrick Cockburn
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An assessment of the election and other recent developments in Iraq
Chatterjee: "Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes Warâ€
Znet Article, February, 09 2009
Pratap Chatterjee
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New book interivew...


