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Znet Article 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.

Znet Article 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.

Znet Article Schwartz: The Iraqi Elections

Znet Article, March, 02 2009 Michael Schwartz
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Making sense of the Iraqi elections

Zmag Article 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

Znet Article 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.

Commentary 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...

Znet Article 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

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article Sinclair: DVD Review: Meeting Resistance

Znet Article, February, 25 2009 Ian Sinclair
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DVD review...

Znet Article 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.

Znet Article 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.

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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...

Znet Article 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.

Znet Article 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."

Znet Article 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

Znet Article Tirman: Iraq's Shocking Human Toll: About 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million Orphans

Znet Article, February, 07 2009 John Tirman
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We are now able to estimate the number of Iraqis who have died in the war instigated by the Bush administration. Looking at the empirical evidence of Bush's war legacy will put his claims of victory in perspective. Of course, even by his standards...

Commentary Pilger: The Politics Of Bollocks

Commentary, February, 06 2009 John Pilger
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Growing up in an Antipodean society proud of its rich variety of expletives, I never heard the word bollocks. It was only on arrival in England that I understood its majesterial power. All classes used it. Judges grunted it; an editor of the Daily...

Znet Article Jamail: No Unemployment Among Iraqi Gravediggers

Znet Article, February, 06 2009 Dahr Jamail
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Amidst the soaring unemployment in Iraq, the gravediggers have been busy. So busy that officials have no record of the number of graves dug; of the real death toll, that is.

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