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New evidence suggests Ron Suskind is right
That story begins during the final weeks of 2003, when everyone in the White House was suffering severe embarrassment over both the origins and the consequences of the invasion of Iraq. No weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq. No evidence ... |
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Hired Gun Fetish
the so-called private security contractors are mercenaries. They're heavily armed. They carry out military missions, but they're private employees who don't answer to military discipline. On the other hand, they don't seem to be accountable to ... |
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Spain Opens the Books on Bush?
But it seems someone in the Spanish government has leaked to El Pais transcripts of conversations between President Bush and then Spanish Prime Minister Aznar just before the outbreak of the Iraq War. The gist seems to be that Bush was rather candid about ... |
Sep 26, 2007 |
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Webb Amendment Filibustered
You know that plan to make sure that the troops have as much time at home as they have in Iraq? Well... Senate Republicans have successfully filibustered the amendment to ease troop rotation schedules. Great job supporting the troops. |
Sep 19, 2007 |
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U.S. Weapons, Given to Iraqis, Move to Turkey
Weapons that were originally given to Iraqi security forces by the American military have been recovered over the past year by the authorities in Turkey after being used in violent crimes in that country, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. From U.S. ... |
Sep 3, 2007 |
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Armored Trucks’ Delivery Delayed
The United States military said Wednesday that it would deliver less than half the number of blast-resistant trucks to Iraq by year’s end than planned. A Pentagon spokesman, Geoff Morrell, said 1,500 vehicles, rather than 3,500, would be delivered ... |
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Robots with guns in Iraq
Robots have been roaming the streets of Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time -- the first time in any warzone -- the machines are carrying guns. From Danger Room - Wired Blogs As much as I might appreciate the use of ... |
Aug 6, 2007 |
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Iraqi Says Turkey Is Massing 140,000 Troops
Turkey has massed 140,000 soldiers on its border with northern Iraq, Iraq's foreign minister said Monday, calling the neighboring country's fears of Kurdish rebels based there ''legitimate'' but better resolved through negotiation. From Iraqi Says ... |
Jul 9, 2007 |
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Lieberman Backs Limited U.S. Attacks on Iran
“I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,” Mr. Lieberman said in an interview on the CBS News program “Face the Nation.” This could be achieved mostly with air ... |
Jun 11, 2007 |
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Doubts Grow as G.I.'s in Iraq Find Allies in Enemy Ranks
But now on his third deployment in Iraq, he is no longer a believer in the mission. The pivotal moment came, he says, this past February when soldiers killed a man setting a roadside bomb. When they searched the bomber’s body, they found identification ... |
May 29, 2007 |
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Active-Duty Generals Will Revolt Against Bush
Appearing on NBC's Chris Matthews Show this morning, Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker revealed that sources within the military are warning of a revolt from active-duty generals if September rolls around and the president is ... |
May 16, 2007 |
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Billions in Oil Missing in Iraq
Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraqâs declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, according to a draft American government report. From New York ... |
May 16, 2007 |
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Those 11 GOP "moderates"
Every one of the 11 GOP "moderates" who privately warned Bush that the public wants out of the war actually voted against the House bill tying war funding to progress in Iraq. From Talking Points Memo Maybe I'm too much of a cynic. I can't help but ... |
May 11, 2007 |
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General: Air fleet wearing down
The Air Force's fleet of warplanes is older than ever and wearing out faster because of heavy use in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the service's top combat commander. Gen. Ronald Keys, who leads the Air Combat Command, points to cracked wings on ... |
May 11, 2007 |
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Buying the War
MSNBC's Chris Matthews declared, "We're all neo-cons now;" NPR's Bob Edwards said, "The war in Iraq is essentially over;" and Fortune magazine's Jeff Birnbaum said, "It is amazing how thorough the victory in Iraq really was in the broadest context." ... |
Apr 27, 2007 |
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Qaeda Is Seen as Restoring Leadership
American, European and Pakistani authorities have for months been piecing together a picture of the new leadership, based in part on evidence-gathering during terrorism investigations in the past two years. Particularly important have been ... |
Apr 4, 2007 |
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proof that we are stuck in someone else's war
Ms. Saadoun was a Sunni Arab living in a Shiite enclave of western Baghdad. A widowed mother of seven, she and her family had been chased out once before. This time, she called American and Kurdish soldiers at a base less than a mile to the east.... The ... |
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Democrats Seek Votes for Bill on Iraq
House Democrats were scrambling today to find the 218 votes needed to pass a war spending bill that would set a timetable to bring American troops home from Iraq, as the Bush administration and Congressional Republicans worked aggressively to foil their ... |
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Londo Mollari on Iran?
The recent saber rattling with Iran has reminded of a quote from Londo Mollari of Babylon 5: "Only a fool fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the kingdom of fools fights a war on twelve fronts!" There are three classic military blunders. ... |
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Rep. Rangel's bill to reinstate the draft
WASHINGTON - Rep. Charles Rangel plans to resurrect a bill to reinstate the draft when Democrats take power in January, but the idea got a chilly reception yesterday in the heart of his Harlem district. From New York Daily News - Politics - Rangel ... |
Nov 20, 2006 |