Tag: iraq
member name: Greg R.
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November 17, 2008 01:57 PM EST --
The Asia Times ran an article in the 18 November edition online that took a look at the U.S. - Iraqi security pact just passed by the Iraqi cabinet. The parliament is expected to vote on the measure next . . .
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November 18, 2008 08:25 AM EST --
I'm on a rant today about mischaracterizations in the press. This one comes from the Washington Post. In an article published November 18, the Post says "By agreeing to a fixed deadline for the . . .
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October 26, 2008 10:49 AM EDT --
The London Sunday Times reported October 26 that senior Iraqi officials have indicated that the long debated U.S. - Iraq security agreement is "doomed to failure." When you stop and think about . . .
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December 17, 2008 01:43 PM EST --
During a recent interview with the Pentagon Channel, President George W. Bush said two of his greatest days as Commander-in-Chief were when Iraqis voted for the first time and when American military troops . . .
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April 27, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revealed a few months ago a plan to form a new African command in response to the increasing strategic importance of the continent in the Global War on Terror. The . . .
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April 30, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
Given the steady flow of anti-war and anti-surge rhetoric spewing from the mouths of the Congressional majority and Presidential candidates seeking the Party's nomination, I have to wonder if key Democratic . . .
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May 09, 2007 10:20 PM EDT --
A professional acquaintance of mine, who is affiliated with the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria, recently forwarded me an article about a speech delivered at a conference of Kurdish leaders from Iraq, . . .
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June 08, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
As the United Nations Security Council prepares to debate a third round of sanctions against Iran for its continuing refusal to stop its uranium enrichment program, it is time for the five permanent, veto-wielding . . .
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June 18, 2007 02:51 PM EDT --
It seems that saying the Iraq war was already "lost" was just not quite enough for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Apparently he and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent a . . .
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July 03, 2007 03:34 PM EDT --
"We finally got the troops there. Americans have got to understand, it takes a while to mobilize additional troops and move them from the United States to Iraq. We got them there, and now we're . . .
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July 24, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
The recent release of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) asserting that al-Qaeda has regrouped in Pakistan has resulted in a significant amount of debate about the Global War on Terror and the efforts . . .
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August 15, 2007 07:35 AM EDT --
As the U.S. Congress and Iraqi parliament enjoy their summer recesses, reports from military officials and independent analysts in Iraq indicate that President Bush's so-called "surge" . . .
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October 10, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
Some of the most interesting experiences I have had during my travels to and from the war in Iraq involved the necessary fuel stops in other nations along the route that would take me to Kuwait, the jumping . . .
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October 19, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
In yesterday's "Rush in a Hurry" email, which provides me with a quick recap of The Rush Limbaugh Show's highlights when I don't have a chance to listen in, there was an item . . .
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November 15, 2007 02:23 PM EST --
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's April proclamation that the Iraq war was "lost" and the surge ordered by President Bush last January was not accomplishing anything generated a significant . . .
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December 20, 2007 10:42 AM EST --
Russia's recent shipment of uranium fuel rods to Iran has moved the Islamic Republic one step closer to having an operational nuclear power facility in the southern city of Bushehr, and one step . . .
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November 15, 2008 10:12 AM EST --
In the December 1 edition of The Nation, Robert Dreyfuss argues that President-elect Barack Obama must resist pressure to stay in Iraq, and must make good on his campaign pledge to end the war he opposed . . .
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November 01, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
After watching the news today, I thought I'd take a moment to talk about the recent jury award of nearly $11 million to the parents of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder. Corporal Snyder was . . .
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June 12, 2007 04:04 PM EDT --
The Washington Times reported June 11 that Democrats in the House and Senate are currently circulating more than forty pieces of legislation that would seek to end America's involvement in Iraq. The . . .
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June 29, 2007 03:54 PM EDT --
In its just published Third Quarter Forecast for 2007, private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting (STRATFOR) predicts that the governments of the United States and Iran "...are now closer than . . .
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