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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Iraq raises idea of timetable for US withdrawal
Post Date: 2008-07-07 18:28:16 by christine
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal the two countries are negotiating. It was the first time that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has explicitly and publicly called for a withdrawal timetable—an idea opposed by President Bush. He offered no details. But his national security adviser, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, told The Associated Press that the government is proposing a timetable conditioned on the ability of Iraqi forces to provide security. In Washington, the State Department declined to comment on the ongoing negotiations and said officials in Washington were not yet ...
MORE POWER IN IRAQ, BUT SHORTAGES LINGER
Post Date: 2008-07-07 11:51:07 by rowdee
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Don't try to convince Taha Yassin that Iraq's power shortages are finally easing: His children cry each night when the fan cuts off and the house heats up. Iraq is producing on average 11 percent more electricity this year than a year ago, officials announced Sunday. Improved security allowed repair crews to finally get the upper hand, fixing damaged lines and stations, some sabotaged by extremists. But demand continues to exceed the country's supply and the distribution network is old and rundown, said British Brig. Carew Wilks, who heads energy operations for U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq. "It will take many years and major investment to fully meet ...
Will the U.S. Attack Iran?
Post Date: 2008-07-07 05:48:47 by Ada
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Of course, if Seymour Hersh is right, in a pretty real sense the Bush administration has already attacked Iran. Under the auspices of a presidential finding promulgated last fall or winter, special operations forces and other operatives are inside Iran trying to stir up and capitalize on the kind of discontent that just might lead to regime change. It would be funny if it weren't more tragic to consider that the United States, based on its actions, has evolved into some kind of bizarre caricature of the dying Soviet empire, blundering about, spreading money and weapons and operatives around to try to subvert (the acolytes would say "liberate," just as the Soviet ideologists ...
Afghans claim US led planes bombed wedding party [ encore oopsie-unbelievable!]
Post Date: 2008-07-07 02:46:50 by scrapper2
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Afghan officials are reeling over what they say is a second US-led air raid which has killed civilians. The latest strike is said to have occurred on Sunday morning in Nangarhar, and according to local witnesses, targeted a wedding party. The Deh Bala district governor Hamisha Gul has told the AFP newsagency 22 people were killed in the strike, nineteen of them women and children. Scores more were wounded. A witness, Lal Wazir, who was covered in blood after carrying some of those wounded to hospital, said outside the hospital, "The wedding participants were on their way to the groom's house. They stopped in a narrow location for rest. The plane came and bombed the area. There ...
Iraq not top of Obama’s war on terror agenda
Post Date: 2008-07-07 00:41:36 by wudidiz
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Iraq not top of Obama’s war on terror agenda By AVI ZENILMAN 7/6/08 6:42 PM EST "I don't think there's any question that Barack Obama should change his plan in Iraq,” Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said early last week, setting a trap. "He is now clinging to a very ideological commitment." After Obama’s remarks last Thursday signaling that he might change (or “refine,” as Obama has put it) his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, Cantor sprung that trap, saying Sunday that the Democratic candidate “is a great politician, but he’s a politician who's caught between a rock and a hard place, politically." It’s no ...
Iran warns of Gulf blitzkrieg, Hormuz closure
Post Date: 2008-07-06 10:43:18 by angle
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Iran's military chiefs warned on Saturday that the Islamic republic would shut down the Strait of Hormuz vital for oil exports and use "blitzkrieg tactics" in the Gulf if it came under attack. "All the countries should know that if Iran's interests in the region are ignored, it is natural that we will not allow others to use it (the strait)," said army chief General Hassan Firouzabadi, quoted by the Fars news agency. However, Iran's armed forces joint chief of staff stressed his country's priority was that the Strait of Hormuz remain open. Speculation has been rife that Israel could be planning a military strike against Iranian nuclear sites, using ...
The Last Patrol - U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Set to Leave, Are Called Back For One More Mission / WSJ Article
Post Date: 2008-07-06 10:21:08 by TwentyTwelve
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Wall Street Journal Article The Last Patrol U.S. Troops in Afghanistan, Set to Leave, Are Called Back For One More Mission. Will Their Luck Run Out? By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS July 5, 2008; Page A1 NARAY, Afghanistan -- It's 4 a.m., and a slender crescent moon casts a pale light over Spc. Sean Geer. He has nine bottles of water and 10 loaded rifle magazines strapped to his body armor. He has a bandana tied under his helmet to soak up the sweat. He has removed the pointer and middle fingers from his glove to give him a better feel for the trigger. "Ready for a fun one?" Spc. Geer radios in hushed tones to a buddy. It's another patrol, and one of the other cavalry scouts ...
Big Oil's 'secret' out of Iraq's closet
Post Date: 2008-07-05 23:12:51 by Jethro Tull
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THE ROVING EYE Big Oil's 'secret' out of Iraq's closet By Pepe Escobar NEW YORK - It is not about the "war on terror". It is not about weapons of mass destruction. It is not about "freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people", or to the "Afghan people". It is not about "Islamofascism". It is not about a Pentagon-coined "arc of instability" from the Middle East to Central Asia. New evidence shows once again both George W Bush administration wars - in Afghanistan and Iraq - above all are about oil and gas. Those were the days - up to a few days ago, actually - when the fateful words "war" and "oil" would ...
Congressman Ron Paul says Members of the Congress are saying if we could only Nuclear Bomb Iran
Post Date: 2008-07-05 12:19:09 by TwentyTwelve
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Congressman Ron Paul says Members of the Congress are saying if we could only Nuclear Bomb Iran Saturday, 05 July 2008 01:19 www.daily.pk Congressman Ron Paul has warned millions of radio listeners that the US is heading into a deadly confrontation with Iran, revealing his disbelief at members of Congress who have openly voiced support for a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the country. "If we do (attack) it is going to be a disaster," the Congressman told the Alex Jones show this Thursday. "I was astounded to see on one of the networks the other day that the debate was not are we going to attack? but are we going to attack before or after the election?" Paul continued. ...
Seymour Hersh says Democratic Party leaders signed on to secret war against Iran
Post Date: 2008-07-05 10:32:11 by christine
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In an article in the "New Yorker", Seymour Hersh says that the president got up to 400 million dollars in a “Presidential Finding” and that top democrats were involved. An unidentified source told Hersh: "The finding was focused on undermining Iran's nuclear ambitions and trying to undermine the government through regime change." The funds were requested at the same time that a US National Intelligence Estimate late last year stated that Iran had halted any kind of Nuclear Weapons program they may have had by 2003. Despite the report the Bush administration and many in congress continue to talk about Iran as a nuclear threat. In an interview with CNN, Hersh ...
Who Planned the Anthrax Attacks?
Post Date: 2008-07-04 05:41:52 by Ada
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It's the $5,800,000 question You remember the anthrax attacks – or do you? It often seems, to me at least, that this important catalyst for the invasion of Iraq and our supremely wrong-headed post-9/11 foreign policy has been flushed down the collective memory hole. For all the attention that's been paid to that spooky chapter in the history of the "war on terrorism" in the intervening years, it may as well have never occurred. That's why news of the former prime suspect's ultimate vindication – and his victory in a $5.8 million lawsuit in which he accused the feds of unfairly targeting him as a "person of interest" (as John Ashcroft put it) ...
Obama says Iraq trip could refine his policy
Post Date: 2008-07-03 21:04:16 by Rotara
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By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 50 minutes ago FARGO, N.D. - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war. ADVERTISEMENT A dustup over war policy — one of the main issues separating the Illinois senator from his Republican opponent, John McCain — overshadowed Obama's town-hall meeting here with veterans to talk about patriotism and his plans to care for them. Republicans pounced on the chance to characterize Obama as altering one of the core policies that drove his candidacy "for the sake of political ...
US elections: Obama clarifies remarks on Iraq withdrawal timeline
Post Date: 2008-07-03 18:23:13 by angle
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He had said he plans to have most US combat troops home by the end of his first term. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama today said he would "refine" his position on withdrawal from Iraq after meeting with military commanders there this summer, then later insisted he had not softened his commitment to remove US combat forces with 16 months of taking office. Speaking with reporters at an airport in Fargo, North Dakota, the Illinois senator appeared open to altering his campaign pledge to have US combat troops home from Iraq within 16 months of taking office. "I am going to do a thorough assessment when I'm there,'' he said. "I'm sure I'll ...
LIAR ALERT ~ Marines' Afghan tour extended, despite vow to bring unit home
Post Date: 2008-07-03 15:18:16 by angle
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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, Marine Col. David Lapan confirmed Thursday. Military leaders as recently as Wednesday stressed the need for additional troops in Afghanistan. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has repeatedly praised the work of the 24th MEU in fighting Taliban militants in Helmand Province. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, however, has repeatedly said he did not intend to ...
Believe Me, It's Torture
Post Date: 2008-07-03 06:22:33 by Ada
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What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist—not inflict—it. by Christopher Hitchens August 2008 Here is the most chilling way I can find of stating the matter. Until recently, “waterboarding” was something that Americans did to other Americans. It was inflicted, and endured, by those members of the Special Forces who underwent the advanced form of training known as sere (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape). In these harsh exercises, brave men and women were ...
Bush Pledges to Send More Troops to Afghanistan
Post Date: 2008-07-02 20:50:34 by christine
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WASHINGTON — Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year's end. He conceded that June was a "tough month," in fact, the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began. "One reason why there have been more deaths is because our troops are taking the fight to a tough enemy, an enemy who doesn't like our presence there because they don't like the idea of America denying safe haven (to terrorists)," Bush told reporters. "Of course there's going to be resistance." Bush said it was a tough month too for the Taliban. But the ...
Obama’s National Security Group Teaming With Globalists
Post Date: 2008-07-02 09:23:14 by Jethro Tull
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Obama57;s National Security Group Teaming With Globalists JonesReport.com | July 1, 2008 As the Real News Network enumerates, Obama57;s recently-announced 56;Senior Working Group on National Security56; is little more than a consortium of top globalists, secret society members, former Clinton & Bush officials and war-engineers at large. It was revealed yesterday that Obama may retain Defense Secretary Robert Gates if he gains the presidency. Gates co-wrote the CFR report 56;Iran: Time for a New Approach57; with Zbigniew Brzezinski, already an Obama adviser. Gates also attended the most recent Bilderberg meeting just outside Washington D.C. The report also names a number of former ...
Obama camp signals robust approach on Iran
Post Date: 2008-07-02 08:28:09 by Jethro Tull
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Obama camp signals robust approach on Iran By Daniel Dombey and Edward Luce Published: July 1 2008 22:16 The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is the biggest threat facing the world, according to one of Barack Obama’s senior foreign policy advisers. He also signalled that the US Democratic presidential candidate would push Europe to agree tougher sanctions against Tehran. “The most dangerous crisis we are going to face potentially in the next three to 10 years is if the Iranians get on the edge of developing a nuclear weapon,” he said. “If I were the Europeans I would much rather put on the table more sanctions, together with bigger carrots, and have that ...
Ron Paul's Grave Warning On The Coming Iran War
Post Date: 2008-07-01 16:15:34 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Israel May Attack Iran, Pentagon Official Tells ABC
Post Date: 2008-07-01 10:04:51 by Jethro Tull
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Israel May Attack Iran, Pentagon Official Tells ABC (Update1) By Ladane Nasseri and Thomas Penny July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Israel is increasingly likely to attack Iranian nuclear facilities this year, a U.S. Defense Department official told ABC News. Iran's government dismissed as propaganda the ABC report on the unidentified Pentagon official's comments. Israeli government officials declined to comment on the report. In the U.S., Pentagon spokesmen Geoff Morrell and Bryan Whitman didn't immediately respond to requests for comment on the ABC report. An Israeli strike might be triggered by the production of enough enriched uranium at Iran's Natanz nuclear plant to make a ...
Don't Wait for World War III
Post Date: 2008-06-30 12:45:45 by christine
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The drumbeat for war with Iran is getting louder. Determined to ensure their success, by hook or by crook, the neoconservatives inside the administration, and their supporters in Israel, have launched a three-front campaign to provoke a confrontation with Tehran. 1. The Blackmail Option: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a secret meeting recently at his home. Present were top cabinet officials and someone who has plenty of experience of the sort that interests the Israelis at the present moment: Aviam Sela, who headed up Operation Opera, the 1981 air strike against Iraq's Osirak nuclear facility. It was a bold and decisive blow against Israel's mortal enemy, which set the ...
Bush signs $162 billion war spending bill
Post Date: 2008-06-30 12:14:32 by christine
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WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday signed a $162 billion war spending plan to pay for the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office. The package approved by Congress includes a doubling of GI Bill college benefits for troops and veterans. It also provides a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits and $2.7 billion in emergency flood relief for the Midwest. The spending bill will bring to more than $650 billion the amount Congress has provided for the Iraq war since it started more than five years ago. For operations in Afghanistan, the total is nearly $200 billion, according to congressional officials.
Blind Special Forces soldier: determined to serve
Post Date: 2008-06-30 10:38:15 by christine
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. - When Capt. Ivan Castro joined the Army, he set goals: to jump out of planes, kick in doors and lead soldiers into combat. He achieved them all. Then the mortar round landed five feet away, blasting away his sight. "Once you're blind, you have to set new goals," Castro said. He set them higher. Not content with just staying in the Army, he is the only blind officer serving in the Special Forces — the small, elite units famed for dropping behind enemy lines on combat missions. "I am going to push the limits," said the 40-year-old executive officer at the 7th Special Forces Group's headquarters company in Fort Bragg. "I don't ...
Clark: Getting 'shot down in plane' doesn't make McCain qualified
Post Date: 2008-06-30 00:04:33 by Ferret Mike
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(CNN) -- Retired U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark, a supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, on Sunday questioned whether Sen. John McCain's military experience qualified him to be commander-in-chief. The McCain campaign called for Obama to condemn the remarks. The dust-up began with Clark's appearance Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," where moderator Bob Schieffer asked him about his interview with the Huffington Post earlier this month. In the interview, Clark said McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, was "untested and untried." When Schieffer asked to explain the comment, Clark said he was referring to McCain's experience, or lack ...
Report: Iran to Hit Israel if Attacked, Control Oil Passageway
Post Date: 2008-06-29 21:31:02 by Jethro Tull
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Report: Iran to Hit Israel if Attacked, Control Oil Passageway Sunday, June 29, 2008 TEHRAN, Iran — The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned that Tehran would respond to an attack against it by barraging Israel with missiles and controlling a key oil passageway in the Persian Gulf, said a newspaper report published Saturday. The report in the conservative Jam-e-Jam newspaper comes after the disclosure of a recent Israeli military exercise over the Mediterranean Sea that was seen as sending a message to Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said there were strong deterrents against striking Iran, including the country's missile power, the ...
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