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Basra: Shiite elites fight for dominance
Post Date: 2008-03-27 00:33:09 by Horse
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Poster Comment:The second YouTube video is also an interview with Pepe Escobar. He writes for www.ATimes.com He deserves a listen. His video is titled: Pepe Escobar: Can the US accept Iran as a regional power?
Khalilzad demands disarmament of Hizbullah
Post Date: 2008-03-26 22:39:46 by Dakmar
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The US ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that Hizbullah must "immediately" disarm and urged member states to "generously support" the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. "I would like to underscore our deep concern about the illegal arms transfers across the Syrian-Lebanese border, and in particular claims by Hizbullah that it has replenished its military capacity since the summer 2006 war," US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad told the 15-member Security Council. "Hizbullah must disarm, and it must do so now," in accordance with resolutions 1559 and 1701, Khalilzad added ...
The Real Meaning of 4,000 Dead
Post Date: 2008-03-26 22:37:14 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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The passing of the 4,000th service member in Iraq is a tragic milestone and a testament to the cost of this war, but for those of us who live and fight in Iraq, we measure that cost in smaller, but much more personal numbers. For me those numbers are 8, the number of friends and classmates killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 3, the number of soldiers from my unit killed in this deployment. I'm 25, yet I've received more notifications for funerals than invitations to weddings. The number 4,000 is too great to grasp even for us that are here in Iraq. When we soldiers read the newspaper, the latest AP casualty figures are glanced over with the same casual interest as a box score for a ...
McCain: Collaborate more with allies
Post Date: 2008-03-26 22:18:22 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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LOS ANGELES - Republican John McCain on Wednesday called anew for the United States to work more collegially with democratic allies and live up to its duties as a world leader, drawing a sharp contrast to the past eight years under President Bush. "Our great power does not mean we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we assume we have all the wisdom and knowledge necessary to succeed," the likely presidential nominee said in a speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. "We need to listen to the views and respect the collective will of our democratic allies," McCain added. Coming days after his trip to the Middle East and Europe, McCain's ...
At Pentagon, Bush Hears Military's Worries On War Strains From Long, Frequent Iraq Deployments
Post Date: 2008-03-26 19:12:14 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON – Behind the Pentagon's closed doors, U.S. military leaders told President Bush Wednesday they are worried about the Iraq war's mounting strain on troops and their families. But they indicated they'd go along with a brief halt in pulling out troops this summer. The Joint Chiefs of Staff did say senior commanders in Iraq should make more frequent assessments of security conditions, an idea that appeared aimed at increasing pressure for more rapid troop reductions. AdvertisementThe chiefs' concern is that U.S. forces are being worn thin, compromising the Pentagon's ability to handle crises elsewhere in the world. In the war zone itself, two more ...
Moqtada al-Sadr Orders Iraq PM Out Of Basra
Post Date: 2008-03-26 19:05:44 by Brian S
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The Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has demanded that the country's prime minister leave Basra where he is overseeing a military operation to purge the southern city of its radical Shi'ite militiamen. Relations between Sadr and Nouri al-Maliki have deteriorated sharply as the two men clashed over fighting between Iraqi forces and gunmen in Sadrist communities in Iraq. Mr Maliki gave followers of Sadr and other Shi'ite gunmen 72 hours to surrender their weapons and renounce violence or bear the brunt of a military crackdown. "We are not going to chase those who hand over their weapons within 72 hours," said Mr Maliki. "If they do not surrender their arms, the law ...
Hillary WASN'T LYING! Bosnia gunfire footage discovered. (Ye of little faith!)
Post Date: 2008-03-26 14:56:22 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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Obama on Iraq - He supports the Biden-Gelb Plan [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-03-26 13:57:24 by Jethro Tull
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Biden Campaign Welcomes Sen. Obama's Support for Biden-Gelb Plan for Iraq From:Targeted News ServiceDate:August 16, 2007More results for:obama's iraqi plan The presidential campaign of Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., issued the following news release: Wilmington, DE (August 16, 2007) -- The Biden Campaign today welcomed Sen. Barack Obama's support of the Biden-Gelb Plan for Iraq. At a town hall meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sen. Obama said, "The idea of a partition, of some sort, in Iraq, some sort of federal system that gave the Sunni, the Shia, the Kurds their own autonomy in their regions, is something that's been talked about....I had a long conversation with Les Gelb, ...
Sadr Offensive Shows Failure of Petraeus Strategy
Post Date: 2008-03-26 11:28:34 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON - The escalation of fighting between Mahdi Army militiamen and their Shiite rivals, which could mark the end of Moqtada al-Sadr’s self-imposed ceasefire, also exposes Gen. David Petraeus’s strategy for controlling Sadr’s forces as a failure. Petraeus reacted immediately to Sunday’s rocket attacks on the Green Zone by blaming them on Iran. He told the BBC the rockets were “Iranian provided, Iranian-made rockets”, and that they were launched by groups that were funded and trained by the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Petraeus said this was “in complete violation of promises made by President [Mahmoud] ...
Cheney: Iran seeks weapons-grade uranium enrichment
Post Date: 2008-03-26 01:36:44 by richard9151
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Tue Mar 25, 10:02 AM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday said Iran was developing a uranium enrichment program for military purposes. "Obviously, they're ... heavily involved in trying to develop nuclear weapons enrichment, the enrichment of uranium to weapons grade levels," Cheney said in an interview with ABC television transcribed by the White House. Cheney, however, did not mention on what he based his accusation. The United States and its European allies have led efforts to pressure Iran into freezing its disputed uranium enrichment work, a process that can be used both to make nuclear fuel and the core of an atomic bomb. Tehran insists its ...
Mahdi Army arrested 17 American soldiers
Post Date: 2008-03-25 23:44:35 by richard9151
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25/03/08 "RTI" -- - Reported, Abu Al-Khasib another city close to Basra, now under Mahdi Army control, Iraqi government calls special forces from Karbala led by Maliki’s “brothers in law” to move to Basra. Just reported from Alwasatonline reporter in Basra, Mahdi Army managed to arrest 17 American soldiers, and seizes 7 hummer military vehicles, because of these developments the Iraqi government offered to negotiates with MA but Muqtada Al-Sadr refused any negotiations, also 250 Iraqi soldiers gave themselves up to Mahdi Army. Key bridge, connecting Basra city to Al-Kurnah is destroyed by Mahdi Army. Sotaliraq reported that Maliki refused to meet Basra’s ...
Worried Yet? Saudis Prepare for "Sudden Nuclear Hazards" After Cheney Visit
Post Date: 2008-03-25 19:59:38 by Brian S
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I. One Tick Closer to MidnightLast Friday, Dick Cheney was in Saudi Arabia for high-level meetings with the Saudi king and his ministers. On Saturday, it was revealed that the Saudi Shura Council -- the elite group that implements the decisions of the autocratic inner circle -- is preparing "national plans to deal with any sudden nuclear and radioactive hazards that may affect the kingdom following experts' warnings of possible attacks on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactors," one of the kingdom's leading newspapers, Okaz, reports. The German-based dpa news service relayed the paper's story.Simple prudence -- or ominous timing? We noted here last week that an American ...
The spies who pushed for war
Post Date: 2008-03-25 11:55:07 by robin
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Special investigation The spies who pushed for war Julian Borger reports on the shadow rightwing intelligence network set up in Washington to second-guess the CIA and deliver a justification for toppling Saddam Hussein by force * Julian Borger * The Guardian, * Thursday July 17 2003 * Article history This article appeared in the Guardian on Thursday July 17 2003 . It was last updated at 08:45 on July 17 2003. As the CIA director, George Tenet, arrived at the Senate yesterday to give secret testimony on the Niger uranium affair, it was becoming increasingly clear in Washington that the scandal was only a small, well-documented symptom of a complete breakdown in US intelligence that ...
Iraq's al-Sadr Threatens "Civil Revolt"
Post Date: 2008-03-25 11:18:13 by Brian S
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NAJAF, Iraq, March 25 (Reuters) - Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis to stage sit-ins and threatened a countrywide "civil revolt" if attacks by U.S. and Iraqi security forces continue against his followers. "We call upon all Iraqis to stage sit-ins all over Iraq as a first step. And if the people's demands are not respected by the Iraqi government, the second step will be to declare civil revolt in Baghdad and all other provinces," Sadr said in a statement read out by senior aide Hazem al-Araji. He also threatened a "third step", but said it was too early to announce what that would be. Iraqi security forces launched a major crackdown on ...
Iraq Recession – or Iraq Depression?
Post Date: 2008-03-25 06:43:38 by Ada
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Militarism and the economy Well, I guess that makes it official: Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives "expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current economic slowdown in the United States is directly related to the enormous costs of the ongoing occupation of Iraq, consigning the United States to what can only be called the Iraq recession." If passed – and, during an election year in which the war is wildly unpopular, anything is possible – does this mean Congress will vote against funding the conflict? No way, José! That's politics, folks, but what we're really talking about ...
Is 'Success' Of U.S. Surge In Iraq About To Unravel?
Post Date: 2008-03-24 23:19:38 by Brian S
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BAGHDAD — A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing demands of the central government. Simultaneously, in the strategic southern port city of Basra, where Sadr's Mahdi militia is in control, the Iraqi government launched a crackdown in the face of warnings by Sadr's followers that they'll fight government forces if any Sadrists are detained. By 1 a.m. Arab satellite news channels reported clashes between the Mahdi Army and police in Basra. The freeze on offensive activity by Sadr's Mahdi ...
The Naive Armchair Warriors Are Fighting A Delusional War
Post Date: 2008-03-24 22:37:58 by richard9151
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Calls for the west to use force to restore its values in the face of radical Islam reveal a profound detachment from reality 24/03/08 "The Guardian" --- - The French philosopher Michel Foucault notes that in all societies discourse is controlled - imperceptibly constrained, perhaps, but constrained nonetheless. We are not free to say exactly what we like. The norms set by institutions, convention and our need to keep within the boundaries of accepted behaviour and thought limit what may be touched upon. The Archbishop of Canterbury experienced the backlash from stepping outside these conventions when he spoke about aspects of Islamic law that might be imported into British life. ...
Gang Members Get Trained in the Army
Post Date: 2008-03-24 18:44:35 by X-15
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LOS ANGELES – While hundreds of Mexican soldiers are deserting the army to join drug trafficking gangs, California is facing the opposite problem: A growing number of gang members here have infiltrated the U.S. Armed Forces in order to receive military training. The numbers speak for themselves: In 2003 there were just 16 incidents of gang members in the U.S. Armed Forces, while in 2006 the total was 10,309, according to the study, "Gang-Related Activity in the U.S. Armed Forces Increasing," released in 2007 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Twenty-two official entities, including the Los Angeles Police Department, participated in the report. This study, ...
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Post Date: 2008-03-24 18:10:21 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Bodies of 2 Contractors Found in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-03-24 18:05:06 by robin
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WASHINGTON — Two American contractors kidnapped in Iraq more than a year ago have been found dead, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday, only days after the severed finger of one of the men was sent to American military authorities. The F.B.I. said that the remains of Ronald J. Withrow of Roaring Springs, Tex., and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Mo., had been found, and that relatives of the victims had been notified. The bureau did not say when and where the bodies were found, or anything about their condition. Mr. Withrow was one of five kidnapping victims whose fingers were sent recently to the military in Iraq. The fingers of three other Americans — Mr. Young not ...
Bush Committed to Iraq Success
Post Date: 2008-03-24 16:50:00 by ghostdogtxn
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Edmund Burke and the War in Iraq
Post Date: 2008-03-24 16:07:26 by aristeides
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Edmund Burke and the War in Iraq What is the measure of a good executive? The ability to inspire those who follow, certainly. A dedication to speaking the truth, and particularly not misleading those who entrust leadership to him. The ability to listen and to absorb information critically. Raw intelligence. Good judgment. Being a good judge of others, and being able to pick the right advisors. Being possessed of a moral anchor. All of that would figure in the common measure of leadership. But no leader will operate without making mistakes. So another critical measure of a good leader is the ability to recognize mistakes and take remedial steps to correct them; moreover, to do this in a ...
Cheney Discusses Grim Milestone of 4,000 U.S. Dead in Five-Year Iraq War, They all volunteered...
Post Date: 2008-03-24 14:41:26 by Brian S
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March 24, 2008 — In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney was asked what effect the grim milestone of at least 4,000 U.S. deaths in the five-year Iraq war might have on the nation. Noting the burden placed on military families, the vice president said the biggest burden is carried by President George W. Bush, and reminded the public that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan volunteered for duty. Watch Martha Raddatz's interview with Vice President Dick Cheney tonight on ABC's World News at 6:30pmET "I want to start with the milestone today of 4,000 dead in Iraq. Americans. And just what effect do you think it has on the country?" asked ...
Four U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, death toll 4,000 (MILITARY: 4,000 DEAD JUST AN "ARBITRARY MARKER")
Post Date: 2008-03-24 10:36:31 by aristeides
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Four U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, death toll 4,000 By Ross Colvin Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:44am EDT BAGHDAD, March 24 (Reuters) - The number of U.S. soldiers to die in Iraq has reached 4,000, the U.S. military said on Monday, just days after the fifth anniversary of a war that President George W. Bush says the United States is on track to win. The U.S. military said in a statement four soldiers were killed late on Sunday when a roadside bomb, the biggest killer of American soldiers in Iraq, exploded near their vehicle in southern Baghdad. One soldier was wounded in the attack. The deaths came on a day when the U.S.-protected "Green Zone", the government and diplomatic compound in ...
Cheney regrets 'every casualty' in Iraq (WHAT HAPPENED TO "SO?"?)
Post Date: 2008-03-24 10:20:54 by aristeides
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Cheney regrets 'every casualty' in Iraq 24/03/2008 08:18 JERUSALEM, March 24 (AFP) US Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday said he regrets every US casualty in Iraq, after the American death toll in the five-year conflict reached 4,000. "You regret every casualty, every loss. It may have a psychological effect on the public but it's a tragedy that we live in a kind of world where that happens," Cheney said in Israel, the latest stop on a nine-day regional tour. The death toll of US soldiers in the Iraq conflict reached 4,000 after four troops were killed in a Baghdad bombing.
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