Tag: iraq war
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pelosi won’t block the surge
from abc news: There may be a growing battle between Congress and the president over the Iraq War strategy, but new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she won’t block funding for additional troops. Pelosi’s position, revealed in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer, came a day after a group of senators announced…
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chris matthews & the ‘shit’
from thinkprogress: [chris matthews] was “against this bullshit war from the very beginning.” Tonight, [he] argued, “If you want America to be a hegemonic power in the Middle East, you’re out of step with the American people. We’re not going to fight it out with Iran for the next 30 years to see who the…
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senators agree on ‘non-binding resolution’
from ap/yahoo: A group of senators including a Republican war critic announced agreement Wednesday on a resolution opposing President Bush’s 21,500 troop build up in Iraq, setting their marker for a major clash between the White House and Congress over the unpopular war. The non-binding resolution, which was also gaining interest from a second key…
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hundreds in portland protest the surge
from portland indymedia: A large crowd braved the cold and showed up at Pioneer Courthouse Square to protest Bush’s announced escalation of the Iraq war this evening. The crowd marched to the Oregonian newspaper’s office, chanting and taking over the street for a short time. In spite of delays, motorists showed great support to the…
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news on the march
pentagon abandons active-duty time limitfrom ap/yahoo: The Pentagon has abandoned its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can be required to serve on active duty, officials said Thursday, a major change that reflects an Army stretched thin by longer-than-expected combat in Iraq. The day after President Bush announced his plan for a deeper U.S. military…
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stop the goddamn iraq war!
from portland indymedia: Emergency Rally to Stop Iraq Escalation – DOWNTOWN PORTLAND ACTION – Stop the GD Iraq War Pioneer Square at 6:00 PMA 6 square block march through downtown with drums, chants, signs and support from Portland After the voters, the generals, and the Iraq Study Group all told President Bush to lead us…
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olbermann: recalling bush’s iraq ‘missteps so far’
from raw story: In this clip, Keith Olbermann reviews various Bush Administration plans and slogans that have failed to secure Iraq. “Before Mr. Bush was elected, he said he was no nation-builder, nation-building was ‘wrong for America.’ Now, he says, it is ‘vital’ for America,” Olbermann says. He adds, “[Bush] said he would never have…
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‘eerily like vietnam escalation’
from raw story: Appearing on The O’Reilly Factor, retired Lt. Colonel Oliver North, who hosts Fox News Channel’s War Stories, said that he doesn’t support President Bush’s plan to for 20,000 additional ground troops in Iraq. In this clip, O’Reilly quips that the conservative military analyst, best known for his key role in the Iran-Contra…
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bush hit new low on eve of crucial speech
from guardian: George Bush’s public approval ratings hit a new low yesterday as Democratic opposition to his planned US troop increase for Iraq rapidly gained momentum. Even before Mr Bush formally announces a fresh Iraq strategy tonight, Democrats in the new Congress discussed a range of options that include withholding funding for what they call…
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new wave of troops set for iraq
from abc news: The first of up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops will move into Iraq by the end of the month under President Bush’s new war plan, a senior defense official said Tuesday. Congressional Democrats scrambled for the best way to challenge an increase they said would simply cause more bloodshed. Details of a…
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army mistakenly asks deceased to re-enlist
from reuters: The Army said on Friday that it will apologize to the families of deceased and wounded officers that it mistakenly encouraged to re-enlist via letters sent out in late December. About 75 families of deceased officers and 200 families of wounded officers received such letters sent to more than 5,100 officers between December…
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sacrifice translates into more dead people
from kurt nimmo: Is John “Keating Five” McCain sincerely clueless? Or is he simply a politician playing a cynical numbers game with Iraq and thus eventually condemning to certain death more troops that should be here at home, protecting our borders? McCain told General John Abizaid he didn’t understand why the United States cannot “control”…
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US death toll in Iraq reaches 3000
from ap/my way: The death of a Texas soldier, announced Sunday by the Pentagon, raised the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq to at least 3,000 since the war began, according to an Associated Press count. The grim milestone was crossed on the final day of 2006 and at the end of the deadliest…
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prince harry off to iraq
from new york post: Prince Harry will soon be off to war in Iraq – and this time, he’ll be wearing proper British military gear and not a Nazi uniform. The young royal reportedly will head to Iraq with his unit in May. Harry will be stationed near the southern port city of Basra, and…
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US deaths in Iraq could top 9/11 toll by christmas
from editor & publisher: Five more American troops have died from combat wounds in western Iraq and Baghdad, the military said Friday, pushing the U.S. death toll since the war began closer to the number who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In December, 76 American troops have been killed. At the current rate, the…