18 days ago by winterbanyan

Noontime News is a snapshot of our RSS feeds from the noon (Eastern time) hour. Gabrielle Giffords’ Resignation Message A Reminder Of Gains, Losses Gabrielle Giffords. The name of the Democratic congresswoman from Arizona will forever be associated with one of the most tragic attacks on a member of ...

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29 days ago by theeducateddummy

I am so sick of President Obama taking credit for ending the war in Iraq. He claims this is an accomplishment wholly due to himself and his administration. Fact is, the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) dictated the withdrawal date, which was the – wait for it – the date they left! I know; coinciden ...

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36 days ago by Spencer Mandel

In the wake of the pullout of U.S. forces, Iraq is on the brink of internal combustion. And frankly, nobody should be surprised. Even a cursory review of Iraq’s history reveals this to be the likely aftermath of American occupation—and not even because of American missteps on the ground (as egregiou ...

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52 days ago by Gotthardt

The last U.S. convoy crossed the Iraqi/Kuwait border at sunrise on Sunday. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shi’a Muslim, didn’t waste any time, issuing an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni, accusing him of terrorism. Earlier Maliki called for a no-confidence motion ...

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54 days ago by padresteve

The final contingent of American Soldiers except those assigned to the US Embassy. The last US military installation in Iraq, Camp Adder near Nasiriya during the cover of night to avoid traffic jams and for their security. As the 500 soldier 110 vehicle convoy of Special Troops Battalion 3rd Brigade ...

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57 days ago by Greg Jacobs

America’s contentious and costly war in Iraq officially ended Thursday with an understated ceremony in Baghdad that contrasted sharply with its thundering start almost nine years ago. U.S. troops lowered the flag of command that flew over the Iraqi capital, carefully rolled it and cased it in camouf ...

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90 days ago by Ali Rawaf The Iraqi Future

The Arab League decided to suspend Syria's membership. Lebanon and Yemen voted against the measure. Iraq abstained from voting. By: Ali Rawaf A month after Iraq’s government had cracked down on former members of the Iraq Baath regime, it abstained from voting to suspend Syria’s Baathist regime from ...

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104 days ago by John Afleck

A U.S. Iraq inspector general report said this week that the $6.6 billion cash that they though had been lost in the early days of the Iraq occupation has finally been accounted for. “The mystery of $6 billion that seemed to go missing in the early days of the Iraq war has been resolved according to ...

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117 days ago by Cain Is Able

Republican presidential candidate and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain on Sunday criticized President Obama’s withdrawal of troops from Iraq, saying he would be open to leaving American troops on the ground beyond the Dec. 31 withdrawal deadline agreed upon by the Bush administration and the ...

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134 days ago by christian

The last US combat brigade has left Iraq two weeks ahead of their planned withdrawal at the end of the month. But a fifty thousand-strong American military contingent will remain in the country for support and training until the end of 2011. They’ll have the power to use their weapons in self-defens ...

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