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Goodbye Iraq, Hello Disaster
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51 days ago
by Watertown Wanderer
I was never a supporter of Bush's war in Iraq, but I did support our troops. I still cannot see a rational reason why Bush and his cohorts invaded Iraq. His war destroyed our country's economy, costing more than a trillion dollars. But more than that the cost in human lives was completely disgusting ...
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Iraq PM warns Sunnis could be shut from power
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51 days ago
by jalalHB
[ via Yahoo News ] 22 Dec Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority rejected a call for all-party talks on Wednesday, ignoring U.S. pressure for dialogue to resolve a sectarian crisis that has erupted since American forces left the country this week. With fears mounting that the nation of 30 million might one da ...
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Happy Holidays from Baghdad!
51 days ago
by whatafteriraq
Depressingly, it has not taken long for things to begin to show signs of unravelling in Iraq. Less than a week after the last American combat vehicle passed the frontier into Kuwait, the first crisis has emerged. It is no surprise that things are coming undone, of course; this blog has been part of ...
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It Didn’t Take Long
51 days ago
by zukunftsaugen
The dust has hardly settled on the departing US soldiers’ tire tracks. Not too soon, however, for the true nature of Iraq to rear its ugly head. There is nothing like a nice big suicide bombing to make Allah happy, and to help put a little more oil money in someone’s pocket. Modernity appears still ...
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Iraqi PM asks Kurds to hand over Vice-President Hashemi
52 days ago
by jalalHB
[ via BBC News / Middle East ] 21 Dec Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq to hand over fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi. An arrest warrant was issued for Iraq's most senior Sunni Arab politician on Monday on terrorism charges. Mr Hashemi denie ...
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