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Military Contractor in Iraq Holds Foreign Workers in Warehouses (www.mcclatchydc.com)

About 1,000 Asian men who were hired by a Kuwaiti subcontractor to the U.S. military have been confined for as long as three months in windowless warehouses near the Baghdad airport without money or a... More

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Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

SecDef Gates Looking At How to Accelerate Iraq Withdrawal (www.huffingtonpost.com)

"Commanders are already looking at ...accelerating the drawdown and in terms of how we meet our obligations to the Iraqis," Gates said. "Nobody wants to put at risk the gains that have been... More

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Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Iraqi Army Developing Four Armored, Five Mech Infantry Divisions and Buying US-Made Tanks (www.longwarjournal.org)

The Iraqi Government has been ordering substantial numbers of weapons this year. These orders, combined with known training plans, and existing force structure, provide insight into the eventual... More

Tags: iraq,iraqi security forces,us military

Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Bombs Kill 21 Iraqis, Including Children (www.nytimes.com)

Bombings took the lives of at least 21 Iraqis on Tuesday, including 3 children and 6 adults when an explosive on a horse-drawn cart went off in an attack on a primary school in Mosul.

Tags: iraq,violence,insurgents,casualties,mosul,tal afar

Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Bombings Kill At Least 15 Across Iraq (www.washingtonpost.com)

A series of bombings in northern and southern Iraq on Tuesday killed at least 15 Iraqis and injured dozens.

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Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Brandon Friedman: Conservative Denial Over Obama's Iraq Plan (www.vetvoice.com)

I know the election of Barack Obama is painful for many Bush supporters, but this grip of denial now tightening itself around some conservatives is, well. . .really weird.

Tags: iraq,obama,occupation,withdrawal,politics

Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Matthew Yglesias: 'Winning' The War (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)

"[I]t’s worth observing that absolutely integral to starting to achieve success in Iraq was the rolling strategic decision to abandon our main war aims." Conservatives called that “losing” when... More

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Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Bill Kristol: ‘We've Won the War’ in Iraq (thinkprogress.org)

Last night in New York, in an ABC News debate, Bill Kristol and Karl Rove both maintained that while the occupation was mismanaged, the "surge" has placed the U.S. on the cusp of victory in Iraq.... More

Tags: iraq,kristol,neocons,fantasists,occupation,victory,propaganda,lies

Submitted 1 day ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Spencer Ackerman: What Will They Say Now About An Iraq Withdrawal Deadline? (attackerman.firedoglake.com)

The Republican defense secretary just endorsed withdrawing troops from Iraq according to a deadline -- something that John McCain, the pre-July George W. Bush and a raft of conservative commenters... More

Tags: iraq,occupation,withdrawal,treaty,obama,gates

Submitted 2 days ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

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SecDef Gates: 16-Month Iraq Withdrawal Timetable Is 'Just Right' (thinkprogress.org)

Asked today if he considered himself “at odds” with Obama on the timetable, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that Obama “framed it just right yesterday.”

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Submitted 2 days ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |

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