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Bobby Ghosh: Five Reasons for Hope in Iraq (www.time.com)

Over the past four-some years, I've always relied on some personal litmus tests to gauge the mood of this city. And by those admittedly unscientific measures, Baghdad feels like it's starting to... More

Tags: iraq,baghdad,security,surge,sunnis,shiites

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

Official: Long deployments less effective (www.stripes.com)

The Army has concluded it is very difficult to sustain effective unit deployments longer than 12 months, a top Army official said. Undersecretary of the Army Nelson Ford was responding to a... More

Tags: us army,deployments,us military,us soldiers,surge,afghanistan,iraq,middle east

Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

How Will the Military Approach Obama? (vetvoice.com)

As with any change of command, there's plenty of stress to go around regarding the new President-Elect--on both sides of the aisle. That said, Obama seems to be getting off on the right foot with the... More

Tags: barack obama,military,president bush,surge,forces

Submitted 23 days ago by cdoherty on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

In November We Vote on Civil War in Iraq (www.hnn.us)

Sen. McCain took a principled position in supporting the US troops surge to Iraq when the country was almost unanimously against the war. During the first presidential debate, McCain took credit for... More

Tags: civil war,iraq,presidential elections,john mccain,barack obama,surge,us military,sunni,shiite,anbar province

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Stop Lying About Success of The Surge: Baghdad bombing Kill 17 (corksphere.blogspot.com)

The American public has been sold a bill of goods on the success of the so-called 'surge.' It was just a lull in the violence and today two suicide bombings killed 17 in Baghdad.

Tags: surge,baghdad,bombings,suicide attacks

Submitted 2 months ago by CORKSPHERE on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Iraq's Sunni Militias Placed Under Control of Baghdad's Shiite-Led Government (www.motherjones.com) TMC

According to a Pentagon report delivered to members of Congress yesterday, violence in Iraq is down 77 percent from this time last year. The reasons are varied and complex. There's the much-lauded... More

Tags: tmc,mojo blog,sunni militias,pentagon,violence,surge

Submitted 2 months ago by klarajo on Iraq | 0 Comments |

After the surge in Iraq: has the US won? (www.greenleft.org.au)

“The surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated”, US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama told Fox News on September 4. Obama’s claim echoed Republican presidential... More

Tags: iraq,iraq war,surge,us military,united states,presidential campaign,barack obama,john mccain,2008 elections

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

Tom Ricks's Inbox (www.washingtonpost.com)

Some very senior Bush administration officials are rushing to claim credit for backing the "surge" of U.S. troops to Iraq, calling it the turning point in the war. But before they spike the ball into... More

Tags: us troops,iraq,surge,bush administration

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

Video

Veterans Group Compares Petraeus and Obama on Surge - Channel '08: The 2008 Election on Video (voices.washingtonpost.com)

As Gen. David Petraeus departs Iraq to lead U.S. Central Command, Vets for Freedom is airing a new television commercial that compares his views on the Iraq "troop surge" with those of Sen. Barack... More

Tags: voiceswashingtonpostcom,iraq,surge,commercial,video

Submitted 2 months ago by mbentson on VetsForFreedom | 0 Comments |

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