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"Surging" Toward Failure in Iraq
Robert Parry writes: "The underlying military reality is that the United States has long since 'lost' the war in Iraq. As many military and intelligence analysts recognize, it is not winnable in any normal... ...
America’s plan for Baghdad
Independent [UK] by Robert Fisk 04/11/07 Divide and rule. A new counter-insurgency strategy to carve up the city into sealed areas. The tactic failed in Vietnam. So what chance does it have in Iraq?... ...
U.S.-Made Mess in Somalia
By Ivan Eland The media often report overseas developments, but don't always explore their underlying causes, which, in many cases, conveniently lets the U.S. government off the hook. The recent internecine... ...
The role of Congress in checking the power of the president
Christian Science Monitor by Pat M. Holt 04/05/07 Poor President Bush. He was only trying to defeat terrorists and spread democracy, and here he is up to his neck in Democrats and bad news. The Army... ...
US Sends Troops Back to Iraq to Maintain "Surge"
The Pentagon said on Monday it will send another 9,000 US troops to Iraq, with about half of them returning to combat ahead of schedule, in order to maintain troop levels in its new security crackdown... ...
Lawmakers Fault Veterans' Care Under Bush
The Army's new acting surgeon general said Tuesday she is concerned about long-term morale because the military lacks money to hire enough nurses and mental health specialists to treat thousands of troops... ...
George W. Bush Must Be Impeached
https://secure2.convio.net /pepib/site/Advocacy?JServ SessionIdr005=u8rv3mys71.a pp1b&cmd=display&page=User Action&id=103 Demand that Articles of Impeachment be introduced! (excerpt) March 17,... ...
US Long Worried That Iran Supplied Arms in Iraq
Flynt Leverett, a senior fellow at the New American Foundation, and a Middle East specialist who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and on the staff of the National Security Council, said he believed... ...
Deployments: The Real Numbers
There will soon be more American soldiers in Iraq than at any point in the war so far. The incoming surge of 21,500 troops is only part of that picture; in addition, the U.S. commander, Gen. David Petraeus,... ...
GAO Faults US Military Over Munitions in Iraq
The US military's faulty war plans and insufficient troops in Iraq left thousands - possibly millions - of tons of conventional munitions unsecured or in the hands of insurgent groups after the 2003 invasion,... ...