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The New York Times columnist Bob Herbert writes that more than four years into the war in Iraq, huge numbers of Iraqi children are finding themselves orphaned, homeless and malnourished.

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Doyle McManus reports in The Los Angeles Times that since the US invaded Iraq more than four years ago, George W. Bush "most often has defined his objective there with a single, stirring word: 'Victory.' But "a large majority of the American public does not believe 'victory' is possible. Dozens of opinion polls have found that fewer than 40 percent of voters think the war can be won."

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The Associated Press reports, "A political group supporting President Bush's Iraq war strategy with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign is airing a new TV ad denouncing a liberal group's sharp criticism of Gen. David Petraeus."

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Greg Hurst for The Times Online UK writes that "Britain's outgoing ambassador to Washington has accused the Bush administration of misleading Tony Blair over its much-criticized plans for the reconstruction of Iraq after the invasion of 2003."

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Ex-Soviet Georgia will cut its troops in Iraq to less than a quarter of the current contingent by next June, the defence minister said on Friday.

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We speak with Michael Klare, author of "Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum." Klare says, "There's a second war underway in Iraq that's a war for the control of the oil wealth. That's a war that is pitting Kurds against the Arabs of the country, Shiites against Sunnis, and Shiite against Shiite. Because eventually the Americans are going to leave and the people of Iraq know this."

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Iraq Oil Bonanza for Hunt, Displacement, Hunger, Alcoholism, Addiction for Iraqis
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By Robert Scheer

OF COURSE, Gen. David Petraeus predicts success in the Iraq war. What wonders couldn't generals achieve with more troops and more time? The battle is always going well until it is lost, and then they blame defeat on the politicians and the public.

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Facts Belie Petraeus' Case, Say Humanitarian Groups

By Aaron Glantz

A joint ABC/BBC poll released this week shows 70 percent of Iraqis believe security has deteriorated since the Bush administration increased the number of troops in Iraq this Spring. Some 60 percent believe attacks on U.S. forces are justified, a number that includes 93 percent of Sunnis.

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Just Ask The Iraqis

By Marie Cocco

Resentment against Americans is undiminished, and has reached such levels that 57 percent of Iraqis say that violence against U.S. forces is acceptable, up six points from when the survey was last conducted in March. In February 2004, only 17 percent of Iraqis said they condoned violence against the Americans in their midst.

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By Tina Susman

A British survey offers the highest estimate to date.
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By Barry Grey
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