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Huffington Post
by David Sirota

09/06/07

If you read the news very carefully, you can see exactly what is going on inside the Washington debate over the Iraq War. One party is lying, and one party is telling the truth — but which ones are doing what may surprise you (or, perhaps, not). First, the lie, otherwise known as the Innocent Bystander Fable. In a story headlined ‘Democrats Retreat on War End,’ The Politico notes that congressional Democrats are — once again — moving towards endorsing a legislative effort to cut the most unpopular president in contemporary American history a blank check to continue the most unpopular war in contemporary American history. Within this story, comes the lie to justify it all...

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Editor & Publisher

by Greg Mitchell

09/05/07

Over the next week, much will be written, pro and con, about General Petraeus’s report on the progress of the ’surge’ in Iraq and President Bush’s response. Since both men have pretty much already announced, or at least rehearsed, what they are going to say, the suspense is not exactly crippling. I’ll be writing more later, but for now I’d simply like to address the media’s responsibility to address, over the next few days, this key moment in our recent history with a steady gaze — which, as I will recount, was sadly lacking last winter in the weeks before the ’surge’ was announced...

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A brave new attempt is under way to project that all is well now with Fallujah. Residents know better -- or worse.

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Residents are fleeing Samarra city in the face of fierce fighting between U.S. forces and resistance groups.

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US combat helicopters and tanks bombarded a Baghdad neighbourhood in pre-dawn strikes on Thursday, killing 14 sleeping civilians and destroying houses, angry residents and Iraqi officials said.

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From Information Clearing House

By Riverbend - Iraqi Girl Blog

I cried as we left- in spite of promises not to. The aunt cried... the uncle cried. My parents tried to be stoic but there were tears in their voices as they said their goodbyes. The worst part is saying goodbye and wondering if you're ever going to see these people again.

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By Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele

Between April 2003 and June 2004, $12 billion in U.S. currency-much of it belonging to the Iraqi people-was shipped from the Federal Reserve to Baghdad, where it was dispensed by the Coalition Provisional Authority. Some of the cash went to pay for projects and keep ministries afloat, but, incredibly, at least $9 billion has gone missing, unaccounted for, in a frenzy of mismanagement and greed.

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