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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/01/AR2007090101336.html

Second British general bashes US strategy in Iraq
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLrzgsRV9Fa-0OZGtfGxFdNO7vew


Informant: John Stroebel

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Ret. U.K. Army Head Slams U.S. Iraq Policy

Gen. Sir Mike Jackson, who retired in August 2006 as chief of the general staff, said Rumsfeld was "one of those most responsible for the current situation in Iraq"

http://tinyurl.com/yrs9dx



General backed over US attack

Politicians and military figures have thrown their weight behind General Sir Mike Jackson after he launched a scathing attack on the US for mishandling the aftermath of the Iraq war.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6891164,00.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld

Robert Burns of The Associated Press reports: "At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090107B.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=strain+on+troops

Writing for Consortium News, Robert Parry says, "Two-and-a-half years ago at another 'turning point' in the Iraq War, columnists at the Washington Post and other leading American newspapers were ecstatic over how the Iraqi national election was finally fulfilling the neoconservative dream of remaking the Muslim world. Now, however, some of the same columnists who praised the January 30, 2005, election are denouncing it as a failure that must be undone so George W. Bush's newest 'turning point' - the American troop 'surge' - can achieve its fullest potential."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090107A.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Parry

Bis letzte Woche waren Analogien des Irakkriegs mit dem Vietnamkrieg bei amerikanischen Konservativen ungefähr so beliebt wie Nazivergleiche. Nun hat Präsident Bush dieses Tabu gebrochen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26100/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Vietnam

Reuters reports that "civilian deaths from violence in Iraq rose in August, with 1,773 people killed, government data showed on Saturday, just days before the US Congress gets a slew of reports on President George W. Bush's war strategy. The civilian death toll was up seven percent from 1,653 people killed in July, according to figures from various ministries."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090107Y.shtml

Congressman Dennis Kucinich: GAO Report Shows The Administration Refuses To Take Responsibility For Initiating a War Based On Lies
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0831-07.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GAO
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kucinich

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/31/3537/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Glenn+Smith

Succeeding by Withdrawing
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/31/3528/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=withdrawal+Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rosa+Brooks

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/31/3520/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn