World-News

"The point is, that there is no military victory here," he said in an interview on ABC's Good Morning America.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N19324644.htm


From Information Clearing House

The Iraqi government said Wednesday that Turkish artillery and warplanes bombarded areas of northern Iraq and urged Turkey to stop military operations and resort to dialogue, according to news agencies.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=16804&sectionid=351020204


From Information Clearing House

The US refused to provide a helicopter to evacuate the wounded man after being told he was Australian.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22097426-5007133,00.html


From Information Clearing House

http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/24891


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news

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70 House Members Vow to Block Continued Iraq Funding

The Politico reports, "Seventy House members, nearly all liberal Democrats, vowed today that they would not support any more funding for Iraq military operations unless tied to a complete withdrawal of combat troops."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072007K.shtml

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Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey: Bi-Partisan Group of 70 House Members Put President Bush on Notice Over Upcoming Iraq Appropriations

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0720-05.htm

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Liberals Vow to Block Continued Iraq Funding

Seventy House members, nearly all liberal Democrats, vowed today that they would not support any more funding for Iraq military operations unless tied to a complete withdrawal of combat troops.

http://tinyurl.com/39kayf


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bring+troops+home
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=withdrawal+Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Woolsey

Ray McGovern writes in Truthout about Bush's stubborn stance that the war in Iraq and the struggle against terrorism are on the "right course." McGovern turns to historians to shed light on the current predicament.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071907U.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ray+McGovern

A CBS News/New York Times poll found that a majority of Americans think Congress should not continue to fund the war unless a timetable for withdrawal is put in place.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071907T.shtml



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

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/19/2628/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Marjorie+Cohn

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/07/19/2630



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Timothy+Garton+Ash

Seumas Milne reports for The Guardian UK, "Seven of the most important Sunni-led insurgent organizations fighting the US occupation in Iraq have agreed to form a public political alliance with the aim of preparing for negotiations in advance of an American withdrawal."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071907O.shtml



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

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

07/18/07

If, as President Bush claims, Iraq is a sovereign country and its government represents the people, then why are American officials ordering the parliament to cancel its August vacation and insisting that the al-Maliki government meet certain ‘benchmarks?’ Is it sovereign or not? By what authority does the U.S. government dictate to it? Something just doesn’t add up here...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0707e.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Maliki
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman