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Matt Kelly of USA Today reports: "Government auditors discovered something odd last year when they reviewed KBR Inc.'s annual cost estimate to provide support services for US troops in Iraq. The contractor proposed charging $110 million for housing, food, water, laundry and other services on bases that had been shut down."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071707M.shtml



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

United Press International reports Senator Jack Reed said on C-Span's Newsmaker Sunday program the US coalition commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, is eager to change policy direction in Iraq. "I got the impression from General Petraeus that he wasn't waiting. Now he might be overruled by people in the White House and, you know, wait until September. But he seemed very eager to come forward as quickly as possible with a new direction and policy."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071707L.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Senator+Jack+Reed
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus

CNN

07/16/07

A Republican senator says he warned top White House aide Karl Rove that President Bush quickly needs to craft a workable plan to withdraw U.S. troops fom Iraq in order to salvage his legacy. White House spokesman Tony Snow insisted last week that Bush’s GOP allies in Congress are not breaking with Bush over the war. But Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, told CNN that he warned Rove last week that ‘The president is a young man and should think about his legacy. He should know history will not be kind unless he can come up with a plan that protects the troops and stabilizes the region,’ … Voinovich added that other Republicans are close to speaking out against the President’s current strategy...

http://tinyurl.com/yo9mw2

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Voinovich
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karl+Rove
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+withdrawal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=GOP

Vineland Daily Journal

07/16/07

The Senate this week will pull its first all-night debate on the Iraq war in advance of a vote on whether to bring home combat troops by next spring, Democrats said Monday. The rare, round-the-clock session Tuesday night through Wednesday morning is intended to bait Republicans into an exhaustive debate on the politically unpopular war, as well as punish GOP members for routinely blocking anti-war legislation...

http://tinyurl.com/2ubfr5


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6467/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

AUSTRALIA'S involvement in the war in Iraq is becoming less popular with voters. The latest Herald/Nielsen poll shows almost two-thirds believe troops should be withdrawn.

http://tinyurl.com/3yxdgp


From Information Clearing House

Video

The experience of the troops is turning American opinion against the conflict in Iraq.
http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/player.jsp?showId=7648


From Information Clearing House

A Marine corporal, testifying Saturday at the murder trial of a buddy, said that Marines in his unit began routinely beating Iraqis after being ordered by officers to "crank up the violence level."

http://tinyurl.com/29ydq7


From Information Clearing House

Attempted car bombings in England and Scotland show militant "Islamists" are trying to punish Britain for its role in Iraq, one of Europe's top anti-terrorism investigators said in an interview.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16730862.htm


From Information Clearing House

Turkey has asked Washington for an explanation about allegations that separatist Kurdish guerrillas based in Iraq were being supplied with US weapons, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said in remarks published Saturday.

http://tinyurl.com/38cshm



Kurdish MP Mahmoud Othman says U.S. to take Turkey's side if it strikes Iraqi

An Iraqi Kurdish lawmaker believes that if Turkey wages a military strike against Iraqi Kurdistan, the United States will take the side of its friend Turkey at the expense of the Kurds.

http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc071607VOI.html


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