World-News

The editors of The New York Times write, "President Bush said last week that he told his Iraq war commander, Gen. David Petraeus, that 'he'll have all the time he needs.' We know what that means. It means that the general, like the Iraqi government, should feel no pressure to figure a way out of this disastrous war. It means that even after 20,000 troops come home there will be nearly 140,000 American troops still fighting there - with no plan for further withdrawals and no plan for leading them to victory."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041408K.shtml



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

Consortium News
by Ivan Eland

04/12/08

Some things never change. In a continuation of the Bush administration’s Orwellian double-speak on the Iraq War, President Bush recently gave an upbeat speech in Dayton, Ohio, extolling the progress in Iraq and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s military offensive in the southern oil port of Basra against “criminal” elements...

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/041208a.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Maliki
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Basra
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland

Will Lester, The Associated Press, writes: "The growing cost to the United States of fighting the war in Iraq 'is not only linked to our economic skid, but is a leading cause of it,' a Democratic congressman said Saturday."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041308B.shtml

The New York Times columnist Bob Herbert writes: "I wonder what the answers would be if each American asked himself or herself the question: 'How is the war in Iraq helping me?'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041208C.shtm

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bob+Herbert

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080412/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

 

Informant: Shawbear

Video

Raed Jarrar on why both Iran and the US are supporting the same players in Iraq.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19717.htm

 

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Raed+Jarrar

Iraq and the United States are set to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to legitimize US operations in Iraq beyond the end of the year, when the United Nations resolution governing their presence expires.



http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jhESc6FsTEzL1aF3c0ezZ100cvmg



Leaders' mistakes legitimized occupation

An Iraqi politician held "some leaders" responsible for the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution "legitimizing" U.S. occupation of Iraq


http://tinyurl.com/6ztf8k



From Information Clearing House







http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Status+of+Forces+Agreement

Karen DeYoung, writing for The Washington Post, reports, "The Bush administration is negotiating two accords with the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to replace the U.N. mandate for a multinational military presence there that expires at the end of this year." And, Paul Richter reports for The Los Angeles Times: "Senators warned Thursday that Congress would not allow the Bush administration to complete pending security agreements with Iraq without lawmakers' approval, because of concerns that the pacts would tie the hands of the next president."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041108A.shtml