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Iraq -- Winning Isn't News
Iraq: What would happen if the U.S. won a war but the media didn't tell the American public? Apparently, we have to rely on a British newspaper for the news that we've defeated the last remnants of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Iraq's Post-Surge Prospects
a turning point." The key was Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's decision in March to launch an assault on Iranian-backed Shiite militias in Basra. The bloc of Sunni parties Hashemi leads has rejoined Maliki's coalition. Shiite leaders declared that Iran had been taught a lesson about the limits of its influence in Iraq. Kurdish Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the government's solidarity had inspired new respect among Iraq's Arab neighbors.
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a turning point." The key was Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's decision in March to launch an assault on Iranian-backed Shiite militias in Basra. The bloc of Sunni parties Hashemi leads has rejoined Maliki's coalition. Shiite leaders declared that Iran had been taught a lesson about the limits of its influence in Iraq. Kurdish Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the government's solidarity had inspired new respect among Iraq's Arab neighbors.
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During the worst of the civil war in 2006 and 2007, he says, Iraq was paralyzed by fear: "Sunnis feared the future, Shiites feared the past and the Kurds feared both." The hope is that those anxieties are beginning to dissipate.
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US monthly toll in Iraq at lowest since invasion
Eleven US soldiers were killed in Iraq in July, the lowest monthly toll since the 2003 invasion, according Pentagon figures, highlighting what US commanders say is a marked drop in overall violence.
VIDEO -- The Obama (A LYING CANDIDATE) Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand
this Obama is a devious piece of work; a venomous creep who has caused more of coalition soldiers to die because he created the animosity in th world for America. This candidate for presidency of America IS THE PROBLEM NOT THE SOLUTION. He has unermined our troops consistently, undermined America "consistently" and his woman does the same. The MINISTER is also an anti-American "jerk".
Washington Times - Iraq's security 'remarkably better'
The nation's top military officer Wednesday declared the security situation in Iraq "remarkably better," so good in fact that he expects to recommend more U.S. troop reductions this fall if conditions hold.
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The last of five reinforcement combat brigades have left Iraq, leaving behind 15 such units.
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Central Command, has called for several months of assessment before deciding whether to reduce troop levels below about 145,000.
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VIDEO -- Surge in Iraq nears an end.
Jul. 3 - The U.S. military has begun withdrawing the last of the extra brigades that were deployed to the country in 2007 as part of the surge.\nThe U.S. military had 20 combat brigades in Iraq at its peak in 2007, with troop levels approaching 170,000. That number will fall to about 140,000 once the final "surge" brigade departs.
BBC NEWS | Americas | More Iraq US troop cuts 'likely'
Iraq's army is developing the skills to fight as an army for Iraq and not for each tribe in Iraq.
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After the latest round of withdrawals is completed in July, the US will have about 140,000 troops in Iraq.
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security conditions in Iraq had continued to improve despite the withdrawal of three of the five surge brigades and that Iraqi security forces were taking on more responsibility.
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The Battle For Mosul IV
Michael Yon reports as an independent reporter on conditions in Iraq
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The bad news from Iraq was playing in the background at both funerals. It showed a resourceful and resolved enemy. While the enemy was watching and playing to the media, apparently they were not reading or buying our propaganda. Not intimidated by our jets and steel, they quickly realized the Coalition avoids killing civilians, and this translated as weakness to them. A weakness they planned to exploit.
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Falluja had long been an incubator of terrorism for Iraq.
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The Real Iraq by Michael J. Totten, City Journal 16 May 2008
A descriptoin of a book written by Michael Yon says it like it is in Iraq.
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American soldiers spent too much time behind their bases’ walls, hoping to keep casualties to a minimum and to avoid being seen as occupiers by the Iraqis. Today, they live and work inside Iraq’s cities and neighborhoods, where they tend to be welcomed, if not as liberators then as protectors.
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“The American soldier is the most dangerous man in the world,” Yon writes, “and the Iraqis had to learn that before they would trust or respect us. But it was when they understood that these great-hearted warriors, who so enjoyed killing the enemy, are even happier helping to build a school or to make a neighborhood safe that we really got their attention.”
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Michael J. Totten an independent reporter that reports unreported msm news from Iraq
independent reporter Totten in Fallujah
Bush Offers No Sign of Large Iraq Troop Withdrawals - New York Times
President Bush is staying the course, as he said he would, to obtain peace in Iraq
Iraq is moving forward on their pursuit of peace.
The movment by the Iraq government toward peace and reconciliation in Iraq is moving forward and it's a matter of opinion how fast the government has achieved establishing its control on the country.
Bush Given Iraq War Plan With a Steady Troop Level - New York Times
The threat from the democrats to remove America's troops remains in their platforms.
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meeting of the National Security Council, recommended putting off decisions on further troop reductions for a month or two after the departure in July of five extra brigades sent last year to help secure the nation,
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meeting of the National Security Council, recommended putting off decisions on further troop reductions for a month or two after the departure in July of five extra brigades sent last year to help secure the nation,
1060a1IraqWhereThingsStand.pdf (application/pdf Object)
The Iraq government began governing Iraq in May of 2006
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