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American interventions in the Mideast have been little short of disastrous: starting with the CIA coup in Iran in 1953, which led to the Islamic Revolution and the current Islamic state. Further, ...
by douglassmyth
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on Sun Sep 07, 2014 at 07:56 AM PDT
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Maliki who was refusing to step aside despite the world thinking it best , has stepped down and will back the new Prime ...
by DEMonrat ankle biter
16 comments
on Thu Aug 14, 2014 at 02:39 PM PDT
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/maliki-stands-down_n_5679590.html
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi state TV: Nouri al-Maliki has given up the post of prime minister to Haider al-Abadi.
I know ...
by HarryTurtledove
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on Thu Aug 14, 2014 at 01:05 PM PDT
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Even though Obama decided we should bomb Iraq and drop some humanitarian supplies to help the Yazidis, it hasn't been enough bombing for John McCain. As usual,
by Mark Fiore
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on Fri Aug 15, 2014 at 06:50 AM PDT
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The "coup" against Maliki is a political coup, with Maliki's fellow Shiites turning against him.
Maliki responded with calling in the military to protect him in his position, which would be a "...
by gnosticator
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on Mon Aug 11, 2014 at 07:34 AM PDT
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The idea is to blame someone else for the mess we made. We learn that little trick at a very early age. I'm sure you can remember either being the accused or the accuser in a multitude of ...
by RationalPolitics
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on Thu Jun 19, 2014 at 03:00 AM PDT
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because things seem to be looking better for the people of Iraq.
Alternate Title - The ISIS Offensive in Iraq Begins to Sputter
as Opposition to It Grows and Becomes More Organized
The ...
by InAntalya
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on Wed Jun 18, 2014 at 09:54 AM PDT
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"Let's be clear. McCain is there legitimately getting credit for being one of the advocates for the single biggest mistake the American government has ever made in foreign policy." (Former Rep. ...
by murphthesurf3
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on Fri Jun 13, 2014 at 04:57 AM PDT
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Amazing, isn't it? After so many years when everything in Iraq was on the news every night, and that whole Freedom Fries mindset was on display, and if you questioned W, you were the next ...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Jun 11, 2014 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Four years ago the Baker-Hamilton Commission warned us that Iraq would devolve into sectarian violence as soon as U.S. troops left. Guess what?
by Been There 1963
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on Fri Dec 23, 2011 at 01:22 PM PST
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Invasion!.... According to Wikipedia.org which describe itself as the free encyclopedia on the internet , an Invasion is a military ...
by BlueStateLiberal
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on Fri Dec 23, 2011 at 01:09 PM PST
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In November 2008, then President George W. Bush and then Puppet Nouri al-Maliki negotiated an unprecedented, unconstitutional treaty to "legalize" three more years of war in a manner not unlike the "...
by David Swanson
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on Wed Jul 29, 2009 at 10:19 AM PDT
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Remember when we all thought Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al Malachi was just another Ahmed Pyle fresh off the bus from Palookadad? Now look at him: he’s a Machiavelli-class political operative, ...
by Jeff Huber
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on Mon May 04, 2009 at 01:50 AM PDT
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March 30, 2009
Could that dampened match be dry enough to spark more death and destruction, that never really stopped, because of that Pandora's box we helped build than destroyed?
Leila Fadel: ...
by jimstaro
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on Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 08:52 AM PDT
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While it was a hot topic in the Democratic primary, the Iraq War seemed to fall off the table in the final months of the Presidential campaign. In retrospect, this huge blunder by the outgoing Bush ...
by RDemocrat
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on Thu Nov 27, 2008 at 08:53 PM PST
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Sorry if this has been diaried already. I did a search but couldn't find it.
I heard this story first on Tuesday night's Rachel Maddow Show: http://www.rachelmaddow.com/
by Jack Dublin
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on Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 08:37 PM PDT
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This story, posted on Huffingtonpost really surprised me, but i have to wonder how legitimate the claim ...
by ehalperin
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on Thu Sep 18, 2008 at 08:29 AM PDT
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General Patreaus, who McCain called one of the greatest military leaders of all time, just recommended no more troop withdrawls from Iraq through 2008. The link to the story on ABC News is below
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by napalminthemorning
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on Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 09:48 PM PDT
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"We have a text," Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said after a day-long visit Thursday by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
This is either the culmination ...
by Subo
12 comments
on Fri Aug 22, 2008 at 09:45 AM PDT
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People with solemn faces..like Brit Hume or Lou Dobbs or even David Gergen might give you that solemn look, one eyebrow slightly raised ..to suggest that Barack Obama might be just a bit "one bridge ...
by BWildered
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on Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 03:52 AM PDT
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