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Iraq, Iran, China: the emerging axis, Paul Rogers

opendemocracy.net     Sep 4, 2008          

The transfer of authority in Iraq's Anbar province from American to Iraqi security forces on 1 September 2008 is an index of confidence that the situation in Iraq is indeed improving. There are indeed signs of progress...                    

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Analysis: Treading Lightly in Iraq

globalsecurity.org     Sep 4, 2008   2 related          

Council on Foreign Relations Author: Greg Bruno This week's U.S. handover of security operations to Iraqi forces in Anbar Province, once the base of Iraq's Sunni insurgency, brought an understandable gush of pride from...                    

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Patrick Cockburn: White House strategy is to help McCain win in November

independent.co.uk     Sep 2, 2008   178 related          

Political events in Iraq are seldom what they seem. The hand- over by the US military of control of Anbar province, once the heartland of the Sunni rebellion, to Iraqi forces is a case in point. The US will keep 25,000...                    

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MidEast Dispatches: IRAQ: Kidnappings Now Become ‘Unofficial’

verbena19.wordpress.com     Aug 30, 2008   1 related          

IRAQ: Kidnappings Now Become ‘Unofficial’ Inter Press Service By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail* BAQUBA, Aug 29 (IPS) - Residents of Baquba deny police claims that kidnappings are now a matter of the past. “There are fewer...                    

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Book Critics Circle's finalists

philly.com     Aug 26, 2008          

Sorry, Thomas Pynchon (wherever you are). Maybe next time, National Book Award-winner Richard Powers. The National Book Critics Circle, the nationwide organization of more than 500 book critics, editors and reviewers,...                    

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Staged withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by 2011

independent.ie     Aug 23, 2008   22 related          

By Patrick Cockburn Saturday August 23 2008 Patrick Cockburn The United States is moving towards ending its military control of Iraq by agreeing to withdraw combat troops from its cities and towns by next June and from the...                    

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Lewes, the proud town that is printing its own money

guardian.co.uk     Aug 17, 2008   2 related          

Lewes is living up to its long radical history by issuing a local currency to save its own heritage The value of sterling may be plummeting as fears grow over the depth of a possible recession. Next month, in the latest sign...                    

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Foreign Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

suite101.com     Aug 13, 2008   123 related          

American Outsourcing Indigenous War-Zone Jobs Among the death, torture and carnage of war ravaged Iraq and Afghanistan, there lies a foul procedure that is largely responsible for America's Middle East problems. Hidden by the...                    

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Media Alert: Some Matter More - When 47 Victims Are Worth 43 Words

atlanticfreepress.com     Aug 13, 2008   247 related          

by Media Lens In his classic work, Obedience to Authority, psychologist Stanley Milgram observed: “There is always some element of bad form in objecting to the destructive course of events, or indeed, in making it a topic of...                    

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IRAQ: Nationalist Surge

newsocialist.org     Aug 9, 2008   2 related          

Iraq’s Nationalist Surge By PATRICK COCKBURN Barack Obama was lucky in the timing of his visit to Iraq. Along with other Sunni Arab rulers, he had watched with horror as, after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s predominantly...                    

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