Ahmed Chalabi

                   

A Social History of the Surge

juancole.com     Jul 24, 2008   1 related          

I want to weigh in as a social historian of Iraq on the controversy over whether the "surge" "worked." The NYT notes:'Mr. McCain bristled in an interview with the “CBS Evening News” on Tuesday when asked about Mr. Obama’s...                

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We're witnessing a cover up of an embarrassment that happened right out there in the open, in...

reddit.com     Jul 23, 2008   5 related          

Write when you want. In a post I called "The Game Changer," I pretty much treated a statement by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the same way the press had -- it was a mistranslation. Not that I bought that -- in fact, I...                

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McCain campaign continues to obscure the record on Scheunemann and Payne

majikthise.typepad.com     Jul 23, 2008   62 related          

Last night, I reported that top McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann lobbied for International Business & Energy Development Corp--a firm tied to Stephen Payne, the disgraced Republican operative caught offering...                

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McCain Becomes Latest To Feel Chalabi's Burn

huffingtonpost.com     Jul 22, 2008   1 related          

By now, Americans are accustomed to getting burned by Ahmad Chalabi. On Tuesday, Eli Lake reported for the New York Sun that the recent decision of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to endorse Barack Obama's troop withdrawal...                

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The Survivor

talkingpointsmemo.com     Jul 22, 2008          

It's a latter-day illustration of the ancient paradox: Cretans always lie, said the Cretan. Which brings us to our old friend Ahmad Chalabi. My friend Eli Lake, a lieutenant, perhaps now a capo, in the DC neocon army, reports...                

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Maliki Bets That Obama Will Prevail

nysun.com     Jul 22, 2008   5 related          

WASHINGTON — In throwing his support behind Senator Obama's plan for a 16-month timetable for an American withdrawal from Iraq, Prime Minister al-Maliki is calculating that Mr. Obama may well be the next president of America,...                

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Obama's Trip: Substance or Drive-By?

time.com     Jul 21, 2008   3,649 related          

General David Petraeus speaks with visiting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as they fly from Baghdad International Airport to the International Zone SSG Lorie Jewell / US Army / Handout / Reuters Barack Obama may...                

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Obamamania not catching on in Iraq

mee.nu     Jul 21, 2008   26 related          

Remember when Excitable Andy suggested that merely gazing upon Obama's glorious visage would change Muslim minds about America? Shockingly, it turns out that he may have been wrong: While Obama's trip has been getting...                

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More on Maliki’s quote/non-quote, correction/non-correction

acepilots.com     Jul 20, 2008   25 related          

Ben Smith’s Blog: Political News about Democrats and the 2008 Election - Politico.com So while there’s been some suggestion that Maliki was playing domestic politics, this seems like the opposite. (Who plays domestic politics...                

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McCain campaign triangulates, takes on Obama and Bush on Iraq

crooksandliars.com     Jul 19, 2008   93 related          

Two weeks ago, the misguided ideologues at the Wall Street Journal editorial page offered a novel argument: it’s Barack Obama, not John McCain, who’s actually “running for … Bush’s third term.” It was unusually dumb, even for...                

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