Tag: iraq
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April 12, 2006 05:20 PM EDT --
Every time Private Luigi Pratt called home from Iraq, he could tell something was wrong. His wife Beth had sunk into a clinical depression, on the verge of suicide. From 6,000 miles away, Luigi, a trained . . . more
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June 08, 2006 08:16 AM EDT --
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq who waged a terror campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages, has been killed in a U.S. airstrike.
What great news to hear upon awakening. . . . more
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October 10, 2006 11:41 PM EDT --
I really, really hope this number is incorrect. 600,000 souls. Six-hundred thousand lives snuffed out. And why? Ignorance? Pride? Hubris? I'm speechless.
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December 26, 2006 02:14 PM EST --
Competition has been fierce this year for the fifteenth annual P.U.-litzer Prizes.
Many can plausibly lay claim to stinky media performances, but only . . . more
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June 08, 2006 08:50 AM EDT --
This morning at 7:30am EDT, President Bush announced that Abu Musab al Zarqawi was killed by a US air strike near Baquba, a cause for much celebration by all involved in the fight against al Qaeda . . . more
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June 15, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
"I am Saoud. They call me Rabbit."
In the chow hall on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Diamondback in Mosul, a small, friendly Iraqi man in a black turtleneck sits down next to an American soldier . . . more
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April 14, 2006 10:27 AM EDT --
Six retired generals, some of whom served in the current Iraq war, are calling for Donald Rumsfeld to resign his post at the Pentagon. They claim he mismanaged the war, and micro-manages operations. They . . . more
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May 29, 2006 06:53 PM EDT --
People who are concerned about the state of the U.S. news media in 2006 might pause to consider those who have lost their lives in the midst of journalistic neglect, avoidance and bias.
We remember that . . . more
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June 12, 2006 03:05 PM EDT --
The scheduled speech by Sen. Hillary Clinton at the "Take Back America 2006" conference in Washington on June 13 is likely to intensify discussion about her relationship with the progressive . . . more
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July 02, 2006 02:46 PM EDT --
Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, their puppet, GWB, and other Republican Party shills, have evidently decided that the macho morons of this country hold the key to the upcoming elections.
In a new media . . . more
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August 30, 2006 11:43 PM EDT --
What Keith Olbermann did tonight took true courage. Not the faux, pseudo-decisive "stick-to-my-guns" variety of our failing President, but the very real courage of someone who took a chance, . . . more
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October 03, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
According to the World Health Organization, 14 people have died of cholera in Iraq in the past six weeks. More than 2,200 cases have been reported in Kirkuk since mid-August and cases of the disease have . . . more
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April 21, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
Jawad al-Maliki has been nominated to be Iraq's prime minister, replacing the incumbent, Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
According to the Associated Press, Al-Maliki is a top ally of al-Jaafari:
Al-Maliki is . . . more
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October 18, 2006 08:21 PM EDT --
Instead of coming home, he's dead
By Katie McDevitt, Tribune
October 17, 2006
If all had gone as planned, Sgt. Nicholas Sowinski would have been home by now, his mission in Iraq complete. But . . . more
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October 22, 2006 06:21 PM EDT --
We all have a hard time admitting errors, and doing so in public is even harder. But, when you have significant influence on the future of the U.S. and the world, it becomes even more important. . . . more
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September 17, 2006 01:17 AM EDT --
With apologies to Jar-Jar Binks, but, "it's ouch time" for Republicans. Sounds to me like Joe Scarborough just began the first battle of a Republican civil war. As advice goes, it's . . . more
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March 03, 2006 02:23 PM EST --
But now let's see if President Bush will finally bow to the people and listen to what we want. I know that is a hard decision for him to listen to US and not his Arab friends, but it does go along . . . more
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August 15, 2006 01:13 PM EDT --
The last time a majority of Americans supported Bush's ludicrous war policies was December 2003, when a CBS News poll found 57% of voters backing Bush in Iraq and only 36% opposing him. That result . . . more
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April 04, 2006 11:09 AM EDT --
Is President Bush guilty of war crimes?
To even ask the question is to go far beyond the boundaries of mainstream U.S. media.
A few weeks ago, when a class of seniors at Parsippany High School in New . . . more
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May 24, 2006 05:45 PM EDT --
The Times of London reports in spite of public denials France, Italy and Germany paid $45 million in deals to free nine hostages abducted in Iraq:
All three governments have publicly denied paying ransom . . . more
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