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California could become the first state to formally call for immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq under a ballot proposal that the state Senate approved on Wednesday.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060707H.shtml

Bennington Banner

06/07/07

Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, picked by President Bush as his White House war adviser, said Wednesday he had been skeptical of Bush’s decision to send thousands more U.S. troops into Iraq. In a written response to questions by the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lute confirmed news reports that he had voiced doubts during a White House-led policy review that led to Bush’s Jan. 10 announcement that 21,500 more combat troops would go to Baghdad and Anbar province...

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Four years into the war that opened with "shock and awe," U.S. warplanes have again stepped up attacks in Iraq, dropping bombs at more than twice the rate of a year ago.

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From Information Clearing House

The Iraqi Parliament has passed a binding resolution that will guarantee lawmakers an opportunity to block the extension of the UN mandate under which coalition troops now remain in Iraq when it comes up for renewal in December. Without the cover of the UN mandate, the continued presence of coalition troops in Iraq would become an armed occupation, at which point it would no longer be politically tenable to support it.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060607J.shtml

Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland

06/04/07

The Bush administration has decided its new model for a long-term solution in Iraq is Korea. It’s an attempt to stifle the inevitable comparisons of the Iraq quagmire to Vietnam and a way to justify the eventual reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq (to take the heat off of Republican candidates in the 2008 elections), while retaining a substantial U.S. military presence by establishing three or four long-term major military bases. The plan would ultimately be a disaster for the United States...

https://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1977


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Hawaii Reporter
by Congressman Ron Paul

06/04/07

Good intentions frequently lead to unintended bad consequences. Tough choices, doing what is right, often leads to unanticipated good results. The growing demand by the American people for us to leave Iraq prompts the naysayers to predict disaster in the Middle East if we do. Of course, these merchants of fear are the same ones who predicted that invading and occupying Iraq would be a slam dunk operation; that we would be welcomed as liberators, and oil revenues would pay for the operation with minimal loss of American lives...

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Kannapolis Independent Tribune

06/05/07

Several Republican senators Tuesday called for President Bush to implement a new war strategy based on recommendations by the Iraq Study Group, which advocated winding down the U.S. combat mission. ‘The president needs bipartisan support if the United States is to sustain a long-term position in Iraq,’ said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn...

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Congressman Kucinich to Receive Statement By Iraqi Oil Workers Union

U.S. Government's Role in Privatizing Iraqi Oil
https://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0605-02.htm



Iraqi Oil Workers On Strike

Workers began the strike at 6.30 this morning by shutting two 14" pipelines carrying oil and gas products inside Iraq.

https://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/23290


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