World-News

https://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/11/1122/



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Aaron+Glantz

A majority of members of Iraq's parliament have signed a draft bill that would require a timetable for the withdrawal of US soldiers from Iraq and freeze current troop levels. The development was a sign of a growing division between Iraq's legislators and prime minister that mirrors the widening gulf between the Bush administration and its critics in Congress.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051107B.shtml

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U.S. House defeats Iraq war withdrawal bill

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday easily defeated a bill pushed by anti-war Democrats to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by early next year.

https://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WBT006955.htm



U.S. Imperial Ambitions Thwart Iraqis' Peace Plans

Last week, a majority of Iraqi lawmakers demanded a timetable for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave their country. The very next day, the Al Fadhila party, a Shi'ite party considered moderate by the (often arbitrary) standards of the commercial media, held a press conference, in which they offered a 23-point plan for stabilizing Iraq.

https://www.alternet.org/story/52135/


From Information Clearing House



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William Rivers Pitt writes: "Another hearing took place on Capitol Hill yesterday that was truly chilling to observe. Representative John Murtha's (D-Pennsylvania) Subcommittee on Appropriations heard testimony from two investigators whose work has been focused on the phenomenon of private military contractors in Iraq. The first to give testimony was Jeremy Scahill, author of 'Blackwater: Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.' The second witness was Robert Greenwald, a documentary filmmaker who recently released a new film titled 'Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers.'"

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051107A.shtml



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Tell President Bush not to veto another plan to fully fund our troops, honor our commitment to our veterans, and end the war in Iraq.

https://www.dccc.org/r/61991/482695/

Robert Greenwald testified to the House Appropriations Committee and Sub-Committee on Defense about war profiteering in Iraq, sharing what he learned while making the documentary film "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051107N.shtml



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The top US commander in Iraq admonished his troops over the results of an Army survey which found that many US military personnel in Iraq are willing to tolerate some torture of suspects and unwilling to report abuse by comrades.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051107K.shtml



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The House of Representatives voted on two bills to address the stagnant situation in Iraq. The first was a bill that would fund a complete withdrawal of US troops stationed in Iraq within 180 days. Separately, the House also voted to authorize a short-term funding bill to finance the war in Iraq, which Bush said he will veto. Arguably, the most important floor action that occurred Thursday was a vote to use the appropriation power of Congress to fully fund an expedited withdrawal from Iraq.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051107J.shtml



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Defiant House Democrats advanced legislation Thursday to pay for military operations in Iraq on the installment plan, ignoring President Bush's veto threat in a complex test of wills over the unpopular war.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051007T.shtml



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https://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0510-09.htm



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