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The US Army has enough money on hand to finance the Iraq War through most of July, according to a congressional study that challenges President George W. Bush's assertions that an infusion of funds is needed more urgently.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033107Y.shtml

"The decision to turn the liberation of Iraq into an occupation ... with the dire consequences this had internally and the fears (it aroused) in Arab, regional and international arenas, all this was contrary to what Iraqi parties and national forces were planning at the time," he said.

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From Information Clearing House



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More than 20 people were killed and wounded when U.S. troops pounded a village east of Baghdad early on Friday, a well-informed police source said.

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U.S. bombs kills 16 people in Baghdad

Iraqi state television said Friday that U.S. occupation forces killed 16 people in Sadr City, a Shiite stronghold in eastern Baghdad, while the U.S. military said they raided the Shiite bastion and detained a suspected militant.

https://english.people.com.cn/200703/30/eng20070330_362574.html


From Information Clearing House

https://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/30/188/



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https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ali+al-Fadhily

The Committee has formally requested Secretary Rice to testify before the Oversight Committee on April 18th regarding the Administration’s claims that Iraq sought uranium from Niger, White House treatment of classified information, the appointment of Ambassador Jones as "special coordinator" for Iraq, and other subjects.

https://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1233


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



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The New York Times weighs in on Iraq: "This week it was the Senate's turn. Like the House last week and the voters last November, the Senate made clear Tuesday that Americans expect to see the disaster in Iraq brought to an early and responsible end. President Bush's reaction was instantaneous, familiar in its contempt for views that do not follow his in lockstep, and depressing in its lack of contact with reality."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033007O.shtml

by The Nation Editors

Whatever happens next, Congress has laid down a significant marker in the quest to end the war.

https://ga3.org/ct/L120pgF1URpu/

Christian Science Monitor
by Helena Cobban

03/29/07

Policymakers and strategic analysts in the Arab world have little confidence that [the] current US troop surge in Iraq will do much more than — at best — postpone a complete political-security breakdown in Iraq, which, they fear, could then spread across the Middle East. During my lengthy recent discussions with experts in Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and with some well-connected Iraqis in Jordan, I heard a lot about how Iraq’s collapse has been affecting these Arab societies. The news from my Iraqi friends — leaders in quasi-governmental and nongovernmental organizations — was grim. These were people who (on human rights grounds) had supported the US invasion in 2003, and who then worked hard to build an effective, democratic order in their country. Now, I found them downhearted — but thoughtful, as they tried to pinpoint the worst of many US mistakes in Iraq. They told piercingly tragic stories about the violence and sectarianism that affects everyone there. I asked one of these friends what he thought would happen if US forces leave Iraq in the near future. He said there’s a possibility this would concentrate the minds of his countrymen on the need to find a workable reconciliation. ‘But if the Americans stay, we can expect the situation to remain bad,’ he said...

https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0329/p09s02-coop.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Helena+Cobban

The Nation
by William Greider

03/28/07

Take a deep breath. The nation has arrived at an extraordinary political moment. The Congress is about to instruct the President he should withdraw from the ongoing war. Yes, I know the fine print in the House and Senate versions has lots of wiggle room. But the congressional action is still breathtaking when you think about it, possibly without historic precedent. I assumed it would take many months and numerous failed efforts for the new Democratic majority to reach this juncture. When House leaders kept softening their terms, I even thought it might be a good thing for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lose the first time around. She would then be assailed by outraged Americans and get the message: stiffen up, this is not business as usual. I was mistaken. Many of the final details are disappointing, but the message has been delivered and received — get out of Iraq. It will rule politics until the American exit actually occurs...

https://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=180016


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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