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There will soon be more American soldiers in Iraq than at any point in the war so far. The incoming surge of 21,500 troops is only part of that picture; in addition, the U.S. commander, Gen. David Petraeus, has asked for an additional Army aviation brigade, as well as a couple thousand military police.

https://snipurl.com/tph7


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https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus

By Kevin Zeese

Do we support the troops when we send them to die and kill? Do we support the troops when we send them into a quagmire without adequate armor?

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17396.htm



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kevin+Zeese

By Scott Ritter

While American strategists may speak of the rise of al-Qaida in Iraq, this is misrecognition of what is really happening.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17403.htm



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Ritter

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced an angry group of liberal lawmakers when she stepped into her red-walled Capitol office on the afternoon of March 8. Pelosi listened, parrying each complaint with an argument she would make hundreds of times over the next two weeks: Democrats had to unite behind a bill that challenged Bush's management of the war. Friday, Pelosi carried the day.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032407F.shtml



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pelosi

https://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5966/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6503611,00.html



Bush vows to veto Iraq pullout bill

The US House of Representatives has voted to impose a September 2008 deadline for withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq.

https://snipurl.com/1dunc


From Information Clearing House

An interview with Fmr. UN Iraq Mission Chief Hans Von Sponeck

Hans Von Sponeck has been a fierce critic of the war. In the late 1990s, he was the coordinator of the United Nations Humanitarian Mission in Iraq. He resigned in protest over the UN sanctions regime. He is also a former Assistant Secretary General of the UN.

Audio and transcript
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17391.htm

Video

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https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17393.htm

https://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/23/24/

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War bill also has funding for spinach, peanuts

Republicans were quick to accuse the Democrats of buying some of the 218 votes that the bill received, enough to pass by just six votes.

https://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/mayfaire/latimes07.htm


From Information Clearing House

https://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=supplemental

Nine Heroes in Congress Make a Stand for Peace
https://www.afterdowningstreet.org/heroes


Informant: David Swanson

From ufpj-news



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=supplemental