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By Andrew Stephen

America won't simply be paying with its dead. The Pentagon is trying to silence economists who predict that several decades of care for the wounded will amount to an unbelievable $2.5 trillion.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17268.htm



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Video Report

US Soldier Joshua Key has told Tony Jones about his new book, which concludes that American soldiers were behaving like terrorists in the Iraq war, as a result of their training.

Video and transcript
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17271.htm



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By Tim Dickinson

The war in Iraq isn't over yet, but -- surge or no surge -- the United States has already lost. That's the grim consensus of a panel of experts assembled by Rolling Stone to assess the future of Iraq. "Even if we had a million men to go in, it's too late now," says retired four-star Gen. Tony McPeak, who served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War. "Humpty Dumpty can't be put back together again."

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17270.htm

US Gen. David Petraeus said the troop buildups outside Baghdad will focus on Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, a growing hotbed for suspected Sunni extremists fleeing the US-Iraqi security operation in Baghdad. But Petraeus stressed that military force alone is "not sufficient" to end the violence in Iraq, and political talks must eventually include some militant groups now opposing the US-backed government.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907C.shtml



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The new Democratic proposals for Iraq may eventually be weakened or killed, but in one stroke they have transformed a many-sided debate about the conflict into a sharp-edged argument about the endgame. Now, the Democratic mainstream has made its decision and offered the public a choice: follow the president's plan to use US combat troops indefinitely or shift American soldiers to a secondary role and begin withdrawing them.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907A.shtml

by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com

Both the Democrats and a new Iraqi parliamentary bloc are working to end the occupation, but can anyone overrule Bush?

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After weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling, Senate Democrats emerged Thursday from a closed-door meeting with details of a new Iraq resolution calling for phased withdrawal of US troops beginning within three months.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907K.shtml



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MSNBC

03/08/07

Military force alone is ‘not sufficient’ to end the violence in Iraq and political talks must eventually include some militant groups now opposing the U.S.-backed government, the new commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Thursday. ‘This is critical,’ U.S. Gen. David Petraeus said in his first news conference since taking over command last month. He noted that such political negotiations ‘will determine in the long run the success of this effort’...

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17515918/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

New York Daily News

03/09/07

Sen. John McCain made a fund-raising foray onto Rudy Giuliani’s home turf last night, reiterating his support for sending more troops to Iraq but conceding Americans may get fed up with the war. Tickets for the Republican presidential hopeful’s ‘Exchange of Ideas’ forum at midtown’s Hudson Theatre went for $2,300 and $1,000 a pop. Supporters could also watch online and submit questions to McCain for a $100 donation. McCain said he supports President Bush’s plan to boost the U.S. troop level in Iraq. ‘This is our last shot, my friends; this is our last chance,’ he said. But he added a variety of indicators will show ‘within months’ whether that strategy is working. If it is not, he said, other options would have to be considered...

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/503801p-424875c.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Iraq's sectarian war, which followed decades of repression and economic sanctions, has left the country's women marginalized, afraid and prey to increasingly radical ideological factions. As activists around the world mark International Women's Day, war-weary women in Iraq face worsening conditions.

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/030807WA.shtml