World-News

by David Corn, TomPaine.com

The ugly divide between progressives and moderates over Iraq is scaring party insiders.

https://ga3.org/ct/8p20pgF10Xle/

The International Federation of Journalists today condemned as "outrageous and inexcusable" the action of American soldiers who carried out an armed raid on the Baghdad offices of the Iraq Syndicate of Journalists. United States soldiers caused destruction and havoc last night when they broke into the offices of the Syndicate, which is a member of the IFJ's global union network. They destroyed furniture, ransacked the offices, arrested state-employed security guards, and confiscated 10 computers and 15 small electricity generators destined for the families of killed journalists.

https://electroniciraq.net/news/2918.shtml

Twenty-five members of Congress caved to partisan pressure and voted in favor of troop escalation in Iraq, despite having publicly criticized President Bush's strategy in the weeks prior to the vote.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022207L.shtml



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge

https://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5807/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

Sami al-Askari, a Shiite lawmaker and political adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said: "The withdrawal is the wish of the Iraqi government and all the political powers in the country."

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/259904/1/.html



Lithuania mulling Iraq troop withdrawal

Defense Ministry spokeswoman Ruta Apeitkyte told The Associated Press that the Baltic country was considering not replacing the contingent when its mission ends in August.

https://snipurl.com/1ax9w


From Information Clearing House

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today released the following statement on news that the British government will begin to redeploy its troops from Iraq.

https://snipurl.com/1ax9p


From Information Clearing House

From his office in clouded cuckoo land

Cheney said Pelosi and other Democrats were pushing a policy in Iraq that would "validate the al Qaeda strategy."

https://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=nation_world&id=5053734


From Information Clearing House



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

A U.S. soldier under court-martial at a Kentucky military base broke down in tears on Wednesday as he described how he and others planned the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, murdered along with her family.

https://mobile.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20239021.htm


From Information Clearing House

By Peter Bergen and Paul Cruickshank

The administration’s own National Intelligence Estimate on "Trends in Global Terrorism: implications for the United States," circulated within the government in April 2006 and partially declassified in October, states that "the Iraq War has become the ‘cause celebre’ for jihadists...and is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives."

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17137.htm

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The Iraq Effect: War Has Increased Terrorism Sevenfold Worldwide

Mother Jones presents an eight-part series explaining the effects of the Iraq war, its players, politics, cost in treasure and lives, and long-term implications.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022707D.shtml

by John Prados, TomPaine.com

Newly released slides show Bush and Blair launched the Iraq shooting war long before the 2003 invasion.

https://ga3.org/ct/op20pgF1lzlE/



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Prados