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Während in Washington die Politiker um die Truppenerhöhung streiten, wird die Lage der Flüchtlinge immer dramatischer: mindestens 3,5 Millionen der 26 Millionen Iraker befinden sich im In- oder Ausland seit 2003 auf der Flucht.

https://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/24/24673/1.html

Senate Republicans for a second time blocked a symbolic attempt by Democrats to reject President Bush's troop increase yesterday, but GOP defections were higher than before, suggesting Republican cracks as the Iraq war dominates Congress's agenda.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021807Z.shtml



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By MICHAEL MOSS and SOUAD MEKHENNET

The American detention camps in Iraq now hold 15,500 prisoners, more than at any time since the war began. The camps are filled with people like Mr. Ani who are being held without charge and without access to tribunals where their cases are reviewed, the Times examination published last December found.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17096.htm



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Discontent with President Bush's call for bolstering US troops in Iraq not only is flaring in Congress but also is beginning to surge in state capitols. The National Guard is the chief flash point between the Bush administration and governors when it comes to the war.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021707C.shtml



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

In the Congressional maneuvering with President Bush over Iraq, both Bush and his adversaries agree that the vote next month on his request for $100 billion in emergency funding is the crucial moment. "This vote will be the most important vote in changing the direction of this war; this vote will limit the options of the president and should stop the surge," said Representative John Murtha (D-Penn.).

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021707B.shtml



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

https://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2006/04/iraq-victims-of-violence.html


Informant: Jennifer Van Bergen

From ufpj-news

https://www.counterpunch.org/leas02162007.html


Informant: Jennifer Van Bergen

From ufpj-news

By mid-March, Democratic Congressman John Murtha will offer legislation that he says would set such stringent rules on combat deployments that Bush would have no choice but to begin bringing troops home.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021707Z.shtml



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

Her daughter was killed by a bomb in Iraq. Eight months later, Susan Jaenke is both grief-stricken and strapped - behind on her mortgage, backed up on her bills and shut out of the $100,000 government death benefit that her daughter thought she had left her. The problem is that Jaenke is not a wife, not a husband, but instead grandmother to the 9-year-old her daughter left behind. For the Jaenkes and others like them, the toll of war can be especially complex: They face not only the anguish of losing a son or daughter but also the emotional, legal and financial difficulties of putting the pieces back together for a grandchild.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021707Y.shtml