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Squad leader charged in killings of 24 Iraqi civilians; More Marines expected to be charged.

https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/21/ap/national/mainD8M5DJS00.shtml


From Information Clearing House



Iraqi Girl tells of US Attack in Haditha

Ten-year-old Iman Walid witnessed the killing of seven members of her family in an attack by American marines last November. The interview with Iman was filmed exclusively for ITV News by Ali Hamdani, our Iraqi video diarist.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13452.htm



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A new prime minister has the opportunity to do what Blair never could - leave Iraq and face the consequences.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1976577,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Rudderless in Iraq

The editors of the New York Times write: "Anyone looking for new thinking on Iraq, or even candor, had to be disappointed by President Bush's news conference yesterday. Mr. Bush may want to defer unveiling his new strategy, but there will be no obliging pause in Iraq's unraveling."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106C.shtml

Defense Secretary Robert Gates found American commanders wary of a proposal to rush more US troops to Iraq as he visited the war-ravaged country Wednesday. Commanders have been uncomfortable with even a short-term troop increase, saying it might bring only a temporary respite to the violence while confronting the US with shortages of fresh troops in the future.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106N.shtml

How could the evidence used to make the case for war with Iraq have been so wrong? In this rebroadcast of a stunning February 2006 NOW on PBS report, an administration insider who helped craft Secretary of State Colin Powell's landmark argument for war, which was presented to the United Nations, claims he unwittingly "participated in a hoax." NOW reports on the serious doubts that existed about the key evidence being used by the American government at the very time Powell's speech was being planned and delivered.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122006U.shtml

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his Shiite fundamentalist Da’awa Party are being presented with an ultimatum: abandon the Sadrists or go down with them.

https://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/dec2006/iraq-d16.shtml


From Information Clearing House



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By Charles M. Young

A leading economist says the true cost of Iraq is far higher than President Bush claims -- and America will pay the price for decades to come.

https://tinyurl.com/y9bqps

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Iraq war could cost US over $2 trillion, says Nobel prize-winning economist

The real cost to the US of the Iraq war is likely to be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion (£1.1 trillion), up to 10 times more than previously thought, according to a report written by a Nobel prize-winning economist and a Harvard budget expert.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1681119,00.html


From Information Clearing House

By Dave Lindorff

They took what they thought was the easy road, condemning not the criminal policies themselves, but only the administration's handling of the wars. This led some to call not for an end to the wars, but for more troops.

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