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Bush, cool to both of the Iraq Study Group's central ideas, had been expected to follow his information-gathering with a pre-Christmas announcement of his own altered blueprint for US involvement in Iraq. But the White House, citing the president's request for more time to refine and game out new policies, said Tuesday that Bush would wait until early next year.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121306E.shtml



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Bush v. The Two Majorities
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As President George W. Bush agonizes over which bits of last week's Baker-Hamilton report to adopt for his forthcoming "new way forward in Iraq" announcement, another consensus is emerging in Washington on how to handle the situation: Blame the Iraqis.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121206T.shtml



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President George W. Bush will delay announcing a new strategy for Iraq until the new year, the White House said on Tuesday amid polls showing Americans are more pessimistic about the war and want a change.

https://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12333199.htm


From Information Clearing House

Only 4 percent say the U.S. should keep fighting as it is doing now.
https://cbs4.com/topstories/topstories_story_345202005.html


From Information Clearing House

By K Gajendra Singh

It was the Iraqi resistance in Iraq which exposed the limits of US military power sending a resounding warning to aggressors and occupiers of other people's lands.

https://tinyurl.com/y58rb4



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Despite the mainstream media's sound and fury, many analysts say the Iraq Study Group report has little to do with leaving Iraq any time soon. Instead, they fear the report's diligent research and assiduous recommendations serve to obfuscate the depth of the US-created crisis, change the nature of the occupation, pave the way for multinational privatization of Iraq's resources, and distract from increasingly stentorian calls for immediate withdrawal.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121206A.shtml



A Peace Prize for Iraq: The Economist's Solution to the War

Dean Baker writes: "The events of the last week should have dashed any hopes that the Iraq Study Group's plan would lead to a quick US withdrawal from Iraq and an end to the violence. President Bush has made it clear that he will not accept the ISG plan for a phased withdrawal of troops. Even if he did accept the ISG plan, it is not clear how much longer US troops would remain in Iraq, nor that the plan would lead to an end to the civil war.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121206E.shtml



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12.12.06

UNO-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan hat zum Abschluss seiner Amtszeit scharfe Kritik an der Regierung von US-Präsident George W. Bush geübt. In einer Rede im Präsident-Truman Museum in Independence im US-Bundesstaat Missouri warf Annan der US-Regierung erneut vor, den Irakkrieg gegen "den internationalen Willen" begonnen zu haben.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: https://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14927

No Force, No Fraud
by Bob Smith

12/12/06

When I started No Force, I decided that there were already enough people writing and reporting on the War in Iraq, and I didn't want the war to obliterate attention to other relevant issues. An update is, however, appropriate in looking back. As of today, 2,931 Americans have lost their lives in Iraq, another 21,778 are wounded, and the conflict is still escalating. The latest surveys now show that less than 30% of Americans approve of the way Bush is handling the war. Nearly 2/3 of us do not think Iraq will end up with a stable, democratic government, and only 9% think we will exit with a clear-cut victory...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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