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President Bush, under pressure to change direction in Iraq, said Tuesday that he will not be persuaded by any calls to withdraw American troops. Recent US elections added fuel to the argument from Democrats that US soldiers need to come home. But Bush has resisted that, even while projecting the need for a different approach.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/112806A.shtml



Neighborhood by Neighborhood, Baghdad Descends Into Civil War

Sectarian violence has turned Baghdad into a deadly jigsaw puzzle of contested neighborhoods where armed bands of Shiite and Sunni Muslims battle daily for control, in fighting that is far more similar to an organized military campaign than is generally acknowledged.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/112806B.shtml

For months, the media have rejected the use of the term "civil war" to describe the descent into outright murder and torture in Iraq. Apparently the utter chaos and carnage of the past week has finally convinced NBC News and MSNBC to begin to use "civil war" without apology.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/112806L.shtml

Cato Institute
by Ted Galen Carpenter

11/28/06

Except when the survival of the nation is at stake, all military missions must be judged according to a cost-benefit calculation. Iraq has never come close to being a war for America's survival. It was an elective war -- a war of choice, and a bad choice at that. How much are Americans willing to pay in blood, treasure and toil to try to prevail in Iraq? The costs have already been staggering. We have spent more than $340 billion, and the meter is running at more than $7 billion a month. The loss of life is even more horrific. Nearly 2,900 American troops have perished, and the Iraqi government estimates that 150,000 of its citizens have died in the carnage. And there is no end in sight...

https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6788


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ted+Galen+Carpenter

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Former senior member of the Special Forces Major Peter Tinley is calling for the immediate withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15751.htm

Congressional leaders displayed eroding patience in the Iraqi government on Sunday, adding pressure on President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to find a faster path to peace when they meet this week.

https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iraq


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

A security expert says he believes coalition forces face the prospect of defeat in Iraq with serious consequences. Former soldier and military historian Robert O'Neill says it is likely the coalition will pull its troops out early.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1798632.htm


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

"The amount of death that's on the streets of Baghdad for U.S. forces and for the Iraqi people is at an astronomical level," he said. "So, to some degree, what we're seeing is sanitized."

https://tinyurl.com/y6aom9


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