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11/14/06

More Americans rank Iraq as the top priority of the new Democratic-controlled Congress, but nearly three out of five say the party does not have a plan to deal with the war. In the aftermath of an anti-Republican wave, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll showed lingering uncertainty about the country's direction and the ability of Democrats and President Bush to work together. Underscoring the country's political divisions, Democrats expressed more confidence and optimism than Republicans...

https://tinyurl.com/y4xyoa


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Her name doesn't show on any official list of American military deaths in the Iraq war, by hostile or non-hostile fire, who died in that country or in hospitals in Europe or back home in the USA. But Iraq killed her just as certainly. She is Jeanne "Linda" Michel, a Navy medic. She came home last month to her husband and three kids (ages 11, 5 and 4), delighted to be back in her suburban home of Clifton Park.... Two weeks after she got home, she shot and killed herself.

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/111406WA.shtml

The cut-and-run stage hasn't yet arrived. But it's close.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15609.htm

The US president has renewed his objection to any timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq after discussing the situation there with a bipartisan commission.

https://tinyurl.com/yhsgwa



Commission improbable

What chance Baker's Iraq Study Group coming up with something original? Don't hold your breath.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1947003,00.html



Premature US Exit From Iraq Will Boost Terrorists, Says Australian PM

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday that the premature exit of the United States from Iraq will be seen as a victory for international terrorists and added that "Iraq will become a haven for terrorists".

https://tinyurl.com/y6hm2o



"Iraq Is Not Winnable": What happens next in the Middle East?

SPIEGEL spoke to Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, to find out. A widely respected foreign policy expert, Haass warns that the Middle East could become dangerous for years to come.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,447763,00.html



"We Will not Be Able to Survive Much Longer"

An interview with Iraq's health minister
https://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,448290,00.html



From Information Clearing House



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

By Patrick J. Buchanan

As the Democrats have now captured Congress, they assume co-responsibility for the retreat from Mesopotamia. Which is as it should be.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15614.htm

https://www.commondreams.org/views06/1114-25.htm



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Fisk

The nation's Catholic bishops, saying the United States needs to move past the "shrill and shallow debate" of last week's midterm Congressional elections, declared yesterday that the goal in Iraq should be justice and peace, rather than victory, and that the nation should withdraw its forces at the earliest opportunity, consistent with a responsible transition.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111406O.shtml

General Mike Hagee, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, repeatedly asked superiors what the post-invasion plan was for Iraq and never heard back. In the end, the general and his superiors didn't have a plan for control of Iraqi cities.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111406N.shtml