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Bush Pushed Back Iraq Withdrawal To Help McCain
Making Monsters For My Friends
By: Spencer Ackerman Tuesday September 23, 2008 10:33 am
Matt Duss has a great Wonk Room post catching George Bush pressuring Nouri al-Maliki to delay U.S. withdrawal from Iraq to save John McCain's ass. Here's what Maliki said:
Actually, the final date was really the end of 2010 and the period between the end of ( Read more... ) -
Maliki the Nationalist? Don't buy it.
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by Robert Dreyfuss on 08/26/2008
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki continues to make headlines by posing as an Iraqi nationalist. Don't buy it.
Unfortunately, much of the media has swallowed Maliki's posturing without questioning it. The usually astute Leila Fadel, writing for McClatchy, has an article today headlined: "Maliki Demands ( Read more... ) -
Iraq demands 'clear timeline' for US withdrawal
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Iraq's foreign minister insisted Sunday that any security deal with the United States must contain a "very clear timeline" for the departure of U.S. troops. A suicide bomber struck north of Baghdad, killing at least five people including an ( Read more... ) -
U.S., Iraq reportedly close to deal on troop withdrawal plan
Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer 18 minutes ago
Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later.
A U.S. official in Washington acknowledges progress has ( Read more... ) -
LA Times: Declare "Victory", Get Out of Iraq
V-day in Iraq?
It doesn't matter who's right. If all sides agree on an Iraq drawdown, then claim victory and get out.
July 22, 2008
The combined forces of domestic political pressure in the United States and an increasingly confident government in Iraq are creating a rare opportunity in our protracted conquest of that country -- the chance for ( Read more... ) -
Iraq official says US troops could leave by 2010
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Iraq official says US troops could leave by 2010
The Associated Press
2008-07-21 13:26:29.0
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Iraq's government spokesman is hopeful that U.S. combat forces could be out of the country by 2010.
Ali al-Dabbagh made the comments following a meeting in Baghdad on Monday between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ( Read more... )
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