U.S. troops withdrawal deadline fixed: 3 more year of wait

US troops have to wait three more years in deserts of Iraq, regular bombing and wastage of precious life of US soldiers and no hope of solution in sight , making them feel helpless.Political mistakes and...

Bennett timeline update

"Details in police's case reveal chilling, devious planning by victim's uncle July 5, 2008 By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau ...

Al Qaeda in Iraq "never closer to defeat": U.S. envoy

Here's some progress."The U.S. ambassador to Iraq praisedPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday for cracking down onShi'ite militias and Sunni Arab militants and said al Qaeda inIraq had never been closer to defeat."You are not going to hear me say that al Qaeda...

Army Combat Tours Expected to Be Cut From 15 to 12 Months in Iraq and Afghani...

" WASHINGTON  —  President Bush is expected to announce next week that Army tours in Iraq and Afghanistan will be reduced from 15 to 12 months, FOX News has confirmed. A senior U.S. official told...

Cheney makes surprise visit to Iraq

As the deadline for the Iraq progress report looms closer, the Bush administration is refocusing attention on the conflict. "Vice President Dick Cheney landed in Baghdad today on an unannounced trip for meetings with U.S. military commanders and Iraqi officials before a...

Memo Blasts State Dept. Iraq Effort

" In a confidential memo, a long-time Republican operative who has served in the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for the past year says the State Department's efforts in Iraq are so poorly managed they "would be considered willfully negligent if not criminal" if done in the private...

Should We Stay or Should We Go Now?

"President Bush will tell the nation Thursday evening that he plans to reduce the American troop presence in Iraq by as many as 30,000 by next summer but will condition those and further cuts on continued...

Full text: Petraeus and Crocker testimony

"Full text: Petraeus and Crocker testimony By: The Politico Staff September 10, 2007 04:03 PM EST Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker testified before a joint session of the House armed services and...

Petraeus says US surge has 'not worked out'

The acknowledgement by Petraeus that the situation in Iraq is "exceedingly complex" and that progress had been "uneven" probably means in plain English that this war is a hopeless situation with no end in sight....

More than 1,800 Iraqis killed in August

How the American public can wish to take credit for absolutely wreaking this country that did nothing to the United States is beyond me.  No matter how I may try to rationalise this tragedy, I cannot...

Women, children taken in fierce Iraq Qaeda battle

"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda fighters kidnapped 15 Iraqi women and children after attacking two villages north of Baghdad on Thursday and killing a religious leader who had been trying to form an anti-al Qaeda...

Sens. Warner and Levin Travel to Iraq, Praise Surge Results

"WASHINGTON — After a brief trip to Iraq, Sen. Carl Levin said Monday that the Iraqi Parliament should vote no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki because of its sectarian nature and...

New Iraq Report to Warn of Attack NIE Petraeus Report Mid-September

"Officials who have seen early drafts of the updated NIE call it mixed. The late draft includes a success story for the administration: the rising resistance Sunni leaders have been showing to al Qaeda in Iraq. The Sunnis increasingly have accepted the contention of the...

Confidence is high as Talladega looms (Nascar)

" By Erin Crocker, Special to NASCAR.COM October 4, 2006 10:57 AM EDT (14:57 GMT) Erin Crocker is stepping up a program that she hopes will land her in a full-time Nextel Cup ride by driving in the Busch, Truck and ARCA Series for Evernham Motorsports. The youngest of five...

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