Maliki hints Bush tried to help McCain by extending U.S. troop presence in Iraq

Named source - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki  - says negotiations with U.S. over Iraq withdrawal seemed suspect, even political."Last July, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said U.S. troops should be out of Iraq “as soon as possible” and endorsed Sen....

White House Gaffe Causes Waves

Yesterday a White House clerk had inadvertently sent an email out to the wrong distribution list, which has become the source of much controversy. The story was a transcript released from a German magazine that conducted an interview with Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri...

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...

Anbar o Akbar!

After just listening to President Bush’s speech I am struck by his total conviction to his mission and am confident that he will not give up the fight until his term in office is over. The speech’s aim was to improve the morale of our troops and to give a boost to...