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Michael Shaw: Reading The Pictures: Amara; The Case Of The Invisible American War Machine; And What, In The Old Days, We Used To Call "Censorship"(click for full sizes) Last week, I thought there was something fishy about the photos from Amara, and now a new TIME article bears it out. First, some background: In nearly every account of the push two weeks ago to clear out the Mahdi army from the southern city of Amar... |
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McCain Spokesman: U.S. Should Leave If Iraq Wants Us OutAides to Sen. John McCain sought on Wednesday to clear up their boss' position on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's recent insistence that a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops be included in any security agreement between the two countries. "John McCain has always been clear th... |
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Countdown’s Bushed!: “Oops, you thought I was serious when I said that?” editionDownload | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) The hits keep on coming in the never ending list of scandals for the Bush Administration. In today’s line up, we have the news that the UN mandate for the US presence in Iraq is expiring at the ... |
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Iraqi Officials Still Insisting on Withdrawal TimetableThe Iraqi national security adviser said the government would reject any security agreement that did not include a schedule for the departure of foreign troops. ... |
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Doesn't He Mean a Schedule for Defeat?Some politicians never seem to learn that a timetable equals marking a date for "defeat and retreat." It would be as good as throwing up a white flag, tucking our tail between our legs, turning over Iraq to the militants, and telling al Qaeda to just come and get it. Who, knowing ... |
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Iraq insists on U.S. withdrawal timetable: officialBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will not accept any security agreement with the United States unless it includes dates for the withdrawal of foreign forces, the government's national security adviser said on Tuesday. ... |

