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Friday, December 11, 2009 News Update
10 hours ago ago from QuickNEWS
"Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving." --American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947) Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Thursday. Blackwater's role points to a much deeper connection between the company and the spy agency than has been previously ...
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3 hours ago ago from Maiz Centeotl Chicomecoatl
Mercenary Services By CHRISTOPHER BRAUCHLI CounterPunch The good news for Blackwater fans is that things are not as bleak as might at first appear. Blackwater has more lives than the victims of its blunders. Earlier this year, I erroneously suggested that Blackwater might very soon be leaving Iraq since it had been told to leave by the Iraqi government. It turned out that the Iraq government lacked the authority to tell Blackwater what ...
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23 hours ago ago from Dr Nasir Khan
By William Blum, Consortiumnews.com , Dec 10, 2009 Editor’s Note: It is an overpowering consensus in Washington that the relative decline in Iraqi violence must be attributed to President George W. Bush’s “courageous” decision in 2007 to “surge” U.S. troop levels, a lesson that now must be repeated in Afghanistan. This conventional wisdom has been pushed especially hard by the influential neoconservatives and the Republicans, but ...
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20 hours ago ago from Iran Affairs
Some more old articles for your enjoyment : War crimes trial for Saddam could reveal details of past U.S. help Associated Press Sat Jan 24, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) _ Saddam Hussein’s loyalists may not be the only ones edgy about the prospect of a war crimes trial for the former Iraqi leader. Vexing questions also could surface about how much the United States helped Iraq during its eight-year war with Iran _ and whether it tried to ...
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6 hours ago ago from Jackson NJ Regional Opinions News Reviews - Jackson Howell Freehold Lakewood Toms River
By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service BAGHDAD, Dec. 10, 2009 – Three weeks before Multinational Corps Iraq cases its colors and rolls into the new U.S. Forces Iraq organization, its commander said plenty of operational activity still is under way in partnership with Iraqi security forces and on track with the U.S. drawdown timetable. The mission here continues in support of the strategy of turning the security lead ...
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Christopher Brauchli: The Blackness of Blackwater
5 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
How now, you secret, black and midnight hags! - Shakespeare, Macbeth The good news for Blackwater fans is that things are not as bleak as they might first appear. Blackwater has more lives than the victims of its blunders. Earlier this year, I erroneously suggested that Blackwater might very soon be leaving Iraq since it had been told to leave by the Iraqi government. It turned out that the Iraq government lacked the authority to tell ...
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13 hours ago ago from PopEater
KIRKUK, Iraq -U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops Friday in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation's focus on Afghanistan and that plans are on track to reduce forces starting in March. In a town hall meeting, Gates spoke with about 300 soldiers and airmen gathered outside on a sunny day at an airbase. Gates also said plans to drawdown forces there after Iraq's March ...
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US Marines train illiterate farmers to be police KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan (AP) The U.S. Marines were tense looking for bombs buried near a mud compound in this remote farming town in southern Afghanistan. Their new Afghan police colleagues were little help, joking around and sucking on lollipops meant for local kids. The government had sent the new group of 13 police to live and train the Marines just a few days earlier. Most were ...
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8 hours ago ago from BBC
By Natalia Antelava BBC News, Baghdad We don't do body counts. These were the words of Gen Tommy Franks, the man in charge of the US-led invasion of Iraq. But more than six-and-a-half years after the invasion, the body count has become a critical measure of success and failure in Iraq. In November, officials announced that violent deaths were at their lowest since 2003. That was an important example of progress in Iraq, ...
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