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4 hours ago ago from One Penny Sheet
OPS_admin | Dec 26, 2009 | Comments 0 Obama giving his generals a little too much leeway' Congressman Dennis Kucinich says President Barack Obama ought to fire the generals who publicly aired their views on the war in Afghanistan during this fall's deliberations on a troop surge. The Ohio Democrat known for his anti-war views said there is no question that the president was pressured by the military into approving a ...
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By Rob Walker BBC News, Baghdad At the church of the Virgin Mary in Baghdad, hymns sung in the ancient Aramaic language float through intricately carved wooden doors into a small courtyard outside. They mix with religious songs blasted from the loudspeakers of a mosque opposite. Next to the church, two Muslim women, veiled in black, wait for their turn to light candles to the Virgin Mary. In Iraq, Christians and Muslims ...
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17 hours ago ago from CDR Salamander
Every once in awhile, a leader will in frustration try to mitigate a problem that no one in his chain of command will deal with. Well ..... sometimes that lack of action has a reason . A recent military policy that added pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier could be disciplined in a war zone will be rescinded by a new order drafted by the top U.S. commander in Iraq. Gen. Raymond Odierno drafted a broad new policy for the U.S. forces ...
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December 26, 2009 The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for the people of that country who have already suffered eight brutal years of occupation. It is also a harsh blow to the US soldiers facing imminent deployment. As Barack Obama, the US president, gears up for a further escalation that will bring the total number of troops in Afghanistan to over 100,000, he faces a military force that ...
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US commander: Iraq must be fair to Sunnis BAGHDAD (AP) -- A top American commander called on the Iraqi government to take care of tens of thousands of unemployed anti-al-Qaida Sunni fighters, saying proper treatment for the men is critical for national reconciliation. The U.S. military's support for Sons of Iraq, who played a key part in subduing al-Qaida, comes at crucial time when a number of checkpoints in Baghdad province manned by the ...
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