23/1/08

Iraq lawmakers approve new flag
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
But the division between them and Iraq’s Arabs escalated in September 2006 when Kurdistan regional President Massoud Barzani banned the national flag from …
www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-
flag23jan23,1,1609929.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Army recruits with diplomas hit 25-year low
Boston Globe – United States
The drop in the enlistment of high school graduates is the latest sign that the widely unpopular Iraq war is harming the recruiting efforts of the largest …
www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/
01/23/army_recruits_with_diplomas_hit_25_year_low

New armored truck sees first Iraq death
MSNBC – USA
NBC’s Richard Engel provides a look at how children in Iraq are coping with the effects of violence and poverty. Learn more about the ethnic, religious and …
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22793080/

Iraq Parliament Purges Hussein Vestiges on Flag
New York Times – United States
Members of Parliament voted 110 to 50 for the flag, which was introduced in 2004 and bears the red, white and black stripes of Iraq’s original banner. …
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/world/
middleeast/23iraq.html?ref=middleeast

Study: False Statements Preceded War
The Associated Press –
“It is now beyond dispute that Iraq did not possess any weapons of mass destruction or have meaningful ties to al-Qaida,” according to Charles Lewis and …
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Remarkable progress in Iraq By Heller Dale
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
By Heller Dale Not every dark cloud has a silver lining, but $100 per barrel oil could have at least one: the boost it is providing for Iraq’s…
washingtontimes.com/article/20080123/
EDITORIAL06/228781142/1013/EDITORIAL

Iraq Myopia: Day 1728
By mcjoan
This announcement that the war is “largely” ended would also be news to David Petraeus, who in true broken record fashion has announced that he needs another six months to determine if we’ve really turned a corner in Iraq. …
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News & Views 01/22/08
By dancewater(Cervantes)
“Oil and gas pumping from Kirkuk fields to our northern and southern plants over the past two weeks has stopped and furthermore the decision on 4 January by Turkish power provider Kartet to stop exporting electricity to Iraq is also to …
warnewstoday.blogspot.com/2008/01/news-views-012208.html

A Middle Way on Iraq II
By Shawn Brimley
It is critical that we as a party begin to think about governance, and with all due respect to all concerned, I simply don’t buy the idea that a Democratic President will pull the plug on our effort in Iraq and begin to withdraw our …
www.democracyarsenal.org/2008/01/a-middle-way-on.html

US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3931
The Associated Press –
22, 2008, at least 3931 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. …
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Northern Rock and Iraq – using the same argument to deflect …
By robertkyriakides
That argument is identical to Tony Blair’s argument about invading Iraq when he found out for certain that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Never mind the cock up in the past, let us make the best for the future. …
robertkyriakides.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/northern-rock-
and-iraq-using-the-same-argument-to-deflect-examination/

Iraq Veterans To Testify at Their Own ‘Winter Soldier’
By Spencer Ackerman
Now, with another intractable conflict proving to be another defining moment in American history, some veterans of the Iraq war intend to take up the Winter Soldier banner. On March 13, Iraq Veterans Against the War, an organization …
www.washingtonindependent.com/view/iraq-veterans

Hillary-Ending Iraq War
This is a quick-reading summary of Hillary Clinton’s speech on July 10, 2007 in Iowa in which she laid out a detailed plan for the deployment of US troops from Iraq, and to bring stability to Iraq and the region. …
usliberals.about.com/od/extraordinaryspeech2/a/HillaryIraq_2.htm

Iraq Parliament Purges Hussein Vestiges on Flag
New York Times – United States
Parliament members voted 110-50 for the flag, which was introduced in 2004 and bears the red, white and black stripes of Iraq’s original banner. …
www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/world/middleeast/23iraq.html

First US Soldier in Iraq Dies in New ‘Mine-Resistant’ Vehicle
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News US military officials say a roadside bomb attack in Iraq on Saturday killed an American soldier – the first fatality in new armored vehicles …
www.voanews.com/english/2008-01-22-voa74.cfm

Senate Passes Defense Bill
The Associated Press –
Bush said that would have exposed Iraq to high-dollar lawsuits over abuse during the Saddam Hussein era at a time when the country is struggling to rebuild …
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