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POLITICS: Bush, U.S. Military Pressure Iraqis on Withdrawal
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - Instead of moving toward accommodating the demand of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for a timetable for U.S. military withdrawal, the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military leadership are continuing to pressure their erstwhile client regime to bow to the U.S. demand for a long-term military presence in the country.
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IRAQ: Most NGOs Losing Face
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
BAGHDAD - Welcomed at first after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, most NGOs have run into scepticism and mistrust. Few remain to help.
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US/IRAQ: McCain Knee-Capped by Al-Maliki
Analysis by Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - This weekend's surprise endorsement by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Sen. Barack Obama's call for U.S. combat forces to leave Iraq by mid-2010 marks a serious setback to Sen. John McCain, who has tried hard to depict his Democratic rival as "naïve" on foreign policy, especially with respect to Iraq.
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IRAQ: Fallujah Braces for Another Assault
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
FALLUJAH - U.S. and Iraqi forces are preparing another siege of Fallujah under the pretext of combating "terror", residents and officials say.
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IRAQ: Unrest Surfaces in Fallujah Again
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail*
FALLUJAH - Security has collapsed again in Fallujah, despite U.S. military claims.
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BOOKS-US: Blogging Brobdingnagian Blowback
By Khody Akhavi
WASHINGTON - It was neoconservative pundit Charles Krauthammer who, in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, inaugurated Washington's unipolar moment.
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BOOKS: Muqtada - One Man's Meat, Another Man's Poison
By Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON - "He is an American spy," the militiamen shouted at Patrick Cockburn four years ago in Kufa, south of Baghdad. He could have hardly imagined that he would live to write a book on the very people who kidnapped him.
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IRAQ: Refugees Forsaken Even By Their Own Gov't
By Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON - As Iraq's refugee crisis continues to worsen, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is failing to help the estimated five million Iraqis who have been displaced by conflict, says a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG).
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POLITICS-US: Pull-out Demand Signals Final Bush Defeat in Iraq
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's demand for a timetable for complete U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, confirmed Tuesday by his national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie, has signaled the almost certain defeat of the George W. Bush administration's aim of establishing a long-term military presence in the country.
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POLITICS-US: Vets Mull Wins and Losses in Benefits Fight
By Aaron Glantz*
SAN FRANCISCO - You could hear the joy in Patrick Campbell's voice as he reflected on U.S. President George W. Bush's signing Monday of a new GI Bill of Rights for veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Q&A: What the Most-Seen Photographs Say
Interview with film director Errol Morris
BRUSSELS - No matter how familiar they become, the photographs depicting abuse at Abu Ghraib prison never seem to lose their ability to shock.
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IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah
By Dahr Jamail
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing.
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RIGHTS-US: Anti-Torture Campaign Wins Influential Backers
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - On the eve of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a bipartisan group of some 200 religious leaders and former top U.S. national security and military officers launched a campaign for a presidential order to outlaw torture and cruel and inhumane treatment of all detainees.
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