Condoleezza Rice Says She's `Proud' of Decision to Invade Iraq Posted: 5 months ago by deEPCHIll
"And I am proud of the decision of this administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein,'' said Rice, who was Bush's national security adviser at the time of the March 2003 invasion. As of yesterday, 4,107 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq and more than 30,000 were wounded. She said the Iraq war has been "tougher than any of us really dreamed.''
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Iraq: 9 U.S. soldiers killed by car bomb Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
In one of the deadliest attacks on American ground forces since the Iraq war started more than four years ago, a suicide car bomber struck a patrol base northeast of Baghdad and killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20.
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Bush visits Iraq. Surprise! Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
The president secretly flew 11 hours to Iraq as a showdown nears with Congress over whether his decision in January to order 30,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq is working.
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Saddam Faked Having WMD To Prevent Iran From Invading Iraq Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
Saddam Hussein initially didn't think the U.S. would invade Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction, so he kept the fact that he had none a secret to prevent an Iranian invasion he believed could happen.
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Faulty Intel Source "Curve Ball" Revealed Posted: 1 year ago by dollyllama
More than a hundred summaries of his debriefings were sent to the CIA, which then became a pillar - along with the now-disproved Iraqi quest for uranium for nuclear weapons - for the U.S. decision to bomb and then invade Iraq. The CIA-director George Tenet gave Alwan’s information to Secretary of State Colin Powell to use at the U.N. in his speech justifying military action against Iraq.
**OMG Don't we have fact checkers????**
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Carter: Rice is a liar Posted: 7 months ago by 1thirteen3
Ok, not in those words.
"President Carter has the greatest respect for ... [Condoleezza] Rice and believes her to be a truthful person. However, perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true."
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Rice to bolster N Korea sanctions Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will use her tour of Asia this week to rally partners behind sanctions imposed by the UN on North Korea.
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Searching For A New American Policy For Iraq Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
retired CIA station chief and head of the Agency's counterterrorism staff examines the Bush administration's Iraq policy and finds that it cannot be successful. He calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a “complete change” in U.S. goals and tactics in the Middle East, and rebuilding bridges to allies.
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Resistance growing among soldiers in Iraq? Posted: 2 years ago by unzercharlie
Peter Laufer, author, delivers stirring speech to Rep. Lynn Woolsey's Iraq forum, "The Mounting Costs of the U.S. Military Occupation of Iraq and Lost Opportunities." He speaks of the growing Iraq resistance movement in the U.S. military.
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Rice in China for N Korea talks Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in China for talks with leaders amid intensive diplomacy over the North Korean nuclear crisis.
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Why we are so slow in pulling out of Iraq Posted: 1 year ago by Proverb
Here is a video of U.S. soldiers teaching Iraq soldiers jumping jacks.
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Most Americans Say War Not Worth It Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
One the eve of the five-year anniversary of the start of the war with Iraq, Americans continue to think the results of the war have not been worth the loss of American lives and the other costs of attacking Iraq, according to a new CBS News poll.
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Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
The study’s wide-ranging critique of the White House, the Defense Department and other government agencies was a concern for Army generals, and the Army has sought to keep the report under lock and key.
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Iraq Asks for Help to Stop Violence Posted: 2 years ago by Maxriter
Iraq’s Prime Minister, at a regional conference in Baghdad asked Iraq’s neighbors for help. He opened the conference with an address to back his efforts to stop violence in Iraq by refusing to finance attacks. The conference was quite tensionate mainly because of the two main players who attended the meeting: United States and Iran.
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Rapid Withdrawal Is Only Solution Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Iraq by William E. Odom, LT General, USA, Ret.
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PM outlines plans to keep troops in Iraq Posted: 1 year ago by maxriter
THE Defence Minister today listed the security of the world's oil supply as one of the major reasons for Australia's continuing military presence in Iraq as John Howard spelled out plans to keep troops in the country.
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Iraq Vet Comes Home, Gets Evicted Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
A Nebraska National Guard soldier recently back from Iraq is fighting an eviction notice from his landlord.
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Private contractors outnumber U.S. troops in Iraq Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
More than 180,000 civilians — including Americans, foreigners and Iraqis — are working in Iraq under U.S. contracts,
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Free Rice Posted: 6 months ago by psycmoe
Match words to their synonyms. For each word you get correct, 20 grains of rice are donated through the UN World Food Program to needy people around the globe.
In other words: Kill time, help feed the people of the world, and possibly improve your vocabulary.
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Letter from Iraq Posted: 9 months ago by xiatethebish
A four page letter from a soldier who talks about life in Iraq, and his thoughts about how America feels about their soldiers. Very touching.
*Pic not related
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Soldier Stages Shooting to Avoid Iraq Posted: 9 months ago by dollyllama
A soldier trying to avoid redeployment to Iraq had a friend shoot him in the leg and then claimed he'd been wounded in a holdup, authorities said.
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