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| An odd surge of hope in Baghdad - Times Online |
| Published: September 1, 2007, 6:09 pm |
| Tags: World |
| InquirerAn odd surge of hope in BaghdadTimes Online - 7 hours agoOUR walk down the dusty road in Baghdad al-Jadida, a district in the southeast of the city, was slow. The American soldiers moving cautiously forward between the high walls of the houses turned repeatedly and scanned the street behind us for threats.300 arrested |
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| An odd surge of hope in Baghdad - Times Online |
| Published: September 1, 2007, 6:09 pm |
| TVAn odd surge of hope in BaghdadTimes Online - 11 hours agoOUR walk down the dusty road in Baghdad al-Jadida, a district in the southeast of the city, was slow. The American soldiers moving cautiously forward between the high walls of the houses turned repeatedly and scanned the street behind us for threats.Iraq calls for armed groups |
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| Democrats and Republicans differ on whether the surge is working |
| Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm |
| Associated Press - September 2, 2007 4:33 PM ET In mid-September, Congress will be briefed by U.S. leaders in Iraq on the status of President Bush's troop surge. |
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| We're 'worse off' in Iraq since surge began: Dem lawmaker |
| Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm |
| And the purpose of the surge was to allow the Iraqi government ... the opportunity to move forward. I think we're worse off ... today than we were six or eight months ago." "I support a timeline as a strategy for success," Altmire said, emphasizing that the president had vetoed Congress's attempt to establish a... |
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| The Surge Is Working-the PR Surge, That Is |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 8:55 pm |
| Tags: Nation, World, Iraq, Politics |
| report on how the surge is working will come out some time this month. The basic media conclusion seems to be that it has been succesful. How can this be when its effect on security is, at best, mixed and the political situation is worse. Kevin Drum and Greg Sargent do a good job of explaining how this came about. The thing to remember as |
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| LA Times: Statistical review shows 'surge' has failed |
| Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm |
| with the president's troop surge that began seven months ago, independent assessments show the surge has failed to catalyze political developments necessary for the country's future. The Los Angeles Times reports that Iraq's parliament has passed none of the major legislation Washington had expected it to... |
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| Bush promotes Al Anbar as success story - too bad Anbar had nothing to do with the surge |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 11:19 am |
| Tags: Iraq |
| of his troop buildup. The surge had nothing to do with Al Anbar province. So, if anything, Anbar shows that we don't need the surge troops in Iraq at all for "success." |
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| CNN: The Beard Makes A Stand On The Surge |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 9:37 am |
| Tags: Cnn, Middle East, Iraq, Hackery, The Situation Room Wolf Blitzer |
| United States, the so-called surge having been in effect over the past couple of months. Read more… |
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| Is the surge working? (or why I need more metrics) [denialism blog] |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 1:01 pm |
| Tags: Politics |
| on the question of the "surge". Reading the news stories about the progress in Iraq, I can't help but notice a certain partisan nature to interpretation of events. You have the conservative Washington Times saying The Surge is Working, meanwhile, the liberal Washington Post (although as supporters of the Iraq war I feel this designation is |
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| Schakowsky debates surge on PBS |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 6:06 pm |
| Tags: Illinois Delegation |
| panel debate on Iraq and the surge. Both Schakowsky and Baird voted against the war in 2003, and both recently visited Iraq -- but they came back with very different views of the surge's effects. Schakowsky ripped the surge and the Bush war stratey in this week's Democratic radio address. Baird came home touting progress on the ground -- read |
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| How's That Surge Looking Now? |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 2:27 pm |
| Tags: Iraqi Occupation |
| just how effective the troop surge in Iraq is working. A military airplane carrying four members of the U.S. Congress came under fire over Iraq on Thursday but the plane was not hit and no one was hurt, a spokesman for one of the lawmakers said on Friday. The C-130 cargo aircraft conducted evasive maneuvers after a nighttime takeoff from Baghdad, |
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| Non-bombshell: Petraeus to recommend drawing down surge troops |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 7:41 pm |
| Tags: The Blog |
| Drudge has the siren up. […] Read the rest » |
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| A new report finds the surge hasn't cut attacks on Iraqis (McClatchy Newspapers) |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 8:01 pm |
| McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON— The surge of additional U.S. troops in Iraq has failed to curtail violence against Iraqi civilians, an independent government agency reported Tuesday. |
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| Cenk Uygur: The Surge Has Been Completely Useless |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 6:05 am |
| propaganda is. They say the surge has been working. They repeat it a million times. Then they get a couple of their cronies inside think tanks, who are paid to say how great they are, say the surge is working. Then they get a couple of generals, who were promoted to say how great they are, say the surge is working. And voila, all you hear in the |
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| The coming surge report on Iraq looms very large - Corpus Christi Caller Times |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 4:31 am |
| Tags: U S |
| InquirerThe coming surge report on Iraq looms very largeCorpus Christi Caller Times - 3 hours agoThe impact of the US troop buildup in Iraq remains a matter of sharp debate. The fractures in Congress run all over the place. Democrats are divided between liberals and moderates and Republicans are divided between those who still |
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