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• When the Facts Get Tough, the Tough Stop Fact-Gathering

  Published: July 27, 2007, 8:29 pm

  Tags: Climate Crisis, Bush Administration, Baghdad, Infrastructure, Iraq, Civilian Casualties

  key quality of life issue in Baghdad: U.S. drops Baghdad electricity reports WASHINGTON -- As the Bush administration struggles to convince lawmakers that its Iraq war strategy is working, it has stopped reporting to Congress a key quality-of-life indicator in Baghdad: how long the power stays on.... But that piece of data has not been sent

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• Jesse Spielman 110 Years Not Really

  Published: August 5, 2007, 12:16 am

  Tags: General News, Amy Soldier Rape, Iraq Rape, Jesse Spielman, Mahmoudiya, Pfc Jesse Spielman, South Of Baghdad

  Mahmoudiya area, south of Baghdad Jesse Spielman rape of a 14-year-old girl and then killed her and her family in Iraq but he can be paroled in 10 years so my question is how the hell (more…) copyright @2007 bu.bulicio.us amy soldier rape, iraq rape, jesse spielman, mahmoudiya, pfc jesse spielman, south of baghdadIf you enjoyed this

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• Eli Lake on the Beauchamp Affair

  Published: August 9, 2007, 4:19 am

  Tags: Subscriptions, Baghdad Diarist, Charlie Rose Show, Eli Lake, Franklin Foer Leon Weseltier, Iraq War, Martin Peretz, Michael Crowley, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, Tnr

  Henry Wallace year for TNR? baghdad diarist, charlie rose show, eli lake, franklin foer leon weseltier, iraq war, martin peretz, michael crowley, scott thomas beauchamp, Subscriptions, tnrbaghdad diarist charlie rose show eli lake franklin foer leon weseltier iraq war martin peretz michael crowley scott thomas beauchamp Subscriptions tnr baghdad

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• Tiny Ideological Bang

  Published: August 7, 2007, 7:48 am

  Tags: Military, Subscriptions, Baghdad Diarist, Blogosphere, Blogswarm, Books Movies Media, Franklin Foer, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, Tnr, Usa

  editorial selection. baghdad diarist, blogosphere, blogswarm, Books/Movies/Media, franklin foer, Military, scott thomas beauchamp, Subscriptions, tnr, USAbaghdad diarist blogosphere blogswarm Books/Movies/Media franklin foer Military scott thomas beauchamp Subscriptions tnr USA baghdad diarist, blogosphere, blogswarm, Books/Movies/Media,

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• American Soldiers Arrest Of Eight Iranians In Baghdad Raises Tensions Between Washington And Tehran

  Published: August 29, 2007, 11:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Arrest, American Soldiers, Baghdad, Iranians

  from the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad after their convoy was stopped at a nearby checkpoint and weapons, including an AK-47 assault rifle and two 9mm pistols, were seized... During the incident US troops also confiscated a laptop, mobile phones and a briefcase full of Iranian and American money in the hotel...Read story in full at

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• Katie goes to Iraq on her first anniversary

  Published: August 30, 2007, 7:30 am

  Tags: Baghdad, Cbs Evening News, Cbseveningnews, Iraq, Katie Couric, Katiecouric, Syria

  be anchoring the news from Baghdad, which will be her first time in the war zone. Continue reading Katie goes to Iraq on her first anniversary Read   Permalink   Email this     Comments

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• Dept. Of The Surge Is Working: Iraqi Insurgents Tragically Fail To Kill U.S. Lawmakers

  Published: August 31, 2007, 12:28 pm

  Tags: Baghdad, Clusterfuck, Congress, Dept Of The Surge Working, Disaster, Gop, Iraq, James Inhofe, Mel Martinez, Republicans, Richard Shelby, Senate, Surge

  finishing their vacation in Baghdad when missiles and rocket-propelled grenades were fired at their C-130 cargo plane. The pilots “maneuvered aggressively and set off flares used for drawing incoming fire away from aircraft” as the four lawmakers bounced around in terror. In other words, it was the usual congressional visit to

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• Another great report from Wesley Morgan

  Published: August 18, 2007, 8:52 pm

  Tags: Iraq, David Petraeus, Alberto Gonzales, Wesley Morgan, Embedded Journalists, Baghdad

  with American troops in Baghdad and surrounding areas. For someone who's only 19, he's a very good writer and his reports easily convey the environment from which he writes.Today, Morgan has a good in-depth report about following General David Petraeus as he visits several bases and outposts around Baghdad. He also got to sit in on a meeting

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• Letter From Baghdad

  Published: September 6, 2007, 2:26 am

  Tags: Friedman Tom, Times Op Eds, Moustache Of Understanding, Baghdad, Times Select

  5, 2007 BaghdadI saw many contradictory things on this visit to Iraq too many to declare a definitive trend. So let me share three scenes that had an impact on me:Scene 1: I went on a patrol that visited a U.S. Army platoon based in the Ameriya neighborhood of Baghdad, alongside the Ameriya Knights, who, as Gen.

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• BURNING DREAM

  Published: September 8, 2007, 7:17 pm

  Tags: Baghdad Burning, Refugee, War, Syria, Iraq, Thoth

  Poetic Justice Photomontage)Baghdad Burning... I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend......The first minutes after passing the border were overwhelming. Overwhelming relief and overwhelming sadness How is it that only a stretch of several kilometers and maybe twenty minutes, so firmly segregates life

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• The State of the Surge

  Published: September 11, 2007, 8:32 am

  Tags: Military, Eurasian Balkans, Politics, Usa, Subscriptions, Baghdad, Congress, David Petraeus, Democrats, Federalism, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Iraq, Iraq War, James Jones, Joseph Biden Jr, Republicans, Ryan Crocker, The Economist, The Surge, Tnr

  has tried to accomplish in Baghdad. Ambassador Crocker is target-rich, but that has nothing to do with how many cute slogans I could pen from his surname. It’s the political arguments, not the military ones, that will decide how Americans end the iraq War. That means Ambassador Crocker will be the main course, not General Petraeus. As

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• Blackwater USA Private War

  Published: September 17, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: General News, Baghdad, Blackwater Iraq, Blackwater Security, Blackwater Usa, Gko, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri, Military Services, Multicam, Nats, Private Military Company, Professional Military, Shootout, State Condoleezza Rice, Tactical Training

  involved in a shootout in Baghdad that killed eight people, a senior official told AFP. Blackwater USA offers personal security to US civilian off. (more…) copyright @2007 Bu.bulicio.us baghdad, blackwater iraq, blackwater security, blackwater usa, gko, iraqi prime minister nuri, military services, multicam, nats, private military

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• House Acts in Wake of Blackwater Incident

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: House, Acts, Wake, Blackwater, Incident, United States, The White House, Iraq, Sam Brownback, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, U S Department Of Justice, Kansas, Blackwater Usa, Baghdad, Condoleezza Rice, David Price, Erik Prince, Harry Reid, Jim Manley, Karen Deyoung

  Prompted by last month's deadly shootings in Baghdad by armed guards working for Blackwater USA, the House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to place all private contractors working in Iraq and other combat zones under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts.

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• Blackwater Faulted In Military Reports From Shooting Scene

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Blackwater, Faulted, Military, Reports, From, Shooting, Scene, U S Armed Forces, United States, U S Department Of State, Andrew J Moonen, Amar Kurdi, Baghdad Green Zone, Sean Mccormack, Stewart P Riley, Iraq, Iraqi Police Service, Am General Humvee, California, Montana

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 4 -- U.S. military reports from the scene of the Sept. 16 shooting incident involving the security firm Blackwater USA indicate that its guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force against Iraqi civilians, according to a senior U.S. military official.

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• House Acts in Wake of Blackwater Incident

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: House, Acts, Wake, Blackwater, Incident, United States, The White House, Iraq, Sam Brownback, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, U S Department Of Justice, Kansas, Blackwater Usa, Baghdad, Condoleezza Rice, David Price, Erik Prince, Harry Reid, Jim Manley, Karen Deyoung

  Prompted by last month's deadly shootings in Baghdad by armed guards working for Blackwater USA, the House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to place all private contractors working in Iraq and other combat zones under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts.

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