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By Michael Parenti

The US destroyed a country that had the audacity to retain control of its own oil supply, kept its entire economy under state control (rather than private corporate ownership), and did not invite the IMF or the giant transnational corporations in.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29217.htm



As U.S. Military Leaves Iraq, U.S. Diplomats Fill In

The upcoming troop withdrawal won t mean the U.S. presence here disappears, however. Instead, the number of Americans in Basra will actually increase significantly in the months ahead as the State Department dramatically expands its consulate here.

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Dina Rasor, Truthout: 'On December 31, 2011, the United States has committed to the government of Iraq that they will be removing their troops and contractor personnel. The US State Department will remain in a diplomatic role with limited Department of Defense (DoD) personnel and some State Department-hired private security personnel for protection.'

http://www.truth-out.org/iraq-we-lost-12-billion-equipment-going/1316529314



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A staggering number of wives in Iraq lost their husbands in the years of violence following the U.S. invasion in 2003, a study released Sunday showed. The Los Angeles-based Relief International found that 1.5 million of the estimated 15 million Iraqi women are widows, and three out of every five of them were widowed during the war.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/09/18/a-million-iraqis-widowed-during-war.html


From Information Clearing House



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By Jim Lobe

A familiar group of mainly neo-conservative hawks - many of whom championed the 2003 invasion of Iraq -released an open letter to President Barack Obama Thursday urging him to retain a substantial military force in that Middle East country beyond this year.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29142.htm



The President s Real Goal in Iraq

By Jay Bookman

Having conquered Iraq, the United States will create permanent military bases in that country from which to dominate the Middle East, including neighboring Iran.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2319.htm



Congress Sees Middle East Through AIPAC-Colored Glasses

By Medea Benjamin

Here are a few of examples of their tunnel vision:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29153.htm

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Neoconservatism Taken Down
http://lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon92.1.html

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Has American-Style Conservatism Become a Religion?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet: 'The time has come to ask whether modern 'backlash' conservatism has become a religious faith rather than a pedestrian political ideology.... Like religious faiths, the hard-right reveres an original text - the Constitution - and, like all religious fundamentalists, conservatives claim to adhere to a literalist interpretation of it while actually picking and choosing from among its tenets.'

http://www.truth-out.org/has-american-style-conservatism-become-religion/1316181257



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Two of the most lucrative of the multi-billion-dollar oil contracts went to two countries which bitterly opposed the U.S. invasion - Russia and China - while even Total Oil of France, which led the charge to deny international approval for the war at the U.N. Security Council in 2003, won a bigger stake than the Americans in the most recent auction.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948787,00.html


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/07-5



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Campaign For Liberty
by Doug Bandow

09/06/11

The Obama administration wants to keep troops in Iraq. Never mind that pre-President Barack Obama criticized the war. Never mind that Uncle Sam s annual budget deficits exceed $1 trillion. Never mind that Washington faces more than $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities. If President Obama has his way, the U.S. may never leave...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Tim Ross

Britain faced no threat from Iraq when Tony Blair decided to take the country to war, the head of MI5 at the time of the invasion has declared.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28986.htm



Wikileaks: US Cables Reveal Execution of Iraqi Family

By John Glaser

Women and children had their hands tied behind their back and were shot in the head in house raid, which was covered up by the military.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28988.htm



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Panetta: Iraq has agreed to keep American troops in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/19/iraq-agrees-to-extend-u-s-military-role-panetta/


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The White House said Monday it would 'consider' any Iraqi request for a US troop presence past 2011 as the war-torn country mourned the bloodiest violence in more than a year.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/15/white-house-u-s-would-consider-staying-in-iraq-past-2011/



U.S. troops' presence solves none of Iraq's issues, vice-president says

The presence of U.S. occupation troops in Iraq has destabilized the country and unnerved its neighbors, according to Tareq al-Hashemi, a vice-president.

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2011-08-16\kurd.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Iraq Withdrawal? Don t Take It to the Bank
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/16-6



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