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POPSA Mundane Clip about Iraq <<<Mr Maliki's confident prediction that he would crush the Mehdi Army is turning out to be a dangerous gamble that is fast eroding his authority. It is damaging to President Bush, who had claimed the US "surge" had brought about a turning point in America's five-year-old war to pacify Iraq. Mr Bush had praised the offensive as showing that the Iraqi security forces, trained and supported by the US, could at last stand and fight on their own. So far, the gun battles in Baghdad and the Shia south of Iraq are providing evidence that exactly the opposite is true.>>>
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POPSIraq: what may emerge The factors discussed in this article were all in place before the occupation either obviously or suppressed by the Saddam military regime. Many objectors to the war cite this fact as one of the central bases to their objections,
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POPSIraq: the Long War Iraq and the mideast are historical unfoldings, not journalistic titillations. War and history are longterm and over decades. Children take years to grow into the bequeathed world.
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POPSIraq: the Fragility of Peace Interesting backgrounder on some factors to be considered on guessing the future of Iraq. One factor in the article is that Baghdad is now a walled city of separate factions, each a potential fortress - or ghetto?
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POPSHow to win in Iraq General Batiste is famous for being outspoken against the war and appearing in an anti-war ad for VoteVets.org. Lt. Hegseth is the executive director for Vets for Freedom. These two from opposite sides have come together to lay out the way forward if we want success in Iraq and the war on terror.
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