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    POPS    How the Surge has left us wounded
    masbury
    by masbury  7-4-2008   
     "If we accept the mainstream narrative on its face, the surge worked. It transformed the U.S. troop presence from being counterproductive to being indispensable for maintaining stability. But can we continue with anything close to the current level of troops deployed over there?"
    5
    POPS    More Bushco connections to Iraq oil deals
    masbury
    by masbury  7-3-2008    4
     Perks for Hunt Oil, whose owner gave $35M to the Bush library.
    5
    POPS    Bush Admin directly involved in Iraq oil contracts
    masbury
    by masbury  6-30-2008    2
     "American government lawyers ... provided template contracts and detailed suggestions on drafting the contracts" Ugh. The spoils of war.
    7
    POPS    Battle over future of US in Iraq
    masbury
    by masbury  6-21-2008    2
     US demands immunity for its soldiers and contractors; Iraq parliament may refuse
    12
    POPS    Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP to Get No-Bid Oil Contracts in Iraq
    masbury
    by masbury  6-19-2008    11
     Big oil got its baby back, after 36 years of waiting.
    9
    POPS    Army official fired for questioning $1B payout to KBR
    masbury
    by masbury  6-18-2008    2
     Told Iraq contractor to improve "chaotic" performance, held up payment on questionable charges
    6
    POPS    Sen. Obama, please don't be McCain on Iran!
    masbury
    by masbury  6-17-2008    10
     Face the absence of evidence of nuclear weapons, and call out McCain on following the WMD-scare George Bush followed with Iraq.
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    POPS    Iraqi Prime Minister: Might "demand" US forces leave
    masbury
    by masbury  6-14-2008    1
     If Bush Admin insists on security deal that compromises Iraqi sovereignty
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    POPS    Iraqi leaders: No gains possible until US troops withdraw
    masbury
    by masbury  6-11-2008    1
     "The anarchy and chaos in Iraq is linked to the presence of the occupation, not withdrawal from Iraq," Renounce surge; question whether US public is hearing what Iraqis want; "nothing of this could be made possible until the troops withdraw from Iraq."
    7
    POPS    Iraq cost: Loss of power, prestige, influence
    masbury
    by masbury  6-11-2008    15
     Why Iraq policy has made America less powerful; major changes recommended by bi-partisan panels; greater emphasis on soft power and patience, less "hectoring"
    3
    POPS    Secret Bush-Iraq security agreement faltering
    masbury
    by masbury  6-11-2008    1
     "Iraqi lawmakers say the Bush administration is demanding concessions that are unacceptable, among them: dozens of semi-permanent bases from which U.S. forces can launch missions with no prior consent from Iraq's government; complete immunity for U.S. troops and security contractors; control of Iraq's air space; and no guarantees the United States will defend Iraq against a foreign attack."
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    POPS    BBC: $24 BILLION missing in Iraq
    masbury
    by masbury  6-11-2008    6
     Equal stack of $1's would rise 1500 miles.
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    POPS    92% of max Bush contributors not giving now; Iraq concern
    masbury
    by masbury  6-10-2008    5
     "I always considered myself a Republican, primarily because of a belief in smaller government. And if you want a smaller government, you don’t want wars — especially wars that can be avoided."
    5
    POPS    Bush's Iraq security bribe: $50B for 50 US bases, US autonomy in-country
    masbury
    by masbury  6-6-2008    6
     Iraqis take to the streets
    4
    POPS    Senate Report: Bush Knew Intel on Iraq was False
    masbury
    by masbury  6-5-2008    4
     Investigation finally yields the official report.
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    POPS    McCain: No one has supported Bush on Iraq more than I have
    masbury
    by masbury  6-4-2008   
     Video documenting McCain's pitches of Bush policy
    1
    POPS    Thank you, Sen. McCain, and please keep talking about Iraq
    masbury
    by masbury  5-31-2008   
     McCain's foggy Middle East awareness is the gift that keeps on giving
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    POPS    Bush forcing us into long-term Iraq commitment?
    masbury
    by masbury  5-31-2008   
     Carefully staged to avoid treaty status, thus excluding Iraqi Parliament and US Congress - i.e., public debate and representative democracy
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    POPS    McCain Gaffe Alert: "We have drawn down to pre-surge levels"
    masbury
    by masbury  5-30-2008   
     Later denies that he is wrong.
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    POPS    Top 25 Censored stories of 2008
    masbury
    by masbury  5-28-2008    1
     "Project censored is one of the organizations that we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and our broadcast outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism." — Walter Cronkite last three: # # 23 Feinstein’s Conflict of Interest in Iraq # # 24 Media Misquotes Threat From Iran’s President # # 25 Who Will Profit from Native Energy?
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    POPS    Cheney's Halliburton Stock Options Rise 3,000%
    masbury
    by masbury  5-28-2008    1
     Dick Cheney's fortune: your tax dollars at work. A perfect example of a very wealthy man who's found a way not to "make" money, but to forcibly redistribute wealth from poorer people to himself.
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    POPS    How Iraqis feel about paying for reconstruction
    masbury
    by masbury  5-27-2008    6
     An Iraqi editorial excerpt, as US Congress mulls squeezing funds from Iraq.
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    POPS    Anti-terror czar: Staying in Iraq helps Al-Qaeda
    masbury
    by masbury  5-27-2008    6
     Former US anti-terror czar Richard Clarke. Hear it, Sen. McCain: We win by leaving; your plan aids the enemy.
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    POPS    Dead Troops Remembered by President Who Had Them Killed
    masbury
    by masbury  5-27-2008    5
     A veterans' response to Bush's Memorial Day speech
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    POPS    US Ambassador: Al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq
    masbury
    by masbury  5-24-2008   
     'Course if we'd stayed home, Al-Qaida would never have been there in the first place.
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    POPS    Pentagon can't account for $15B Iraq expenditures
    masbury
    by masbury  5-23-2008   
     2 dozen vouchers referred to criminal investigators
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    POPS    US detains hundreds of youth suspects in Iraq
    masbury
    by masbury  5-20-2008    2
     In violation of UN protocol; about 500 kids now imprisoned.
    1
    POPS    DOD Sec. Gates, day before "appeasement": We need to talk to Iran
    masbury
    by masbury  5-20-2008   
     1 day before Bush's "appeasement" charge: "If there's going to be a discussion, then they need something, too. We can't go to a discussion and be completely the demander with them not feeling that they need anything from us."
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    POPS    US grabs 40-60 prisoners per day
    masbury
    by masbury  5-20-2008    1
     Abu Ghraib and other camps receive many
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    POPS    Gitmo "a diversion" - US holds 27,000 around the world
    masbury
    by masbury  5-20-2008   
     100 times the Gitmo population held on prison ships, in Iraq, and other nations. God only knows what's been done to them.
    5
    POPS    Plan to blame Iran for arms goes awry
    masbury
    by masbury  5-15-2008    3
     Media blackout on story, so Bushco propaganda campaign continues unabated.
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    POPS    Conyers to White House: Iran attack=Impeachment
    masbury
    by masbury  5-14-2008    1
     Bravo.
    3
    POPS    Judge resists Army's denial of conscientious objector status to paratrooper
    masbury
    by masbury  5-14-2008   
     Soldier: "War is evil, and nothing but evil comes from it. Many of those who participate in it lose their souls along the way."
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    POPS    RAND: 101,000 American casualties PER YEAR in Iraq/Afghanistan
    masbury
    by masbury  5-10-2008    4
     Time for outrage: Look what neocons and passive congresses have done to us! How can we write off responsibility for the deaths and wounds of half a millions Americans and live with no accountability whatsoever? How can we be so immoral as to shrug our shoulders and just elect someone else? Where is justice? (and we haven't even begun to touch the enormity of the losses to innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan.)
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    POPS    The surge is working! We stay. The surge isn't working! We stay.
    masbury
    by masbury  5-8-2008    23
     Olberman: The point of the war is to make sure there is a war.
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    POPS    Slams on Obama get little traction
    masbury
    by masbury  5-7-2008   
     Other than over 65, he does well among whites; "elitist" charge and Wright connection unimportant; economy and war main issues
    5
    POPS    Remember Kent State shootings
    masbury
    by masbury  5-5-2008   
     Scott Ritter: they were defending our Constitution
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    POPS    KBR - formerly part of Halliburton - profits triple
    masbury
    by masbury  5-5-2008   
     Due to Iraq war contracts. $98M in profit in 1st quarter alone. $98M of your tax dollars out of your pocket and into KBRs, as neo-conservatism redistributes wealth in America.
    2
    POPS    US missile hits Iraqi hospital
    masbury
    by masbury  5-5-2008   
     Airstrikes in crowded Sadr City
    2
    POPS    Networks' military analysts pitched gov't views, sought millions in contracts
    masbury
    by masbury  5-3-2008    1
     Illegal covert Pentagon program not being covered by MSM
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