Tag: iraq
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June 08, 2006 08:16 AM EDT --
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq who waged a terror campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings of hostages, has been killed in a U.S. airstrike.
What great news to hear upon awakening. . . . more
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December 30, 2006 08:18 AM EST --
Saddam Is Dead
Al Arabiya TV reports Saddam Hussein Has Been Executed.
May he rot in hell for all eternity.
Don't lose any sleep over Saddam's execution. Hundreds of thousands of people died . . . more
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January 09, 2007 05:50 PM EST --
I want to hear another of those remarkable speeches in which President has set forth an ambitious vision of the post 9/11 world.
I want President Bush to remind us how we felt on September 11, 2001, as . . . more
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January 11, 2007 12:18 AM EST --
Tonight President Bush announced our revised strategy for achieving victory in Iraq. It wasn't a great speech, but it was adequate. How can you give a great speech when everyone in the world knows . . . more
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April 24, 2006 09:55 AM EDT --
The Associated Press reports Iraqi President Talabani is concerned about Iranian and Turkish troop concentrations on those countries' borders with Iraq:
Turkey has moved thousands of troops . . . more
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June 02, 2006 12:39 PM EDT --
In today's edition of the Washington Times' Inside the Ring, Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough report three Marines were "humiliated" by Transportation Security Administration ("TSA")security . . . more
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December 07, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Democrat Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is calling for the deployment of 20,000 to 30,000 more U.S. troops in Iraq.
Reyes voted against the Iraq war resolution . . . more
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April 21, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
Jawad al-Maliki has been nominated to be Iraq's prime minister, replacing the incumbent, Ibrahim al-Jaafari.
According to the Associated Press, Al-Maliki is a top ally of al-Jaafari:
Al-Maliki is . . . more
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December 08, 2006 09:25 AM EST --
The Associated Press reports Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq. The much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles. . . . more
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December 13, 2006 11:35 AM EST --
The Los Angeles Times reports support has coalesced behind a plan for a substantial buildup in U.S. troops to Iraq, an increase in industrial aid to create jobs, and a major anti-Sadr combat offensive. . . . more
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January 08, 2007 10:12 AM EST --
President Bush has been hard at work reorganizing his security team and seeking advice and ideas from a wide variety of sources on how to achieve victory in Iraq. As the President puts it:
I want to . . . more
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January 10, 2007 01:29 PM EST --
By now you are probably aware that Speaker Pelosi's current position that we should not increase the number of American troops in Iraq is quite inconsistent with her criticism of President Bush in . . . more
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January 11, 2007 11:32 AM EST --
Multinational forces detained six Iranians in an overnight raid on Tehran's diplomatic mission in the northern city of Irbil:
The forces stormed the Iranian mission at about 3 a.m., detaining the . . . more
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April 01, 2007 09:28 PM EDT --
55 DAYS AND COUNTING
Caught in a bald face lie when he said there was no rush to get the supplemental war funding bill to the President because he wrongly claimed Defense Secretary Gates said it wasn't . . . more
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April 04, 2007 11:27 AM EDT --
58 DAYS AND COUNTING
Speaker Pelosi is too busy handing a diplomatic victory to Syria, one of the original members of the state sponsors of terrorism, to be bothered to send the war funding legislation . . . more
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April 30, 2006 12:41 PM EDT --
The BBC reports Iraq has accused Iranian forces of entering Iraqi territory and shelling Kurdish rebel positions in the north:
Iranian troops bombed border areas near the town of Hajj Umran before crossing . . . more
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June 15, 2006 05:47 PM EDT --
Senate rejects call for U.S. troop pullout from Iraq by a 93-6 vote.
The six Democratic Senators voting no - a vote for withdrawal:
Barbara Boxer of California
Robert Byrd of West Virginia
Russ Feingold . . . more
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June 25, 2006 12:31 PM EDT --
Back from taking our daughter to summer camp, I checked the headlines and was excited to see the New York Times headline, "U.S. General in Iraq Outlines Troop Cuts." My excitement turned to a . . . more
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December 23, 2006 11:40 AM EST --
In the new tape from al Qaeda No. 2 man, Ayman al Zawahri, the al Qaeda leader tells the leaders of the Democratic party that the terrorists are responsible for the defeat of congressional Republicans: . . . more
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July 27, 2006 10:55 AM EDT --
Terrorism, whether it is al Qaeda flying airplanes into buildings filled with innocent civilians, the Taliban blowing up schools and police stations in Afghanistan, al Qaeda in Iraq blowing up civilians . . . more
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