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A Plan to End the Wars

July 3rd, 2009

By David Swanson

There are a million and one things that people can do to try to end the U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and to prevent new ones in Iran and elsewhere, as well as to close U.S. military bases in dozens of other nations around the world. Certain people are ...

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A Withdrawal in Name Only

July 3rd, 2009

By Erik Leaver and Daniel Atzmon
Edited by Jen Doak
Foreign Policy In Focus

On November 17, 2008, when Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker signed an agreement for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, citizens from both countries ...

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Iran and Leftist Confusion

July 3rd, 2009

By Reese Erlich

When I returned from covering the Iranian elections recently, I was surprised to find my email box filled with progressive authors, academics and bloggers bending themselves into knots about the current crisis in Iran. They cite the long history of US interference in ...

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US Faces Resentment in Afghan Region

July 3rd, 2009

By CARLOTTA GALL
New York Times

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan -- The mood of the Afghan people has tipped into a popular revolt in some parts of southern Afghanistan, presenting incoming American forces with an even harder job than expected in reversing military losses to the Taliban ...

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Biden back in Iraq -- with a new assignment

July 3rd, 2009

In Interview, Iraqi foreign minister tells US not to disengage with Iraq politically--like it did in Afghanistan.

By Jane Arraf
The Christian Science Monitor

As the US military presence in Iraq moves into the background, some Iraqi officials concerned that US ...

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Al-Sadr demands full U.S. withdrawal from Iraq

July 3rd, 2009

CNN

BAGHDAD, Iraq CNN -- The ongoing presence of U.S. troops in Iraq "shows that the Iraqi government and the occupation are not serious about the withdrawal," a key Shiite cleric in the country said Wednesday.Muqtada al-Sadr made the statement on his Web site a day after U.S. forces ...

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