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• No vote today on those intended January elections

  
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  So today the Iraqi Parliament was going to meet and, for the dreamers among the press, resolve the issues arising from Iraqs Sunni vice president, Tareq al-Hashemi vetoing the election law earlier this week . As Carole King sings ("Chalis Borealis," Speeding Time ), "Didnt work out quite the way you wanted, how ...
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• The fallen

  
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  35-year-old Staff Sgt Ryan Zorn died while serving in Iraq November 16th. He hails from Upton, Wyoming. Steve Miller ( Rapid City Journal ) speaks with his father Myron Zorn who reveals the family has "no information about when the body will arrive in Wyoming" but intend "to hold funeral services in Wright and ...
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• Colorado Springs Gazette: time to leave Iraq to the Iraqis

  
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  Today the Colorado Springs Gazette editorializes on leaving Iraq concluding, "It is time to leave Iraq to the Iraqis, though the process may be messy." Meanwhile Taz Patchen writes a letter to the editors of the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin which includes: I think this war is a waste of our time and ...
  5 days ago

• Isaiahs The World Today Just Nuts "The Gesture"

  
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  Isaiah s latest The World Today Just Nuts "The Gesture." As Barack Obama bows before Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, Banty Rooster Rahm Emanuel explains, "So many have focused on the message the bow sent to Japan, they ignored Baracks message to America." On Baracks cheeks are written "KISS IT." Isaiah ...
  6 days ago

• And the war drags on . . .

  
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  Provincial and municipal authorities, particularly those in heavily Sunni areas ignored by the Shiite-led Baghdad government, grew dependent on U.S. funds and expertise. They remain so today, even as the money and manpower start to dwindle. Samarras mayor has no public budget, carries a revolver to work and, albeit ...
  6 days ago

• The ethically challenged Galbraith

  
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  Melissa Block: Ambassador Galbraith, youve been on our program many times before, youve published many op-eds, youve written books. Why not disclose your business ties before this? Put this out in the open if it is so-so benign as you say. Peter Galbraith: Its obviously quite common for people to be in government, ...
  1 week ago

• The US military announces 3 deaths

  
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  Today the US military announced : "Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq – Two U.S. Army pilots were killed when a helicopter experienced a hard landing in Salah ad Din Province, Nov.8. The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense. The ...
  1 week ago

• Isaiahs latest The World Today Just Nuts "That Barack"

  
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  Isaiah s latest The World Today Just Nuts "That Barack." In his Marlo Thomas finest, Barack waves and declares, "I havent gotten enough attention lately. So you know what that means. Time for another global road trip! Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, here I come! " Isaiah archives his comics at The ...
  1 week ago

• And the war drags on . . .

  
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  Today the Iraqi Parliament finally passed an election law. Reviewing the press on that should lead to howls of laughter. One exception is Jake Tapper (ABC News) who just reports (as opposed to so many of his peers who wet their panties and BVDs in excitement). Carol E. Lee ( Politico ) offers text and audio in ...
  1 week ago

• The Fort Hood shooting

  
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  An army officer upset at the prospect of deploying to Iraq opened fire on fellow soldiers at the worlds largest military base yesterday in a mass shooting that left 12 people dead and at least 31 wounded. At least two other men in uniform were initially suspected of involvement in the incident at Fort Hood in Texas, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Isaiahs The World Today Just Nuts "Photo-Op This!"

  
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  Isaiah s latest The World Today Nuts "Photo-Op This!" Barack poses with a big smile while declaring, " Rush says photo-op like its a bad thing. I photo-op-ed my way into the presidency. Hey, before we bring Jon Corzine in here , can we get hair and makeup for a touch up. Should I take off my shirt again?" Isaiah ...
  2 weeks ago

• And the war drags on . . .

  
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  The promises were countless: Americans would have universal health care; the US would take the lead on climate change; Wall Street and the banks would be regulated with a cap put on salaries and bonuses paid to executives; Guantanamo would be shut down by January 20010; most US troops would be out of Iraq within 16 ...
  2 weeks ago

• PTSD, plastic surgery

  
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  War has changed the Oregon Army National Guard, which has deployed troops on 8,400 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11. It turned the states emergency volunteers into combat veterans. And last month, a Grant County jury considered how much war changed Jessie Bratcher. For the first time in Oregon, and among the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Service members

  
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  Many military personnel who acquired post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are being inappropriately discharged, despite Pentagon assurances that proper policy is being followed. Thats the conclusion of Sens. Kit Bond of Missouri and Sam Brownback of Kansas, both Republicans. The two ...
  3 weeks ago

• Death toll rises to 155

  
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  Yesterday s Baghdad bombings already had a huge death toll; however, Jack Kimball and Michael Christie ( Reuters ) report that the death toll has climbed and is currently at 155 with over five hundred left injured. Ned Parker and Caesar Ahmed ( Los Angeles Times ) sketch out yesterdays assault: Cars clogged the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bombings, Swine flu

  
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  The car bombs that ripped into hundreds of residents of Baghdad over the weekend are a message that if politics cannot take place within the parliament, then violence will take place on the street. It takes a certain death toll for Iraq to make it back on to the headlines. Despite the presence of some 120,000 US ...
  3 weeks ago

• Isaiahs The World Today Just Nuts "Feminist Naomi Wolf speaks"

  
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  Isaiah s latest The World Today Just Nuts "Feminist Naomi Wolf speaks." The zaftag Naomi Wolf, with a black eye,, declares, "Its me, feminist Naomi Wolf. My first book was me explaining how erections should be photographed. My second book was about my racism and my third about my homophobia. Ive since hailed ...
  3 weeks ago

• And the war drags on . . .

  
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  As police picked over the rubble, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki toured the site where more than 130 people were killed in the worst terrorist attack in the country in two years. The sound of the second blast was captured by a mobile phone video camera being used to survey the aftermath of the first. ...
  3 weeks ago

• The US Embassy in Baghdad

  
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  It is the worlds most expensive embassy, costing more than $700 million (£427 million) and designed to withstand earthquakes and insurgents. Yet only nine months after being opened, the US Embassy in Iraq is riddled with problems expected to cost more than $130 million to fix. Nobody praised its architecture when it ...
  4 weeks ago

• NYT thinks Iraqs Constitution matters . . . sometimes

  
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  Iraqs political leaders need a strong shove ahead if there is to be any hope of withdrawing American troops on time and ensuring that the country they leave behind doesnt once again unravel. Maybe its better that the New York Times ignore Iraq? The above is from the editorial in todays paper entitled " Counting ...
  4 weeks ago

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