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Guess Who’s Back? Muqtada al-Sadr
We have had this debate spark up over Afghanistan this past week as if it’s the only war in which we are still engaged. However, America remains entwined in Iraq, and a familiar face has returned to...
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US Changes Tune on Iraqi Government: “Slow Down!”
This is really funny: when it looked like the only option for Iraq’s government would include a role for former CIA asset Iyad Allawi, American officials urged the formation of a coalition without...
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Maliki: US Troops Will Leave Iraq in One Year, As Scheduled
Newly re-elected Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ended any talk of an extension of the status of forces agreement in Iraq in an interview, saying that US forces will leave the country entirely at...
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After Hinting at Extension of War in Afghanistan, Biden Heads to Iraq
In Afghanistan earlier this week, Vice President Joe Biden told Hamid Karzai that, if he wanted US forces to stay in the country beyond 2014, that can be arranged. The implication was clear – the 2014...
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Gates Floats Continued US Presence in Iraq, Says Maliki Must Decide Soon
I don’t think there’s a bigger campaign promise that Barack Obama made than getting troops out of Iraq. His opposition to the war is the reason he won the nomination; I don’t even think that’s a...
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Fractious Iraqi Government Mulls Over US Stay
Let’s turn to Iraq, where as we have seen, the US very obviously wants to extend the military presence in the country beyond the planned withdrawal date of December 2011. However, they signed an...
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Sadr Holds Mass Protest In Baghdad Against US Presence in Iraq
Muqtada al-Sadr brought tens of thousands of Iraqis to a central square in Baghdad to protest against any extension of the US troop presence. Tens of thousands waved Iraqi flags and shouted “No, no,...
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hints at Continued US Presence
I think we’re reaching a semantic game with respect to the US military presence in Iraq. The political community just won’t ask for an extension of military troops. But the leadership appears to be...
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Fallout Continues from Leak of Post-2011 US Military Presence in Iraq
The news that the President has settled on 3,000 trainers to stay in Iraq past the assigned 2011 withdrawal date, first reported by Fox News, was subsequently confirmed by other outlets. And unlike Fox...
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Sadr Stops Attacks Unless US Stays in Iraq
Muqtada al-Sadr has tried a number of different tactics to achieve his goal of removing all US troops from Iraq by the end of the year. He’s tried civil disobedience. He’s shown a sample of the unrest...
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