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Iraq war stories: 712 news summaries

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Support The Troops With
A War Tax

Dems should insist
on paying, not borrowing, for war

Apr 3, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the Democrats want to support the troops but call the question on the war, they should pass a "war tax,"  writes Richard Hall in the Detroit Free Press. They could adopt the supplemental appropriations, but attach an income tax surcharge to finance it. Would the president... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Democrats • taxes • Detroit • war • US troops • Iraq war

(Newser) - With Congress and the president now officially at war over Iraq, all parties scrambled yesterday to gear up for the coming firefight. The President promised to veto the spending bill with troop withdrawal deadlines attached, seeming to relish the fight ahead. Tthe newly aggressive and unified Democrats, notes the New ... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • Democrats • Republican • war • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • Iraq war spending • George W. Bush

Saudi King Calls Iraq War Illegal

Latest evidence of breach with ally

Mar 29, 07 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia fired a warning shot at the Bush administration yesterday, calling Iraq “an illegal foreign occupation” and urging Arab leaders to unite to prevent U.S. domination of the region.  The Saudis "are telling the U.S. they need to listen to their... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Riyadh • United States • war • boycott • Iraq war

Senate Backs Troop Pullout Timetable

Bill ties troop funding to March 2008 withdrawal deadline

Mar 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats in the Senate  pulled off a surprise victory yesterday in their bid to force President Bush to bring troops home from Iraq—deflecting a GOP effort to kill the troop withdrawal plan. The Democrats’ proposal sets a March 2008 deadline for ending the conflict and is folded into a... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Congress • Democrats • Chuck Hagel • Charles Schumer • war • US troops • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Bush Is Worse Than a Lame Duck

Mar 27, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FT catalogs a litany of the obstacles for President Bush achieving anything meaningful in his last 22 months in office. At the core of it all is the Iraq war, which has reduced Bush’s popularity to the point where he has no more political capital to spend. More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • terrorism • Republican • politics • war • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Records
Reveal Hawkish Hillary

Iraq vote may not have been anomaly

Mar 27, 07 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary  may be more hawkish than liberal supporters realize, Michael Crowley concludes after a lengthy look at the senator's history. Many assume she supported the Iraq war to look tough and won’t back down to avoid the label of flip-flopper. But long before 9/11, she was scornful of... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • military • politics • presidential campaign • Bill Clinton • Kosovo • war • Clinton administration • Marine • Election 2008 • Iraq war

Blair Blasts Seizure of British Patrol

Iran said to be looking for swap deal

Mar 26, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair is furious over Iran's capture of 15 sailors and Marines, but so far, diplomatic efforts have not even yielded where they are being held. “I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us,”   Blair sputtered at a European summit,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • War on Terror • Tony Blair • Tehran • war • al Quds Force • Revolutionary Guards • Britain • Iraq war

Iraqi Refugees Flood Into Syria and Jordan

Iraqis are fleeing to their neighbors by the millions, while the U.S. sits pretty

Mar 21, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraq war has created nearly two million refugees, and they're going largely ignored by world governments, the UN warns. "There has been an abject denial of the impact, the humanitarian impact, of the war," says a UN refugee agency spokesperson. Most of the refugees stream into neighboring... More »

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Iraq • immigration • United Nations • Jordan • Middle East • Syria • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

(Newser) - While the president has been busy assuring Americans that Iraq is a "noble" war, among those who haven't been listening are his wife, his children and his nieces and nephews, observes Kitty Kelley, who chronicled the Bush clan in 2004. The first family is AWOL on the war effort,... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • Barbara Bush • UNICEF • compulsory military service • Jenna Bush • Iraq war • George W. Bush

The Women's War

The Unprecedented Deployment of Women's in the Iraq War Has Created Unprecedented Challenges for Them and the Armed Forces

Mar 18, 07 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sara Corbett writes in The New York Times Magazine about the role of women soldiers in the Iraq war and the extraordinary toll it is taking on many of them. More »

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Iraq • women • harassment • US Army • soldier • PTSD • Iraq war

Army Battles Officer Shortage

Early promotions are used to fill gaps, in violation of regulations

Mar 14, 07 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The War in Iraq has left the Army so short of good officer material that the Pentagon is doling out promotions to unqualified soldiers, according to the Boston Globe. In 2006, the Army promoted thousands of soldiers ahead of schedule and against regulations to fill the void left by exhausted... More »

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Pentagon • US Army • promotion • soldier • incompetence • Iraq war

Why Can't
the Media
Cheer Up? 

First Lady talks to Larry King about the war, and a dour media

Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Her mission was to talk about women and heart disease. But Laura Bush couldn't help telling Larry King how she really felt about the media portrayal of her husband's war in Iraq. "Many parts of Iraq are stable now," the First Lady told King. "But, of course,... More »

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Iraq • media • radio • Laura Bush • Larry King • blogger • Iraq war

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