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Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal That Isn’t (Video)

Posted: 3 August 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs
Tags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Diary, Amy Goodman, Baghdad, Blackwater, Bush Administration, corporatism, covert operations, Dyncorp, economic sanctions, EPPs, fascism, Gareth Porter, Hillary Clinton, Horn of Africa, human rights, imperialism, Iraq War, Iraq withdrawal, Jeremy Scahill, JPEL, JSOC, Julian Assange, libertarian, Middle East, military industrial complex, Newspeak, Nuri al-Maliki, Obama, Obama Administration, oil, Saddam Hussein, SOF, SOFA, Special Operations Forces, State Department, Status of Forces Agreement, Take Force 714, Task Force 373, TF 373, TF 714, Triple Canopy, US, US military, War, War on Terror, war spending, Wikileaks, Xe

With 70,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, President Obama yesterday dropped his 2009 pledge to remove all combat troops before September, extending the target date 15 months, Gareth Porter reported today at Inter Press Services. The drawdown is intended by the Administration to leave 50,000 ‘residual troops’ indefinitely, but investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill notes the so-called “withdrawal” is a replacement of combat troops with ‘private’ mercenary firms. Earlier today, he spoke with Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! (11:48):

127 Dead, 500 Wounded in Five Baghdad Bombings Tuesday

Posted: 11 December 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political Science
Tags: Al Jazeera, Baathists, Badr Organization, Baghdad, CBS, Dawa Party, Dora, fascism, Hadi al-Amiri, human rights, Iraq, Iraq Surge, Iraq War, ISCI, Islamic Mission Party, Juan Cole, Karkh, Mansur, Middle East, Newspeak, Nuri al-Maliki, Sadr Organization, suicide bombing, terrorism, US, US military, War, War on Terror

Prof. Juan Cole recaps the horrific day in Iraq and the ‘nationalist U.S. media coverage.

U.S.-Backed Terror Group, M.E.K., in Iraq (Video)

Posted: 20 October 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political Science
Tags: Abdul Reza Davari, Bush Administration, Clinton Administration, Donald Rumsfeld, Edward Peck, fascism, human rights, international law, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iraq, Iraq War, Islamic Revolution, Mahmoud Rajavi, Middle East, military aid, NCRI, Newspeak, Nuri al-Maliki, Saddam Hussein, US, War, War on Terror

A Press TV program devoted to the RAND Corporation’s report, “The Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iraq: A Policy Conundrum” [.pdf].