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Bush, Petraeus and Crocker can  spew their lies about success in Iraq and that conditions improving. How can you have a country on the correct track to peace and unity, if you can not even get the freaking infrastructure working? The fact that Iraqi’s do not have clean water and sanitation is just another example [...]

Posted by nytexan September 26th, 2007 | Category: Baghdad, Bush, Crocker, Iraq, Oxfam, Petraeus, cholera | Leave a comment

Some in Baghdad are watching the testimony of General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker and here’s what they have to say.
BAGHDAD (Agence France-Presse) — A group of Iraqis watching the stuttering start of proceedings before the U.S. Congress yesterday, which could influence whether U.S. troops remain in their country, said they were unimpressed.
Student Abdelbaqi al-Shimmari scoffed [...]

Posted by nytexan September 11th, 2007 | Category: Baghdad, Congress, Crocker, Iraq, Petraeus, Politics | Leave a comment

Below are various editorial comments from the first day of testimony by General Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.
NEW YORK So what does the press have to say, on the day after the landmark testimony of Gen. David Patraeus (along with Ambassador Ryan Crocker) on Capitol Hill, with another day to come on Tuesday?
We will present [...]

Posted by nytexan September 11th, 2007 | Category: Crocker, Iraq, Petraeus, Politics, military | Leave a comment