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Iran says documents show U.S. backing “terrorists”
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has access to evidence of U.S. support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Sunday.
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran‘s military
Petraeus steps up accusations against Iran
Petraeus says Iran stoking Iraq violence
Iraq official says [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 28th, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Al Qaeda, Arab Nations, Armageddon, Ayatollah Khamenei, Black Ops, Bomb, Bush, CIA, Casualties, Cheney, Collateral, Congress, Corruption, DOD, Donald Rumsfeld, Elections, Fear, Foriegn Policy, Global Power, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Oil, PKK, Pentagon Corruption, Petraeus, Politics, Propaganda, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, Tehran, The Divider, Turkey, WMD, WWIII, War, War Cost, Weapons of Mass Destruction, World War Three, administration, arrogance, candidates, covert, disinformation, escalation, executive privilege, invasion, military, resonsibility, terror, threat, troops | Comments (4)

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

H/T to Think Progress for pointing out once again what a hypocritical suck up John Cornyn is.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has released a statement praising President Bush’s speech on Iraq last night, saying he is “pleased” that “troops will come home before the year’s end”:
Our commanding officer in Iraq, General Petraeus, came before the [...]

Posted by nytexan September 16th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Cornyn, Iraq, Iraq Report, John Warner, Petraeus, Politics, Republican, War, military | Comments (2)

From VoteVets.org
YouTube Video Captures Moment Petraeus Concedes He Doesn’t Know if Iraq Plan Makes America Safer; Quotes Three Republican Senators
VoteVets.org has unveiled a new internet ad on YouTube, which captures the moment that General David Petraeus admits during an exchange with Senator John Warner, that he doesn’t know if the White House plan [...]

Posted by nytexan September 14th, 2007 | Category: Iraq, Iraq Report, Petraeus, Politics, War, military, vote vets | Leave a comment

In the continuing saga of Bush lies, apparently America is fighting with 36 other countries. Really, I never hear about these countries aside from the British. What I always hear are our troops being killed. This was also news to Joe Biden who is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
I looked up these [...]

Posted by nytexan September 13th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Coalition Troops, Iraq, NATO, Petraeus, War, military | Comments (12)

Bush and Petraeus are two peas in a pod. They both have their own agenda and I know it doesn’t include the American public. We all know that Bush is more concerned with his legacy than the lives of Americans and Iraqis. Bush will continue to lie about his war in Iraq, he will continue [...]

Posted by nytexan September 13th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Iraq, Iraq Report, Op-Ed, Petraeus, Politics, War, lies, military | Comments (4)

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

It appears that the Iraqi government is again saying that they are ready for us to go. They also note that pulling troops out would not have a effect on their security.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq’s government on Tuesday welcomed long-awaited testimony to Congress by the U.S. commander in Iraq and said it would have less [...]

Posted by nytexan September 11th, 2007 | Category: Ali al-Adeeb, Congress, Iraq, Maliki, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, Petraeus, Politics, Ryan Crocker, military | Comments (5)