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Agence France Presse August 3, 2009.
The meeting on Sunday was not publicly announced beforehand and Gates did not bring reporters with him as he usually does on foreign trips.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. July 14, 2009.
The five Iranian detainees were grabbed in a 2007 raid on vague claims by the U.S. military that they were part of a "clandestine network."
Agence France Presse June 14, 2009.
McChrystal was tapped after his predecessor was sacked in May when the U.S. said it needed 'new thinking' in an escalating war.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. May 14, 2009.
Two factors reportedly led to Obama's U-turn: objections from military brass and the president's upcoming speech in Egypt.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: PEEK. April 10, 2009.
In today's episode of "Pirates," the most powerful Navy in the world remains in a stand-off with four pirates in a small boat in the Indian Ocean.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 30, 2009.
The six targets named include former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who could face "immediate arrest" upon entering Spain.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. March 26, 2009.
"They will be called advisory and assistance brigades," says Defense Secretary Gates. "They won't be called combat brigades."
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. March 18, 2009.
Six years into the war, many U.S. bases in Iraq are still without incinerators, leaving open pits spewing toxic plumes over soldiers and civilians.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. March 9, 2009.
The notion that U.S. military presence has definitively shaped the region has been thoroughly discredited.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. February 26, 2009.
Obama refused to send the full 30,000 troops requested by his generals because they had no plan for how to use them.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. February 19, 2009.
David Petraeus and Ray Odierno say Obama's 16-month withdrawal plan is too risky. But a senior commander in Iraq disagrees.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. January 16, 2009.
When it comes to Iraq, Obama is in full control. But drawing down combat forces is only half the story.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. October 6, 2008.
"We use phrases like 'victory.' We should be using phrases like 'justice for the people of the Middle East.'"
Middle East OnlineSeptember 9, 2008.
General Davis Petraeus starts as chief of Central Command in October, at a time when the administration is refocusing on Afghanistan.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. September 2, 2008.
Signs that the Iraqi PM's stance on U.S. withdrawal is hardening is undermining Bush's plan for indefinite occupation.
Middle East OnlineAugust 30, 2008.
Citing stronger domestic security forces and a need for troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. general says control will be handed over in "just a few days."
The NationJune 8, 2008.
In a letter to Congress, human rights leaders urge Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to stop funding torture in the so-called "war on terror."
Allen McDuffee, The Nation. May 19, 2008.
We know the military has lowered the bar for enlisting, but few realize how much money we're paying the DoD for their shady recruitment practices.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. May 15, 2008.
A plotted sequence of events to build domestic U.S. support for a possible strike against Iran over its "meddling" in Iraq has hit some snags.
Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. March 24, 2008.
Was Cemtcom Commander Fallon pushed out for opposing a new war of aggression against Iran?
David Corn, TheNation.com. September 3, 2007.
A Baghdad embassy study says Prime Minister Maliki is blocking corruption probes, his government is partly controlled by criminal gangs, and the U.S. is doing little to clean up the mess.
Richard Blair, AlterNet: PEEK. May 17, 2007.
Richard Blair: The confluence of several events over the past year or so lead to the question: did a true coup d’état occur in the U.S., and we missed it?
