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Promise to Allow Iraqis to Vote on U.S. Withdrawal Date Is Broken

Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. August 5, 2009.

On July 30th, a public referendum was supposed to give Iraqis a chance to vote on a deadline for U.S. withdrawal. It never happened.

Iraq's 'National Sovereignty Day' is U.S.-Style Hallmark Hype

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. June 30, 2009.

It is very doubtful that, decades from now, Iraqis will tell their grandchildren about where they were on June 30, 2009.

Fifteen Months After Bloodbath in Iraq, Young Veteran Commits Suicide

Cynthia Hubert, TruthOut.org. June 12, 2009.

"I saw things today that I think will mess me up for life," Army Spc. Trevor Hogue wrote to his mother from Baghdad in 2007.

The British Withdrawal Is Only Our Latest Shameful Exit Following an Unjust Invasion Of Iraq

Robert Fisk, Independent UK. May 1, 2009.

179,000 dead Iraqis? Or closer to a million? The British never cared about the Iraqis. That's why we don't know the figure. That's why we left Basra.

In Baghdad, Many Iraqis Consider Going Out at Night a Simple Act of Defiance

Basim al-Shara, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. April 29, 2009.

As security has improved and curfews have eased, Baghdad's once-famous nightlife is slowly re-emerging.

All Troops Out By 2011? Not So Fast; Why Obama's Iraq Speech Deserves a Second Look

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. February 28, 2009.

Obama's speech promising a full withdrawal from Iraq adopted the long-discredited narrative of the Bush administration.

Iraq From an Armored BMW: Where U.S. 'Reconstruction' Funds Are Really Going

Dahr Jamail, TomDispatch.com. February 14, 2009.

Fallujah remains devastated, even as the U.S. military delivers shrink-wrapped bricks of $100 bills to the sheiks in charge.

In Baghdad, No Celebrations Over Election Results

Institute for War and Peace ReportingFebruary 11, 2009.

Many Baghdadis say they will not vote in December if newly elected leaders do not deliver on their promises.

Halliburton's Army: How Cheney's Former Firm Revolutionized Warmaking and Screwed Us in the Process

Renée Feltz, Indypendent. February 10, 2009.

A new book on Halliburton looks at how a symbol of epic fraud in Iraq achieved so little with so much money.

Iraq's Shocking Human Toll: About 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million Orphans

John Tirman, The Nation. February 2, 2009.

Now that Bush is gone, perhaps we can honestly face the damage we have wrought and the responsibilities we must accept from it.

In Baghdad, Mixed Feelings Over Iraqi Takeover of Green Zone

Abeer Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. January 21, 2009.

Among Iraqis, joy at the U.S. handover is tempered by doubts about the competence of its new guards.

Our $700 Million Embassy in Iraq is a Monument to a Failed War and an Unwanted Occupation

Antiwar.comJanuary 12, 2009.

Nearly the size of Vatican City, the new U.S. compound sends a stark message: Washington expects to be Iraq's boss, not its friend.

They Lied About Iraq in 2003, And They're Still Lying Now

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Independent UK. December 23, 2008.

Words cannot do justice to the rage of Iraqis at the renewed arrogance of those who devastated their country and now congratulate themselves.

Obama Doesn't Plan to End the Occupation in Iraq

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 5, 2008.

The president-elect's thinking 'evolves' -- we can expect tens of thousands of American troops to stay.

Will Obama Bring "Only Technical" Changes to Iraq?

Raed Jarrar, Raed in the Middle AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2008.

It's time to take a sober look at President-elect Barack Obama's Plans for Iraq.

Getting to the Bottom of the Deceptive, Secretive and Artificial Iraq-U.S. Negotiations

Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 27, 2008.

Whatever the U.S.-Iraqi "agreement" ends up looking like, it is unlikely to have much of an effect on the occupation.

Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Protest U.S. Plan to Stay Until 2011

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 22, 2008.

An interview with Iraq correspondent Patrick Cockburn and Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar on the Status of Forces Agreement.

Controversial Status of Forces Agreement Facing Iraqi Opposition

Middle East OnlineOctober 20, 2008.

While some reports are treating the SOFA as a forgone conclusion, top Iraqi players are fiercely opposing it.

New Wave of Violence Against Iraqi Journalists

Shawkat Al-Bayati, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. October 20, 2008.

"Conditions for journalists and media workers were relatively good, but now we are seriously thinking of quitting our work."

Camp Bucca: Iraq's Guantanamo

David Enders, The Nation. October 17, 2008.

What will the United States do with the thousands of Iraqis it is holding in legal limbo?

Private Military Contractors Writing the News? The Pentagon's Propaganda at Its Worst

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 17, 2008.

Months after the Pentagon pundits flap, the Department of Defense continues to hand down contracts for propaganda in Iraq and beyond.

Status of Forces Agreement Reached Between U.S. and Iraq, Almost. (For Real This Time.)

Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. October 16, 2008.

The Bush administration will present the pact as a sign of its success in Iraq, but in fact it is very different from what it intended.

Following Threats, Doctors in Karbala Refuse to Work

AzzamanOctober 15, 2008.

Attacks against Iraqi doctors are on the rise.

In Biggest Oil Sale Ever, Iraqi Government to Put 40 Billion Barrels of Reserves Up For Grabs

Terry Macalister, Nicholas Watt, The Guardian. October 13, 2008.

BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are being given access to eight oil fields, which represent some 40 percent of Iraq's oil reserves.

Iraqi Ministry Reopens Cases of Murdered Journalists

Yaser Abbas, Azzaman AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2008.

Police have started investigating some 49 files related to Iraqi journalists killed or kidnapped since the 2003 invasion.