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Triple Suicide Bombing Targets Foreign Embassies in Iraq

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 5, 2010.

Sunday's bombings followed a massacre of 25 people south of Baghdad. The bloodshed has renewed fears of a return to sectarian violence in Iraq.

Two Years After Nisour Square Massacre, Blackwater Still Armed and Dangerous In Iraq

Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. August 14, 2009.

Despite Iraqis' perception that Blackwater was kicked out of their country, the State Department has confirmed the mercenaries remain.

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.

Why Iraqis, Afghans, Palestinians, and Others Might Be Nervous About President Obama

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. November 7, 2008.

John Pilger, Mahmood Mamdani, Raed Jarrar, Tariq Ali, Laura Carlsen, and more on Obama's troubling foreign policy ideas.

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.

While Bush Announces 8,000 Troop Withdrawal, Leaked Draft Agreement Calls for Indefinite Occupation

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. September 11, 2008.

Iraqi Blogger Raed Jarrar: The U.S./Iraq agreement legitimizes long term bases and calls for an indefinite number of U.S. troops to remain in Iraq.