Posted on October 27th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
The US military command has given the Iraq government an ultimatum. Either accept the status of forces agreement on the table, which much of the Iraq government finds unacceptable, or the US will cease all operations on January 1, 2009.
In addition to halting all military actions, U.S. forces would cease activities that support Iraq’s economy, [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Foreign Policy, In The News, Iraq, John McCain '08, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on June 14th, 2007 by Michael van der Galien
Sunni terrorists blew up the minarettes of the famous Golden Mosque in Samarra. Iraqi police arrested four suspects. Meanwhile, Shiites decided to take revenge and attacked and destroyed a couple of Sunni mosques. This is – of course – another reason why Iraq will not be a stable democracy for quite some time to come: [...]
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Filed under: International, Iraq
Posted on April 10th, 2007 by Robert Stein
The schoolyard fight over war funding has gone on long enough. It’s time for the sound-biting between the White House and Congress to stop.
In the last two days, older, wiser voices are beginning to be heard. Yesterday Sen. Carl Levin, 72, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said “We are not going to cut off [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Foreign Policy, House of Reps, Iraq, OP/ED's, Politics, Republicans, Senate
