Whether euphemized as "redeployment" or described frankly as withdrawal, the new strategy has moved into the mainstream. In this new context, the positions still being defended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are beginning to look increasingly marginalized.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GK29Ak01.html



A Journey That Ended in Anguish:

Col. Ted Westhusing, a military ethicist who volunteered to go to Iraq, was upset by what he saw. His apparent suicide raises questions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11160.htm



Watch The Video:

Trophy' video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11157.htm



The ties that tangle Iraq and Iran:

What stands out is that Washington resorted to grandstanding in order to cover up the accelerating collapse of its regional policy in Iraq, which surely casts a shadow on the US capacity to force its will on the Iran nuclear issue.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11165.htm


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