Here are what I think are the top ten myths about Iraq, that one sees in print or on television in the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11394.htm

The US coalition in Iraq saw its size dwindle today as Ukraine and Bulgaria said all of their troops had left the country while Poland said it would remain, but reduce its number of troops by 600 next year.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=167241516&p=y67z4zzzz


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The U.S. exit strategy is similar to the one used by the French to drag the Americans into Vietnam before they left. In this way Shiite Iran will become a "partner in the occupation of Iraq" and inevitably find itself head-to-head with the Sunni-led national Iraqi resistance.

http://tinyurl.com/9tu6p


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By BBC

More than 100 MPs from across the Commons have backed a call for an inquiry by senior MPs into the handling of the Iraq war and its aftermath. The MPs include 49 Lib Dems, 26 Conservatives and 20 from Labour.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11384.htm

"Remember the Fallen Heroes," the sign reads, and then it ticks off numbers - the number of American troops killed in Iraq, the number wounded, the number of days gone by since this war began. The sign, put up by a former soldier, has stirred intense debate in this city along the edge of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/122705E.shtml

The commander of American-run prisons in Iraq says the military will not turn over any detainees or detention centers to Iraqi jailers until American officials are satisfied that the Iraqis are meeting United States standards for the care and custody of detainees.

http://tinyurl.com/7vso3


From Information Clearing House



Torture Inc. Americas Brutal Prisons:

Savaged by dogs, Electrocuted With Cattle Prods, Burned By Toxic Chemicals, Does such barbaric abuse inside U.S. jails explain the horrors that were committed in Iraq?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8451.htm

Danger and anti-war stance keep celebrities away.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1673781,00.html


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In pictures:

Their portraits and their stories compel attention, not because they have endured worse than others, but because their miseries are so commonplace.

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From Information Clearing House

12/25/05 " Ninemsn"

The top US military commander admitted Sunday that Iraqis wanted US and other foreign troops to leave the country "as soon as possible," and said US troop levels in Iraq were now being re-assessed on a monthly basis.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11379.htm