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By Jabari Asim
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By Alan Abramowitz
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Keith Olbermann handed L. Brent Bozell III the “Worst Person in the World” award for challenging NBC’s decision to refer to the Iraq war as a civil war. President of the Media Research Center, Bozell said of NBC’s decision, “Probably 100 generals in the field in Iraq would disagree.” Watch it
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washingtonpost.com
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Separate trips by Bush, Cheney and Rice to the Middle East were meant to demonstrate the administration’s diplomatic prowess but backfired when the Americans met with Arab leaders who were panicked, distraught and vocal.
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By Marie Cocco — The American people have to accept some responsibility for the Iraq fiasco and learn from past mistakes, or risk further disaster in the years ahead.
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telegraph.co.uk
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A classified U.S. government report leaked to The New York Times says the insurgency in Iraq has funds to sustain itself annually, thanks to oil smuggling, kidnapping and other nefarious activities. What’s more, the report finds insurgents may have enough money left over to finance terrorist activity outside Iraq—all while spending less in a year than the U.S. spends per day.
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whitehouse.gov
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The Iraq Study Group, set to meet with the president on Monday, may offer more in the way of political cover than genuine solutions to the problems facing Iraq. According to Iraq experts familiar with the panel’s work, many of its recommendations either have already been attempted or are unlikely to succeed.
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When the president is asked why he refuses to change strategies in Iraq, he often says: “I listen to our generals.” On Thursday’s “Daily Show,” Jon Stewart ripped apart that statement with a series of clips that showed top brass criticizing the war and the administration.
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The Washington Post has an interesting series that analyzes the mess in Mesopotamia.
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Mr. Fish
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America has allocated just under $320 billion to date on the Iraq war—a price tag so staggeringly large that it has almost become an abstraction. To help put that number into context, we’re asking our readers to chime in with suggestions as to what else you could buy for $320 billion. (Primer: $320 billion would fund America’s adoption of the Kyoto Protocol.)
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By Molly Ivins — The media continues to fizz with excitement at Bush’s “spontaneous” trip to Iraq, and his “eye to eye” with Prime Minister Maliki. However, continuously escalating violence reveals his visit to be just another misleading “Mission Accomplished” photo-op moment.
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According to the strategy being mulled, President Bush would simply declare victory over obesity and announce a plan to withdraw most low-carb products from supermarket shelves by the end of 2006. (satire)
Posted on Mar 3, 2006
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By Juan Cole — Retracing the steps of Shiite religious leaders and parties who have come to dominate the post-invasion process.
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