Troops Iraq British | Iraqi lawmakers reach deal on non-U.S. troops

December 21, 2008 by frankls · Leave a Comment
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Iraqi and British soldiers during an Iraqi army training session in Basra last week.Iraqi lawmakers reach deal on non-U.S. troops
Iraq’s main political parties Sunday reached a deal designed to allow non-U.S. foreign troops to stay in the country past the end of the year, when a United Nations resolution authorizing their presence expires.

The deal would set a deadline of July 31, 2009, for all non-U.S. foreign troops to withdraw, according to Abdul Hadi al-Hassani, a lawmaker with the main Shiite parliamentary bloc, who spoke to Iraqi state television on Sunday.
The agreement awaits approval by Iraq’s Parliament, which is expected to vote on the measure on Monday, several Iraqi lawmakers said.

See more here Iraqi lawmakers reach deal on non-U.S. troops – CNN.com

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TV station urges release of shoe-throwing journalist

December 15, 2008 by frankls · Leave a Comment
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Bush speaks to U.S. troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Monday.TV station urges release of shoe-throwing journalist
An Iraqi TV reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush during a news conference remained in custody Monday, while judicial officials decided whether to charge him with assault.

Muntadhar al-Zaidi, a reporter for the TV channel Al-Baghdadia, faced testing for alcohol and drugs to determine his state of mind, said a government official, who requested anonymity.
At Sunday’s news conference, the journalist whipped off his shoes and hurled them at Bush during the president’s unannounced stop in Baghdad. The reporter called his shoe-throwing, a traditional insult in Arab culture, a "farewell kiss" to a "dog" who launched the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

See original here TV station urges release of shoe-throwing journalist – CNN.com

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Many people are saying it shows how far Iraq has come because the journalist would have been executed if he had thrown it at Saddam. True. But you are incredibly delusional if you think he would not face execution today if he threw shoes at an Iraqi general. Read the news on how everyday citizens face executions and very harsh punishment in the muslim world, yes including in Iraq TODAY.

Also read how much "freedom" there is in Afghanistan where men and women are brutalised, killed for anything and everything today. How the Northern Alliance are far worse on the locals than the Talibans ever were.

Most importantly, that journalist may not be killed but it still does not in any way justify the hundreds of thousands people killed in Iraq as result of this war.
Buck Ofama: you mean like the Iraqi guy who threw the shoes? ;) Or all those hundreds of thousands protesting against Americans in Iraq?










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Gates: Afghanistan won’t need Iraq-level troop presence

December 13, 2008 by frankls · Leave a Comment
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to U.S. troops at Joint Base Balad in Iraq on Saturday.Gates: Afghanistan won’t need Iraq-level troop presence
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who arrived in Iraq in a surprise visit Saturday, said he doubts U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan will reach the levels attained in Iraq.

The Soviets, who invaded Afghanistan in the 1970s but left in early 1989 after failing to control the country, had 120,000 troops but lost because they didn’t have the support of the people, Gates told troops at Balad Air Base, just north of Baghdad.
The U.S. military has about 31,000 troops in Afghanistan, less than a quarter of its total strength in Iraq.

Here is the original Gates: Afghanistan won’t need Iraq-level troop presence – CNN.com

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