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Funding for criminal inquiries of contracting in Iraq may be extended - Washington Post Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:29:47 GMT

NPR (blog)

Funding for criminal inquiries of contracting in Iraq may be extended
Washington Post
Stuart W. Bowen, the head of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, said the agency, known as SIGIR, expects to obtain at least 20 additional convictions and secure up to $100 million in restitution, forfeiture orders and ...
US aid spending unlikely to change, despite $8 billion wasted in IraqChristian Science Monitor
US Spent Too Much In Iraq, Got Little In Return, Watchdog Report SaysNPR (blog)
US rebuilding effort in Iraq 'achieved little'The Japan Times
ABC News (blog) -PBS NewsHour (blog)
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Iraq rebuilding is an $8 billion bust - MSNBC Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:02:21 GMT

Iraq rebuilding is an $8 billion bust
MSNBC
The Washington Post's Rajiv Chadrasekaran said its a “mind-boggling, sobering” report on The Daily Rundown Thursday. “The real question is: what did we get for this? You could argue that in some cases, yes, it bought short-term security. But the ...


10 Years After the Invasion of Iraq, a World of Hurt - New York Times (blog) Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:01:00 GMT

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10 Years After the Invasion of Iraq, a World of Hurt
New York Times (blog)
The revelation is, in the saddest possible way, the fulfillment of what James Fallows of The Atlantic magazine predicted six months before the March 19, 2003 invasion. In a piece last week taking stock of the real toll of the invasion of Iraq, Mr ...
Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in ...The Nation.
Politics Weekly podcast: Iraq war legacy, Hugo Chávez and 'Cameronomics'The Guardian
Nahlah Ayed: The Iraq invasion 10 years on, was it worth it?CBC.ca
The Daily News of Newburyport -The Interpreter -U-T San Diego
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Donald Rumsfeld must be indicted over Iraq militias - The Guardian Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:02:32 GMT

The Guardian

Donald Rumsfeld must be indicted over Iraq militias
The Guardian
A Guardian investigation reports that Colonel James Steele, a special forces veteran, was nominated by Rumsfeld to help organise paramilitaries to quell a growing Sunni insurgency in Iraq. Steele reported directly to Rumsfeld. The paramilitary groups ...


El Salvador to Iraq - The Guardian Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:00:31 GMT

Press TV

El Salvador to Iraq
The Guardian
The photo of US Col James Steele with your article on the involvement of US covert forces in torture in Iraq awakened chilling memories for me (Report, 7 March). I came across Steele while filming a documentary in El Salvador in 1982. This was at the ...
US ran secret torture centers in Iraq: ReportPress TV
From El Salvador to Iraq, the US torture trailThe Hindu
Pentagon's link to Iraq torture centers revealedHurriyet Daily News
Military.com -GovExec.com
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Reconciliation in Iraq is impossible without US truth about its dirty war - The Guardian (blog) Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:07:42 GMT

The Guardian (blog)

Reconciliation in Iraq is impossible without US truth about its dirty war
The Guardian (blog)
The investigation by the Guardian and the BBC into direct Pentagon involvement in the systematic torture of Sunni insurgents in Iraq is a bloody reminder of the catastrophe that the 2003 invasion wreaked on the people of Iraq. It also a key reason ...


Iraq 10 years on: from death to dollars - how Kurds struck it rich - The Independent Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:14:06 GMT

The Independent

Iraq 10 years on: from death to dollars - how Kurds struck it rich
The Independent
But there is no doubting international business enthusiasm for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the semi-independent enclave in northern Iraq that is prospering like no other part of the country. A Kurdish businessman says: “We are benefiting ...
UPDATE 2-Iraq parliament passes budget despite Kurdish boycottReuters
Parliament approves national budget for IraqU.S. News & World Report
UPDATE 1-Iraq parliament passes budget despite Kurdish boycottGlobalPost
Global Times -Rigzone -Naharnet
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Local Soldier Reacts To Report That Iraq Wasn't Worth It - CBS Local Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:52:52 GMT

CBS Local

Local Soldier Reacts To Report That Iraq Wasn't Worth It
CBS Local
The problems in Iraq have been published in a new report from the U.S. government that says that our intent in Iraq — which was to topple a corrupt government and make the country an independent ally to the US — has failed in a very disappointing way.


Iraq 10 years on: The Shia are in power in Iraq – but not in control - The Independent Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:26:23 GMT

The Independent

Iraq 10 years on: The Shia are in power in Iraq – but not in control
The Independent
Iraq is the first Arab country to be ruled by a Shia government since Saladin overthrew the Fatimids in Egypt in 1171. But Shia rule is deeply troubled, and Shia leaders have been unable to share power in a stable way that satisfies the Sunni, the ...
Iraq: A decade of despairVarsity Online
Muqtada al-Sadr Attacks Iraq's Integrity CommitteeAl-Monitor

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The Scars of the US War in Iraq - U.S. News & World Report (blog) Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:48:12 GMT

U.S. News & World Report (blog)

The Scars of the US War in Iraq
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Hard as we Americans might try to forget the failures of our foray into Iraq that began 10 years ago this month, a number of reports making headlines this week are unwelcome but necessary reminders that the episode will likely be viewed as one of the ...