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Memory of Iraq war vote lingers over Congress' Syria decision - Al Jazeera America Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:39:10 GMT

Daily Beast

Memory of Iraq war vote lingers over Congress' Syria decision
Al Jazeera America
Sue Kelly wishes she could go back to 2002 and re-take her vote to authorize the war in Iraq. Eleven years ago, Kelly was a moderate Republican congresswoman from New York who, under pressure from the Bush administration, voted with 294 of her ...
Obama's Syria push stymied by Iraq fatigueUSA TODAY
The Cost Of Striking Syria: 4 Lessons From Iraq And AfghanistanWBUR
Obama Weekly Address: Syria 'Would Not Be Another Iraq Or Afghanistan'Huffington Post
Daily Beast -The Independent
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UN: Iraq to move last exile camp residents out - USA TODAY Sat, 07 Sep 2013 16:12:27 GMT

Press TV

UN: Iraq to move last exile camp residents out
USA TODAY
The U.N. mission to Iraq said Saturday that Iraqi authorities have ordered the remaining residents from Camp Ashraf to be moved to the Baghdad-area facility, a former U.S. military base known as Camp Liberty. Iraqi officials are expected to carry out ...
Iraq To Move Iranian Exiles From CampRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Situation at Camp Ashraf in IraqUS Department of State (press release)
Iraq orders Iran exiles to leave camp 'without delay'FRANCE 24
Press TV -Fox News
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British parliament still hungover from Iraq war - Al Jazeera America Sun, 08 Sep 2013 01:34:19 GMT

Al Jazeera America

British parliament still hungover from Iraq war
Al Jazeera America
Both sides invoked Iraq in last week's parliamentary debate. But the only lessons that were drawn were politically serviceable ones. In insisting that Britain must not get involved in “another Middle Eastern war,” the Labour Party implied that Iraq was ...
Tony Blair rejects claims Iraq experience affected Syria voteThe Guardian
Tony Blair: Iraq is not reason public is against Syria interventionThe Independent
Syria crisis: Tony Blair says Iraq 'difficulties' made MPs hesitant to actTelegraph.co.uk
IBTimes.co.uk -BBC News
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Gunmen kill 16 family members in Iraq - Al Jazeera America Sun, 08 Sep 2013 01:34:19 GMT

Al Jazeera America

Gunmen kill 16 family members in Iraq
Al Jazeera America
Armed men in Iraq shot dead 16 members of the same family Tuesday night before blowing up their two neighboring homes south of Baghdad, police and medics said. The attacks are the latest in a series of deadly incidents that has many Iraqis fearing a ...
Iraqis, Looking Across Border, See Replays of Past and Fears for the FutureNew York Times
Gunmen kill 10 family members in IraqCNN International
Iraq Is Still BurningThe American Prospect
Deseret News -IVCPOST -Zee News
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Md. Rep. Chris Van Hollen speaks from 1988 Iraq gas experience in backing ... - Washington Post Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:06:25 GMT

Md. Rep. Chris Van Hollen speaks from 1988 Iraq gas experience in backing ...
Washington Post
Congress's imminent debate over Syria dredges up painful memories for one local congressman who directly witnessed the horrific impact the last time a Middle Eastern country used poison gas to massacre its own citizens. In 1988, Rep. Chris Van Hollen ...


Report: US intercepts Iranian order for attack on US interests in Iraq - Chicago Tribune Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:55:38 GMT

Washington Post

Report: US intercepts Iranian order for attack on US interests in Iraq
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has intercepted an order from an Iranian official instructing militants in Iraq to attack U.S. interests in Baghdad in the event the Obama administration launches a military strike in Syria, the Wall Street ...
Iran-backed Iraqi militants threaten US interests inside Iraq in case of Syria ...Washington Post
US issues Iraq travel warning 'after Iran plot uncovered'Telegraph.co.uk
Iran Orders Militants in Iraq to Strike American Targets: OfficialsTIME
GlobalPost -PolicyMic
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Michael Moore Fact-Checks John Kerry's Selective Memory on Iraq - NewsBusters (blog) Sat, 07 Sep 2013 03:44:12 GMT

FrontPage Magazine

Michael Moore Fact-Checks John Kerry's Selective Memory on Iraq
NewsBusters (blog)
You know, Senator Chuck Hagel, when he was senator, Senator Chuck Hagel, now secretary of defense, and when I was a senator, we opposed the president's decision to go into Iraq but we know full well how that evidence was used to persuade all of us ...
Syria isn't Iraq, but the similarities outweigh the differencesAljazeera.com
Wolfowitz: Syria isn't Iraq 2003, it's Iraq 1991Hot Air
Obama on Syria vs. Obama on IraqFrontPage Magazine
DefenseNews.com -H4TV ENTERTAINMENT
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Iraq War groups MIA on Syria - Politico Fri, 06 Sep 2013 10:35:57 GMT

Politico

Iraq War groups MIA on Syria
Politico
For members of Congress, a vote to authorize the use of military force in Syria may be a vote to go it alone – politically. As lawmakers weigh the prospect of potential strikes to punish Syria's regime for the alleged use of chemical weapons, both ...

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Majority of Congress members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan oppose ... - al.com (blog) Sat, 07 Sep 2013 23:20:24 GMT

NewsBusters (blog)

Majority of Congress members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan oppose ...
al.com (blog)
United States Syria Crisis Demonstrators take part in a protest calling for no military action against Syria outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais). The majority of Iraq and Afghanistan ...
NBC's Mitchell Blames Iraq 'Hangover' for Obama's 'Credibility Gap' on SyriaNewsBusters (blog)

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Obama in weekly address: Syria won't be another Iraq or Afghanistan - CNN (blog) Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:04:12 GMT

Obama in weekly address: Syria won't be another Iraq or Afghanistan
CNN (blog)
(CNN) – President Barack Obama assured war-weary Americans in his weekly address Saturday that a potential military intervention in Syria wouldn't resemble the unpopular engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama and his allies are hurriedly working ...