Posts Tagged ‘ Vietnam ’

Out of 4.5 million, only 459 children are in government care. About 800 orphans at the time of this report were being held in Iraqi prisons, 100 of these in American prisons, charged as terrorists, notes Dennis Loo. [This is a slightly edited version of a talk Dennis Loo gave at a Fundraiser for Iraqi...
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WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (IPS) – The decision by President-elect Barack Obama to keep Robert M. Gates on as defence secretary has touched off a debate over whether Obama can pursue his commitment to rapid withdrawal from Iraq even though Gates has defended George W. Bush’s surge policy and opposed Obama’s 16-month timetable for withdrawal....
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A U.S. army soldier from Fox Troop, Sabre Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, sets a mud hut on fire in a deserted village on the outskirts of Balad Ruz, in Diyala province, some 75 kilometers ( 46.6 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Soldiers from Fox Troop burned down a deserted...
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بشكل صريح يكشف خبير أميركي في الشؤون السياسية عن التهديد بسيناريو لا ينهي حكومة (المالكي) بل الأحزاب الرئيسة التي يقود سلطتها، عبر انقلاب شبيه بآخر رعته واشنطن في فييتنام الجنوبية زمن الحرب ضد فييتنام الشمالية. ويطرح السيناريو أيضا تخوفات من أن لا تكون مطالبة (المالكي) بجدولة الانسحاب مرتبطة بمناخ الانتخابات، ويعني هذا أن إصراره...
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