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Norman Lear: Lyndon Johnson, His National Security Advisor and His Secretary of Defense Say It All...to the US. It's happening. Obama should feel no obligation to continue wasting American lives and treasure to perpetuate Dick Cheney's invasion of Iraq for its oil and Afghanistan for that natural gas pipeline. Waging war against two... In this article: Barack Obama, Lyndon B. Johnson, Afghanistan, US, Bill Moyers, Vietnam, Dick Cheney, and Dredd |
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CNN | 6 days ago
DCCC slams Shadegg for suggesting Bloomberg's daughter will be kidnapped
...new for the GOP. Joseph McCarthy did it in the 50's with the dominoes theory; George Bush and Dick Cheney did it after 911 to justify the Iraq invasion; and, they're doing it today in their opposition to everything Obama does. Remember...
In this article: Republican Party, John Shadegg, Michael Bloomberg, Sarah Palin, New York City, Al Queda, George Bush, and New Jersey
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New York Post | October 23, 2009
O fires back at Cheney
...a decision on Afghan strategy. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the Bush administration focused on Iraq, a conflict that Cheney forcefully promoted, at the expense of the war in Afghanistan. Gladly pay you tuesday: The only...
In this article: Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, John Kerry, Hawaii, Robert Gibbs, George Soros, The Stepford Wives, and Christopher Walken
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washingtonpost.com | November 02, 2009
Fine Print: Cheney had his own reading of 'classified'
...FBI report. Cheney said he had made "numerous statements about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction which were based on and, in some cases, tracked his reading of classified information," including a then-classified Iraq NIE. He added that...
In this article: Richard B. Cheney, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Joseph C. Wilson IV, Valerie Plame Wilson, CIA, FBI, Uranium, and Judith Miller
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CBS News | November 01, 2009
Cheney FBI Interview: 72 Instances Of Can't Recall
...to answer. Fitzgerald had gathered evidence that Cheney apparently persuaded President George W. Bush to hurriedly declassify portions of a prewar National Intelligence Estimate on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The...
In this article: Dick Cheney, FBI, Valerie Plame, Patrick Fitzgerald, CIA, George W. Bush, National Intelligence Estimate, and Washington
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New Jersey On-Line | 1 day ago
N.J. National Guard's suicide prevention efforts draw national attention
...corporations and special interests. I am sure Dick Chaney is relishing his lifestyle having directly profited from the war as one of his subsidiary Haliburton companies is responsible for the camps in Iraq. They are aslo responsible for...
In this article: Suicide, Mike Mullen, Department of Veterans Affairs, Joint Chiefs of Staff, New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and Dick Chaney
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Daily Kos | 5 days ago
David Broder Doesn't Care If We Get It Wrong In Afghanistan
...Get It Wrong In Afghanistan Joining the cast of characters who were wrong about Iraq and who are now demanding that President Obama act now on a decision about troop levels in Afghanistan, is David Broder. But Broder's call for a rush to...
In this article: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Washington, Dick Cheney, Kabul, and U.S.
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South Bend Tribune | November 06, 2009
Former Vice President Dick Cheney focuses on 'international issues' :Takes aim at Obama's policies.
...political and military achievements in the country made since the Bush administration's "bold" decision in 2007 to increase troop levels there. "In Iraq, it's vitally important that Obama, in his rush to withdraw troops, does not...
In this article: Dick Cheney, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Stanley McChrystal, Lake Michigan College, Justice Department, and Fort Hood, Texas
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USATODAY.com | October 31, 2009
Cheney told FBI he didn't know about leaker
The FBI summary of Cheney's interview from 2004 reflects the deep concern the vice president had about Plame's husband, Bush White House critic Joseph Wilson, who said the administration had twisted prewar intelligence on Iraq.
In this article: Dick Cheney, FBI, Valerie Plame, Washington, All rights reserved, USA Today, CIA, and Joseph Wilson
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Yahoo! News | November 15, 2009
Obama takes heat on Afghan timing (Politico)
...20 hours. The White House has been deliberately portraying the process as thorough, emphasizing the opposing views the president has considered, as a way of positing a contrast with President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq. But former...
In this article: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Robert Gibbs, Afghanistan, Mitt Romney, George W. Bush, White House, and Los Angeles Times
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The Republic of Iraq Jumhūrīyat Al-Irāq, كماری عراق, Komara Îraqê, Assyrian: ܥܝܪܐܩ), also known as Mesopotamia, is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.
Iraq shares borders with Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (35 miles) on the northern Persian Gulf. The capital city, Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد ), is in the center-east of the country.
Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through the centre of Iraq, flowing from north to south. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the steppe and desert landscape that covers most of Western Asia.
Historically, Iraq was known in Europe by the Greek eponym 'Mesopotamia' (Land between the rivers); after the foundation of the Kingdom of Iraq in 1932, it became known by its ancient endonym 'Iraq'. Iraq has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is identified as the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing and the wheel.
Beginning with the invasion in 2003, a multinational coalition of forces, mainly American and British, occupied Iraq.
- Name:
- Iraq
- Capital:
- Baghdad
- Language:
- Arabic, Kurdish
- Motto:
- الله أكبر
- Largest City:
- Baghdad
- Government type:
- Developing parliamentary republic
- Founding Date:
- October 15, 2005
- Formations:
- from the United Kingdom
- Area:
- 438,317
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $114.151 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $68.553 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $2,195
- Time Zone:
- GMT+3
- Currency:
- Iraqi dinar
- Demonym:
- Iraqi
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- IQD
- Country Calling Code:
- 964
- ccTLD:
- .iq
- Anthem:
- Mawtini
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