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Why is the DoD Making it Available to Insurgents,Terrorists?
Your IraqSlogger editors are stunned that the Pentagon has released to the entire world and posted on the Web the U.S. military's new 282-page counterinsurgency war-fighting manual.
This is the first post-9/11 "war on terror"-era U.S. military counterinsurgency manual - the long-awaited doctrine meant in part to help turn the tide for U.S. forces in Iraq...
12/16/2006 4:55 PM ET
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Criticizes News Media's Iraq Coverage as Unfairly Negative
Developments
Exclusive
U.S.'s Enemies Dissect 282-Page Counterinsurgency Manual
Jihadists and their supporters are reading and mocking the Pentagon's new
counterinsurgency field manual, which was released publicly and posted on several Department of
Defense Web sites Friday even though it addresses such sensitive topics as
intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting.
One Arabic-language jihadist Web site linking to...
12/18/2006 00:22 AM ET
Media
See it here
Classified report tells of "something" causing curious damage and minor injuries
A classified U.S. military incident report, leaked to Wikileaks, describes the incident only as “While on patrol, the tank was hit by ‘something’”.
The damage to the M-1 was sustained in an “urban street market” in Baghdad, and is documented in photos and written narrative, which includes the following....
10/20/2008 2:15 PM ET
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WH Spokeswoman: It's Been Three Months Since I Faced Sustained Iraq Questions
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Internet Giant's Server Relays US-Targeted English-Language Propaganda
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Two Senior Senators Debate the War on Sunday's Meet the Press
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Army Holds Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Vehicle Demonstration
Opinions
Photo Gallery
Gabriel Buoys/AFP/Getty
A demonstrator marches against the Iraq war 27 October 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Anti-war protestors gathered in 11 cities across the US to rally.
10/28/2007 12:11 PM ET
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Read Full Text of Retired General's Controversial Speech Here
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RAND Study Warns About Assuming Too Much About US Capabilities
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Hill Police Remove Demontrators Who Refused to Keep Quiet
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Former US Official Talks About Petraeus, Vietnam, Allawi, and the Future of Iraq
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Tells Troops AQ in Iraq Part of Network Behind 9/11; Says "Al Qaeda" 95 Times
Policy
read it here
Joint Letter: 43 Advocacy Groups Laud President's Promises, but Hope For Action
Over 40 American-based relief and advocacy organizations have sent a joint letter to President Barack Obama urging his administration to engage Iraqi society in relief and reconstruction efforts, including community-based development schemes and support for Iraq's vulnerable refugee population. Full text of the missive, along with a list of the 43...
03/05/2009 8:53 PM ET
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RI: Millions of Iraqi Displaced are "Running out of Resources"
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US Commission on Religious Freedom Says Iraqi Religous Groups Under Threat
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Think Tank's New Analysis of War Budgeting since 2001
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Bowen Finds "Nascent Normalcy" in Iraq; Corruption a "Second Insurgency"
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Front Companies Bilk Ministry for Millions of Reconstruction Dollars, Iraqis Say
Conflict
Honor for Soldier Who Sacrificed Life for Others in Iraq
Mark Heeter/U.S. Army
Memorial Service at Germany base
Ben Murray/Stars and Stripes
McGinnis just days before his death in Baghdad
The Wednesday edition of "Stars and Stripes" fronts a memorial service for two 1st Infantry Division soldiers, including Ross Andrew McGinnis, who jumped on a grenade thrown into his Humvee, saving the life of the four others in the truck.
The moving story.
EJ
12/12/2006 10:00 PM ET
Reports
Newsweek Exclusive: Crane, Petreaus Produce New Doctrine
"Sometimes the more you protect yourself, the less secure you may be." -- new U.S. military counter-insurgency manual
The Pentagon has issued a 279-page guidebook to counter-insurgency warfare. Here is the story from Newsweek's Dan Ephron.
12/15/2006 9:10 PM ET
News
DC Buzz
Iraqi Parties in Roundtable Discussion on US Policy after Bush
obama.senate.gov.
Sen. Barack Obama surveys Baghdad by helicopter with Gen. David Petraeus in July 2008.
Six Iraqi politicos and policy analysts presented their agendas for the new American president in a roundtable discussion in Washington last month. The discussion, hosted by the US Institute for Peace (USIP), included former Iraqi officials,...
11/10/2008 2:55 PM ET
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Cellist/Director of Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra plays to sold-out crowd
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Inspector General Says US Troops Acted Lawfully; Reuters Disputes Conclusions
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Alleged Contractor Trafficking in Prostitutes, Black Market Guns; Other Abuses
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Kerry Tops Bipartisan List; Watchdog Fears Conflict of Interest in Iraq Policy
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Allege KBR Fleecing American Taxpayers Out of Nearly $100 Million a Year
