Word: iraq
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...inner circle who had largely not served in the U.S. armed forces. The odd man out during the drumbeat for war was Colin Powell, whose long military career included serving in Vietnam and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His voice of caution against entanglement in Iraq resulted in his getting pushed out by the "believers." It's too bad they didn't listen to the one man who knew what he was talking about. Lieut. Commander Eric L. Jewett, U.S. NAVY (RET.), LOS GATOS, CALIF...
...inner circle who had largely not served in the U.S. armed forces. The odd man out during the drumbeat for war was Colin Powell, whose long military career included serving in Vietnam and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His voice of caution against entanglement in Iraq resulted in his getting pushed out by the "believers." It's too bad they didn't listen to the one man who knew what he was talking about. Lieut. Commander Eric L. Jewett, U.S. Navy (ret.) Los Gatos, Calif...
...Rumsfeld Afghanistan.' LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina Senator, referring to former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's decision--now widely perceived to have been a mistake--to limit the number of troops on the ground in Iraq; Graham is lobbying to deploy more soldiers to Afghanistan...
...Baghdad A Bloody August The chaos of Iraq's recent past has returned to parts of the country. Since Aug. 1, bombings have killed more than 150 people, many of them Shi'ites in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul. The attacks represent the worst violence since U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq's cities on June 30 and mark the end of a period of declining bloodshed. So far, Shi'ites have resisted anti-Sunni reprisals...
...have a message to all of the brothers, the journalists, and all the politicians," Attiya said, "What has happened is so big and sad and it reached all of the Iraqi people in all its factions, because this act didn't target the government or a specific sect in Iraq, or the security apparatus performance, or other blocks in the parliament. But this targeted all the Iraqi people." He went on to say that Iraqis "should stand in a cohesive way with its national government security apparatus who stays awake all night to secure them. We have to confirm today...