Tag: Iraq

Friday, December 26, 2008

1. For first time, Christmas official holiday in Iraq - Yahoo! News (via):

   Iraq’s Christians, a scant minority in this overwhelmingly Muslim country, quietly celebrated Christmas on Thursday with a present from the government, which declared it an official holiday for the first time.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

1. Little Green Footballs - War's Over, We Won (No Thanks to Barack Obama).

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

1. Fox News: Obama: Surge Succeeded Beyond ‘Wildest Dreams’ (via):

   The troop surge in Iraq has been more successful than anyone could have imagined, Barack Obama conceded Thursday in his first-ever interview on FOX News’ “The O’Reilly Factor.”
   
   As recently as July, the Democratic presidential candidate declined to rate the surge a success, but said it had helped reduce violence in the country. On Thursday, Obama acknowledged the 2007 increase in U.S. troops has benefited the Iraqi people.
   
   “I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated,” Obama said while refusing to retract his initial opposition to the surge. “I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.”

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