283 Bases, 170,000 Pieces of Equipment, 140,000 Troops, and an Army of Mercenaries: The Logistical Nightmare in Iraq

AlterNet by Jeremy Scahill | Mar. 30, 2009 (Opinion)
Why you'll be paying for the occupation for years to come, withdrawal or not.

Whether or not the Obama administration actually intends to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq in numbers large enough to claim to be "ending the war" as many believe, this kind of official review of the U.S. reality in Iraq -- and the congressional oversight to which Obama will (or will not) be subjected in the coming months -- bears intense scrutiny. Full Story »

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Subjects: Health, U.S., Politics, World, Sci/Tech
Topics: War in Iraq, U.S. Budget, Department of Defense, Obama Administration, U.S. Congress, Water
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 30, 2009 - 10:21 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Mar 30, 2009 - 10:31 PM PDT
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 by Randy Morrow - Mar. 31, 2009

This article recounts a GAO report about what an actual physical withdrawal from Iraq will entail and adds some pertinent questions and observations. See a related article here: http://www.alternet.org/story/107992

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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 30, 2009

Scahill does a rather thorough job a digging out information on unanswered questions in Iraq, from are we really withdrawing to logistics unplanned to the ethics of the US repairing the water and water treatment system it destroyed in the country.

War and wars. The people need to keep up the pressure to end these wars and the war profiteering. We are said to be leaving, but nobody is packing ... More »

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