On Apr 2, 8:06=A0pm, Reggie <Reggie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Latest News-at-a-Glance
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>
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>
> General William Odom Tells Senate Rapid Withdrawal Is Only Solution
> Wednesday, 02 April 2008 22:47
>
> TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON IRAQ
> By William E. Odom, LT General, USA, Ret.
>
> 2 April 2008
>
> Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. It is an honor
> to appear before you again. The last occasion was in January 2007, when
> the topic was the troop surge. Today you are asking if it has worked.
> Last year I rejected the claim that it was a new strategy. Rather, I
> said, it is a new tactic used to achieve the same old strategic aim,
> political stability. And I foresaw no serious prospects for success.
>
> I see no reason to change my judgment now. The surge is prolonging
> instability, not creating the conditions for unity as the president
claims=
..
>
> Last year, General Petraeus wisely declined to promise a military
> solution to this political problem, saying that he could lower the level
> of violence, allowing a limited time for the Iraqi leaders to strike a
> political deal. Violence has been temporarily reduced but today there is
> credible evidence that the political situation is far more fragmented.
> And currently we see violence surge in Baghdad and Basra. In fact, it
> has also remained sporadic and significant in
> several other parts of Iraq over the past year, notwithstanding the
> notable drop in Baghdad and Anbar Province.
>
> More disturbing, Prime Minister Maliki has initiated military action and
> then dragged in US forces to help his own troops destroy his Shiite
> competitors. This is a political setback, not a political
> solution. Such is the result of the surge tactic.
>
> More...
>
> NATO Allies Turn Down Bush Request
> Wednesday, 02 April 2008 22:34
>
> BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic
> setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put
> former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward
> membership in the Western military alliance.
>
> The decision, to be made final on Thursday, was sure to be cheered by
> Moscow, which heatedly opposes NATO's eastward expansion.
>
> In another sign of discord, Greece blocked Macedonia's request to join
> the 26-nation alliance because of a dispute over its name. Only Croatia
> and Albania will be invited as new members.
>
> It was a sour outcome for Bush at his final NATO summit as he sought to
> polish his foreign policy legacy. Instead, he wound up sidetracked by
> opposition and splits among European allies.
>
> More...
>
> Body armor questioned
> Wednesday, 02 April 2008 22:13
>
> WASHINGTON - The Army can't be sure some of its body armor met safety
> standards, partly because it didn't do proper paperwork on initial
> testing of the protective vests, a Defense Department audit said.
>
> Democratic Rep. Louise M. Slaughter of New York, who requested the
> department inspector general's report, on Wednesday demanded the firing
> of officials responsible. But the Army said the gear is safe and the
> issue is a disagreement over when and what type of testing is required.
>
> More...
>
> Military Feels Fuel-Cost Gouge in Iraq
> Wednesday, 02 April 2008 21:53
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Think you're being gouged by Big Oil? U.S. troops in
> Iraq are paying almost as much as Americans back home, despite burning
> fuel at staggering rates in a war to stabilize a country known for its
> oil reserves.
>
> Military units pay an average of $3.23 a gallon for gasoline, diesel and
> jet fuel, some $88 a day per service member in Iraq, according to an
> Associated Press review and interviews with defense officials. A penny
> or two increase in the price of fuel can add millions of dollars to U.S.
> costs.
>
> Critics in Congress are fuming. The U.S., they say, is getting suckered
> as the cost of the war exceeds half a trillion dollars - $10.3 billion a
> month, according to the Congressional Research Service.
>
> More...
>
> 'US allies' killed in Iraq ambush
> Wednesday, 02 April 2008 19:37
>
> Gunmen have killed four people and kidnapped four more at a fake
> checkpoint in Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
>
> Reports say those killed were members of an Awakening Council, a
> US-allied Sunni militia movement fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq.
>
> More...
>
> =A0 Bush official fails to show for polar bear hearing
> Wednesday, 02 April 2008 18:29
>
> WASHINGTON - Sen. Barbara Boxer held a hearing Wednesday to find out why
> the Bush administration has put off deciding whether to list Alaska's
> polar bears as a threatened species. But her star witness, Interior
> Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, didn't show.
>
> "This listing is months overdue, in violation of the Endangered Species
> Act," the California Democrat said at the hearing of the Senate
> Environmental and Public Works Committee.
>
> More...
>
> Belarus Wants US Mission Cut
> Wednesday, 02 April 2008 17:20
>
> MINSK, Belarus (AP) - Belarus called on the United States Wednesday to
> cut its embassy staff in Minsk to a skeleton crew of seven people.
>
> It was the latest demand in a diplomatic dispute between the former
> Soviet republic's authoritarian government and the United States, one of
> Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's fiercest critics.
>
> The U.S. ambassador left Belarus last month and the U.S. Embassy cut its
> staff from 35 to 17 under pressure from Lukashenko's government, which
> made similar cuts at its embassy in Washington.
>
> Lukashenko wants the U.S. to lift sanctions imposed against its
> state-controlled oil-processing and chemicals company, Belneftekhim.
>
> More...
>
> Ecuador plans foreign bases ban
> Wednesday, 02 April 2008 16:53
>
> Ecuadorian lawmakers have approved a constitutional change that would
> outlaw foreign military bases on its soil.
>
> The approval throws into doubt the future of a key US base in the South
> American country.
>
> The US has its only South American base in the town of Manta but its
> 10-year lease is up for renewal next year.
>
> More.
>
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We need to get out of all this Republitarded wankitty war
immediately, if not sooner eh!
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