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Iraq Under US Occupation

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  1. 2004-12-09 December 9, 2004: Soldier’s Question about Vehicle Armor Provided by Reporter; Soldier Excoriated by Conservative Commentators
  2. 2004-12-14 December 14, 2004: President Bush Gives George Tenet and Others the Medal of Freedom
  3. 2004-12-15 December 15, 2004: Neoconservative Pundit Calls for Rumsfeld’s Replacement
  4. 2004-12-21 December 21, 2004: Iraqi Finance Minister Discusses Plans to Implement Neoliberal Economic Reforms
  5. 2005-01-08 January 8, 2005: Bush Administration Considering ‘Salvador Option’ for Iraq
  6. 2005-01-14 January 14, 2005: US Intelligence Concludes Iraq Has Become the New Main Training Ground for Terrorists
  7. 2005-01-14 January 14, 2005: Pentagon Official Wants ‘Core Group’ of Analysts Who Will ‘Carry Our Water’ in TV Appearances
  8. 2005-01-17 January 17-18, 2005: Military Analysts Attribute Iran Article to ‘Disgruntled CIA Employees Who… Should be Taken out and Shot’; Report Back to Pentagon with Results
  9. 2005-01-30 January 30, 2005: Iraqis Elect a National Assembly
  10. 2005-01-30 January 30, 2005: Inspector General Finds That $8.8 Billion in Iraqi Funds Handled by CPA Cannot be Accounted for
  11. 2005-03-04 March 4, 2005: Pentagon Military Analyst Program Producing ‘Huge Payback,’ Says Pentagon Official
  12. 2005-04-06 April 6, 2005: National Guardsman Sues over ‘Stop-Loss’ Deployment
  13. 2005-04-07 April 7, 2005: Iraqi National Assembly Elects Jalal Talabani as President
  14. 2005-04-15 April 15, 2005: Soldier Ordered to Redeploy under ‘Stop-Loss’ Policy
  15. 2005-04-28 April 28, 2005: Bayan Jabr Appointed Head of Interior Ministry
  16. 2005-05-03 May 3, 2005: Ibrahim Al-Jaafari and His Cabinet Are Sworn into Office
  17. 2005-05-03 After May 3, 2005: Men in Police Uniforms Begin Attacking Sunni Males
  18. 2005-05-09 May 9, 2005: Defense Official Still Not Sure Why Iraq War Did Not Go as Planned
  19. 2005-05-29 May 29, 2005: Al-Zarqawi Reportedly Flees to Iran
  20. 2005-06-01 June 1, 2005: Rumsfeld: Helping al-Zarqawi Would Be Helping al-Qaeda
  21. 2005-06-14 June 14, 2005: Iraq Oil Ministry Aims to Have Foreign Oil Companies Working In Iraq before End of 2006
  22. 2005-06-21 June 21, 2005: Pentagon Looks to ‘Expand the [Media] Echo Chamber’
  23. 2005-06-24 June 24-25, 2005: Selected Military Analysts Tour Guantanamo, Repeat Pentagon Talking Points in Media
  24. 2005-06-24 June 24, 2005: Pentagon Celebrates Analyst’s Performance on CNN
  25. 2005-06-24 June 24-27, 2005: CNN Analyst Characterizes Guantanamo as Safe, Modern; ‘Laughing’ Detainees Treated ‘Cordially’
  26. 2005-06-25 June 25, 2005: CNN Military Analyst Admits to Drinking ‘Government Kool-Aid’ as Part of Propaganda Operation
  27. 2005-06-27 June 27, 2005: Military Analyst Accuses Guantanamo Detainees of Abusing Soldiers, Follows Pentagon Script
  28. 2005-06-27 June 27, 2005: Military Analysts Take Part in Pentagon Media Strategy Sessions
  29. 2005-06-27 June 27, 2005: High Ranking Contracting Official Blasts Halliburton Contract at Hearing
  30. 2005-07-05 July 5, 2005: Pentagon Lists Specific Talking Points for Analysts, Pleased with Results
  31. 2005-07-30 July 30, 2005: Defense Contractor Plants Story in Iraqi Press
  32. 2005-08-02 August 2, 2005: Someone Pays Iraqi Newspaper $1500 to Publish Pro-American Story
  33. 2005-08-03 August 3-4, 2005: Military Analyst Fired for Criticizing US Strategy in Iraq
  34. 2005-08-06 August 6, 2005 and After: Peace Activist and Bereaved Mother Sets Up Vigil outside Bush Vacation Home
  35. 2005-08-06 August 6, 2005: Chalabi-Connected Baghdad Newspaper Reportedly Accepts Money to Run Article
  36. 2005-08-07 August 7, 2005: National Security Adviser, White House Aide Meet with Antiwar Protester
  37. 2005-08-11 August 11, 2005 and After: Right-Wing Commentators, Pundits Slam ‘Camp Casey’ Founder, Challenge Fact of Son’s Death
  38. 2005-08-12 August 12, 2005: Bush Drives Past Bereaved Mother, War Protesters
  39. 2005-08-24 August 24, 2005: White House Counters Antiwar Mother with Pro-War Mother
  40. 2005-08-27 August 27, 2005: Halliburton Contract Critic Demoted
  41. 2005-08-28 August 28, 2005: Iraqi Presidential Council Endorses Proposed Constitution, despite Sunni Objections
  42. 2005-08-28 11:31 am August 28, 2005: President Discusses Hurricane Katrina, Congratulates Iraqis on Draft Constitution
  43. 2005-09-17 September 17, 2005: Author Advocates US Mining 2,250 Miles of Iraqi Border
  44. 2005-09-25 September 25, 2005: New York Times Pundit Again Predicts Resolution in Iraq within Six Months
  45. 2005-09-28 September 28, 2005: New York Times Pundit Friedman Predicts Resolution in Iraq within Six Months—Again
  46. 2005-10-02 October 2, 2005: Broadcast Analyst and Author Submits Commentaries, Articles to Pentagon for Editing Before Release
  47. 2005-10-15 October 15, 2005: Iraqis Approve New Constitution
  48. 2005-11-01 November 1, 2005: War Reporter Battles Rumsfeld, Four Other Pentagon Officials Over Iraq Policies
  49. 2005-11-17 November 17, 2005: Democrat Introduces Bill to Compel Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq
  50. 2005-11-17 November 17, 2005: Conservative Democrat Murtha Calls for Immediate Troop Withdrawals