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Iraq Under US Occupation

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  1. 2005-11-18 November 18-21, 2005: Republican Representative Calls Decorated War Veteran a ‘Coward’ for Advocating Troop Withdrawals
  2. 2005-11-18 November 18, 2005: House Republicans Attempt to Clog Debate on Troop Withdrawal By Offering ‘Stunt Resolution’
  3. 2005-11-30 November 30, 2005: Bush ‘Military Strategy Proposal’ Actually Rehashed PR Document
  4. 2005-12-18 December 18, 2005: Iraq Cuts Fuel Subsidies
  5. 2005-12-20 December 20, 2005: New York Times Pundit Friedman Once Again Predicts Resolution in Iraq within Six Months
  6. 2005-12-21 December 21, 2005: New York Times Pundit Friedman Predicts, Again, Resolution in Iraq Within Six Months
  7. 2005-12-23 December 23, 2005: IMF Approves $685 Loan for Iraq
  8. 2006-01-12 January 12, 2006: Syrian Exile ‘Wants to Be the Next Chalabi,’ Warns German Security Expert
  9. 2006-01-14 January 14, 2006: Lawsuit Against ‘Stop-Loss’ Deployment Dismissed
  10. 2006-01-23 January 23, 2006: New York Times Pundit Friedman: US Will Know ‘after Six to Nine Months’ If Iraq Can Be Successful
  11. 2006-02-11 February 11, 2006: Former Army General Says US Program to Rebuild Iraqi Army Crippled from Outset
  12. 2006-02-17 February 17, 2006: Rumsfeld Defends Defense Department Program that Plants Stories in Iraqi Newspapers
  13. 2006-02-22 February 22, 2006: ’Golden Mosque’ is Bombed by Men in Paramilitary Uniforms
  14. 2006-02-23 February 23, 2006: US Army Major General Says There was No Warning of Attack on Mosque
  15. 2006-03-02 March 2, 2006: New York Times Pundit Friedman Again Predicts Iraq in ‘End Game,’ Situation Will Be Resolved within ‘Six to Nine Months’
  16. 2006-03-02 March 2, 2006: Conservative Columnist Reconsidering Earlier Support for Iraqi Occupation, Says Facts Contradict Administration’s View
  17. 2006-03-19 March 19, 2006: Former Iraqi Prime Minister: ‘If This Is Not Civil War, Then God Knows What Civil War Is’
  18. 2006-04-01 March 31-April 1, 2006: Rice: Strategy in Iraq Correct, but US Made ‘Thousands’ of ‘Tactical Errors’
  19. 2006-04-09 April 9, 2006: Retired General: Iraq War Caused by ‘Ignorant’ Civilian ‘Zealots’ in White House, Pentagon
  20. 2006-04-10 April 10, 2006: US Propaganda Campaign to Exaggerate Role of Al-Zarqawi to US and Iraq Audiences Is Exposed
  21. 2006-04-13 April 13-14, 2006: Three Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld’s Resignation
  22. 2006-04-14 April 14-16, 2006: Rumsfeld Counters ‘Generals’ Revolt’ with Military Analysts
  23. 2006-04-16 April 16, 2006: Iraq Commander Says Rumsfeld Refused Requests for More Troops during Iraq War
  24. 2006-04-16 April 16, 2006: Three Military Analysts Defend Rumsfeld from Other Generals’ Call for Resignation, Echo One Another’s Arguments
  25. 2006-04-18 April 18, 2006: Military Analysts Confer with Rumsfeld on How to Shape Perceptions of War
  26. 2006-04-23 April 23, 2006: New York Times Pundit Predicts, Again, Resolution in Iraq within ‘Weeks or Months’
  27. 2006-05-03 May 3, 2006: Iraq Rebuilding Behind Schedule While US Builds World’s Biggest Embassy There
  28. 2006-05-06 May 6-11, 2006: New York Times Pundit Has Predicted Resolution in Iraq ‘within Six Months’ for Almost Three Years
  29. 2006-05-18 May 18, 2006: Former CIA Baghdad Station Chief Apparently Named
  30. 2006-05-20 May 20, 2006: Permanent Iraq Government Takes Power
  31. 2006-05-23 May 23, 2006: Evidence Indicates Karl Rove May be Involved in Pentagon Propaganda Operation
  32. 2006-05-23 May 23, 2006: Iraq’s New Oil Minister Says Country Needs an Oil Law to Guarantee Rights of Foreign Companies
  33. 2006-06-01 June 1-2, 2006: Military Analyst Receives Pentagon Help in ‘Trying to Put the Best Possible Face on’ Shooting of Iraqi Civilians by Marines
  34. 2006-06-08 June 8, 2006: Al-Zarqawi Reported Killed in Iraq; His Importance and Extent of Al-Qaeda Ties Remain in Dispute
  35. 2006-06-11 June 11, 2006: New York Times Pundit Friedman Attempts to Explain His ‘Six-Month Resolution’ Predictions for Iraq Made Regularly Since 2003
  36. 2006-06-30 June 30, 2006: Bin Laden Possibly Releases New Audio Message Lionising Zarqawi
  37. 2006-07-04 July 4, 2006: New Law in Iraq Encourages Foreign Investment
  38. 2006-07-08 July 8, 2006: Contractor Supervisor Allegedly Shoots at Iraqi Civilians
  39. 2006-07-10 July 10, 2006: Triple Canopy Employees Report Shooting Incident
  40. 2006-07-18 July 18, 2006: US Energy Secretary Calls on Iraqi Government to Pass New Oil Law Opening Up Iraq’s Oil Industry to Foreign Investment
  41. 2006-07-26 (July 26, 2006): Iraq Oil Minister Says Drafting of New Oil Law Underway
  42. 2006-08-03 August 3, 2006: Supreme Commander of US Forces Abizaid: Civil War in Iraq a Distinct Possibility
  43. 2006-08-03 August 3, 2006: Senator Clinton: Bush Should Accept Rumsfeld’s Resignation
  44. 2006-08-04 August 4, 2006: New York Times Pundit Friedman Finally Gives Up on ‘Six Months’ to Resolve Iraq, Declares Time to Withdraw
  45. 2006-09-08 September 8, 2006: Senate Finds White House Lied about Links between Iraq, Al-Qaeda
  46. 2006-09-22 September 22, 2006: Congressional Budget Office Report Points to Lack of Accountability by US Executive Branch of Government
  47. 2006-10-05 October 5, 2006: Former Marine Chief of Staff: Rumsfeld Has ‘Systematically Emasculated’ the US Military; Iraq a ‘Debacle’
  48. 2006-10-06 October 6, 2006: Defense Department Inspector General Concludes that Pentagon Contract to Plant Stories in Iraqi Media was Lawful
  49. 2006-10-18 October 18, 2006: US Military’s Central Command Says Iraq Sliding towards ‘Chaos’
  50. 2006-10-22 October 22, 2006: Study Shows Media Deliberately Chose Shots of 2003 Statue Toppling that Gave Impression of Large, Celebrating Crowds of Iraqis