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Friday July 25, 2008 14:40 |
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Washington Post
July 23, 2008
Max Boot There is some irony in the fact that Democrats, after years of deriding Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as a hopeless bungler and conniving Shiite sectarian, are now treating as sacrosanct his suggestion that Iraq will be ready to assume responsibility for its own security by 2010. Naturally this is because his position seems to support that of Barack Obama. A little skepticism is in order here. The prime minister has political motives for what he's saying -- whatever that is. An anonymous Iraqi official told the state-owned Al-Sabah newspaper, "Maliki thinks that Obama is most likely to win in the presidential election" and that "he's got to take preemptive steps before Obama gets to the White House." By smoothing Obama's maiden voyage abroad as the Democratic nominee, Maliki may figure that he will collect chits that he can call in later. |
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Friday June 13, 2008 18:15 |
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7,805 civilian Iraqi lives were saved by the U.S. action taken in Iraq in May. That's compared to the number of lives that would have been expected to be taken under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. The Wall Street Journal estimates that Saddam was directly responsible for more than 2,000,000 deaths during his 20-year reign of terror. That averages out to 8,333 murders a month. So with 528 deaths last month, our actions in Iraq helped save 7,805 lives. Not only does May 2008 mark the lowest number of Iraqi civilian casualties since 2005, but other key figures are up, showing improvement in nearly every sector. Nearly twice as many Iraqis are drinking potable water and have access to proper sewage than did under Saddam's rule. More Iraqis are getting electricity for more hours a day than in Saddam's Iraq. More Iraqis have phones and 150 times more Iraqis have cell phones. And U.S. troop levels are down nearly 10% from just 8 months ago. Iraq: Key Figures Since the War began in 2003 ELECTRICITY: - Prewar nationwide: 3,958 megawatts. Hours per day (estimated): 4-8.
- May 26, 2008 nationwide: 4,110 megawatts. Hours per day: 9.9.
TELEPHONES:- Prewar land lines: 833,000
- April 4, 2008: 1,360,000
- Prewar cell phones: 80,000
- April 30, 2008: More than 12,000,000
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Tuesday June 10, 2008 00:15 |
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by David Horowitz The War in the Middle East is nearly sixty years old. Most people alive today are unfamiliar with its history and origins and lack knowledge of its facts. This state of ignorance provides a fertile ground for the unscrupulous to create myths that will justify their destructive agendas. The political propaganda machine has created many such myths to fuel their war against the Jewish state. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East that elects its leaders in free elections and guarantees rights to its citizens, and honors those rights. Yet Israel is the target of those who claim to be fighting for “human rights.” There are about a million and a half Arabs living as citizens in Israel who elect representatives to Israel’s parliament and who have more rights than the Arab citizens of any Arab state. Yet Israel is the target of those who claim to be fighting for “social justice.” Israel’s very creation is referred to by its Arab enemies as "the Nakba", or the “catastrophe,” the clear implication of which is that Israel should not exist. |
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Sunday April 13, 2008 01:20 |
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Wall Street Journal
By MELIK KAYLAN
Page A9
April 12, 2008 The recent violence in Sadrist areas of Baghdad should not distract us from the big picture. The capital city of Iraq is immensely more at peace than it was a year ago. This time last year, there were deep booms and the rattle of extended firefights from virtually all around the compass throughout the day and night. Such incidents are now a rare occurrence in a week. Some of the reasons for this progress are better known than others. The surge, the Awakening Councils and the neighborhood-based counterinsurgency program have received solid credit. But the condign effects of the Iraqis' own Baghdad Services Committee and Popular Mobilization Committee have garnered little attention outside Iraq, perhaps because they are led by Ahmed Chalabi, the returned exile who is far more controversial abroad than at home. Yet these days the committees' weekly government-level meetings are attended by ministers and American and Iraqi generals from David Petraeus on down. |
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