28 Feb
Analysts repeatedly warned of insurgency’s growing threat
BY WARREN P. STROBEL AND JONATHAN S. LANDAY
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Posted on Tue, Feb. 28, 2006
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/13984828.htm
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly warned the White House beginning more than two years ago that the insurgency in Iraq had deep local roots, was likely to worsen and could lead to civil […]
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28 Feb
Zogby Poll: U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006
Released: February 28, 2006
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075
Le Moyne College/Zogby Poll shows just one in five troops want to heed Bush call to stay “as long as they are needed�
While 58% say mission is clear, 42% say U.S. role is hazy
Plurality believes Iraqi insurgents are mostly homegrown
Almost […]
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27 Feb
Army to Pay Halliburton Unit Most Costs Disputed by Audit
By JAMES GLANZ
Published: February 27, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/international/middleeast/27contract.html
The Army has decided to reimburse a Halliburton subsidiary for nearly all of its disputed costs on a $2.41 billion no-bid contract to deliver fuel and repair oil equipment in Iraq, even though the Pentagon’s own auditors had identified more […]
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24 Feb
Bush’s strong support of the Dubai ports deal isn’t so surprising in light of his family’s many financial ties to Arab sheikdoms.
By Joe Conason
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/02/24/ports_controversy/
Feb. 24, 2006 | To hear George W. Bush urge calm upon the nation is a refreshing change from his administration’s habitual encouragement of fear for political advantage…The president’s shift in […]
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24 Feb
Ports of Profit Dubai Does Brisk War Business
by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch
February 24th, 2006
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13322
Every morning, from dawn till about noon, cargo and passenger flights to Iraq and Afghanistan make Dubai airport’s Terminal Two possibly the busiest commercial terminal in the world for the “global war of terrorism.” Conveniently located between the two countries, […]
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