http://troop.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for troop en Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:24:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037494 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout, but aims for a smaller, longer-term force that would remain in the country for years. One of the guiding principles is that the U.S. should leave Iraq more intellige Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:24:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037494iraqmilitarystrategytrooplevelsoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2037725 unknown@Netscape.com Across Iraq, millions of people are looking for safer places to live, and not finding them. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported last week that 4.2 million Iraqis have been forced out of their homes. There are also ominous signs that the 4-month-old US security plan for Baghdad is failing to reduce the level of violence. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:04:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037725iraqRefugeesUNcommissiontroopsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2026064 unknown@Netscape.com Three months after the start of the Baghdad security plan that has added thousands of American and Iraqi troops to the capital, they control fewer than one-third of the city's neighborhoods, far short of the initial goal for the operation, according to some commanders and an internal military assessment. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:53:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2026064bushtroopsurgeiraqbaghdadshortofgoalsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2024571 unknown@Netscape.com For the first time, the Bush administration is beginning to publicly discuss basing American troops in Iraq for years, even decades to come, a subject so fraught with political landmines that officials are tiptoeing around the inevitable questions about what the United States' long-term mission would be there. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:09:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024571bushtroopsurgeiraqwithdrawallongtermplansNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2023095 unknown@Netscape.com Nearly 2000 Iraqi civilians died in May, almost a third more than the previous month, government ministries reported, showing that after a brief improvement the country's conflicts are worsening. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:29:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2023095iraqwarciviltroopsurgeiraqideathsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2018514 unknown@Netscape.com Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) made an unannounced trip to Iraq today, telling reporters, 'what I see here today is progress, significant progress.' Hours later, he was confronted by U.S. soldiers with a very different message: 'We don't feel like we're making any progress.' Thu, 31 May 2007 05:45:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2018514bushtroopsurgeiraqliebermanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2014656 unknown@Netscape.com Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan commemorated Memorial Day by writing her "resignation letter as the 'face' of the American anti-war movement." Sheehan joined the anti-war movement in after her son, Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, 24, was killed on April 4, 2004, in Baghdad after his unit was attacked with small arms fire and rocket-propell Tue, 29 May 2007 02:44:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014656bushtroopsurgeCindysheehaniraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2012900 unknown@Netscape.com If there was ever any lingering doubt about whether the White House might finally be considering a redeployment, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol put those hopes to bed this morning on Fox News. He revealed that Bush is 'furious' over the NYT report and that the White House is aggressively pushing back on the story over the Memorial Day weekend. Sun, 27 May 2007 21:11:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2012900bushtroopwithdrawalnewyorktimesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2010826 unknown@Netscape.com Eight more U.S. soldiers have been killed in five attacks in different areas of Iraq over the past four days, the U.S. military said on Saturday. In the worst attack, three soldiers were killed and two were wounded while on patrol in Salahaddin Sat, 26 May 2007 23:26:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010826iraqwarciviltroopdeathssurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2009298 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush signed a bill Friday to pay for military operations in Iraq after a bitter struggle with Democrats in Congress who sought unsuccessfully to tie the money to U.S. troop withdrawals. Sat, 26 May 2007 02:48:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009298bushtroopsurgewarfundingbillNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2007262 unknown@Netscape.com As President Bush and Congress hammer out an Iraq war funding bill, a CBS News/New York Times poll shows the number of Americans who say the war is going badly has reached a new high, rising 10 percent this month to 76 percent. Thu, 24 May 2007 20:13:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2007262polliraqwarbushtroopsurgewithdrawalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2005114 unknown@Netscape.com Seeking to rally support for the war, President Bush released intelligence asserting that Osama bin Laden in 2005 ordered creation of a terrorist unit to hit targets outside Iraq, including the United States. Wed, 23 May 2007 17:12:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2005114bushtroopsurgeBinLadeniraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2006263 unknown@Netscape.com CBS Exclusive: With War Support and Army Wearing Thin, Goverment Calculates Iraq Pullout Costs And Timeframe. Wed, 23 May 2007 16:58:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2006263iraqwarplanbbushtroopsurgewithdrawalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004838 unknown@Netscape.com Twenty people were killed by a suicide bomber in a crowded cafe northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, while the U.S. military reported the deaths of seven more soldiers. Wed, 23 May 2007 14:05:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004838iraqwarcivilbaghdadtroopdeathsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004216 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday. The little-noticed second surge, designed to reinforce U.S. troops in Iraq, is being executed by sending more combat brigades and extending tours of duty for troops already there. Tue, 22 May 2007 17:30:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004216bushtroopsurgeiraqsecondNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1944774 unknown@Netscape.com The Democrats, in a meeting with Bush's top aides on Capitol Hill, said they would strip from a war spending bill billions of dollars in domestic spending that the White House had opposed. They also pledged to give Bush authority to waive compliance with a timetable to pull combat troops out of Iraq. But no agreement emerged. Fri, 18 May 2007 19:48:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1944774bushtroopsurgeiraqwarfundingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1923722 unknown@Netscape.com Iraq is on the brink of collapse and it can no longer be assumed that it will survive as a state, according to a report which spells out a bleak prognosis for the country. Published by respected international relations think tank Chatham House, it warned that the surge in US troop levels earlier this year has failed to stem the growth in violence. Thu, 17 May 2007 03:08:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1923722iraqbushtroopsurgeThinktankNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1869990 unknown@Netscape.com In the first 11 days of this month, there have already been 234 bodies - men murdered by death squads - dumped around the capital, a dramatic rise from the 137 found in the same period of April. Sun, 13 May 2007 16:05:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1869990iraqwartroopsurgesectarianviolencebaghdadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1870605 unknown@Netscape.com "The problem with the National Guard is not being exaggerated or overstated," said Loren Thompson, a military analyst at the Lexington Institute, a Virginia-based national security think tank. "It is very real, and it is a very big deal." Sun, 13 May 2007 02:49:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1870605bushtroopsurgeiraqGreensburgtornadonationalguardNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1860251 unknown@Netscape.com Now in the fifth year, Bill Moyers asks and tries to answer the question: How do you make tangible the true costs of the Iraq war? Video on Site. Sat, 12 May 2007 19:16:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1860251billMoyersbushiraqtroopsurgecostofwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1856875 unknown@Netscape.com Following up on this post, it did happen. Here's a screen grab from CNN International around midnight ET. This appeared on screen for 12 seconds. (Two seconds before, President Bush had appeared on screen, but the chyron accurately said "Pressure over Iraq.") Sat, 12 May 2007 05:31:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1856875bushtroopsurgeiraqResignscnnNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1854090 unknown@Netscape.com The Army is so undermanned that soldiers are going to Iraq for a year, coming home for a year - and heading right back to combat. "The U.S. military is too small to meet current needs or expected contingencies," write Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution and Fred Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute. Fri, 11 May 2007 20:36:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1854090bushtroopsurgeiraqamericasmilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1822194 unknown@Netscape.com VP Dick Cheney said Wednesday that Iraq remains a dangerous place, a point underscored by a thunderous explosion that rattled windows in the US embassy where he was. After talks with Iraqi military and political officials, he said Iraq's leaders seem to have a better sense now that they need to do more to reconcile sectarian, political differences. Wed, 09 May 2007 19:19:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1822194bushtroopsurgeiraqdangercheneyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1811395 unknown@Netscape.com Most Americans disagree with President Bush's decision last week to veto the war funding bill that contained a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. Wed, 09 May 2007 02:11:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1811395iraqwarbushtroopfundingdemocratsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1782093 unknown@Netscape.com Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich advised fellow conservatives not to talk about President Bush's record. "President Bush is not the future. He's not a solution. He doesn't solve Social Security. He doesn't solve Medicare. He doesn't solve the economy. He doesn't solve the environment. He doesn't solve education. He's a current fact." Mon, 07 May 2007 01:03:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1782093newtgingrichbushtroopsurgeiraqfailuresNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1752330 unknown@Netscape.com Bush's "surge" has put army and police checkpoints everywhere in Baghdad but Iraqis are terrified approaching them because they do not know if the men in uniform they see are in fact death squads. Sat, 05 May 2007 11:42:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1752330bushtroopsurgeiraqfailureNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1748677 unknown@Netscape.com The commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad says more fighting and more casualties are ahead in the coming months, as the U.S. surge of forces is completed and clashes with insurgents increase. Sat, 05 May 2007 00:50:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1748677iraqwarciviltroopsurgedeathsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1746865 unknown@Netscape.com House Democratic leaders are indicating they are not ready to back down in their confrontation with President Bush on Iraq, even as pressure mounts to approve new funding for U.S. troops. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other party leaders are considering a bill that would fund the war as Bush wants, but only guarantee the money through July. Fri, 04 May 2007 17:45:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1746865bushtroopsurgeiraqwarfundingcongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1724528 unknown@Netscape.com The Washington Post reports today that House and Senate leaders have made "the first major concession" in the Iraq debate: "an agreement to drop their demand for a timeline to bring troops home from Iraq." It turns out the report is false. Thu, 03 May 2007 20:08:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1724528bushtroopsurgeiraqwarfundingcongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1726878 unknown@Netscape.com "Two years after writing a law requiring highway 'Welcome to Texas' signs to tout the state as the home of President Bush, state Rep. Ken Paxton [yesterday] passed a bill that will remove the designation once the 43rd president leaves office." Thu, 03 May 2007 18:52:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1726878bushtroopsurgeiraqTexassignsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1694101 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush vetoed legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq Tuesday night in a historic showdown with Congress over whether the unpopular and costly war should end or escalate. Wed, 02 May 2007 01:15:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1694101bushVetoestroopwithdrawbillNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1659831 unknown@Netscape.com Maher may not be a doctor, but his diagnosis of Pres. Bush is pretty damn accurate. "Only a delusional person could watch Alberto Gonzales before Congress last week do everything but say 'no hablo ingles' and rip up a picture of the Pope and conclude that it increased his confidence in the man. That's called disassociation from reality." Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:58:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1659831bushtroopsurgeDisassociationfromrealitybillMaherNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1659830 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush's unpopularity and a string of political setbacks have created a toxic climate for the GOP as it struggles to raise money and recruit candidates for its drive to retake Congress. Some of the GOP's top choices to run for the House next year have declined, citing what Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., called a "poisonous" environment. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:17:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1659830bushtroopsurgeiraq2008presidentialraceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1649066 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush should sign legislation starting the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq on Oct. 1, retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom said Saturday. "I hope the president seizes this moment for a basic change in course and signs the bill Congress has sent him," Odom said, delivering the Democrats' weekly radio address. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:02:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1649066bushtroopsurgeiraqfundingbillLt.generalwilliamOdomNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1642772 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush warned Democrats Fri. not to "test my will" by passing new legislation on a US troop pullout from Iraq after he vetoes a bill passed by Congress this week. Bush invited Congress to discuss a way out of the standoff soon after he strikes down the bill, which ties $124B in war funds to a withdrawal that would start on Oct. 1. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:02:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1642772bushtroopsurgeiraqwarfundingcongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1631072 unknown@Netscape.com An Iraqi government spokesman criticized the U.S. Senate vote to begin withdrawing U.S. troops by Oct. 1. "We see some negative signs in the decision because it sends wrong signals to some sides that might think of alternatives to the political process," Ali al-Dabbagh told The Associated Press. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:05:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1631072bushtroopsurgeiraqwarfundingSenateNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1614659 unknown@Netscape.com As the Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House clash over an Iraq spending bill, with President Bush vowing to veto it because it contains withdrawal deadlines, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that a solid majority of Americans side with the Democrats Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:43:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1614659bushdemocratsiraqwartroopsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1610910 unknown@Netscape.com The walls the American military planned to erect in Baghdad seemed like a simple solution to a deadly problem: Sunni and Shi'ite enclaves would be physically separated, preventing each side's fighters from attacking the other's civilians. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:20:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1610910iraqwarciviltroopsurgebaghdadwallNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1602092 unknown@Netscape.com Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) attacked Congress' war funding bill today, claiming it was "the first time I know of ... that a country just announces that it's walking off the battlefield." Kyl didn't mention that on 2 occasions during the Clinton admin he voted in favor of setting a specific date for US troops to "walk off the battlefield&quot Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:35:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1602092iraqwarfundingcongresstroopwithdrawaljonkylNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1599158 unknown@Netscape.com Increasingly across Iraq, U.S. forces are leaving the comfort and safety of their fortified mega-bases and establishing small combat outposts and patrol bases like the one insurgents struck outside Baquba that left 9 dead and 20 soldiers wounded. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:39:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1599158iraqwarbushtroopsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1586406 unknown@Netscape.com What Reid said is 100 percent true, and he is not alone. For example, conservative columnist William F. Buckley is also on record saying that the war "has failed." It's no secret that Iraq has been torn apart and gutted as a result of the Unites March 2003 invasion. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:55:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1586406iraqwarbushtroopsurgeHarryReidNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1553477 unknown@Netscape.com The Pentagon is laying the groundwork to extend the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq. At the same time, the administration is warning Iraqi leaders that the boost in forces could be reversed if political reconciliation is not evident by summer. Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:32:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1553477troopsurgebushiraqwarpentagonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1483793 unknown@Netscape.com Congress and the White House will move this week toward a final showdown over a contested war funding bill with most Americans trusting Democrats over President Bush to set Iraq policy Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:33:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1483793iraqwarbushdemocratspolltroopsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1402539 unknown@Netscape.com Harry Reid slammed Bush in a response to The Prez's attacks on the Senate's budget proposal. "He has to deal with Congress. We are an independent branch of this government, and by our Constitution we have equal say that he has. And he's got to listen to us. Because we are speaking for the American people; he isn't." Video on site. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:40:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1402539bushiraqtroopsurgedemocratswarfundingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1402542 unknown@Netscape.com ABC News has learned that the Pentagon is considering extending the tours of duty for every active duty soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:20:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1402542iraqwartroopsurgepentagonExtendedtoursNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1258274 unknown@Netscape.com Doonesbury states the obvious about what cutting off war funds really means ... Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:18:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1258274bushiraqtroopsurgefundingbillNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1207656 unknown@Netscape.com The Democratic-controlled Senate ignored a veto threat and voted Thursday for a bill requiring President Bush to start withdrawing combat troops from Iraq within four months, dealing a sharp rebuke to a wartime commander in chief. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:08:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1207656bushtroopsurgeiraqSenatebillNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1138781 unknown@Netscape.com The Baghdad Security Plan is going so well that Iraqis displaced by sectarian violence are flocking back to their homes in Baghdad, so a number of officials are telling us. The only problem with that: it's probably not true. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:21:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1138781iraqRefugeesbaghdadSecurityplantroopsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1118381 unknown@Netscape.com After rancorous debate, the U.S. House has set a date by which U.S. troops must leave Iraq. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:51:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1118381troopwithdrawWinshousePassageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1048498 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq, including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western Baghdad - the latest American casualties in a monthlong security crackdown in the capital. Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:44:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1048498SecurityCrackdownustroopdeathsiraqNews