Who Cares About Iraqis?
by Dahr Jamail

Suicide bombers unleashed another day of hell across Iraq today, killing at least 18 and wounding over 67.

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Building Iraq's Army: Mission Improbable
roject in North Reveals Deep Divide Between U.S. and Iraqi Forces

"I know the party line. You know, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, five-star generals, four-star generals, President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld: The Iraqis will be ready in whatever time period," said 1st Lt. Kenrick Cato, 34, of Long Island, N.Y., the executive officer of McGovern's company, who sold his share in a database firm to join the military full time after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "But from the ground, I can say with certainty they won't be ready before I leave. And I know I'll be back in Iraq, probably in three or four years. And I don't think they'll be ready then."

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  thanks to Political Animal

Former CIA director calls for Iraq withdrawal

Former CIA Director John M. Deutch, institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), said that the United States is not making progress toward key objectives in Iraq and called for American troops to pull out "as soon as possible" during a speech Tuesday (June 7) at Harvard's Sanders Theatre.

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  thanks to Antiwar.com