U.S. involved in Iraq longer than WW II
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The war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in the war that President Bush's father fought in, World War II.
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Iraq, once thought to be a political albatross for President George W. Bush, is turning out to be more of a headache for his Democratic rival John Kerry despite the continuing turmoil and mounting US death toll.
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For the first time, the Bush administration is publicly discussing basing American troops in Iraq for years.
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Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute said that âAmericaâs at war, and the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan represent what we in the military call the main effort in the long war.â
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Almost until the eve of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, U.S. oil companies, including ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco, were among the largest purchasers of Iraqi crude oil.
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When the war to "liberate" Iraq started in March of 2003, nobody would have thought that Eastern European countries such as Poland, Bulgaria and Ukraine, among others, would be some of the Bush administration's ...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 22 -- President Bush defended his ongoing military commitment in Iraq by linking the conflict there to the Vietnam War, arguing Wednesday that withdrawing U.S. troops would lead to widespread death and suffering as it did in Southeast Asia three decades ago.
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After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted all manner of Americans -- restless professionals, Arabic-speaking academics, development specialists and war-zone adventurers. But before they...
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The head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, says fighting the insurgency could take decades.
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In the coming weeks, the US and Iraq&#39;s government must still combat a resilient and dangerous insurgency outside Falluja. By ERIC SCHMITT.
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The US push for elections in Iraq by the end of January 2005 is motivated not just by a desire to meet a prominent deadline on the postwar transition calendar.
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President Bush says he doesn't envision a longtime presence of U.S. troops in Iraq similar to post-World War II deployments in Europe and South Korea that continue today.
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For nearly two years it has been the nerve center of U.S.-led operations in Iraq. Sunday, Baghdad's Green Zone became the heart of the country's first experiment with democracy for half a century.
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A TIME investigation reveals how militants in Iraq are devising innovative ways to make the war deadlier than ever for U.S. troops
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Critics say a long-term US military presence may provoke greater Iraqi resistance of the 'occupier.'
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The Bush administration is bumping up against the limits of military and political power to influence what happens next in Iraq, four years into an increasingly unpopular war that has not gone as planned.
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The United States invaded Iraq  without a formal plan for occupying and stabilizing the country  and this continues to undercut the military effort there, the  Washington Post on Saturday quoted a U.S. Army historian as  saying.