Soldiers to politicians: Come fight with us
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Debate about the war is raging back home, but soldiers doing the actual fighting in Iraq want politicians to get in the trenches to see war first-hand. "America needs to see what we see through the eyes of the soldier," a soldier told CNN's Arwa Damon.
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More lawmakers urge Congress to forcefully steer US actions in Iraq. But a united front is hard to achieve in a campaign season.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair went into his weekly Commons showdown facing fresh unrest among Labour MPs over Iraq. Mr Blair was pressed over the request for soldiers to be sent into US-controlled hotspots at Prime Minister&#39;s Questions.
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I just read an article on the Village Voice website that summed up one of the complaints I have had for some time about the Democratic Party: They won't fight.  At the same time, they are trying to convince conservative voters to vote for them instead of the Republicans and are losing votes on the liberal side as a result.   For both of these problems, I blame the Democratic Leadership Council.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Senator John McCain yesterday urged reluctant NATO partners of the United States to allow their troops to engage in combat operations against the resurgent Taliban, especially in Afghanistan's rebellious south.
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U.S. soldiers in Iraq are fighting a tenacious insurgency while trying to win over a population and build a new nation. Switching back and forth demands a mental flexibility that taxes many soldiers.
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Most of the Afghan forces fighting the government are "soft Taliban," some adherents  claim. But "hard Taliban" are calling the shots
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Since their troops joined the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq almost two years ago, British commanders and politicians have depicted their soldiers as less combative, less abrasive and less trigger-happy in dealing ...
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: US troops clashed Monday with Sunni insurgents west of the capital and gunmen assassinated Baghdad&#39;s deputy governor as fresh American soldiers arrived in the capital _ a move that will push US military strength in Iraq to its
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Outside, they're calling for his head. Politicians, authors and columnists, and a few former generals. They are an angry, noisy bunch. They say he should have quit or been fired long ago. They say he's to blame for what is happening now in Iraq, didn't listen, and must be held to account.
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Travel: Local governor urges residents to demonstrate against a military takeover.
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LONDON -- Political opponents of Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a renewed attack on his handling of the Iraq conflict yesterday, as British soldiers prepared to move deeper into the country to support US troops.
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should brace for even more losses as they pursue insurgents bent on wrecking an election scheduled for January. personnel have died here in the first three and half weeks of the month.
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Using images of children in combat camouflage, a coalition of anti-war groups is airing about $500,000 in ads against Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and three other GOP senators facing re-election next year, urging them to "bring our troops home."
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John Kerry returned a hero. The smears his political enemies are now flinging mark them -- not him -- as beneath contempt. The next time the nation gets into a war, why would any American with an interest in national service show up to fight?
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."
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Two senators made an aggressive last-ditch push today for a legislative proposal that would force a change in President Bushâs war strategy.