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by Progress Illinois
7:19pm
Thu Mar 19, 2009

Six Years In Iraq

Iraq

While the evening news is being dominated by the AIG bonus controversy tonight, it's important to remember that today marked the six-year anniversary of the Iraq war, a conflict that has claimed over 4,250 American lives -- including 154 from Illinois -- and left over 31,000 ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
4:22pm
Fri Oct 24, 2008
1 comment

Iraqi Refugees Come To Illinois

Iraq

The war in Iraq has internally and externally displaced an estimated 5 million people, the largest relocation in the Middle East since 1948. It's both a massive humanitarian and political problem
and it's received scant attention in the United States -- ironic, as it
...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
1:13pm
Mon Oct 6, 2008
2 comments

Mark Kirk Appears On NBC 5's City Desk

Dan Seals

In an episode that filmed last week and aired yesterday morning, GOP Rep. Mark Kirk and Democratic challenger Dan Seals appeared separately on NBC 5's City Desk.  Host Carol Marin immediately asked Kirk why he refused to directly debate Seals on the program.  Kirk first tried ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
2:37pm
Wed Oct 1, 2008

Vets For Freedom Pays Fratboys To Support Iraq War

Veterans

Here's a ringing endorsement for the ongoing war in Iraq. Despite describing itself as the "largest Iraq and Afghanistan veterans organization in America,"
Vets For Freedom (VFF) had some trouble scaring up like-minded folks to rally at the
vice presidential ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
4:27pm
Thu Jul 24, 2008
2 comments

The Surgetastic Surge

Chicago Tribune

According to John McCain, the decision to increase troop levels in Iraq has been an unmitigated success,
responsible for all that is wonderful about life there today. Even though
President Bush didn't deploy additional forces until 2007, McCain's
definition of the "...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:32am
Wed Jul 23, 2008

"Wrong"

McCain

It's great that the Tribune's Swamp blog is publicizing
John McCain's latest lie about Iraq, in which he falsely credits
America's troop surge for the "awakening" of Sunnis in Anbar province.
As MSNBC's Keith Olbermann noted last night, the Anbar Awakening in ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:06pm
Mon Jul 7, 2008
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Iraq Vets Fall Through The Cracks

Iraq

Over the weekend, Chicago Public Radio's Chip Mitchell caught up with Jason, a 33-year-old
former Marine from Wisconsin who served in Iraq. During the past four years, the
veteran has lived on the streets in and around Chicago's Greektown, a
life he thought ...