Thursday, March 26, 2009

Report: Despite Obama’s Vow, Combat Brigades Will Stay in Iraq

Democracy Now!
With Amy Goodman


"Nearly four weeks ago, President Obama declared that US combat operations would end in Iraq by August 2010. Despite Obama’s pledge, new evidence has emerged that the US plans to keep combat brigades in Iraq, but they will operate under a different name. Investigative reporter Gareth Porter of Inter Press Service reveals some of the brigade combat teams currently in Iraq will stay beyond August 2010 and will be renamed so-called “advisory and assistance brigades.”....

Gareth Porter joins us now in Washington. His latest article is titled “Despite Obama’s Vow, Combat Brigades Will Stay in Iraq.”......"

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