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David Swanson, War Is A Crime.org: 'There will be U.S. troops remaining in Iraq. They simply will not be employed by the 'Department of Defense' (as we call it, I m not sure Iraqis call it that). Thousands of mercenaries will be employed by the State Department. Iraqi police will be trained to U.S. specifications on the U.S. taxpayers' dime. We will maintain the world s largest embassy. And I have to assume the CIA is not departing.'

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2Z%2F7DFTbMckBHYbGSaKcgO9wKRI9C%2Bh9

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The Iraq War Ain t Over, No Matter What Obama Says

The fact is America s military efforts in Iraq aren t coming to an end. They are instead entering a new phase. On January 1, 2012, the State Department will command a hired army of about 5,500 security contractors, all to protect the largest U.S. diplomatic presence anywhere overseas.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/obama-iraq-eternal/



Muqtada Al Sadr considers US embassy employees 'occupiers; should be fought'

In response to a query of one of his followers about the increase of the embassy employees' number from 5000 to 15000 after the expiry of SOFA, Muqtada said 'they are all occupiers and resisting them after the end of the agreement is an obligation.'

http://www.ninanews.com/english/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=FIJFLG



Fraudulent Defense Contractors Paid $1 Trillion

By Bernie Sanders

'The ugly truth is that virtually all of the major defense contractors in this country for years have been engaged in systemic fraudulent behavior, while receiving hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money,' said Sanders.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29510.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): The Iraq War is Not Over
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/10/24-3

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Report calls Iraqi police training 'bottomless pit' for
US taxpayer
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10639/



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