"An Ugly Peace: What has changed in Iraq," first in a two-part series by Nir Rosen, Boston Review
In December 2008 I flew Royal Jordanian from Amman to Iraq's southern city of Basra....
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Was The Surge Just A Fig Leaf?
Harry Shearer | Posted 11.30.2009 | World
As the stage is being set for an "AfPak Surge," it might be time to take a look at Surge 1.0, in the now-forgotten war, the one in Iraq.
Basra: 3 US Soldiers Killed, Says Military
AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 08.17.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military said Friday that three of its soldiers were killed in the south in an attack on a base outside Iraq's second largest...
New Wave of Violence Against Iraqi Gays
GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 08.08.2009 | Home
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Rights advocate speaks of an "extraordinarily brutal campaign", saying hundreds may have been killed in last few months. By IWPR trainees in Baghdad (...
Iraq: Britain Ends Combat Operations
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.31.2009 | World
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LONDON — British troops ended six years of combat operations in Iraq on Thursday, beginning to withdraw from the southern city of Basra after a ...
Al-Maliki Pulling Ahead In Iraqi Election Early Returns
english.aljazeera.net | Posted 03.05.2009 | World
Early indications suggest Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, has strengthened his position as the country's leader after a strong showing by h...
Iraq Ballot Vote Sees Allegations Of Corruption, Intimidation
The National Newspaper | Posted 02.22.2009 | World
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BAGHDAD // It was the country's first ballot of 2009 -- a year that could see 10 different elections in Iraq -- and according to some voters, it was m...
British Troops Will Pull Out Of Iraq By June
The Guardian | Richard Norton | Posted 01.10.2009 | World
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Britain's six-year occupation of south Iraq will begin drawing to a close in March, and the last troops will leave Basra by June, a senior defence sou...
The Surge "Success" Debunked
Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
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Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.
Iraq Events Moving out of US Control
The Real News | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
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The difference in opinion between the current president and the presidential candidates is of little importance to the issue of troop withdraw from Iraq, as the choice is not necessarily theirs to make.
Basra shooting strains truce between govt, militia
AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iraqi soldiers fired in the air over supporters of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to prevent them from gathering for Muslim p...
Airstrike kills 4 in Basra, 2 die in Sadr City clashes
AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
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BAGHDAD — Clashes with Shiite militiamen flared in two cities Wednesday as a U.S. drone fired two missiles in Basra and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops...
Iraq Removes Top Military, Police Commanders After Botched Basra Crackdown
Reuters Via Washington Post | Aref Mohammed | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
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Iraq's government removed the top military and police commanders in Basra on Wednesday, weeks after a botched crackdown on militia fighters there trig...
1,300 Iraqi Troops, Police Dismissed
AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home
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BAGHDAD — Iraq's government moved Sunday to restore discipline within the ranks of the security forces, sacking more than 1,300 soldiers and pol...
Pelosi Calls Out Petraeus For Parroting Bush Spin
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
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We noted yesterday the bizarre way that General Petraeus' testimony changed between his Tuesday appearance before the Senate committees and his Wednes...
Same Sniper Rifle Has Killed Six British Soldiers In Basra
London Times | Jenny Booth and James Hider | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
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Six British soldiers have been picked off on the streets of Basra by an enemy sniper using the same rifle, an inquest heard today. Between the months...
Petraeus Shifts Sharply On Basra, Aligns With White House Spin
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
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Perhaps sensing that his testimony on Tuesday was undermining the official White House version of events in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus today offered a ...
Juan Cole: Why al-Maliki Attacked Basra
Salon | Juan Cole | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
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Why did Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attack the Mahdi army in Basra last week? Despite the cease-fire called Sunday by Shiite leader Sayyid M...
Letter From A Soldier: Answers You Won't Want To Hear
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
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McCain claims that he is a break from the flawed strategy of the Bush administration. But the Iraq miasma is not the result of a flawed strategy. It is the result of a flawed concept to begin with.
Iraq Violence Continues As Death Toll Nears 300
CNN | Posted 04.07.2008 | Home
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A strict curfew was extended indefinitely in the Iraqi capital Sunday as the death toll mounted from clashes between government troops and Shiite Musl...
British Shelve Plans To Cut Troop Numbers In Iraq
Financial Times | Stephen Fidler | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics
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Plans to reduce British troop numbers in Iraq to 2,500 this spring have been abandoned on the recommendation of military commanders, UK officials say....
Fierce Iraq Fighting Forces War Back Onto Campaign Trail
The New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER and LARRY ROHTER | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics
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The heavy fighting that broke out last week as Iraqi security forces tried to oust Shiite militias from Basra is reverberating on the presidential cam...
City Run By Iraqis Suggests 'Future Remains Dark'
New York Times | SOLOMON MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
This southern port city has been, in effect, on its own since September, when British forces here moved to the outskirts, yielding authority to local ...
Report: CBS Interpreter Released, Journalist Still Held Captive
The Guardian | Leigh Holmwood and agencies | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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The interpreter abducted in the southern Iraqi city of Basra alongside an unnamed British journalist working for the American CBS network has been fre...
Kidnapped CBS Journalists To Be Released Within Hours
AP/Guardian | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
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Update 12:30 PM Eastern from The Guardian: The interpreter abducted in the southern Iraqi city of Basra alongside an unnamed British journalist worki...
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