2 British Hostages In Iraq, Alan McMenemy And Alec MacLachlan, "Very Likely" To Be Dead
LONDON — Two hostages captured in a daring raid on Iraq's Finance Ministry two years ago have very likely died, Britain's prime minister said We...
LONDON — Two hostages captured in a daring raid on Iraq's Finance Ministry two years ago have very likely died, Britain's prime minister said We...
New York Times | SAM DAGHER | Posted 05.26.2009 | World
On April 18, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of ...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
What the GAO report makes clear, above all else, is that contrary to what the mainstream media and the GOP would have you believe, the surge has not worked. It's time for the U.S. military to go home.
Reuters | Waleed Ibrahim and Mohammed Abbas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
A conference to reconcile Iraq's warring political groups began to unravel even before it got under way on Tuesday, with the main Sunni Muslim Arab bl...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
A woman wearing a vest lined with explosives blew herself up near a popular market and Shiite mosque in turbulent Diyala province north of the capital...
Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday the United States would have a long-term presence in Iraq that could "easily" last a decade, but that it ...
Washington Post | Karen DeYoung and Thomas Ricks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
In the year since President Bush announced he was changing course in Iraq with a troop "surge" and a new strategy, U.S. military and diplomatic offici...
The Carpetbagger Report | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
For all its dissembling, the White House has actually been fairly clear about the purpose of Bush's "surge" policy -- more U.S. troops would lessen th...
AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 08.29.2009 | World