Fear Keeps Iraqis Out of Their Baghdad Homes
When Jabbar, an elderly Shiite man, stormed out of his house here in June wanting to know where all his furniture had gone, the sharp look of the youn...
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Officials: Deal calls for troop pullback in Iraq
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have completed a draft security agreement that would see American troops leave Iraqi cities as soon as June...
Justice Department Close To Charging Blackwater Guards In Iraq Shooting
Washington Post | Del Quentin Wilber and Karen DeYoung | Posted 08.16.2008 | Politics
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Federal prosecutors have sent target letters to six Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians...
Iraq Contracts Have Cost Taxpayers At Least $85 Billion Since Invasion
AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — Military contracts in the Iraq theater have cost taxpayers at least $85 billion, and when it comes to providing security, they migh...
Government Payroll Sustaining Iraq Economy As Private Sector Falters
New York Times | Campbell Robertson | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics
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Hampered by years of violence, a decimated infrastructure, a lack of foreign investors and a flood of imports that undercut local businesses, Iraq's p...
In Jabal al-Jofa, Iraq Vets Sow Seeds Of Hope
Karin Zeitvogel | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
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Welcome to Jabal al-Jofa, one of Amman's poorest neighbourhoods, and home to Ahmed Thahir and his family, refugees from Iraq. We had chosen Amman, Jordan as the venue of the mission, and tonight's visit was aimed at giving us greater insight into how the most destitute of refugees live.
Meet the Bloggers: Darcy Burner Can End the Iraq War Responsibly
ZP Heller | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
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When it comes to the Iraq war, the question is no longer whether the U.S. should end it, but how. On yesterday's Meet the Bloggers, special guest Darcy Burner made the case for A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, which she co-authored earlier this year.
Iraq Government Has $79 Billion in Unspent Cash
New York Times | James Glanz | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
The soaring price of oil will leave the Iraqi government with a cumulative budget surplus of as much as $79 billion by year's end an American federal ...
Iraqi Oil Disputes Threaten The Country's Stability
The Wall Street Journal | Gina Chon | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business
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BAGHDAD -- A political turf war is threatening the stability of Iraq's biggest cash cow: the embattled but so-far dependable South Oil Co. After chas...
Suicide Hot Line Received Calls From 22,000 Veterans
AP | KATHARINE EUPHRAT | Posted 07.28.2008 | Home
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WASHINGTON — More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted,...
Gunmen In Iraq Kill 7 Shiites En Route To Shrine
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Seven Shiite pilgrims traveling to a shrine in Baghdad were shot to death in an ambush in a Sunni town south of the capital Sunday as ...
En Route To Germany, Obama Praises Petraeus And Crocker
Politico | Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
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In advance of his Thursday address in Berlin, Obama chats with reporters on the plane, Carrie Budoff Brown reports: Asked if he expected a million sc...
British Troops To Pull Out Of Iraq Next Year
Times Of London | Philip Webster, Political Editor, Deborah Haynes in Baghdad and Tim Reid in Washington | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
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Most of Britain's troops will be out of Iraq in a year, six years after the American-led invasion, Gordon Brown indicated yesterday. British Forces w...
Canada Deports First U.S. Army Objector Who Fled North
The Guardian | Suzanne Goldenberg | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
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Canada yesterday deported to the US the first American army deserter fleeing the Iraq war across the US-Canadian border. Robin Long, 25, faces a poss...
Obama: Troops In Afghanistan Need Help
New York Times | Jeff Zeleny | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
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Senator Barack Obama is proposing that the United States deploy about 10,000 more troops to battle resurgent forces in Afghanistan, a plan intended to...
US-Funded Effort To Win Over Sadr City Residents
AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Hundreds of women in black abayas crowd outdoor food markets, snapping up groceries and fresh vegetables. Stores are open again. Child...
In Break With Bush, Iraq PM Demands US Withdrawal Timetable
Times Of London | James Hilder | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
Iraq said for the first time yesterday that it wanted to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from its territory. President Bush has long ...
US Funded Mideast Satellite Channel al-Hurra Plagued By Missteps And Low Viewership
Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 06.22.2008 | Media
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The Egyptian bureau of al-Hurra, an Arabic-language television network financed by the U.S. government, boasts a spectacular view of the Nile River an...
House Leaders Reach Iraq War Funding Deal Without Deadline For Withdrawal
New York Times | Carl Hulse | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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House leaders struck a bipartisan deal on Wednesday night on a major spending measure that would provide money for the war in Iraq through the end of ...
General Who Probed Abu Ghraib: Bush Officials Committed 'War Crimes'
McClatchy Newspapers | Warren P. Strobel | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics
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The Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison accused the Bush administration Wednesday of committing "wa...
Army Official Ousted For Refusing To Approve $1 Billion In Questionable Iraq Funds
New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 b...
America's Prison For Terrorists Often Held The Wrong Men
McClatchy Newspapers | Tom Lasseter | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
The militants crept up behind Mohammed Akhtiar as he squatted at the spigot to wash his hands before evening prayers at the Guantanamo Bay detention c...
Abuse Of Detainees Routine At U.S. Bases In Afghanistan... Developing...
Huffington Post | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
McClatchy Newspapers is set to report Monday: The American detention camp at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, which the U.S. military set up starting ...
Second Batch Of Secret Documents Found On UK Train
The Guardian | Robert Booth | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was last night facing a Commons summons to explain how another batch of secret documents were left on a train. Pape...
Buried In A Senate Report, New Revelations About Pre-War Deception
Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
A previously undisclosed CIA report written in the summer of 2002 questioned the "credibility" and "truthfulness" of an Al Qaeda detainee who became a...
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