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Revisiting Ground Zero: Remembering a Lost Friend -- and the Missing Iraqi Hijackers

Greg Mitchell | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Hijackers, Iraq, Iraq War, Polls, Saddam, September 11, War, Warwire

Last week, I took the subway down to the vicinity of the old World Trade Center site for the first time in a couple of years for an interview about my new book. This took place in a building directly across the highway from Ground Zero. It's always shocking to...

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Officials: Clashes in Iraq's Sadr City kill 11

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | May 13, 2008

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BAGHDAD — A fragile cease-fire failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City where the latest clashes between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed 11 men and wounded 19, Iraqi hospital officials said Tuesday. The U.S. military said that...

Ex-officials: Bush admin. ignored Iraq corruption

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | May 12, 2008

Read More: Bush Administration And Iraq Corruption, Iraq Corruption, Iraq War Wire, Maliki Corruption, Warwire

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees. Arthur Brennan,...

Iraq: Sadr City cease-fire signed after weeks of fighting

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | May 12, 2008

Read More: Muqtada Al Sadr, Muqtada Al Sadr Cease-Fire, Sadre City Fighting, Warwire

BAGHDAD — Iraq's main Shiite political bloc and supporters of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr signed a fragile cease-fire in Baghdad's Sadr City on Monday, hoping to end seven weeks of fighting that has left hundreds dead. But the U.S. military...

Arianna's New Book Shows How Media Ignored 'Downing Street Memo'

Greg Mitchell | Posted May 11, 2008 | Media

Read More: Arianna, Arianna Huffington, Downing Street Memo, Fox News, Iraq, Right Is Wrong, Tim Russert, War, Warwire

Arianna Huffington's new book, Right Is Wrong, should revive interest in numerous sins of omission and commission on the part of the mainstream media in the past few years. One episode -- dating from three years ago this month -- that I discuss briefly in my new book on Iraq...

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Number Of Disabled Vets Up With Iraq, Afghan Wars

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | May 11, 2008

Read More: Afghanistan War, Disabled Soldiers, Iraq War, Warwire

WASHINGTON — Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come _ even as the total population of America's...

Judge Bars Pentagon Official From Guantanamo Prosecution

McClatchy Newspapers | Carol Rosenberg | May 10, 2008 09:43 PM

Read More: Hartmann Guantanamo, Iraq War, Keith Allred, OBL Driver, Osama Bin Laden's Driver, Thomas W. Hartmann, Warwire

In a rebuke, a military judge has disqualified a key Pentagon general from any role overseeing the Guantánamo trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, saying he doubted the general's impartiality in the case. The judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, ordered...

Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | May 10, 2008

Read More: Sadr City, Sadr City Truce, Warwire

BAGHDAD — Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the country's army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida's main bastion in Iraq. Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, an aide...

Hezbollah fighters in Beirut melt away

AP | ZEINA KARAM | May 10, 2008

Read More: Hezbollah, Hezbollah Beirut, Warwire

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah gunmen melted off the streets of Beirut Saturday, heeding an army call to pull the fighters out after the Shiite militants demonstrated their military might in a power struggle with the U.S.-backed government. Prime Minister Fuad...

Blackwater's Iraq Contract Renewed For At Least Another Year

New York Times | James Risen | May 10, 2008 11:04 AM

Read More: Blackwater, Blackwater Contract, Blackwater Iraq, Blackwater USA, Warwire

Last fall, Blackwater Worldwide was in deep peril. Guards for the security company were involved in a shooting in September that left at least 17 Iraqis dead at a Baghdad intersection. Outrage over the killings prompted the Iraqi government to...

An Outrage: V.A. Official Who Covered Up Veterans' Suicides Won't Lose Job

Greg Mitchell | Posted May 10, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Iraq War, Ptsd, Suicides, Troops, Veterans, Vets, War, War Casualties, Warwire

A week of hearings in Washington on the alarming spike in suicides among veterans of the Iraq war, and an official cover-up of the numbers, has ended with both the Veterans Affairs chief and the V.A. mental health director whose advice on the matter was "Shh," still holding their jobs....

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US Makes Changes To Cremations For Slain Troops

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | May 9, 2008 10:20 PM

Read More: Cremations, US Soldiers Cremations, Warwire

The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops' remains, after it was revealed that a crematorium contracted by the military handles both human and animal cremations. A military official said there have been no instances or charges that...

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Military adds armor to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR and CHELSEA CARTER | May 9, 2008

Read More: Armored Vehicles Iraq, Iraq Vehicles, Roadside Bombs Iraq, Warwire

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. The surge...

Iraqi Military Orders Sadr City Residents To Evacuate

McClatchy | Leila Fadel | May 8, 2008 08:04 PM

Read More: Iraqi Military, Sadr City, Warwire

Iraqi security forces, after more than of 40 days of intense fighting, on Thursday told residents to evacuate their homes in the northeast Shiite slum of Sadr City and to move to temporary shelters on two soccer fields. The military's...

Al Qaida In Iraq Leader Arrested By Iraqi Army: Report

AP | PATRICK QUINN | May 8, 2008

Read More: Abu Ayyub Al-Masri, Al Qaida In Iraq, Al Qaida In Iraq Leader, Iraqi Army, Warwire

BAGHDAD — The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was...

Former Guantanamo Detainee Takes Part In Iraq Suicide Bombing

Washington Post | Josh White | May 8, 2008 10:27 AM

Read More: Guantanamo Detainees, Iraq Suicide Bombing, Iraq War, Suicide Bombers, Warwire

A Kuwaiti man who complained about maltreatment during a three-year stay in the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was involved in a deadly suicide bombing in northern Iraq last month, the U.S. military confirmed yesterday. Abdallah Salih al-Ajmi,...

Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Joined Iraq Suicide Bombing

Washington Post | Josh White | May 8, 2008 10:18 AM

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Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Security Contractors

Antiwar.com | William Fisher | May 8, 2008 09:22 AM

Read More: Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq, Pentagon, Pentagon Abuse, Security Contractors, Security Contractors Abuse, Warwire

As human rights groups demanded the release of a report on a long-running investigation of the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the unlawful interrogations of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay, new torture claims were...

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Dana Perino Stumped By Sadr City Bombing Question

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | May 7, 2008 02:51 PM

Read More: Dana Perino, War In Iraq, Warwire

Via Ackerman comes this snatch of Perino: THOMAS: Yesterday, according to The New York Times, we dropped a bomb on a home in Sadr City and burned alive a pregnant woman and her children. How long is the siege of...

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Afghanistan Firefight Recorded On Soldier's Parents' Answering Machine (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | May 6, 2008 02:39 PM

Read More: Afghanistan Battle Voice Mail, Afghanistan Firefight Voice Mail, Afghanistan War, Audio, Stephen Phillips, Warwire

U.S. soldier Stephen Phillips, serving in Afghanistan, gave his parents a serious scare when he accidentally called his home from his cellphone during an intense firefight with insurgents. Phillips' cellphone got pressed against his Humvee, causing it to redial the...

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