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US Diplomats In Iraq Required To Carry Weapon At All Times, Even At The Pool

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Baghdad Embassy, Iraq Embassy, Baghdad, War in Iraq, Green Zone, Iraq Green Zone, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Trying to escape Baghdad's sweltering summer with a quick Green Zone dip? Don't forget your poolside weapons etiquette if you work ...

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Gone With The Wind: Has Obama Blown It?

Linda Hansen | Posted 06.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Gop, Public Funding for Elections, 2008 Election, Meet the Press, Iraq, Barack Obama Internet, Lindsey Graham, Small Donors, Barack Obama, Offthebus, 527s, John Kerry, U.S.Security, Baghdad, Shorja Market 2007, Honesty, Campaign Finance Reform, Home News

To save his soul, Lindsey Graham jes' could not lay on the self-righteous molasses thick enough: The shame of it! Obama has broken his promise. Somebody stop that man before Lindsey faints dead away!

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US: Shiite 'Special Group' Responsible For Deadly Baghdad Car Bomb

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 06.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Warwaire, Iraq, Iraq Bombing, Baghdad, Shiite, Shiite Special Group, Iraq War, Car Bomb, Truck Bomb, Home News

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military blamed a renegade Shiite militiaman on Wednesday for a truck bombing that killed 63 people in a Shiite area of Baghd...

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Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Over 50, Wounds 75

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, War on Terror, Terrorism, Car Bombing, Terrorist, Car Bomb, Baghdad Market Bombs, Insurgency, Baghdad Car Bomb, Iraq Car Bomb, Baghdad, Shiite, Security, Iraq, Guerilla Warfare, Politics News

BAGHDAD — A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial street in a Shiite area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 51 people and wounding sco...

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The Big Battle of Iraq Has Yet to Begin - At Home, Not Abroad

Tom Davis | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Baghdad, Congress, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, John McCain, Ptsd, Barack Obama, Politics News

Whether troops leave Iraq sooner or later, managing PTSD is the battle that, for many, needs to begin now.

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Mosul Car Bomb Kills Policemen, Civilians In Iraq

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home

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BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber targeted the provincial police headquarters in Mosul on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens,...

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Big Mac's Iraq Travel Guide for Obama: "Great Green Zone Escapes"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Barak Obama, John McCain, Mahmoud Aghadinejad, Military Surge, Clinton, Presidential Campaign, Baghdad, Democrat, Iraq, Petreaus, Republican, Politics News

I can spare Sen. Obama a lot of wasted time if he truly wants to visit the real Iraq -- not the Baghdad that John McCain wants him to see, and upon which to judge Iraq.

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Al Qaeda: Youths of Heaven

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Arabiya, Sunni Awakening, Mosul, Link TV, Terror, Terrorism, War in Iraq, Baghdad, Mosaic, Iraq, Al Qaeda, Youths of Heaven, Politics News

In a reflection of the terror group's setbacks, al Qaeda has had little choice but to recruit these women and young children in Iraq through threats, coercion, monetary enticement and kidnapping.

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U.S. And Iraq Forces Raided Shiite Areas During Prayers

McClatchy Newspapers | By Raviya H. Ismail | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, Iraq Warwire, Baghdad, Iraq War Wire, Politics News

U.S. and Iraqi forces detained nearly 200 people during operations that targeted two prominently Shiite Muslim neighborhoods during Friday prayer serv...

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Thousands Of Iraqi Troops Flood Into Sadr City

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and LEE KEATH | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Some 10,000 Iraqi troops fanned out in Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday, taking positions on main roads, rooftops and near hospitals in ...

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Why Republicans Might Attack Iran Before the General Elections

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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One of the strongest scenarios among neo-conservatives is based on the hypothesis that in the case of any military attack against Iran, the greatest beneficiary would be John McCain.

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Iraq Backs Off Allegations That Iran Is Behind Violence

McClatchy Newspapers | By Leila Fadel and Shashank Bengal | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Warwire, Warwire, Baghdad, Iran Iraq Violence, Iraq Violence, Politics News

The Iraqi Government seemed to distance itself from U.S. accusations towards Iran Sunday saying it would not be forced into conflict with its Shiite n...

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Double suicide attack on wedding party kills 35 in Iraq

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombers attacked a wedding caravan Thursday as it drove through a crowded market district past bystanders cheering the bri...

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Iran Tom Toms

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sadr City, Prime Minister Maliki, Iran, Persian Gulf, Moqtada Al Sadr, Middle East, United Nations, Sec of Defense Gates, Gen. Petreaus, Israel, Baghdad, Iraq, Mahdi Army, President Bush, Politics News

Wherever you are on the political spectrum, an increasingly overt Iranian enterprise is taking a growing toll on American troops in Iraq.

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Baghdad Green Zone Bombarded With Rockets

Huffington Post | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home

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Reuters reports that the U.S. Green Zone in Baghdad was bombarded by rockets in one of the heaviest assaults in weeks on the fortified compound: Mili...

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'Disneyland In Iraq': Multi-Million Dollar Entertainment Park Coming To Baghdad

Huffington Post | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

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Some would say the last thing that war-torn Iraq needs is an entertainment park. California businessman Llewellyn Werner says different (from Times O...

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Why So Many Iraqis Hate Us? Try "Towel Head" On for Size

Phillip Martin | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

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An added barrier to getting to know Iraqis beyond skin color and stereo-types is the wholesale ignorance of Islam.

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Baghdad Orders Lockdown As Petraeus Testifies

Huffington Post | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

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Unauthorized vehicles will be banned in Baghdad from 5 a.m. to midnight on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the city's capture by U.S. troops, the ...

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"Crocker-Speak," on Iraq, September 12, 2007

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Baghdad, Diyala, Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Politics News

Crocker could have saved a lot of time by just resubmitting last September's testimony to the Senate today instead of wasting precious fuel at taxpayer expense to only to say exactly the same things.

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Fighting Erupts In Baghdad After Week Of Relative Calm

Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | Posted 04.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Violence, Iraq Fighting, Warwire, Iraq War, Baghdad, Shiite Militias, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Sadr City, Shiites, Home News

Twenty-two people were killed and 55 wounded in clashes in Baghdad, police said on Sunday, the worst eruption of violence in the capital since Shi'ite...

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Straight Into Baghdad: Hillary's Campaign

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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It's impossible to defend the Clintons in this losing quest. They are like drug addicts in your midst: at some point, the only choice you have is to kick them out of the house.

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Iraq Violence Continues As Death Toll Nears 300

CNN | Posted 03.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Basra, Warwire, Iraq War, Shiite Militants, Baghdad, Shiite Militias, Iraq, Iraq Government Troops, Shiite Muslims, Home News

A strict curfew was extended indefinitely in the Iraqi capital Sunday as the death toll mounted from clashes between government troops and Shiite Musl...

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Reading The Pictures: Iraq Civil War - Day 3: Beyond Mickey Mouse

Michael Shaw | Posted 03.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Diyala, Coalition, Photo, War, Green Zone, Forces, U.S., Iraq, Shiite, Picture, Bush, Politics, Yahoo, Military, Image, Mickey Mouse, Baghdad, Curfew, Stryker, Media News

This goes way beyond Mickey Mouse.

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An Analyst Looks At Back On Iraq With Sadness and Scorn

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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As the war in Iraq completes its fifth year this week, The Huffington Post is featuring interviews with and essays by those journalists, elected offic...

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By Damaging Our Partnerships, We Damage Our Security

Sen. Russ Feingold | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War Anniversary, Russ Feingold, Iraq Anniversary, Senator Russ Feingold, Iraq War, Baghdad, Iraq Five Years Later, Iraq Five Years of War, Iraq, Feingold Iraq, Russ Feingold Iraq War, Fifth Anniversary of War in Iraq, Iraq War Five Year Anniversary, Politics News

Through our continued presence in Iraq, we are compromising our key security partnerships and joint security initiatives in the places where they matter the most.

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