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submitted by Ari for team Iraq news 82 weeks 13 hours 35 minutes ago
Dick Cheney gets a distant taste of what the troops he sent to war encounter up close...
From the story: Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that Iraq remains a dangerous place, a point underscored by a thunderous explosion that rattled windows in the U.S. embassy where...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Iraq news 43 weeks 15 hours 32 minutes ago
Videotapes seized during U.S. raids on suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hide-outs show the terror group training young boys to kidnap and assassinate civilians, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Wednesday.
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submitted by Ari for team Iraq news 66 weeks 5 days 13 hours 50 minutes ago
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to advise President Bush to reduce the U.S. force in Iraq next year by almost half, potentially creating a rift with top White House officials and other military commanders over the course of the war.
Administration and...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Iraq news 48 weeks 3 days 4 hours 9 minutes ago
On the "Highway of Death," 11 miles north of the Kuwait border, a collection of tanks, armored personnel carriers and other military vehicles are rusting in the desert.
They also are radiating nuclear energy.
In 1991, the United States and its Persian Gulf War allies blasted the vehicles...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Iraq news 59 weeks 4 days 4 hours 1 minute ago
Americans working in Iraq for Halliburton spin-off KBR have been outraged by the massive fraud they saw there. Dozens are suing the giant military contractor, on the taxpayers' behalf. Whose side is the Justice Department on?
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submitted by Lisa for team Iraq news 3 days 10 hours 47 minutes ago
An American journalist for National Public Radio and three Iraqi colleagues escaped injury Sunday when a bomb attached to their car exploded as it was parked along a street in west Baghdad.
Ivan Watson, a 33 year-old reporter for NPR on temporary assignment in Iraq, said he...(more)
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submitted by Elizabeth for team Iraq news 13 weeks 4 days 8 hours 20 minutes ago
At the "make-or-break" stage of talks on the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has swept aside his negotiating team and replaced it with loyalists, a reshuffle that some officials involved in the discussions warn risks sabotaging the agreement.
The decision on the...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Iraq news 73 weeks 12 hours 17 minutes ago
Oh god, I knew today would be a great day. Driven insane by the chaos around them (thanks Georgie!) the Iraqis now believe that giant badgers are stalking them courtesy of the Brits.
Meanwhile, Prince Charles asks, "Do we really have those, mummy?"
From the story:
"THE Iraqi...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Iraq news 77 weeks 3 days 13 hours 4 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday the United States should consider a military strike against Iran because of Tehran's involvement in Iraq....
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submitted by Lisa for team Iraq news 25 weeks 5 days 16 hours 15 minutes ago
The Department of Defense has identified 4,083 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans this week:
GREEN, Quincy J., 26, Specialist, Army; El Paso; First Infantry Division.
WALTENBAUGH, Joshua E., 19, Pfc., Army; Ford...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Iraq news 35 weeks 5 days 1 hour 19 minutes ago
Dana Abdul-Razzaq truly dodges sniper bullets . . . . to train for the Olympics in her country's capital, Baghdad. Abdul-Razzaq, an incredibly brave sprinter, will be the only female athlete representing Iraq.
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submitted by Lisa for team Iraq news 82 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa said Saturday that he expects troop levels in Iraq to drop in less than a year, but he warned it could take far longer before all U.S. personnel and equipment come home....
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