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submitted by Christopher for team Iraq news 31 weeks 3 days 7 hours 39 minutes ago
Millions of dollars of lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or other factors, including failed projects that are being falsely described by the U.S. government as complete, federal investigators say.
The audit released Sunday by Stuart Bowen Jr., the special...(more)
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submitted by Will Montgomery for team Iraq news 34 weeks 1 day 47 minutes ago
The antiwar rhetoric from congressional Democrats remained as sharp as ever Tuesday as Army Gen. David H. Petraeus came to Capitol Hill to testify about progress in Iraq.
But underscoring the partisan deadlock over the war, even some staunch critics acknowledged that the drive for legislation to...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Iraq news 67 weeks 1 hour 11 minutes ago
The governor of Iraq's southern Muthana province is killed by a roadside bomb in the capital, Samawa.
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submitted by Grace for team Iraq news 85 weeks 10 minutes ago
Mario De Leon loved old "Star Wars" movies, fast cars, hip-hop music, shooting pool and hanging out with his pals in Rohnert Park.
He loved his wife, Erika, and his 2-year-old son, Keoni.
And, in February, he told them he'd be home soon from his Army tour of...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Iraq news 60 weeks 2 days 10 hours 18 minutes ago
AP - Three black GMC Suburbans — each fitted with armored plates and bulletproof windows — made up the heart of the convoy. The front and rear were protected by Blackwater USA gun trucks, known as Mambas, each mounted with two belt-fed 7.62 caliber heavy guns....(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Iraq news 83 weeks 5 days 21 hours 23 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday sent President Bush a $124 billion war-spending measure he has promised to veto, forcing Democrats to begin confronting the difficult question of what to do after the president
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submitted by Ari for team Iraq news 84 weeks 12 hours 46 minutes ago
AP - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr strongly condemned construction of a wall around a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad, calling for demonstrations against the plan as a sign of "the evil will" of American "occupiers."
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submitted by Collin Frost for team Iraq news 65 weeks 12 minutes ago
The departure of UK forces from Basra Palace, their last base within Basra city limits, is likely to precipitate a free-for-all among rival local groupings for control in Iraq's second city. Although violent confrontations between the various powers in the area have been taking place for...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Iraq news 68 weeks 3 days 13 hours 3 minutes ago
AP - Iraq's most senior Sunni politician issued a desperate appeal Sunday for Arab nations to help stop what he called an "unprecedented genocide campaign" by Shiite militias armed, trained and controlled by Iran. The U.S. military reported five American soldiers were killed, apparently lured into...(more)
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submitted by Elizabeth for team Iraq news 60 weeks 5 days 4 hours 23 minutes ago
Between April 2003 and June 2004, $12 billion in U.S. currency—much of it belonging to the Iraqi people—was shipped from the Federal Reserve to Baghdad, where it was dispensed by the Coalition Provisional Authority. Some of the cash went to pay for projects and keep ministries...(more)
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submitted by Augie Brown for team Iraq news 37 weeks 5 days 23 hours 52 minutes ago
There was no direct operational connection between Saddam Hussein’s government and Al Qaeda before the war in Iraq, says a Pentagon-sponsored study.
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submitted by Elizabeth for team Iraq news 36 weeks 19 minutes ago
Behind the Pentagon's closed doors, U.S. military leaders told President Bush Wednesday they are worried about the Iraq war's mounting strain on troops and their families. But they indicated they'd go along with a brief halt in pulling out troops this summer.
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