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submitted by Grace for team Iraq news 196 weeks 1 day 14 hours 18 minutes ago
Iraq's first lady escaped unharmed Sunday from a bomb attack in downtown Baghdad that struck her motorcade, injuring four body guards.
President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed, was headed to the city's central National Theater to attend a cultural festival when her motorcade was hit in...(more)
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submitted by AB 185 weeks 1 day 1 hour 13 minutes ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki tried to step back from comments in which he appeared to support Senator Barack Obama’s plan for troop withdrawal.
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Obama Watch 95 weeks 1 day 20 hours 26 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has begun a series of meetings with foreign leaders who have come to Washington for his nuclear security conference....
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submitted by Elizabeth 185 weeks 1 day 22 hours 44 minutes ago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious" and "urgent."
In an interview broadcast Sunday during his first trip to Afghanistan, Obama said the U.S. needs to start planning now to send in more troops. He has called for an additional one to...(more)
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submitted by M Walker 245 weeks 5 days 18 hours 12 minutes ago
AP - Lebanon's defense minister issued an ultimatum Wednesday to Islamic militants barricaded in this Palestinian refugee camp to surrender or face a military onslaught.
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submitted by Julia Leigh for team Iraq news 141 weeks 12 hours 11 minutes ago
Reuters cameraman Ibrahim Jassam has been held since September. The U.S. military rejected a court order to release him, saying he is a 'high security threat.' No evidence has been presented.
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submitted by Ari 243 weeks 1 day 21 hours 45 minutes ago
AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt after Taliban militants fired rockets at a school where he was meeting with tribal elders, officials said Sunday.
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submitted by Lisa for team Iraq news 221 weeks 2 days 12 hours 25 minutes ago
The pupils who had been too scared to attend class are now returning.
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submitted by Micca 184 weeks 50 minutes ago
Influential former Pentagon official Richard Perle has been exploring going into the oil business in Iraq and Kazakhstan, according to people with knowledge of the matter and documents outlining possible deals.
Mr. Perle, one of a group of security experts who began pushing the case for toppling...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Mysteries of the Universe 137 weeks 19 hours 37 minutes ago
More than 50 years after a 7,600lb (3,500kg) nuclear bomb was dropped in US waters following a mid-air military collision, the question of whether the missing weapon still poses a threat remains.
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submitted by GG92 187 weeks 21 hours 37 minutes ago
John McCain has called Iraq the "central front" of the war on terror, a crucible of America's ability to defeat violent Islamic extremists the world over.
But with record US casualties in Afghanistan in June, a resurgent Taliban, and new reports of Al Qaeda regrouping in northwest...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Iraq news 157 weeks 5 days 1 hour 21 minutes ago
Iraq said Thursday it will bar Blackwater Worldwide from providing security protection for U.S. diplomats because its contractors used excessive force, sanctioning a company whose image was irrevocably tarnished by the 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians.
The move will deprive American diplomats of their main protection...(more)
