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submitted by Oscar Contreras 244 weeks 2 days 5 hours 32 minutes ago
AP - American commanders in southern Iraq say Shiite sheiks are showing interest in joining forces with the U.S. military against extremists, in much the same way that Sunni clansmen in the western part of the country have worked with American forces against al-Qaida.
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submitted by Grace 212 weeks 2 days 23 hours 29 minutes ago
U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but still short on manpower.
They hope to retake the 10 percent of Afghanistan the Taliban holds.
Some of the Marines that make...(more)
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submitted by Christopher 224 weeks 2 days 5 hours 43 minutes ago
After a U.S. airstrike leveled a small compound in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions in January 2006, President Pervez Musharraf and his intelligence officials announced that several senior Al Qaeda operatives had been killed, and that the top prize was an elusive Egyptian who was believed to...(more)
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submitted by anna 261 weeks 1 day 23 hours 5 minutes ago
Thirteen protesters were arrested at the UC Board of Regents meeting today after a group demanding a discussion of the universityâs role in nuclear weapons development disrupted the meeting.
About 60 protesters made their way to UCSF, including many who said they are continuing to fast as...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Iraq news 264 weeks 4 days 16 hours 35 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 Grace for team Iraq news 167 weeks 5 days 17 hours 14 minutes ago
A car bomb exploded Thursday in a crowded cattle market south of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people and injuring 45 others, Iraqi police and medical officials said.
The parked car exploded at the height of the morning buying and selling at the market on the outskirts...(more)
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submitted by Oscar Contreras 244 weeks 2 days 5 hours 31 minutes ago
AP - An al-Qaida front group threatened to assassinate Sunni leaders who "stained the reputations" of their people by supporting the Americans as the Iraqi government's parliament base fragmented Saturday with the defection of a hardline Shiite bloc.
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submitted by Collin Frost for team Iraq news 245 weeks 5 days 19 hours 24 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 JKM 198 weeks 2 days 10 hours 23 minutes ago
On a piece of barren land on the western edge of this capital, a refugee camp is steadily swelling as families displaced by the heavy bombardment in southern Afghanistan arrive in batches.
The growing numbers reaching Kabul are a sign of the deepening of the conflict between...(more)
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submitted by enikhanjohorns for team Mysteries of the Universe 164 weeks 2 days 1 hour 39 minutes ago
An alarming trend which confirms that law enforcement across the country is being trained that American citizens are a dangerous enemy: Police to be on the lookout for supporters displaying bumper stickers and other paraphernalia associated with the Constitutional, Campaign for Liberty, and Libertarian parties -...(more)
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submitted by Grace 184 weeks 1 day 19 hours 25 minutes ago
As they emerge from a tunnel cut beneath the Berkeley Hills, Bay Area Rapid Transit trains hauling eastbound commuters home from San Francisco enter a landscape of low hills and tight valleys, shaded by oaks and pines and filled with winding blocks of well-maintained houses.
It is...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Iraq news 75 weeks 6 days 11 hours 19 minutes ago
A car bomb outside a restaurant killed three people north of Baghdad on Wednesday, while a roadside bomb wounded seven Iranian pilgrims on a bus traveling to an important Shiite religious festival, officials said.
The explosives-packed car, which blew up in the town of Taji, some 12...(more)
