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IRAQ: NAVY SEALS TO FACE TRIAL AFTER CAPTURING MOST-WANTED TERRORIST

Posted by: myVox

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Thu Nov 26 16:27:09 -0800 2009 | disasters

Remember the Fallujah ambush of 2004 in Iraq in which four Blackwater security guards were killed with grenades and gunfire? In what was a chilling display of enemy brutality and a mark of the extent of the spread of insurgency...

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Iraqis reach surprise agreement on elections law

Source: Washington Post

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Thu Nov 26 05:18:44 -0800 2009 | disasters

Iraq's political factions reached a surprise agreement Thursday on a contested law to organize parliamentary elections next year, pulling the country back from crisis and avoiding another veto that could have delayed the vote for months. The deal was yet...

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Iraq’s January elections face near certain delay

Source: War In Context

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Tue Nov 24 13:32:51 -0800 2009 | disasters

As far as the Iraqis were concerned, here was a nation who could put people on the moon but who could not, or would not, fix the electricity supply. You need to have money in order to make things happen,...

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Officials: 4 dead in attacks around Iraq

Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner

Basra :: Iraq | updated Sun Nov 22 01:47:18 -0800 2009 | disasters

its a good thing our troops have another war to go to. there isnt much to come home to here but unemployment and misery...Examiner Reader says: Its been two weeks since Obama has taken office...I smell a payoff... motown67 says:...

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IRAQ: Chance of a Breakthrough With the Kurds?

Source: Inter Press Service

Mosul :: Iraq | updated Thu Nov 19 22:28:21 -0800 2009 | disasters

A recent meeting between Iraq�s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish President Massoud Barzani appears to be a crucial step in lowering tensions in the country, but it has also prompted questions as to whether the two leaders can put...

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RIGHTS-US: Justice to Probe Detainee Abuses

Source: Inter Press Service

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Thu Nov 19 20:23:32 -0800 2009 | disasters

Attorney General Eric Holder is poised to release a long-delayed report prepared in 2004 by the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing the "enhanced interrogation" techniques used by the CIA and some of its contractors against so-called...

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U.S. military plans on course in Iraq

Source: United Press International

Kirkūk :: Iraq | updated Fri Nov 20 09:34:44 -0800 2009 | disasters

Political stability in Iraq is not a necessary factor for U.S. efforts to move forward with the responsible withdrawal of its combat forces, scholars say. Despite the looming threat from a veto over amendments to a 2005 election law, several...

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Iraqis say British Army used Guantánamo interrogation methods

Source: Times Online

Basra :: Iraq | updated Tue Nov 17 15:25:18 -0800 2009 | disasters

Iraqis say British Army used Guant�namo interrogation methods David Brown Dozens of prisoners held at a secret British army interrogation centre in Iraq claim they suffered unlawful physical and mental abuse similar to that carried out by the US on...

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Baghdad Cop Kidnaps then Kills Boy: Police

Source: Al Sharq Al Awsat

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Tue Nov 17 03:42:55 -0800 2009 | disasters

A Baghdad police lieutenant kidnapped his wealthy neighbour's 10-year-old son, killed him and then sought 160,000 dollars before being snared when his phone calls were traced, police said on Tuesday. The crime occurred in Mahawil, a town 80 kilometres (50...

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Baghdad's Bloody lake

Posted by: citizenjournal

Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Sun Nov 15 16:33:27 -0800 2009 | disasters

Looks like the lake tells the sad story of Iraq war. May be, may be not. The picture noticed in year 2007 shows a blood-soaked lake outside Iraq's Sadr City. Though there is no official version available, some believe it...

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