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News Source: Turkish Daily News
| about 1 year ago
The Associated Press The abrupt departure of the four-star general in charge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has set off a scramble within the Bush administration to fill a job that requires vast combat experience, deft diplomatic skills, and...
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News Source: Indian Express
| about 1 year ago
US soldiers shot and killed a young Iraqi girl after firing a warning shot at a woman who �appeared to be signaling to someone� along a road where several bombs had recently been found, a military official said early on Thursday. Ad Links...
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News Source: Turkish Press
| about 1 year ago
At least 18 people were killed and 64 wounded in a suicide car bombing in central Baghdad on Thursday, medical officials told AFP. The bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle in the Bab al-Sharji area at around 2:00 pm (1100 GMT), security...
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News Source: Institute for War and Peace
| about 1 year ago
These will be necessary whenever I am to leave the highly secured Green Zone, which, home to embassies, media organisations, and government buildings, will be my base for the next fortnight. It is my first visit to the capital since I left in May...
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News Source: Turkish Daily News
| about 1 year ago
Iraqi sources confirmed the grisliest attack of Tuesday when 16 passengers on a bus in southern Iraq were killed by a roadside bomb. The U.S. military, however, claimed no one died in the attack, which was targeting a passing military convoy...Dr...
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News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 year ago
William J. "Fox" Fallon, who announced Tuesday that he is quitting as head of the U.S. Central Command , had irked the White House in recent months by publicly opposing possible military action against Iran. But support for a military strike within...
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News Source: Middle East Security News
| about 1 year ago
The Iraqi Hezbollah Party's Al Bayyna Newspaper had an editorial with the title "A militia of widows and orphans" and said violence has become the basic way for people to gain their rights in Iraq. The editorial said the "state of law" officials...
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News Source: Middle East International News
| about 1 year ago
The U.S. counter-insurgency strategy for Iraq, and as such a tactic for eventual withdrawal, is drawing on the wisdom of T.E. Lawrence, the legendary British officer who helped the Arabs shake off the shackles of the Ottoman Empire. "Do not try to...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 year ago
The U.S. military said Tuesday that three American soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad , bringing to eight the number of troops who died that day. In southern Iraq , meanwhile, a roadside bomb hit a bus that was...
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News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 year ago
US forces suffered their worst day in Iraq for six months today, with eight troops killed in two separate incidents in the country. Three soldiers and an interpreter died when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Diyala province, north of Baghdad, a...