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Bush Said to Be Frustrated by Level of Public Support in Iraq 
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President Bush is concerned about lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated at the Iraqi government and people s lack of public support for America s mission.OP Soldier Killed In Iraq KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 6:20 PM
A Johnson County soldier was killed in Iraq, defense officials said.A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 4:15 PM
As of Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006, at least 2,601 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,066 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.White House rejects talk of dividing Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 4:07 PM
US President George W. Bush rejects suggestions that Iraq be partitioned as a way of heading off worsening violence there, White House spokesman Tony Snow said.Media pushes aside Iraq war for Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 12:41 PM
Remember Iraq? Not much has changed with the war there, but it has largely been pushed off front pages and squeezed from television news shows by the conflict in Lebanon and, last week, by the terror arrests in London.16 killed in bombing, gunbattle in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 11:07 AM
A suicide bombing in the north and street battles hundreds of miles away in a Shiite holy city in the south claimed 16 lives Tuesday, demonstrating the tenuous security in Iraq as the U.S. focuses on curbing sectarian violence in Baghdad.Walls or militias? Iraq faces rival visions for security AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 8:39 AM
Rival visions of how to halt the carnage in Iraq have gone on show as US troops built walls around a restive suburb of Baghdad and a Shiite leader announced a plan to set up local militias.Suicide bomb at Iraq party HQ kills 9, injures 36 CNN.com - Aug 15 7:51 AM
Nine people died and and 36 others were wounded Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated a truck outside a political headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, a police official said.The Iraq Syndrome will haunt America International Herald Tribune - Aug 15 5:04 AM
The Iraq Syndrome, similar to the trauma experienced by the United States after Vietnam, is already under way.Controversy Dogs Iraq Estimate by Shaun Waterman UPI Homeland and National Security Editor Washington (UPI) Aug 15, 2006 Space War - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago
So controversial is the forthcoming National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, say officials and observers, that even the terms of reference are likely to be the subject of intense, but highly secret, discussion and debate.Bomber Kills 9 At Iraq President's HQ CBS News - Aug 15 4:51 PM
A suicide bomber killed nine people outside the headquarters of the Iraqi president's political party in northern Iraq, while fierce fighting between Shiite gunmen and Iraqi security forces left at least seven people dead in the south.Guide: Armed groups in Iraq BBC News - Aug 15 12:40 PM
A guide to the complex mixture of armed insurgent and militia groups in Iraq.Suicide attack, street fighting raise death toll in Iraq by 16 The Star-Ledger - 11 minutes ago
BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomb ing in the north and street battles hundreds of miles away in a Shi'a holy city in the south claimed 16 lives yesterday, demonstrating the tenuous security in Iraq as the U.S. focuses on curbing sectarian violence in Baghdad.Iran Said to Support Shiite Militias in Iraq Washington Post - Aug 14 10:19 PM
BAGHDAD, Aug. 14 -- Through proxies, Iran is giving weapons, bomb technology and training to Shiite Muslim militias in Iraq, U.S. military officials said Monday.More Carson troops bound for Iraq Rocky Mountain News - Aug 15 3:18 PM
About 300 Fort Carson soldiers from two military police units will deploy to Iraq within the coming weeks, Army officials said Tuesday.Guard's death shows Iraq dangers: Downer Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 15 6:10 PM
Australians working as security contractors in Iraq face high risks, the federal government warned, following the death of a Melbourne man after a roadside bombing.U.S. Blames Iraq Blast on Hostile Act Los Angeles Times - Aug 15 8:49 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Car bombs triggered gas explosions in a Shiite neighborhood two days ago, the U.S. said Tuesday, acknowledging that the attack was due to a hostile act.A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq ABC News - Aug 15 8:48 AM
A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in IraqHenderson soldier dies in Iraq war KVBC Las Vegas - 21 minutes ago
A young local soldier is the latest casualty in the ongoing war in Iraq. 22-year-old Ignacio Ramirez and two other soldiers were killed on August 9 when an improvised explosive device went off near their Humvee.Hillsdale County loses second soldier in Iraq The Daily Reporter - 39 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. Hillsdale County native, First Sgt. Aaron Jagger, 43, based in Ramadi, Iraq, died in combat last week, the U.S. Army confirmed Monday.Clift: Holding Pattern on Iraq Newsweek - Aug 15 6:45 AM
Rumsfeld's Senate testimony underscores that there are no good options on Iraq. Meanwhile, where's Dick Cheney? US recalls 300 soldiers to Iraq BBC News - Aug 15 4:19 AM
Some 300 soldiers who had recently arrived home after a year in Iraq are ordered to return to the war zone.Just-returned troops sent back to Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 6:19 PM
About 300 Alaska-based soldiers sent home from Iraq just before their unit's deployment was extended last month must now go back, the Army said Monday, setting up a wrenching departure for troops and families who thought their service there was finished.Australian's death 'show Iraq dangers' The Australian - Aug 15 6:00 PM
AUSTRALIANS working as security contractors in Iraq face high risks, the Federal Government warned today following the death of a Melbourne man after a roadside bombing.A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 15 4:15 PM
As of Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006, at least 2,601 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.Security contractor 'knew of Iraq risks' The Age - Aug 15 3:54 PM
An Australian security guard who suffered fatal injuries in a roadside bombing in Iraq knew the risks of his work, his employer says. -Iraq clashes kill 15 The Age - Aug 15 1:53 PM
A suicide bomber killed nine people outside the offices of a Kurdish political party in northern Iraq on Tuesday and clashes between gunmen loyal to an anti-American Shi'ite cleric and Iraqi soldiers killed six in the south.Iraq, Jordan oil deal AME Info - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
Iraq will supply cheap oil to Jordan by laying a new pipeline across the desert, according to AFP. Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al Maliki said the laying of the pipeline was part of plans for broader cooperation in oil. Preferential prices for Jordan have also been agreed.Army recalling 300 troops to Iraq who just arrived home in Alaska KTVA - Aug 15 6:06 PM
About 300 Alaska-based soldiers sent home from Iraq just before their unit's deployment was extended last month must now go back. The Army made the announcement Monday.Australian security contractor dies in Iraq Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
TONY EASTLEY: A security contractor who was a former ADF (Australian Defence Force) soldier for 10 years, has become the seventh Australian to die in Iraq since the war began in 2003.Two more 1st AD soldiers killed in Iraq identified Stars and Stripes - Aug 15 1:36 PM
The identities of two more 1st Armored Division soldiers who were killed in Iraq during combat operations Aug. 9 were released Monday.White House rules out Iraq partition The Australian - Aug 15 4:45 PM
US President George W. Bush rejects suggestions that Iraq be partitioned as a way of heading off worsening violence there, White House spokesman Tony Snow said today.Alaska solider killed in Iraq KTVA - Aug 15 6:06 PM
The Department of Defense Monday said an Alaska soldier was killed in Iraq. The defense department identified the Army specialist as 23-year-old Shane W. Woods of Palmer. Officials say he was among three soldiers killed last Wednesday in Ramadi by an explosive.Aussie family awaits Iraq victim's body The Age - Aug 15 1:23 PM
The family of a Melbourne security guard who suffered fatal injuries in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq hopes to learn today when his body will be released for repatriation to Australia.Fierce Gunbattles Erupt in Iraq Los Angeles Times - Aug 15 3:49 AM
KARBALA, Iraq -- Fierce gunbattles broke out Tuesday between armed supporters of an anti-U.S. Shiite cleric and Iraqi security forces after a raid on his office in this southern holy city, leaving many people injured, officials and witnesses said.US sending 300 newly returned troops back to Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 3:35 PM
About 300 U.S. soldiers who just weeks ago returned home to Alaska after a year in Iraq are being ordered back to try to help bolster security in Baghdad, the U.S. Army said on Monday.U.S. military deaths in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 4:33 PM
As of Monday, Aug. 14, 2006, at least 2,600 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,060 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Kurds: Iran, Turkey launch artillery attacks on N. Iraq World Tribune - Aug 15 11:13 AM
ANKARA Iran and Turkey have attacked Kurdish insurgency strongholds in neighboring Iraq. The Kurdish Workers Party said Iranian and Turkish forces have been pounding Kurdish targets in northern Iraq since Saturday.OP Soldier Killed In Iraq The Kansas City Channel - Aug 15 4:26 PM
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- A Johnson County soldier was killed in Iraq, defense officials said. Zeigler was a member of the 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Hood.DeMint says Iraq civil war is more possible The Greenville News - Aug 15 2:43 PM
Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint said Tuesday that unchecked violence has made civil war in Iraq "more possible now," but that he doubts that will happen.Sun Valley Marine Killed in Iraq KRNV - Aug 15 3:25 PM
A Marine from Sun Valley has died while fighting in Iraq. 18-year old Lance Corporal Jeremy Z. Long died Thursday while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar, Iraq.3 Fort Hood Soldiers Killed In Iraq CBS 42 Austin - Aug 15 3:44 PM
Staff Sgt. Michael C. Lloyd, 24, of San Antonio, Texas; Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Zeigler, 31, of Overland Park, Kansas and Staff Sgt. Kenneth A. Jenkins, 25, of Fouke, Arkansas died in Iraq.Two Nevadans Killed in Iraq Action KLAS - Aug 15 2:53 PM
Two Nevadans were killed last week while serving overseas. Army Specialist Ignacio Ramirez, 22, of Henderson was killed on Wednesday along with two other soliders while serving in Iraq.Bomber kills 9 in Iraq's Mosul Reuters.co.uk - Aug 15 12:27 PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed nine people outside a Kurdish political party in northern Iraq on Tuesday, and clashes between gunmen loyal to an anti-American Shi'ite cleric and Iraqi soldiers left six dead in the south.Australian killed in Iraq 'knew risk' News Interactive - Aug 15 3:58 PM
AN Australian security guard who suffered fatal injuries in a roadside bombing in Iraq knew the risks of his work, his employer said today.300 US troops going back to Iraq after brief reprieve AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 1:41 PM
Some 300 US troops are being sent back to Iraq from Alaska to rejoin an army brigade whose tour of duty was extended by four months to quell sectarian violence in Baghdad, army officials said.Should we still be in Iraq? Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Aug 15 4:42 PM
With everything that's been going on in our country, should we still be trying to save Iraq or should we be concentrating on saving our selves?McConnell: 'Problems' in Iraq The Kentucky Post - Aug 15 9:46 AM
SHELBYVILLE - U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said Monday the Iraq war "hasn't gone as well as we would like," but said the broader struggle against terrorism has been successful based on the lack of follow-up attacks on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001.U.S. Amends Account of Iraq Blasts Washington Post - 22 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Aug.15 -- The U.S. military said Tuesday that a series of four vehicle bombs killed 63 Iraqis and wounded 140 Sunday night, reversing its initial claims that the deaths were the result of an accidental gas explosion in an apartment building.Suicide bomber kills eight in Iraq The Jamaica Observer - Aug 15 5:09 PM
MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - A suicide car bomber killed eight Kurdish peshmerga militiamen and wounded 51 others yesterday in an attack on an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's party, a Kurdish minister said.AWOL Sergeant Turns Himself in Resisting Iraq War Scoop.co.nz - Aug 15 1:50 PM
SEATTLE -- Ricky Clousing, a Sergeant in the U.S. Army, and a veteran of the Iraq War who has been AWOL for a year announced today at the Veterans for Peace convention in Seattle that he will turn himself in later today at the gates of Fort Lewis and face whatever punishment the military chooses to impose.Iraq and Jordan sign oil deal AFP Business News via Yahoo!7 Finance - Aug 15 8:01 AM
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq has struck a deal to supply neighbouring Jordan with cheap oil by laying a new pipeline across the desert between them, the countries' prime ministers have announced.Crack in unity government / Iraq's embattled parliament speaker says he might quit San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 15 4:03 AM
The speaker of parliament said Monday that he is considering stepping down because of bitter enmity from Kurdish and Shiite political blocs, revealing the first major crack in Iraq's fragile unity government since it was formed nearly three months ago.... Journalist Jill Carroll faced harsh Iraq interrogation Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
Two days after her abduction in Baghdad, American journalist Jill Carroll desperately pleaded with her captors to believe she was not hiding an electronic chip somewhere in her body to communicate with U.S. Marines.Iraq should mean more than a war in politics Baltimore Sun - Aug 15 6:48 AM
Jean Marbella Isaid goodbye this weekend to someone who is leaving for Iraq soon. U.S. toll in Iraq San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 15 4:03 AM
As of Monday, at least 2,600 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The latest deaths reported by the military: - Army 1st. Sgt. Aaron D. Jagger, 43, of Hillsdale,... Australian killed in Iraq 'knew risk' Northern Territory News - Aug 15 4:10 PM
AN Australian security guard who suffered fatal injuries in a roadside bombing in Iraq knew the risks of his work, his employer said today. Jon Hadaway, of Melbourne, has died in Germany from injuries he suffered in the August 3 bombing.GIs just back from Iraq must return Albuquerque Tribune - Aug 15 11:09 AM
WASHINGTON - About 300 soldiers who just got home from Iraq must now go back, the Army has announced, setting up wrenching departures for troops and families who thought their service there was finished.Vian Sora: A Woman in Time at Iraq Museum Art Daily - Aug 15 3:14 PM
Vian Sora (Iraqi, born 1976), Ishtar. 2006 Mixed media on canvas, 43 3/8" x 43 3/8" (110 x 110 cm). BAGHDAD, IRAQ.- Iraq Museum International presents new work by Vian Sora, an Iraqi artist who challenges the forces that separate Mesopotamia yesterday from Iraq today.Treating battlefield injuries and pain in veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq News-Medical-Net - Aug 15 4:09 PM
The August issue of Pain Medicine features two original research studies on treating pain in veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq.15 Killed in Bombing, Gunbattle in Iraq Bismarck Tribune - Aug 15 11:17 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber killed nine people at the party headquarters of the Iraqi president Tuesday, and fierce gunbattles between supporters of an anti-American Shiite cleric and Iraqi forces left at least six people dead, officials said.Modern Iraq better known for looting than luting AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 10:17 AM
Iraq in recent years has been so much associated with images of death, destruction and anarchy that it is easy to forget this country was one of the cradles of modern civilisation.Stryker soldiers already home to return to Iraq Army Times - Aug 15 6:43 AM
More than 300 soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team who came home from Iraq will be returning to the war zone, according to Maj. Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, commanding general of U.S. Army Alaska.Just home, 300 Alaska troops sent back to Iraq KXLY-TV Spokane - Aug 15 10:50 AM
PENTAGON -- Three-hundred Alaska-based soldiers who had just returned to the US last month are now headed back to Iraq. They are part of the 172nd Stryker Brigade. The Pentagon has extended the unit's deployment by four months.Three Fort Hood Soldiers Killed In Iraq KWTX-TV Waco - Aug 15 3:41 PM
(August 15, 2006) Three soldiers assigned to Fort Hood s 4th Infantry Division died in two separate attacks Saturday in Iraq, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.15 Killed In Bombing, Gunbattle In Iraq CBS 2 New York - Aug 15 6:02 AM
A suicide bomber killed nine people at the party headquarters of the Iraqi president Tuesday, and fierce gunbattles between supporters of an anti-American Shiite cleric and Iraqi forces left at least six people dead, officials said. CBS News: Postwar Iraq 15 killed in bombing, gunbattle in Iraq Syracuse.com - Aug 15 10:22 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A suicide bomber killed nine people at the party headquarters of the Iraqi president Tuesday, and fierce gunbattles between supporters of an anti-American Shiite cleric and Iraqi forces left at least six people dead, officials said.Nine die in northern Iraq bombing RTÉ News - Aug 15 8:47 AM
A suicide bomber has killed nine people outside the offices of a Kurdish political party in northern Iraq. Clashes between gunmen and Iraqi soldiers killed six in the south.Walls or militias? Iraq faces rival visions for security AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Aug 15 4:57 AM
Rival visions of how to halt the carnage in Iraq have been put on show as US troops built walls around a restive suburb of Baghdad and a Shiite leader announced a plan to set up local militias.U.S., Iraq differ on cause of deadly Baghdad blast NorthJersey.com - Aug 15 5:14 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A deadly series of explosions in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad triggered a new battle Monday -- between the U.S. military and the Iraqis over what caused the blasts. The number of casualties also was in dispute.Fitzpatrick now rejects Bush's strategy in Iraq The Philadelphia Inquirer - Aug 15 12:37 AM
A Bucks County congressman who once firmly backed President Bush's handling of the Iraq war is now calling the president's stay-the-course approach "extreme."Is It About Iraq or Not? RealClearPolitics.com via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 8:32 AM
Bob Herbert (Times Delete) seizes on the London-based bomb plot to reiterate mainstream liberal belief that Iraq was 1) a colossal mistake 2) a "diversion" from real the War on Terror and 3) a catalyst for spawning waves of new jihadis around the globe. Herbert writes:Iraq: U.S. Ambassador on Civil War Newsweek - Aug 14 10:36 PM
Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington s ambassador to Baghdad, discusses civil war, Al Qaeda and whether the Bush administration was wrong to divert its military resources to Iraq. First cracks appear as Iraq's Speaker threatens to quit The Age - Aug 15 7:26 AM
Flagging a change: Iraqi soldiers during a ceremony marking the transfer of an area from US military control. Photo: AP IRAQ'S Speaker of Parliament is considering stepping down because of bitter enmity from Kurdish and Shiite political blocs, revealing the first major crack in Iraq's fragile unity Government since it was formed nearly three months ago.Street battle kills 7 in southern Iraq KXMA-TV Dickinson - Aug 15 2:40 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraqi officials now say seven people were killed in gunbattles today in the Shiite (SHEE'-eyet) holy city of Karbala (KAHR'-bah-lah).A new life for young Mobile Marine badly hurt in Iraq WPMI 15 - Aug 15 10:15 AM
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - When Marine Lance Cpl. Philip J. Schermer III of Mobile drove a Humvee over an anti-tank mine in Iraq's Anbar province two years ago, he didn't lose his life, but instead gained a new one.U.S. U-turns Alaska troops back to Iraq UPI - Aug 15 9:24 AM
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Exhilaration was short-lived for 300 Alaska-based U.S. troops on their way home from serving in Iraq when they were ordered to return for up to four months.Street battle kills 7 in southern Iraq KBCI Boise - Aug 15 2:05 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraqi officials now say seven people were killed in gunbattles today in the Shiite (SHEE'-eyet) holy city of Karbala (KAHR'-bah-lah). They say fighting broke out after Iraqi police raided the office of a Shiite cleric known for anti-American and anti-Iranian views.Just home, 300 Alaska troops sent back to Iraq KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley - Aug 15 9:12 AM
PENTAGON Three-hundred Alaska-based soldiers who had just returned to the U-S last month are now headed back to Iraq.Peace groups to hold Iraq war legality event The Maui News - Aug 15 1:20 PM
KAHULUI A teach-in on the issue of the Iraq war s legality will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Maui Community College s Ka Lama Building Room 104A.U.S. deaths in Iraq The Plain Dealer - Aug 15 4:47 AM
As of Monday, Aug. 14, 2006, at least 2,600 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians.57-year-old soldier back home safely from Iraq Waynesboro Record Herald - Aug 15 8:25 AM
GREENCASTLE - Sitting behind a desk just wasn't cutting it for Lester Merritt Hammond. He was angry - and he wanted to do something about it. Only three years away from retirement, Army Reserves Sgt. 1st Class Merritt, 57, of Greencastle volunteered to go to Iraq.U.S. Army Recalls 300 Recently Returned Soldiers to Iraq Fox News - Aug 14 6:13 PM
About 300 Alaska-based soldiers sent home from Iraq just before their unit's deployment was extended last month must now go back, the U.S. Army said.16 killed in Iraq violence Gulf Daily News - Aug 15 2:54 PM
BAGHDAD: More than 16 people, including nine from a suicide car bomb attack, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Iraq.Iraq and Jordan sign oil deal TODAYonline - Aug 15 8:17 AM
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is seen in July 2006. Iraq has struck a deal to supply neighbouring Jordan with cheap oil by laying a new pipeline across the desert between them, the countries' prime ministers have announced.No evidence Iran active in Iraq: US general Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 7:39 AM
There is no evidence the Iranian government is stirring trouble in Iraq, a U.S. general said on Monday, playing down suggestions that Tehran will retaliate for U.S. backing of Israel's war on Hizbollah.Flags flying at half-staff for soldier killed in Iraq KOB-TV Albuquerque - Aug 15 8:32 AM
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - Flags on Tuesday continued flying at half-staff to honor a Clovis soldier killed in Iraq. Memorial services were held Monday in Clovis for 23-year-old Army Sergeant Leroy Segura Junior.Suicide bomber kills 9 in Iraq's Mosul Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 15 3:43 AM
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a truck rigged with explosives outside the offices of a top Kurdish political party on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing nine people and wounding 36, police said.Blast in Iraq kills GI who was native of Hillsdale The Toledo Blade - Aug 15 3:32 AM
HILLSDALE - A veteran U.S. Army soldier and 1980 graduate of Camden High School was killed in Iraq last week by an enemy explosive, the U.S. Defense Department announced yesterday.At least 17 killed in Iraq violence News Interactive - Aug 15 6:21 AM
AT least 17 people were killed in Iraq today, including four civilians in a car bomb attack on the office of a Kurdish political party, security officials said.U.S. accuses Iran of interfering in Iraq Moldova.org - Aug 15 11:02 AM
U.S. President George W. Bush told reporters on August 14, "In both [Iraq and Lebanon] Iran is backing armed groups in the hope of stopping democracy from taking hold," Reuters reported the same day. Meanwhile, in an interview with CNN on August 13, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad repeated his accusation that Iran is inciting sectarian unrest in Iraq, AFP reported on August 14 (see Iraq and Jordan sign oil deal Khaleej Times - Aug 15 7:56 AM
BAGHDAD - Iraq struck a deal to supply neighbouring Jordan with cheap oil on Tuesday by laying a new pipeline across the desert between them, the countries prime ministers announced on Tuesday.Soldier from Henderson killed in Iraq Las Vegas Sun - Aug 15 7:21 AM
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) - A soldier from southern Nevada was among three service members killed when a bomb exploded near their vehicle in Iraq, the military said.Journalist Jill Carroll recounts Iraq kidnap ordeal AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 7:02 AM
US journalist Jill Carroll, freed in March after nearly three months in captivity in Iraq, recounts her ordeal in an 11-part series in The Christian Science Monitor newspaper.Congress hopefuls split on Iraq war Honolulu Advertiser - Aug 15 7:05 AM
Asked about one of the most divisive issues facing the U.S. Congress, most of the candidates for the U.S. House seat in the 2nd Congressional District reflected their parties' stances on the Iraq war.Suicide bomb kills four in Iraq UPI - Aug 15 7:38 AM
MOSUL, Iraq, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- At least four Iraqis were killed and more than 30 people injured in a suicide bomb attack on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan office in Mosul.Australia to send new ambassador to Iraq The Age - Aug 15 2:38 AM
The federal government is sending a new ambassador to Iraq, replacing its current representative who has had nearly two years in the war zone. -Soldier from Henderson killed in Iraq KESQ - Aug 15 7:36 AM
HENDERSON, Nev. A soldier from Henderson has been killed in Iraq.Australian dies from Iraq blast injuries Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 15 2:25 AM
An Australian security contractor has died from injuries he sustained in a roadside blast in Iraq. -Suicide Bomb Kills 4, Wounds 35 in Iraq phillyburbs.com - Aug 15 2:49 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber on Tuesday exploded a truck rigged with a bomb outside the Iraqi president's party headquarters in a northern city, killing four people and wounding 35, police said.