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Allen, Webb Quarrel Over War in Iraq, Bush Policies 
Washington Post - 27 minutes ago
Virginia's U.S. Senate candidates clashed on national television yesterday over the war in Iraq and President Bush's leadership, offering the sharpest contrast yet in a campaign that has become central to the partisan struggle for control of Congress this fall.U.S. holds AP photographer in Iraq 5 mos AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing.Australia probes soldiers' Iraq videos AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
Australia's defense department said Sunday it was investigating a series of videos taken by Australian soldiers in Iraq and posted on a popular Web site, including one showing a soldier pointing a pistol at the head of a man wearing Arab clothing.U.S. Holds Photographer in Iraq New York Times - 46 minutes ago
The U.S. military has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer in Iraq for five months, accusing him of being a security threat.Australian PM plays down Iraq military videos AFP via Yahoo! News - 58 minutes ago
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has played down videos of Australian soldiers in Iraq, including one showing a gun held to the head of a kneeling man in Arab dress.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,682 AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 3:43 PM
As of Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, at least 2,682 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 2,131 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Iraq attackers kill 30, aggravate ethnic tensions Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 12:53 PM
Insurgents killed at least 30 people and aggravated Iraq's hostile ethnic divide with a string of bombs in the northern city of Kirkuk, as well as attacks in volatile Anbar province and in Baghdad on Sunday.Iraq oil city shudders as bombing campaign kills 27 AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 12:10 PM
Iraq's fragile northern oil city of Kirkuk buckled under a wave of bombings targeting the security forces that killed at least 27 people.Australia Probes Soldiers' Iraq Videos ABC News - 40 minutes ago
Videos Online Show Australian Soldier in Iraq Pointing Pistol at Head of Man in Arab DressBombs kill 23 in Iraq's Kirkuk Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 9:14 AM
Insurgents killed at least 23 people with a wave of vehicle bombs across Iraq's ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk on Sunday, one day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Iraqis to embrace reconciliation.U.S. Holds AP Photographer in Iraq 5 Mos ABC News - 55 minutes ago
U.S. Military Holds AP Photographer in Iraq 5 Months Without Charges or Public HearingIraq stumbling in its bid to rein in rogue police International Herald Tribune - Sep 17 9:43 AM
Efforts to root out Shiite militiamen and criminals in Iraq's police force are being hindered by a lack of political support, officials say.Suzanne Nossel: What to Talk About When You Talk About Iraq HuffingtonPost - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
Progressives and liberals are flummoxed when it comes to what to say about Iraq. Rather than reflecting weakness, indecision or political cowardice, the dilemma is genuine and not of their own making. Virtually every piece of good advice propounded by analysts in recent years - holding together the pre-invasion Iraqi army, internationalizing the war when it still might have been possible, Ties to GOP Trumped Know-How Among Staff Sent to Rebuild Iraq Washington Post - Sep 17 7:06 AM
After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted all manner of Americans -- restless professionals, Arabic-speaking academics, development specialists and war-zone adventurers. But before they...Ties to GOP Trumped Know-How Among Staff Sent to Rebuild Iraq Washington Post - Sep 17 7:00 AM
After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted all manner of Americans -- restless professionals, Arabic-speaking academics, development specialists and war-zone adventurers. But before they could go to... Australia Defense Will Investigate Videos From Soldiers in Iraq Bloomberg.com - Sep 17 5:27 PM
Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian Defense Force will investigate videos that depict ``inappropriate'' and ``culturally insensitive'' behavior by its soldiers in Iraq.WP: Ties to GOP trumped skill on Iraq team MSNBC - Sep 17 2:17 PM
After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted all manner of Americans -- restless professionals, Arabic-speaking academics, development specialists and war-zone adventurers. But before they could go to Baghdad, they had to get past Jim O'Beirne's office in the Pentagon. Bombers kill 22 as Iraq's oil city attacked AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 3:44 AM
A suicide truck bomber firing a machine gun with one hand exploded his vehicle near a police centre, killing at least 18 people as Iraq's ethnically fragile northern oil city of Kirkuk was hit by a wave of violence.US Troops Needed In Iraq For Foreseeable Future Says Iraqi Security Advisor Space War - Sep 17 6:30 PM
Washington (AFP) Sep 17 - Iraq will need US and international forces on the ground until national security forces are prepared to fight and local governments have been elected around the country, Iraqi national security advisor Mowaffak Al-Rubaie told CNN Sunday.Women to fly GIs home before Iraq duty AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 3:11 AM
Amanda Tyrell thought she wouldn't see her husband for a year and a half when he left in July for training and then military service in Iraq. But she'll get to see him one more time Sunday before he eventually departs to Iraq. She and other wives raised money to pay to fly some 74 Vermont National Guard members home for a visit.Attacks kill 21 in northern Iraq MSNBC - Sep 17 2:29 PM
A suicide truck bomb exploded in the city of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish north Sunday in an attack that left at least 21 people dead and another 63 wounded, police said. U.S. Holds AP Photographer in Iraq 5 Mos ABC News - Sep 17 12:04 PM
U.S. Military Holds AP Photographer in Iraq 5 Months Without ChargesAustralia probes 'offensive' videos by soldiers in Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 1:38 AM
Australia's military chief pledged an investigation into videos showing "inappropriate images" of Australian soldiers in Iraq.Suicide truck bomb in Iraq oil city kills 18 AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 1:19 AM
A suicide truck bomber firing a machine gun with one hand exploded his vehicle near a police centre, killing at least 18 people and wounding 65 in Iraq's northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.Webb, Allen spar over Iraq war in TV debate Richmond Times-Dispatch - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
WASHINGTON -- Democratic challenger Jim Webb and Republican Sen. George Allen squared off over Iraq as the increasingly unpopular war dominated their nationally televised debate yesterday.13 killed in suicide car bomb in Iraq oil city AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 17 12:27 AM
A suicide car bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded 55 in Iraq's northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.U.S. Holds AP Photographer in Iraq 5 Mos San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 17 2:21 PM
The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing. Military officials said Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen, was... Don't overreact to Iraq videos: PM Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 17 5:55 PM
Prime Minister John Howard says Australians should not overreact to offensive videos of Australian soldiers while in service in Iraq. -Iraq struck by series of bombings; 2 dozen die Knoxville News Sentinal - 23 minutes ago
KIRKUK, Iraq - Six bombs killed 24 people and wounded 84 Sunday in Kirkuk, a northern oil city the Kurds want added to their self-ruled region. The violence came as politicians argued over federation legislation that a Sunni Arab party warned could tear Iraq apart.Reports: Russia, Iraq to Ink Relief Deal AP via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 17 8:06 AM
Russia will sign an agreement formalizing its forgiveness of the bulk of Iraq's multibillion-dollar debt within a few months, news agencies quoted the finance minister as saying Sunday.Suicide Bomb Hits Iraq's Kurdish North CBS News - Sep 17 7:33 AM
At least 18 people died and 55 were wounded when a suicide truck bomb exploded in the city of Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish north. Kirkuk also suffered two roadside bombings. Violence across Iraq has killed hundreds of people in recent weeks.Kovco inquiry requests Iraq videos The Australian - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
LAWYERS for the inquiry into Private Jake Kovco's fatal shooting in Iraq have asked defence chiefs to show them controversial images of Australian soldiers skylarking with guns in Iraq.U.S. military holds AP photographer in Iraq for 5 months Baltimore Sun - Sep 17 2:58 PM
Man was accused of being a security threat The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing. Australian PM plays down Iraq military videos TODAYonline - 57 minutes ago
This file photo shows Iraqi police commandos and Australian soldiers securing an area in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa. Australian Prime Minister John Howard has played down videos of Australian soldiers in Iraq, including one showing a gun held to the head of a kneeling man in Arab dress.U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 2,682 AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 17 3:43 PM
As of Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, at least 2,682 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.At least 23 die as Iraq rocked by series of bomb attacks The Scotsman - Sep 17 5:20 PM
A WAVE of bomb attacks in Iraq's ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk killed at least 23 and wounded 73 others, a day after the prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, urged Iraqis to embrace reconciliation.Iraq Blames Rogue Militia Elements, Al-Qaida for Grisly Killings Voice of America - Sep 17 1:20 PM
Iraq's top security official says the latest wave of grisly killings in Baghdad is aimed at demoralizing Iraqi security forces and frightening Iraqi people. Also, he spoke about the Iraqi government's plan to surround Baghdad with trenches and other fortifications to help keep insurgents out.ALP seeks inquiry into off-duty soldiers' activities in Iraq Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
The Federal Opposition has drawn a link between videos featuring Australian soldiers in Iraq and the death of Private Jake Kovco.Ignatieff takes fire over his position on Iraq CTV.ca - Sep 17 4:35 PM
Michael Ignatieff was put on the hot seat in the latest Liberal leadership debate for his support of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.Soldiers face the sack over Iraq pictures, videos Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
PETER CAVE: Defence chiefs have warned a group of Australian soldiers they face the sack over stupid, immature and unprofessional pictures and videos taken while serving in Iraq.Spouses raise money to fly soldiers home before Iraq service Boston Globe - Sep 17 8:45 AM
Amanda Tyrrell thought she wouldn't see her husband for a year and a half when he left in July for training and then military service in Iraq.Bombs Kill 23 in Iraq's Kirkuk Turks.US - 24 minutes ago
Four blasts killed 23 people in Iraq's city of Kirkuk on Sunday, September 17, 2006, including a huge suicide truck bomb, a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged divided Iraqis to embrace reconciliation.ADF in damage control over Iraq videos Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 17 1:11 PM
An investigation has begun into a series of offensive video clips made by Australian soldiers while on service in Iraq. -Women to Fly GIs Home Before Iraq Duty ABC News - Sep 17 3:25 AM
Women Raise Money to Fly 74 Vt. National Guard Members Home for Visit Before Going to IraqBlair paying price for Iraq war, says Gallop ABC via Yahoo!7 News - Sep 17 12:00 PM
The former West Australian premier Geoff Gallop says he feels for his friend, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who he says is paying the price politically for his stance on Iraq.Bloody weekend in Iraq as bombers strike Independent Online - Sep 17 4:40 PM
Insurgents have killed 23 people with a wave of vehicle bombs across Iraq's ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk only a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's speech urging the people of the Gulf state to embrace reconciliation.Female Texas soldier killed in Iraq KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley - Sep 17 3:54 PM
WASHINGTON A Texas soldier has died in Iraq after an improvised explosive device detonated near her Humvee.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,681 AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 16 3:56 PM
As of Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006, at least 2,681 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 2,131 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Iraq oil city shudders as bombing campaign kills 27 Channel NewsAsia - Sep 17 12:11 PM
KIRKUK, Iraq - Iraq's fragile northern oil city of Kirkuk Sunday buckled under a wave of bombings targeting the security forces that killed at least 27 people.Iraq attackers kill 30, aggravate ethnic tensions Stuff - Sep 17 3:26 PM
KIRKUK: Insurgents killed at least 30 people and aggravated Iraq's hostile ethnic divide with a string of bombs in the northern city of Kirkuk, as well as attacks in volatile Anbar province and in Baghdad overnight (NZT).Sharp Differences on Iraq, Vague Policy Prescriptions New York Times - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and Ned Lamont have had trouble articulating precisely what to do about America's military strategy.Women to Fly GIs Home Before Iraq Duty ABC News - Sep 17 1:40 AM
Women Raise Money to Fly 74 Vt. National Guard Members Home for Visit Before Iraq TourU.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 2,682 The Daily Comet - Sep 17 3:50 PM
As of Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006, at least 2,682 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.Series of bombings strike Iraq's oil-rich north, killing 24 KXLY-TV Spokane - Sep 17 3:05 PM
KIRKUK, IRAQ (AP) -- Six bombs killed 24 people and wounded 84 Sunday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. There was no indication who was behind the bombings in Kirkuk, a city 180 miles north of Baghdad that lies in the center of Iraq's vast northern oil fields.Photographer held in Iraq for five months Daily Vidette - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
(AP) - The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing. Military officials said Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen, was being held for "imperative reasons of security" under United Nations resolutions.FEATURE - In Iraq's desert, Sunni tribes battle Qaeda for control Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 17 9:53 AM
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Sheikh Sattar al-Buzayi summoned other tribal chiefs last week for a war council at his fortified home in Ramadi, the teeming, scarred capital of Iraq's Anbar province, desert heartland of the Sunni Arabs.NEWSWEEK: Senior U.S. Military Officer in Iraq General George Casey Takes Newsweek on an Exclusive Tour of Baghdad's SYS-CON Media - Sep 17 2:53 PM
General George Casey, the senior U.S. military officer in Iraq, takes Chief Foreign Correspondent Rod Nordland on an exclusive inspection of Baghdad's worst neighborhood, Adhamiya. Casey tells Newsweek in the September 25 issue (on newsstands Monday, September 18), that he's pleased with the progress he sees in Iraq, 'It has worked. You see the reactions of the people on the streets.' Even so, Bombers kill 22 in Iraq s oil city Dawn - 59 minutes ago
KIRKUK, Sept 17: A suicide truck bomber firing a machine gun with one hand exploded his vehicle near a police centre Sunday, killing at least 18 people as Iraq s ethnically fragile northern oil city of Kirkuk was hit by a wave of violence.US troops in Iraq 'for foreseeable future' News Interactive - Sep 17 12:26 PM
IRAQ will need US and international forces on the ground until national security forces are prepared to fight and local governments have been elected around the country, Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak Al-Rubaie told CNN today.Diggers star in offensive Iraq videos Canberra Times - Sep 17 6:06 PM
Australian soldiers who made a series of offensive videos while serving in Iraq were facing dismissal, defence chiefs warned yesterday.Iraq debt relief deal on way Gulf Daily News - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
MOSCOW: Russia will sign an agreement formalising its forgiveness of the bulk of Iraq's multibillion-dollar debt within a few months.Bombs kill 23 in Iraq's Kirkuk Boston Globe - Sep 17 3:50 AM
Four blasts killed 23 people in Iraq's ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk on Sunday, including a huge suicide truck bomb, a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged divided Iraqis to embrace reconciliation.31 killed in Iraq Gulf Daily News - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
KIRKUK, Iraq: At least 31 people died in Iraq as a wave of insurgent bombings rocked the oil-rich town of Kirkuk yesterday.Ralston Meets with Barzani in Iraq Zaman Online - Sep 17 2:13 PM
Gen. Joseph Ralston, a U.S. special envoy appointed to coordinate the fight against the PKK, met with Massoud Barzani, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader and president of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq.Iraq police riddled by Shiite militia San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 17 3:56 AM
Shiite militiamen and criminals are entrenched throughout Iraq's police and internal security forces and are blocking recent efforts by some Iraqi leaders and the U.S. military to root them out, a step critical to winning the trust of skeptical Sunni Arabs... Female Texas soldier killed in Iraq News 8 Austin - Sep 17 1:05 PM
Second Lt. Emily J.T. Perez, 23, Texas, died on Sept. 12, in Al Kifl, Iraq when an IED detonated near her vehicle during combat.Women raise money to fly soldiers home before Iraq service WCAX 3 - Sep 17 12:28 PM
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Amanda Tyrrell didn't think she'd see her husband again for a year and a half when he left in July for training and then military service in Iraq.Wave of insurgent bombs kill 23 in Iraq's Kirkuk Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 17 6:02 AM
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Rebels unleashed a wave of deadly bomb attacks in Iraq's ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk on Sunday, including a huge suicide truck bomb, a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Iraqis to embrace reconciliation.US military holds AP photographer in Iraq five months without charges KXLY-TV Spokane - Sep 17 12:06 PM
The US military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, without any charges filed or public hearing permitted. Military officials say Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen, is being held for "imperative reasons of security" under United Nations resolutions.Australian defense department investigates videos taken by soldiers in Iraq KTRE-TV East Texas - Sep 17 12:03 PM
SYDNEY, Australia The chief of Australia's defense force is promising to investigate a series of videos taken by Australian soldiers in Iraq, including one that reportedly shows charred bodies of bombing victims.Series of bombings strike Kirkuk in Iraq's oil-rich north, killing two dozen KBCI Boise - Sep 17 4:04 PM
KIRKUK, Iraq Six bombs killed 24 people and wounded 84 today in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. There was no indication who was behind the bombings in Kirkuk, a city 180 miles north of Baghdad that lies in the center of Iraq's vast northern oil fields.U.S. Holds AP Photographer in Iraq 5 Mos RedNova - Sep 17 10:16 AM
By ROBERT TANNER The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing.Iraq oil city shudders as bombing campaign kills 27 AFP via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 17 5:21 AM
KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) - Iraq's fragile northern oil city of Kirkuk buckled under a wave of bombings targeting the security forces and killing at least 27 people.US military tries two approaches in Iraq's volatile Anbar region Boston Globe - Sep 17 1:43 AM
FURAT, Iraq -- With a biker's bandan a tied under his helmet, the special forces team sergeant gunned a Humvee down a desert road in Iraq's volatile Anbar Province. Skirting the restive town of Hit, the team of a dozen soldiers crossed the Euphrates River into an oasis of relative calm: the rural heartland of the powerful Albu Nimr tribe.23 die in Iraq blasts Deccan Herald - Sep 17 1:42 PM
Four blasts killed 23 people in Iraq's ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk today, including a huge suicide truck bomb, a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged divided Iraqis to embrace reconciliation.Iraq oil city shudders as bombing campaign kills 27 TODAYonline - Sep 17 10:17 AM
An Iraqi police commando walks past the wreckage of a police vehicle. Iraq's fragile northern oil city of Kirkuk buckled under a wave of bombings targeting the security forces and killing at least 27 people.U.S. military holds AP photographer in Iraq five months without charges Fox 6 News San Diego - Sep 17 10:53 AM
The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, without any charges filed or public hearing permitted.Women to Fly GIs Home Before Iraq Duty ABC News - Sep 16 8:55 PM
Women Raise Money to Fly 74 Vt. National Guard Members Home for Visit Before Iraq ServiceNew Leaders, Similar Story at Iraq's Abu Ghraib OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News - Sep 16 9:53 AM
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 16 (OneWorld) - Fresh allegations of brutality are being reported from inside the walls of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, which was transferred from U.S. military to Iraqi government control on September 1st.Bombing campaign in Iraq oil city kills at least 27 News Interactive - Sep 17 8:24 AM
IRAQ'S fragile northern oil city of Kirkuk was hit yesterday by a wave of bombings targeting the security forces that killed at least 27 people.Bomb blast in Iraq kills soldier from Union St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Sep 17 1:18 AM
A soldier from Union was killed Thursday by an improvised bomb while on patrol in Taji, just north of Baghdad, his family says. Army Spc. Russell Makowski, 23, had been in Iraq since December and was home on leave for two weeks in August.Iraq violence surges despite call for calm NorthJersey.com - Sep 17 4:58 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- After a one-day lull, bloodshed surged again in the Iraqi capital Saturday, with at least 17 people dead in attacks and 27 probable victims of sectarian killings found dumped in the streets as Iraq's prime minister launched a fresh appeal for reconciliation.Russia, Iraq to sign debt write-off agreement soon - Kudrin Interfax - Sep 17 7:34 AM
SONGAPORE. Sept 17 (Interfax) - Russia and Iraq are to sign an agreement on a debt write-off for Iraq within the next few months, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told journalists after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart. "Technical work is currently in progress.Suicide bombs, shooting, kill 21, wound 63 in northern Iraq Boston Herald - Sep 17 6:04 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two suicide vehicle bombs, including one targeting a U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, killed at least 21 people and wounded 63 in the northern city of Kirkuk Sunday, police said. Two civilians...Women to fly GIs home before Iraq duty Boston Globe - Sep 17 1:05 AM
Amanda Tyrell thought she wouldn't see her husband for a year and a half when he left in July for training and then military service in Iraq. But she'll get to see him one more time Sunday before he eventually departs to Iraq. She and other wives raised money to pay to fly some 74 Vermont National Guard members home ...In Iraq, Iran s Arab Credentials Are Made News From Bangladesh - Sep 17 11:20 AM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki s latest visit to Tehran was just another occasion to highlight that Iran is compromising its Arab credentials in Iraq, and to raise more questions about whether Tehran and Washington are in collusion or in collision in Baghdad than giving answers to Arabs who do care to have Islam as a unifying force between the Arab and Persian neighbouring nationalities Bombs kill 23 in Iraq's Kirkuk Stuff - Sep 17 10:14 AM
KIRKUK: Four blasts have killed 23 people in Iraq's ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk, including a huge suicide truck bomb, a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged divided Iraqis to embrace reconciliation.Iraq failing to rid police of criminals The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sep 17 12:20 AM
Shiite militiamen and criminals entrenched throughout Iraq's police and internal security forces are blocking recent efforts by some Iraqi leaders and the U.S. military to root them out, a step critical to winning the trust of skeptical Sunni Arabs and quelling the sectarian conflict, Iraqi and Western officials say.Russia, Iraq to sign debt write-off agreement soon - Kudrin Interfax - Sep 17 7:03 AM
SONGAPORE. Sept 17 (Interfax) - Russia and Iraq are to sign an agreement on a debt write-off for Iraq within the next few months, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told journalists after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart.Another Ohio Soldier Killed in Iraq WTOL News 11 - Sep 17 2:10 PM
REYNOLDSBURG (AP) -- The military says a 30-year-old paratrooper from Ohio has died from wounds he suffered when his reconnaissance helicopter was fired on near Mosul, Iraq. The Defense Department says Captain Matthew Mattingly of Reynoldsburg, a Columbus suburb, died Thursday.In Iraq, specter of violence adds to back-to-school jitters Contra Costa Times - Sep 17 3:37 AM
Iraq's new school year is approaching, and there are more than the usual back-to-school jitters in Baghdad, even for a war zone. When classes begin Wednesday, Iraqi and U.S. officials will be watching to see whether parents in Iraq feel secure enough about the country's future and confident enough in the new government to send their children to school after a summer of unprecedented sectarian Iraq oil city shudders as bombing campaign kills 27 Outlook India - Sep 17 9:30 AM
Iraq's fragile northern oil city of Kirkuk today buckled under a wave of bombings targeting the security forces and killing at least 27 people.Dueling protests over Iraq war NorthJersey.com - Sep 17 4:13 AM
SUMMIT -- About 200 people gathered in a large clearing of the Summit Town Green Saturday to protest the war in Iraq and demand that American troops stationed there be pulled out while about two dozen others gathered across the street to counter-protest, insisting the GIs must stay until the war is over.Australia to investigate Iraq troop video images Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 17 4:42 AM
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Sunday it would launch an investigation after video images displayed on the Internet appeared to show some of its soldiers in Iraq mishandling weapons and acting in a "culturally insensitive" way.Courier News Online - Bombings kill dozens in Iraq Bridgewater Courier News - Sep 17 1:23 PM
KIRKUK, Iraq Six bombs killed 24 people and wounded 84 Sunday in Kirkuk, a northern oil city the Kurds want added to their self-ruled region. The violence came as politicians argued over federation legislation that a Sunni Arab party warned could tear Iraq apart.Inquiry into Iraq video 'contest' The Scotsman - Sep 17 5:18 PM
AUSTRALIA'S defence force chief is to investigate videos taken by Australian soldiers in Iraq and posted on the internet, including one reportedly showing charred bodies of bombing victims.Suicide bomber kills 18, wounds 65 in Iraq s northern city of Kirkuk The Herald - Sep 17 3:30 PM
Kirkuk. A suicide bomber firing a machine gun with one hand and driving an explosive laden truck with the other blew up his vehicle near a police centre, killing 18 people and wounding 65 in Iraq s northern oil city of Kirkuk.Paths to gaining ground in Iraq sometimes clash Contra Costa Times - Sep 17 3:39 AM
AL-FURAT, Iraq -- With a biker's bandanna tied under his helmet, the Special Forces team sergeant gunned a Humvee down a desert road in Iraq's volatile Anbar province. Skirting the restive town of Hit, the team of a dozen soldiers crossed the Euphrates River into an oasis of relative calm: the rural heartland of the powerful Albu Nimr tribe.Iraq calls for calm after Pope's remarks Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 16 6:20 AM
Iraq's government called on Muslims on Saturday not to attack the country's small Christian minority in response to remarks by Pope Benedict that have angered Muslims.Flintoff to Speak about Reporting in Iraq The Mac Weekly - Sep 17 12:55 PM
National Public Radio s (NPR) Corey Flintoff will speak on his recent reporting trip to Iraq at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, in Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel.