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Congress Approves $70 Billion For Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan 
Washington Post - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
Congress yesterday authorized an additional $70 billion in emergency funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through early next year, including nearly $24 billion for the Army and Marine Corps to repair and replace worn-out equipment.Powell Tried to Warn Bush on Iraq, Book Says New York Times - Sep 30 5:16 PM
A new Powell biography is among the latest accounts of the divisions within the Bush administration over the Iraq war.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,711 AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 5:00 PM
As of Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, at least 2,711 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 2,158 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Op-Chart; The State of Iraq: An Update New York Times - Sep 30 4:02 PM
The data suggest that while Iraq is not lost, the United States and its allies there are hardly winning either.Bush challenges "misimpressions" about Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 1:12 PM
President Bush on Saturday challenged "misimpressions" about the Iraq war as he battled a gloomy intelligence assessment of the conflict and the fallout of a book portraying him as in denial over it.Candidate-veteran attacks Bush on Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 1:59 PM
An Illinois congressional candidate who lost both her legs during combat in Iraq said Saturday that President Bush has no real strategy for securing the war-ravaged nation, just political talk designed to appeal to voters.Detained guard suspected of Iraq attacks AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 9:46 AM
U.S. troops detained a bodyguard for the leader of Iraq's biggest Sunni Arab political group on suspicion the guard was preparing suicide bombings, and fearful officials on Saturday enforced a total ban on movement in this city of about seven million people.Bush confronts critics of Iraq policies AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 8:44 AM
Gloves-off election-year rhetoric hit the radio Saturday, as President Bush argued that critics are wrongheaded to argue for a different policy in Iraq while Democrats suggested Bush is more interested in politically helpful slogans than success in the war.Leak of Iraq report created "misimpressions": Bush Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 7:14 AM
President Bush on Saturday hit back at critics who have cited an intelligence report as evidence that the Iraq war has worsened the terrorism threat.U.S. threatens to cut funding for Iraq's police: NYT Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 6:50 AM
The United States may cut off funding for Iraq's police because of its failure to punish people responsible for torture, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said in an interview published on Saturday.Senate passes bill on Iraq and defense programs Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 6:30 AM
The U.S. Senate on Saturday authorized $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and nearly $463 billion for defense programs in the fiscal year that begins on Sunday.Bush Says Iraq War Isn't Making Americans Less Secure (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Sep 30 2:52 PM
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said today that fighting in Iraq isn't making Americans less secure at home. ``This argument buys into the enemy's propaganda that the terrorists attack us because we are provoking them,'' Bush said in his weekly radio broadcast.Bob Woodward: Bush Misleads On Iraq CBS News - Sep 30 3:18 PM
Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that the Bush administration has not been honest about the level of violence in Iraq. The veteran reporter also reveals to Wallace that Henry Kissinger advises the Bush White House on its Iraq policy.Iraq shuts down Baghdad with curfew Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 2:00 AM
Iraq's government imposed a one-day curfew on the capital Baghdad on Saturday without explanation, ordering all cars and pedestrians off the streets.Detained guard suspected of Iraq attacks AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 30 1:50 AM
The detained guard of a prominent Sunni politician is suspected of belonging to al-Qaida in Iraq and planning a major suicide car bomb attack inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, the U.S. military said Saturday.Elections, terrorism, Iraq war on news shows The State - 36 minutes ago
Today s news shows will focus largely on the Iraq war, the war on terror and the fight for control of Congress as the midterm November elections approach.Hundreds of people pay respects to New Ringgold woman killed in Iraq Standard Speaker - 32 minutes ago
By JILL C. WHALEN Hundreds of people turned out Saturday morning to pay their respects to U.S. Army Sgt. Jennifer M. Hartman, a New Ringgold woman who was killed Sept. 14 in Iraq.Bush challenges "misimpressions" about Iraq Boston Globe - Sep 30 11:05 AM
President Bush on Saturday challenged what he called public "misimpressions" about Iraq as he battled a gloomy assessment of the war in an intelligence report and the fallout from a book portraying him as in denial over it.Congress restricts Bush on Iraq spending Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 8:21 PM
The U.S. Congress moved on Friday to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector, as it approved $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.$70 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Approved Washington Post - Sep 29 7:11 PM
Congress yesterday authorized another $70 billion in emergency funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through early next year, including nearly $24 billion for the Army and Marine Corps to repair and replace worn-out equipment.Labor to pull out Iraq diggers News Interactive - Sep 30 6:26 PM
LABOR'S promise to pull Australian troops out of Iraq on its first day in office is part of a wider solution to the problems of Islamist terrorism, opposition international security spokesman Kevin Rudd has said.U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 2,711 AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 30 5:00 PM
As of Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, at least 2,711 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.Defence Secretary denies commanders want Iraq troops in Afghanistan AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 7:54 PM
Defence Secretary Des Browne has denied that senior military commanders have urged the government to switch troops from Iraq to Afghanistan.Winter Park soldier dies in Iraq ABC 7 El Paso - 55 minutes ago
WINTER PARK, Fla. A Florida soldier who was assigned to Fort Hood's Fourth Infantry Division has died in Iraq. The Pentagon says 19-year-old private first class...Winter Park soldier dies in Iraq KXAN 36 Austin - 56 minutes ago
WINTER PARK, Fla. A Florida soldier who was assigned to Fort Hood's Fourth Infantry Division has died in Iraq.Concord rally today to call for end to war in Iraq WCAX 3 - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
CONCORD, N.H. Peace activists and religious leaders are planning a march this afternoon in Concord (New Hampshire) to call for an end to the war in Iraq.Winter Park soldier dies in Iraq KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
WINTER PARK, Fla. -- A soldier from Winter Park has died in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Saturday. Pfc. Christopher Blaney, 19, died Friday in Taji, just north of the Iraqi...Concord rally calls for end to war in Iraq WCAX 3 - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
CONCORD, N.H. Organizers of a peace rally in Concord (New Hampshire) say the event drew about 800 to a thousand people this afternoon to protest the war in Iraq.Survivors of attack on pilgrims back from Iraq Khaleej Times - 29 minutes ago
HYDERABAD The surviving women members of a pilgrim group yesterday returned their home from Iraq after a horrendous journey. The group had lost all the three male members in a terrorist attack.White House in crisis over 'Iraq lies' claims Guardian Unlimited - Sep 30 4:14 PM
President George Bush was bracing for one of the toughest fights of his political life yesterday as a fierce row broke out over whether he has been misleading the American public over the worsening violence in Iraq.Two Fort Hood Soldiers Killed In Iraq KXAN 36 Austin - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
Fort Hood -- The Defense Department says two soldiers from Fort Hood died after their military vehicle rolled over in Iraq. Staff Sergeant Edward C. Reynolds, Junior, of Groves, Texas and Private first class Henry Paul, of Kolonia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, died Tuesday.Bush reaffirms commitment to keep U.S. toops in Iraq Calcutta News - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
President Bush is strongly defending his policies in Iraq, as the fallout continues from a U.S. intelligence report that says, in part, the U.S.-led war is creating a new generation of terrorists.Winter Park Soldier Dies In Iraq Local6.com Central Florida - Sep 30 2:28 PM
WINTER PARK -- A soldier from Winter Park has died in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Saturday. Pfc. Christopher Blaney, 19, died Friday in Taji, just north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, officials said.War vet turned candidate attacks Bush on Iraq KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley - Sep 30 6:27 PM
WASHINGTON An Illinois congressional candidate who lost both of her legs during combat in Iraq says President Bush has no real strategy for securing that nation.Thousands Pay Respect To Sailor Killed In Iraq WJZ 13 Baltimore - Sep 30 6:17 PM
Family and friends gather to remember a Naval Officer killed overseas in Iraq. WJZ's Jessica Kartalija reports live from the procession in Abingdon, Harford County Embattled Bush sticks to Iraq guns AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 3:45 PM
US President George W. Bush accused critics who say the Iraq war has fueled terrorist recruitment have bought into "the enemy's propaganda."Bush confronts critics of Iraq policies Boston Globe - Sep 30 7:20 AM
Gloves-off election-year rhetoric hit the radio Saturday, as President Bush argued that critics are wrongheaded to argue for a different policy in Iraq.White House denies understating Iraq violence AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 3:52 PM
The White House denied willfully understating violence in Iraq, one of a barrage of charges stemming from a new book that reportedly paints top US officials in disarray over the war.Bush defends Iraq conflict to Democrats ITV.com - Sep 30 1:32 PM
US President George W Bush has challenged "misimpressions" about the Iraq war as he battled a gloomy intelligence assessment of the conflict.Bush, Maliki, discuss Iraq security AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 3:26 PM
US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday discussed the security situation in Iraq and efforts to pacify Baghdad, the White House said.Iraq shuts down Baghdad with one-day curfew Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 3:43 PM
Iraq's government shut down the capital with a one-day curfew on Saturday, ordering all cars and pedestrians off the streets, but giving no reason for the measure.ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE / Three authors make the case that time and again, the U.S. has made disastrous mistakes in Iraq San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
During an army briefing in late 2003, as the opposition movement, and bloody battles, were mounting in Iraq, a lieutenant colonel presented his boss, a tough colonel, with a question: "Sir, what is the battlespace?" The colonel, reports Thomas Ricks in... Ft. Carson Soldiers Prepare To Leave For Iraq CBS4 Denver - Sep 30 2:25 PM
Soldiers in Fort Carson's 2nd Brigade Combat Team are just days away from a second deployment to Iraq.Iraq declares curfew in Baghdad Washington Post - Sep 29 3:21 PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq declared a curfew on Saturday in the capital Baghdad, ordering all cars off the streets and telling people to remain in their homes.Bush 'kept Blair in the dark over Iraq' Evening Standard - Sep 30 3:41 PM
An explosive new book claims that Tony Blair pleaded in vain with George Bush to share vital combat intelligence about the Iraq war. The author, Watergate journalist Bob Woodward, paints a devastating portrait of Bush as an incompetent pawn of his chief advisers and the Pentagon's war planners.Bush Urges Americans to Read Iraq Intelligence Document Voice of America - Sep 30 9:50 AM
President Bush has called on Americans to read for themselves the recently declassified U.S. intelligence document that has stirred up new criticism of the war in Iraq.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,711 China Daily - Sep 30 6:42 PM
As of Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, at least 2,711 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.U.S. unable to confirm Muhajir in Qaeda Iraq audio Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 1:38 PM
U.S. intelligence cannot confirm that al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is the man whose voice appeared this week in an audio message urging the kidnapping of Westerners, officials said on Friday.Congress Heads Off Permanent Iraq Bases Los Angeles Times - Sep 30 12:05 AM
WASHINGTON Congress on Friday moved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector, as it approved $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Dozens more dead in Iraq Fox21 - Sep 30 1:23 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq It's turned into another brutal day in Iraq, with dozens more people killed.Turkey-US Lines in Iraq Generally Overlap Zaman Online - Sep 30 2:11 PM
Washington is happy that Turkey will develop economic, political and social relationships with Iraq. Both capitals share a common official policy of political stability, protection of territorial unity and establishment of unity and solidarity.Terror report brings Iraq to forefront for Kyl, Pederson The Arizona Republic - Sep 30 2:59 AM
Like candidates across the nation, Kyl and Pederson had largely avoided talking about Iraq until a leaked intelligence report forced the topic onto the headlines.The CQPolitics Forum: Has the Public Made Up Its Mind on Iraq? New York Times - Sep 29 1:15 PM
Given the high level of voter awareness about the war in Iraq, can either party with just more than five weeks to go before the Nov. 7 elections substantially move public opinion to its side on the war issue?Commander: Iraq insurgents losing ground AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 12:10 PM
It is still possible to defeat the entrenched insurgency in Iraq's western Anbar province but probably not until U.S. troops leave, the American commander of forces in the provincial capital said Friday.Baghdad locked down, but violence persists elsewhere in Iraq Fox21 - Sep 30 1:19 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi capital is quiet Saturday as a curfew imposed in fear of imminent attacks kept residents inside, but violence persists in other areas of the country.Democrats cite Woodward book in criticizing Bush's Iraq actions USA Today - Sep 29 10:50 AM
Democratic leaders today used excerpts from a new book by Bob Woodward to unleash a scathing attack on President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq.Bush Defends Policies on Iraq, Afghanistan Washington Post - Sep 29 10:06 AM
President Bush today lashed out at critics of his policies in Afghanistan and Iraq, denouncing predictions of impending failure in Afghanistan and complaining that some have "selectively quoted" from a classified intelligence assessment to argue that the war in Iraq is making Americans less secure.US Congress passes defense budget, including 70 billion for Iraq war AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 12:11 PM
The US Congress approved the defense budget for 2007, which boosts spending to 447.6 billion dollars, including 70 billion dollars for the war in Iraq.Winter Park soldier dies in Iraq Bradenton Herald - Sep 30 12:56 PM
A soldier from Winter Park has died in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Saturday.Baghdad Locked Down, But Violence Persists In Iraq Local6.com Central Florida - Sep 30 7:58 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Iraqi capital is quiet Saturday as a curfew imposed in fear of imminent attacks kept residents inside, but violence persists in other areas of the country.US ambassador warns on Iraq violence Boston Globe - Sep 30 1:29 AM
BAGHDAD -- The US ambassador to Iraq warned yesterday that time is running out for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain the burgeoning sectarian bloodshed that threatens to plunge the country into civil war.Bush ignored warnings on Iraq, book claims The Buffalo News - Sep 30 6:04 AM
WASHINGTON - Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card on two occasions tried and failed to persuade President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, according to a new book by Bob Woodward that depicts senior officials of the Bush administration as unable to face the consequences of their policy in Iraq.Bush says Iraq War critics embrace enemy's propaganda The Buffalo News - Sep 30 6:02 AM
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Friday critics who claim the Iraq War has made America less safe embrace "the enemy's propaganda." "You do not create terrorism by fighting terrorism," he told a receptive military audience.Baghdad Locked Down, But Violence Persists Elsewhere In Iraq KLTV Texas - Sep 30 11:41 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi capital is quiet Saturday as a curfew imposed in fear of imminent attacks kept residents inside, but violence persists in other areas of the...Bush confronts critics of Iraq policies IBN live - Sep 30 11:04 AM
US President George W Bush argued that critics are wrongheaded to argue for a different policy in Iraq.2 Fort Hood soldiers killed in Iraq News 8 Austin - Sep 30 11:23 AM
FORT HOOD, Texas -- The Defense Department said two soldiers from Fort Hood died after their military vehicle rolled over in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Edward C. Reynolds Jr. of Groves, Texas and Pfc. Henry Paul of Kolonia Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, died Tuesday.Man admits extortion in Iraq kidnapping AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 10:19 AM
A West African man admitted Friday that he tried to extort $2 million from the Christian Science Monitor by promising to win the release of journalist Jill Carroll, who was captured in Iraq.Behind Public Optimism On Iraq, Administration Had Doubts Free Internet Press - Sep 30 1:13 PM
Intellpuke: The following is compiled of extracts from Bob Woodward's new book "State of Denial". This extract also appears today on the Washington Post's website. The extract begins here: In May, President Bush spoke in Chicago and gave a characteristically upbeat forecast: "Years from now, people will look back on the formation of a unity government in Iraq as a decisive moment in the story of Bush denies Iraq war inspires terror, calls claim 'the enemy's propaganda' The Plain Dealer - Sep 30 5:09 AM
Washington - President Bush asserted Friday that critics who claim the Iraq war has made America less safe embrace "the enemy's propaganda." He acknowledged setbacks in Afghanistan against a Taliban resurgence but predicted eventual victory.'Iraq for Sale' shows locally The Olympian - Sep 30 4:32 AM
the corporations in charge of Iraq's reconstruction. The Olympia Unitarian Un iversalist Congregation's Social Justice Committee is hosting a showing of "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers" at 4 p.m. Oct. 8.Congress restricts Bush on Iraq spending Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 8:30 AM
The U.S. Congress on Friday moved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector, as it approved $70 billion for funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.with the strykers in iraq Soldiers learn art of homemaking at war Tacoma News Tribune - Sep 30 3:53 AM
BAGHDAD, iraq - Fort Lewis soldiers fighting in Iraq's capital can get Popeye's Chicken when they return to base, followed by Cinnabon for dessert. Taco Bell is coming soon. But finding Internet access to drop Mom a message is a different story.War vet turned candidate attacks Bush on Iraq ABC 7 El Paso - Sep 30 8:53 AM
WASHINGTON An Illinois congressional candidate who lost both of her legs during combat in Iraq says President Bush has no real strategy for securing that...Woodward: Kissinger advises White House on Iraq Boston Herald - Sep 30 4:27 AM
NEW YORK - Henry Kissinger has been advising President Bush and Vice President Cheney about Iraq, telling them that victory is the only meaningful exit strategy, author and journalist Bob Woodward said.US Ambassador says Funding Could Be Cut for Iraq's Police Voice of America - Sep 30 4:05 AM
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq says the United States may cut funding for Iraq's police because of their failure to punish those responsible for torture.Bush ignored advice on Iraq, book states International Herald Tribune - Sep 29 10:48 AM
The White House ignored an urgent warning in 2003 from a top Iraq adviser who said that thousands of additional American troops were desperately needed to quell the insurgency there.Bush 'concealing Iraq violence' BBC News - Sep 29 4:34 PM
Washington Post writer Bob Woodward says, in a new book, that the true extent of the Iraq war is being hidden.Soldier from Arizona Killed in Iraq KOLD News 13 Tuscon - Sep 30 12:37 PM
Another soldier with Arizona ties has died while serving in Iraq. Corporal Casey L. Mellen was killed after insurgents opened fire on his patrol in the city of Mosul. He belonged to the 5th Battalion, based out of Fort Lewis, Washington.White House bashes Woodward's Iraq book Houston Chronicle - Sep 29 10:41 PM
The White House vigorously challenged on Friday a new book that accused President Bush of misleading the public about the Iraq war, suggesting it was based on the accounts of insiders whose advice had been spurned. Guard members return to Tulsa from Iraq NewsChannel 4 - Sep 30 12:34 PM
Fourteen Tulsa-based Oklahoma Air National Guard members are back in Oklahoma after spending eight months in Iraq.Pohnpeian man dies in Iraq Pacific Daily News - Sep 30 10:01 AM
Another son of Micronesia has died in Iraq, marking the 13th casualty for the region since the war in Iraq began in 2003. The Federated States of Micronesia and its Pacific island neighbors are mourning the death of Army Pfc. Henry Paul, 24, of Kolonia, which is in the state of Pohnpei.'The operation is on!' Iraq's Sunni tribes fight Al-Qaeda AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 7:16 AM
Western Iraq's powerful sheikhs have launched an offensive against foreign Al-Qaeda extremists on their territory, they have said, in an important victory for the US-backed government.Bush says reports supports his Iraq plan UPI - Sep 30 7:23 AM
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said the National Intelligence Estimate supports his opinion the war in Iraq is making the United States safer from terror.Congressional Democrats Say Bush Out of Touch on Iraq Voice of America - Sep 30 1:50 AM
U.S. congressional Democrats are seizing on a new book by a veteran American journalist to underscore their argument that President Bush has been misleading the American people about the situation in Iraq.2 Fort Hood soldiers killed in Iraq KXAN 36 Austin - Sep 30 7:51 AM
FORT HOOD, Texas The Defense Department says two soldiers from Fort Hood died after their military vehicle rolled over in Iraq.Bush Says Iraq Action Has Not Worsened Terror Threat [Press Release] U.S. Department of State - Sep 30 2:38 PM
President Bush rejects the notion that the 2003 U.S. and coalition military action in Iraq has worsened the threat from terrorism. He also warns that a premature withdrawal from Iraq would embolden extremists. Speaking September 30 in his weekly radio address to the American public, Bush comments on portions of the classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that recently were leaked to the If Iraq was democracy, we would pull troops Salem Statesman Journal - Sep 30 6:42 AM
Your article on Sept. 28, "U.S. raid in Iraq kills 8, including 4 women," states that a recent "poll by the State Department and independent researchers indicated that a majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to withdraw immediately from the country. ...SENATE OKS $70B MORE FOR IRAQ FIGHT New York Post - Sep 30 2:35 AM
WASHINGTON - The Senate unanimously approved $70 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan yesterday as part of a record Pentagon budget. The bill, now on its way to the White House for President Bush's signature, totals $448...President Discusses Iraq War in Radio Address WBZ.com - Sep 30 12:28 PM
WHITE HOUSE (AP) -- President Bush is again defending the U-S effort in Iraq, saying it's crucial to winning the broader war on terror. In his weekly radio address, Bush said critics don't understand the nature of the enemy.In Iraq, a journalist in limbo CNN.com - Sep 29 5:35 AM
Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi photographer who helped the Associated Press win a Pulitzer Prize last year, is now in his sixth month in a U.S. Army prison in Iraq. He doesn't understand why he's there, and neither do his AP colleagues. White House in denial over Iraq? Yes, Woodward says Pioneer Press - Sep 30 1:03 AM
WASHINGTON The White House on Friday tried to dismiss a new book's portrayal of division and discord inside the Bush administration, suggesting that Bob Woodward's account was provided by former aides who believed their advice on troop levels and other questions of strategy in the war in Iraq had been ignored.GOP Candidate Shannon Calls Iraq A 'Negotiation,' Not A 'War' Des Plaines Journal - Sep 30 11:01 AM
Iraq and Afghanistan activities should not be called a war, instead they are a "negotiation," claims the Republican candidate for Congress in the 9th district of Illinois.Hawaii troops in Iraq keep focus, general says Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Sep 30 5:27 AM
A top Army officer with the Schofield Barracks troops in Iraq says "it is absolutely uncanny" how his soldiers have stayed focused on their mission despite three combat deaths in the last month.Bush insists Iraq policy is correct Al Bawaba - Sep 30 8:46 AM
US President George Bush on Saturday claimed that critics are wrongheaded to argue for a different policy in Iraq. With just over five weeks to go before midterm elections, Democrats have been citing a government intelligence assessment to bolster their criticism of Bush's policy on Iraq. The classified National Intelligence Estimate, parts of which Bush declassified earlier this week, says the White House Denies Hiding Extent Of Iraq Violence Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Sep 30 6:36 AM
September 30, 2006 -- The White House has denied hiding the extent of violence in Iraq.O'ahu Marine killed in Iraq Honolulu Advertiser - Sep 30 5:47 AM
A second Marine from Kane'ohe Bay has been killed in Iraq just weeks into a new deployment.Iraq: Bodyguard Accused Of Suicide Plot India Daily - Sep 30 9:08 AM
A bodyguard for Iraqi Sunni politician Adnan al-Dulaimi was detained on suspicion of being involved in a plot to attack Baghdad's Green Zone in a "mutli-vehicle suicide operation," U.S. military officials said Sept. 30. The bodyguard, Khudir Farhan, is alleged to be a member of al Qaeda in Iraq. The arrest reportedly was the trigger for the total curfew declared in Baghdad on Sept. 29.Iraq: Republic of fear Financial Express - Sep 30 9:10 AM
This author attended a conference this year on Iraq with leading administrators, analysts and politicians from Iraq and the Middle East. One question was put forward on how the new Iraqi leaders could bring security to Iraq when nearly 1,500 people were dying per month from sectarian violence and terrorist attacks.U.S. top general in Iraq defends prime minister Baltimore Sun - Sep 30 12:43 AM
Al-Maliki faces difficult times, officer says The highest-ranking U.S. military officer in Iraq disavowed yesterday criticism leveled by several senior officers at Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for failing to rein in Shiite militias. Another Kaneohe Marine and a Micronesian die in Iraq KPUA Hilo - Sep 30 10:16 AM
HONOLULU (AP) _ A second Kaneohe Marine was killed this week while conducting combat operations in Iraq. The Defense Department says Lance Corporal James Chamroeun of Georgia died yesterday of wounds received in Al Anbar province.