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Rice admits oversight trouble on Iraq contracts (USA Today)
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Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:41:22 GMT

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged at a congressional hearing Thursday that her department had serious problems overseeing its largest contracts in Iraq.


Dems accuse Rice of blunders in Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:04:42 GMT

House Democrats on Thursday accused Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of grossly mismanaging diplomatic efforts in Iraq and concealing information from Congress, putting a visibly frustrated Rice on the defensive.


No fast delivery of ray gun to Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:46:56 GMT

There's no doubt this oversized ray gun can deliver the heat. The question is, how soon can the weapon, which neither kills nor maims, be delivered to Iraq?


Turkish leaders increase pressure on US, Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:18:09 GMT

Turkish leaders lent extra weight Thursday to their threat of a military incursion against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, as an Iraqi delegation arrived in Ankara for crisis talks.


Iran becoming new Iraq on campaign trail (CNN.com)
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:39:49 GMT

When it comes to presidential politics, Iran appears to the next Iraq.


Rice, Waxman Spar Over Iraq (Washington Post)
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:44:12 GMT

Maliki policy on investigations of officials in Iraq government prompts tense exchange.


Laura Bush: signs of progress in Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:59:25 GMT

First lady Laura Bush told hundreds of U.S. troops Thursday that the American people stand by them in the Iraq war and the security situation in the country was improving due to their efforts.


Turkey: US will not stop Iraq incursion (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:15:04 GMT

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that U.S. objections would not stop Turkey from crossing into Iraq to eliminate Kurdish rebels. The Turkish military said it had killed more than 30 insurgents who were poised to launch an attack, near the Iraqi border.


Iraq wants Turkey to accept Baghdad's offer to deal with Kurd rebels (International Herald Tribune)
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:57:38 GMT

The Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, urged Ankara to accept an offer by his government to "pacify, isolate and disrupt" Kurdish separatist rebels - operating out of bases in northern Iraq - but using methods short of military action.


Pentagon welcomes Italian decision in Iraq shooting case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:02:42 GMT

The Pentagon welcomed an Italian judge's decision Thursday to throw out a case against a US soldier in the killing of a top Italian intelligence agent in Iraq in 2005.