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What We Got Right in Iraq (Washington Post)
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Sun, 13 May 2007 04:20:37 GMT

Once conventional wisdom congeals, even facts can't shake it loose. These days, everyone "knows" that the Coalition Provisional Authority made two disastrous decisions at the beginning of the U.S. occupation of Iraq: to vengefully drive members of the Baath Party from public life and to recklessly disband the Iraqi army. The most recent example is former CIA chief George J. Tenet, whose new ...


Senate could break Iraq impasse (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 13 May 2007 02:12:24 GMT

A pivotal point is looming in intense US Senate bargaining over Iraq in the quest for a war financing deal palatable to both President George W. Bush and anti-war Democrats.


Cheney in Saudi to seek help on Iraq, Iran (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 13 May 2007 02:14:12 GMT

US Vice President Dick Cheney met Saudi Arabian leaders on Saturday to seek their help in Iraq, two months after close ally King Abdullah slammed the "illegitimate foreign occupation" there.


The Flight From Iraq (New York Times)
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Sun, 13 May 2007 01:25:43 GMT

War has displaced millions in Iraq, creating the largest refugee problem in the Middle East since 1948. As they flee their country, are they taking the war with them?


Cheney seeks Saudi help on Iraq, Iran (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 23:41:00 GMT

US Vice President Dick Cheney met Saudi Arabian leaders on Saturday to seek their help in Iraq, two months after close ally King Abdullah slammed the "illegitimate foreign occupation" of that war-torn land.


Ret. Gen: Iraq straining National Guard (USA Today)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 22:47:14 GMT

The National Guard isn't as strong as it should be because of the war in Iraq and American communities will suffer as a result, retired Air Force Gen. Melvyn Montano said Saturday.


U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,391 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 23:03:43 GMT

As of Saturday, May 12, 2007, at least 3,391 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 2,761 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Pittsburgh Reservists Head To Iraq (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 21:00:16 GMT

Reservists from Pittsburgh are getting ready to deploy to Iraq in the largest deployment from the area for Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Cheney meets Saudi king, Iraq and Iran on agenda (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 20:03:53 GMT

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally which has grown cold on Washington's Iraq policy, for talks with King Abdullah expected to discuss Iran's growing power.


Iraq missing up to 15 million dollars of oil daily (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 18:51:13 GMT

Between five million and 15 million dollars worth of oil a day is reportedly unaccounted for in Iraq and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling.