![]() CBS News | Iraq: Other developments Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - In the northern city of Mosul, a roadside bomb ripped through an Iraqi Army patrol, killing three soldiers and wounding four others, police said. ... Ten killed, dozens wounded in attacks across Iraq Bomb attacks target hospital, marketplace in Iraq Several killed in Iraq blasts |
AFP | Syria's Assad says US should withdraw from Iraq AFP - DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday called on the United States to pull its troops out of Iraq, saying they posed a threat to ... Syrian president criticizes proposed US-Iraq pact Syrian president criticizes proposed US-Iraq pact Assad: Israel doesn't want peace, US-Iraq security pact is dangerous |
![]() Javno.hr | Spate of Attacks Leaves 12 Dead Across Iraq New York Times, United States - A blog looking at daily life inside Iraq, produced by The Times’s Baghdad bureau. The deadliest attack was in the town of Khalis in Diyala Province, ... US urged to leave Iraq as bombs kill 8 Bomb attacks kill eight, wound dozens in Iraq Bombers try to kill Iraqi mayor |
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4192 Forbes, NY - 8, 2008, at least 4192 members of the US military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. ... |
AFP | Iraq approves minority quotas on provincial councils Los Angeles Times, CA - The United Nations' special representative in Iraq had recommended 12 minority seats, a number Christian legislators had supported. ... Iraq Gives Religious Minorities Fewer Seats Than the UN Suggested Iraq presidency approves local council quota for minorities Iraq moves on minorities bill |
New York Times | Obama to inherit an international mess MLive.com, MI - The criticisms became more pointed when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, and the Justice Department reinterpreted the Geneva Convention to ... ANALYSIS-Iraqi leaders welcome Obama but assert themselves ELECTION 2008: The Challenge of Change The Middle East Presents Obama with a Host of Problems, and Few ... |
![]() BBC News | UK Can't Shift Entire Iraq Force to Afghanistan, General Says Bloomberg - 9 (Bloomberg) -- Britain can't re-deploy all of its remaining 4100 troops in Iraq to Afghanistan when their current mission is over because the military is ... Defence chief will resist any US call to send more troops to ... Exhausted British troops must not go straight from Iraq to ... British troops 'cannot bear brunt of Barack Obama's Afghanistan surge' |
![]() TopNews | OBAMA’S ’FRESH START’ IN AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN FACES MANY CHALLENGES EurasiaNet, NY - During his campaign, Obama promised to pull US troops out of Iraq within 16 months and transfer many of those soldiers to the Afghan theater. ... So much else happened while people eyed election Obama must deal with Muslim crisis A troubling dilemma |
![]() Boston Globe | Obama's to-do list extensive Edmonton Sun, Canada - America's most important national security challenge is not Osama bin Laden or Iraq, but relations with Russia, which has thousands of nuclear warheads ... Leave Iraq now Even if He's Perfect What Change will President Obama bring to Iraq? |
![]() Voice of America | US 'snubs Iraq over jurisdiction clause' PRESS TV, Iran - The daily added, under the deal, Iraq would supervise US postal services inside the country but would not be permitted to inspect parcels distained for US ... IRAQ: A few hours in the life 'Final' Deal On Troops In Iraq Could Still Face Delays If Iraq, Sadrist bloc remains firmly opposed to pact with US |