Today's Zaman | Iraq promotes oil industry at first postwar Energy Expo Los Angeles Times, CA - The chips were sulfur and the liquids were petroleum products, exhibits aimed at promoting Iraq's oil industry at the country's first postwar Energy Expo. ... Iraq Kurd oil exports may remain victim to political strife ... Possible Détente Over Iraq Oil Contracts Iraq Pushes To Sell Oil To South Korean Oil Company As Major Firms ... |
BBC News | Lawyers Say US Reckless in Charges for 5 Guards New York Times, United States - A blog looking at daily life inside Iraq, produced by The Times’s Baghdad bureau. The five were identified as Paul Slough, of Keller, Tex., a former member ... Video: Blackwater Guards ID'd in Deadly Iraq Shooting Iraq welcomes charges against Blackwater guards Contractors' Attorneys Lash Out at Justice Dept. |
AFP | Bush: Iraq Safer, More Democratic Voice of America - By Kent Klein US President George Bush is saluting Iraq's government for approving two agreements with the United States, which he says will make Iraq's ... Video: Bush: War in Iraq on Its Way to Being Won Bush urges 'new perspective' on Iraq Bush Says Iraq War Entering ‘New Stage’ With Security Agreement |
The Southern Ledger | Police: bombs and shootings kill 6 in Iraq The Associated Press - A bomb also exploded inside a Baqouba cafe that is frequented by so-called Sons of Iraq, the name given to the Sunni groups working with the US, ... Iraqi police find 27 bodies in mass graves in Iraq Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq - Saturday 6 December 2008 Iraq Gives Final Approval of US Pact |
ABC News | Suicide Blast Kills 1, Wounds 9 in Northern Iraq Voice of America - On Friday, the top US military commander in Iraq said American troops there will be making changes to the way they carry out their mission, now that the two ... Video: Final Approval for Iraq-US Security Pact US troops to keep lower profile in Iraq 'Subtle shift' to US role in Iraq |
Washington Post | Analysis: Obama defense agenda resembles Gates' The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) — For a Democrat whose opposition to the Iraq war was a campaign centerpiece, President-elect Barack Obama is remarkably in sync with ... Gates Says He and Obama on the Same Page on Iraq Gates on board with Obama's Iraq plan Should Progessives Be Upset with Obama's Picks? |
Washington Post | Police: Attacks targeting security kill 6 in Iraq The Associated Press - Several high-profile attacks have targeted the US-allied groups, known as Sons of Iraq, as well as Iraqi police, since the approval of a security pact ... Suicide bomber kills police recruit in N Iraq Suicide attack targets Iraqi police recruits Suicide attack targets Iraqi police recruits |
AFP | Shinseki Slated to Head VA, Democratic Source Says Washington Post, United States - And in January 2007, President Bush ordered tens of thousands of US troops back into Iraq to stabilize and secure the country. ... VVA Calls the Selection of General Shinseki to Head the VA 'A ... Obama picks general to lead veterans affairs General who criticized Bush Iraq strategy to join Obama team |
CharlotteObserver.com | Iraq Approves US Security Pact as Violence Flares New York Times, United States - By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON Iraq’s three-person presidency council on Thursday approved the security agreement that calls for the withdrawal of American forces, ... Iraq approves military pact with US A day of heavy violence as Iraq OKs security pact US-Iraq security pact enforced after presidential council ratification |
6 Are Killed Amid Violence Across Iraq New York Times, United States - The men had paid middlemen to obtain jobs in Iraq with a Kuwait-based subcontractor to KBR that provides services to the military, McClatchy said. ... Two children, mother killed in bomb attack NE of Baghdad Three Awakening Council members slain |