![]() Vancouver Sun | Olympic officials bar Iraq from Beijing Games Los Angeles Times, CA - BAGHDAD -- Four years after its athletes received a huge ovation at the first Olympics after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq was told Thursday that its ... Iraq Barred From Beijing Olympics IOC Says Iraq Won't Be Allowed at Olympics Iraq banned from Beijing Games, says NOC chief |
![]() ABC News | Back to the future in Iraq and Afghanistan guardian.co.uk, UK - Consensus is not a word usually associated with Iraq, but as security improves in the wake of the US troop surge, interested parties – the Bush ... Video: McCain: Obama Still Wrong on Iraq Democrats say McCain forgot Afghanistan Got a tip for a post?: |
![]() Aljazeera.net | 8 Die in Iraq in Suicide Bombing, Apparently by Woman New York Times, United States - A blog looking at daily life inside Iraq, produced by The Times’s Baghdad bureau. But Iraqi security officials soon found evidence suggesting another theory ... Suicide bomber kills 8 US-allied Sunnis in Iraq Woman suicide bomber kills eight in Iraq: police Female bomber kills eight in Iraq |
![]() Albany Times Union | Iraq war ties up troops The Age, Australia - THE Pentagon says it cannot send more combat brigades to Afghanistan this year because of constraints imposed by the war in Iraq, leaving a shift of forces ... As Surge Ends, How Many US Troops Will Remain in Iraq? Ambassador: al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan Afghanistan troop increase up to next president: Pentagon |
Charges dropped against Marine sniper in Iraq shootings San Diego Union Tribune, United States - ... on Thursday dropped all charges against a Camp Pendleton sniper accused of wrongly shooting two men he thought were planting roadside bombs in Iraq. ... Charges dismissed against Marine sniper [4 mins ago] |
![]() United Press International | Hagel chides candidates on Iraq The Associated Press - Chuck Hagel, fresh from an Iraq trip with Democrat Barack Obama, said the presidential candidates should focus on the war's future and stop arguing over the ... Iraqis need to find political solutions, Hagel says Obama says despite security progress, Iraq needs apolitical solution Photos of Obama in Iraq |
![]() Boston Globe | McCain's confusion on Iraq Steve Chapman Chicago Tribune, United States - If there is any fixed position in John McCain's policy agenda, it's that we must never, ever, set a timetable for leaving Iraq. He regularly flogs Barack ... Video: McCain Denies He Misstated Timing of Iraq Surge CBS News omitted a second McCain falsehood: his characterization ... Strategists: McCain Can Still Win the Debate Over Iraq |
![]() Aljazeera.net | Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in Iraq: military Daily Times, Pakistan - ANKARA: Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight, the Turkish military said on Thursday. The “intensive” strike targeted ... Turkey Attacks Kurdish Rebels in Iraq Turkish jets target PKK in Iraq Turkish military says hits 13 targets in N.Iraq |
![]() Voice of America | Iraq's presidency council vetoes provincial election bill Xinhua, China - According to Iraq's constitution, the draft law should be delivered to the presidency council for an unanimous approval. The council consists of President ... Iraq presidency council vetoes election bill Iraq president to veto election law Iraq Press Roundup |
![]() The Southern Ledger | Crocker optimistic about Iraq's future The Associated Press - BAGHDAD (AP) — US ambasssador to Iraq Ryan Crocker tells The Associated Press that significant progress has been made in the war there and it will take an ... US envoy doubts Iraqis will revert to violence US envoy says Iraq insurgency has lost its clout US envoy doubts Iraqis will revert to violence |