![]() BBC News | US president hails Iraq progress Radio Australia, Australia - The United States president, George W Bush, says progress is being made in the Iraq war, with violence at its lowest level since 2004. ... Soldiers Patrol Iraq With More Ease and Optimism Bush hails 'durability' of progress in Iraq US military: Better security allows Bush to cut Iraq troops |
AFP | Congress Probes Accidental Electrocutions of US Soldiers in Iraq Voice of America - By Leta Hong Fincher US lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon to explain why it has failed to protect US soldiers in Iraq from the hazards of deficient ... Lawmakers probe electrocutions of soldiers in Iraq Senator Casey on electrocutions in Iraq Wiring still fatally flawed in Iraq |
![]() ABC News | Obama's Iraq Fumble Wall Street Journal - By KARL ROVE In a race supposedly dominated by the economy, both Barack Obama and John McCain have spent a lot of time talking about Iraq. Why? ... The Iraq EquationMcCain and Obama don't think that differently on ... White House Memo Economy is sluggish...Bush hails Iraq success...McCain, Obama on ... |
![]() NECN | As casualties in Iraq diminish, Afghan conflict grows more fierce Globe and Mail, Canada - WASHINGTON — Violence in Iraq ebbed last month to its lowest level in four years, while the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan raged on unabated. ... Iraq successes: Credit where credit is due 'Degree of Durability' Reached in Iraq War, Bush Says Troops deaths in Iraq may be lowest since war began |
![]() Ghana Broadcasting Corporation | Iraq to take part in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - Iraq will be presented with just two athletes in Beijing because the deadline for competitors at the Games for all events, except athletics, ... Video: Iraqi Athletes Caught In Politics IRAQ PLEASED WITH OLYMPIC RE-ADMITTANCE Iraq Gets Last-Minute Green Light on Olympics |
![]() WELT ONLINE | Iraq parliament plans emergency session on local elections Los Angeles Times, CA - By Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer BAGHDAD -- Iraq's parliament ended its summer term Wednesday without passing legislation setting up provincial ... Violence In Iraq Takes On New Face The veiled threat Row over Iraq elections law |
![]() GulfNews | Iraq arrests 14 suspects in Qaeda bastion AFP - BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi forces backed by US troops arrested another 14 suspects on Thursday during a major military sweep aimed at breaking up the ... Residents wary as Iraq police blanket Baqubah 45 held in Iraq crackdown Iraq: Troops arrest 189 in security swoop |
![]() Seattle Post Intelligencer | What if Iraq works? San Francisco Chronicle, USA - There is a growing confidence among officers, diplomats and politicians that a constitutional Iraq is going to make it. We don't hear much anymore of ... Op-Ed Columnist Drilling in Afghanistan Obama unleashed Obama Abroad: Arrogant Or Confident? |
AFP | Sadr urges Iraq not to sign US troop pact AFP - BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq's radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr called on the government on Thursday not to sign an accord being negotiated with Washington that ... Iraq's Shiite cleric urges gov't not to sign security deal with US On The Front - Deal Close on Future of US Forces in Iraq Iraqi shiite cleric urges government to reject US pact (Roundup) |
![]() Voice of America | Who doesn't want to withdraw Los Angeles Times, CA - Joseph Cirincione says support is growing across the political spectrum for pulling troops out of Iraq and de-emphasizing the military aspect of the war on ... Citing Iraq security gains, Bush hints at further US troop withdrawals Gates: US Not Ready to Send More Troops to Afghanistan Gates: Military's priority is to defeat extremists |