Telegraph.co.uk | Blair adviser: US did not expect to stabilize Iraq The Associated Press LONDON — American troops did not expect to play a role in stabilizing Iraq after overthrowing Saddam Hussein, a key adviser to former British Prime Minister ... Iraq inquiry: Blair told Bush he was willing to join, 11 months before war Blair warned Bush against Iraq push after 9/11: advisor Tony Blair asked military to plan Iraq invasion nine months before war |
AFP | Now With Foothold in Iraq, Oil Companies Look to the Future New York Times Deals on three top oil fields show that Iraq may be on a path to joining the world's major oil-producing nations, analysts say. By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS BAGHDAD ... Iraq resumes full crude oil exports via Turkey: NOC Iraq pipe rupture 'not sabotage' Iraq resumes oil exports to Turkey after pipeline sabotage |
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4367 Houston Chronicle 30, 2009, at least 4367 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. ... |
Jordan Times | Election could destroy Iraq's fragile peace National Post Violence in Iraq has decline dramatically in recent months. For the first time in years, the outdoor restaurants along Baghdad's Tigris River are open late ... Iraq reports drop in civilian deaths in November Iraqi civilian deaths drop to lowest level of war Resurgent al-Qaeda seeking to undermine government in Iraq |
TPMMuckraker (blog) | Won't publish abuse photos Straits Times ... that would have forced the Pentagon to release scores of photos allegedly showing members of the US military abusing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... US top court orders more review in photo abuse case Supreme Court decision lets Pentagon keep detainee photos secret 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals to re-examine its decision that photos be ... |
Lawyers: Ex-soldier should have had military trial The Associated Press A former US Army soldier who raped a girl and killed her and three family members in Iraq challenged his convictions Monday, saying he was wrongly tried in ... Ex-Soldier Says Law Used to Prosecute Him Is Unconstitutional |
Kansas.com | January vote in Iraq unlikely, mps say UPI.com BAGHDAD, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The chance of holding parliamentary elections in January as mandated by Iraqi law is unlikely, lawmakers and election officials ... Iraq's Sunni VP played election poker and lost, experts say Benchmarks in Wartime: As Reliable as Promises Iraq parliament nears compromise on key election law |
Javno.hr | Czech: Iraq planned attack on Radio Free Europe The Associated Press The radio began broadcasting to Iraq in 1998. The attack was supposed to have been carried out by Iraqi spies from a window of an apartment building near ... Czech Intelligence Reveals Iraqi Plot To Attack RFE/RL Counter-intelligence service confirms it averted Iraq planned attack in 2003 Saddam Hussein wanted to attack Radio Free Europe |
Boston Globe | Iraqi TV channel praising Saddamn Hussein drops off satellite airwaves guardian.co.uk Photograph: AP A mysterious television channel praising Saddam Hussein dropped off satellite airwaves today, three days after it began broadcasting to Iraq. ... Mysterious 'Saddam Channel' hits Iraq TV Mysterious Saddam Hussein channel hits Iraq TV Iraqi television channel praising Saddam Hussein gets kicked off |
MiamiHerald.com | As Obama adds troops to Afghanistan, US challenges in Iraq aren't over MiamiHerald.com KIRKUK, Iraq -- While President Barack Obama prepares to announce that he's sending tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan, ... How's That Iraqi Surge Faring Now, General? Iraqi general assassinated in disputed city of Kirkuk A step closer to autonomy |