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Iraq confiscates arms in private security crackdown - Reuters Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:29:30 GMT+00:00

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Iraq confiscates arms in private security crackdown Reuters Officials said they are targeting private security companies that are no longer legally licensed to operate in Iraq. "All those companies with their work ... Iraq gets tough with foreign security contractorsPress TV Xe Services Aiming for Afghan Police Training DealABC News Reviled by Democrats, Xe (formerly Blackwater) aims to be part of Obama?s ...The Canadian Press Chicago Tribune -Firedoglake (blog) -The Nation, Pakistan all 189 news articles »

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Influential Group Threatens To Boycott Iraq Election - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:09:13 GMT+00:00

Bradenton Herald

Influential Group Threatens To Boycott Iraq Election RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- A political group including leading members of Iraq's Sunni minority has threatened to boycott national polls in March after one of ... Anger Over Move to Bar Sunni From Iraq ElectionsNew York Times Readers' Forum: Iraq election, turning point or chaos?Contra Costa Times Prominent Sunni Opposition Party Barred from Iraq ElectionVoice of America eTaiwan News (blog) -Washington Post -AFP all 300 news articles »

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Afghans agree to take over US prison at Bagram - Reuters Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:44:44 GMT+00:00

AFP

Afghans agree to take over US prison at Bagram Reuters The jail at Bagram, where US troops beat to death two prisoners in 2002, stands beside Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and Abu Ghraib in Iraq as a symbol of harsh ... Afghanistan to Take Over Bagram PrisonVoice of America Afghans agree to take over US prison at BagramRadio Australia News Taliban prisoners now under control of Afghan militaryAlbuquerque Express AFP -The Press Association all 223 news articles »

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GIs Return to Their War Zone and Find It Peaceful - New York Times Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:33:29 GMT+00:00

GIs Return to Their War Zone and Find It Peaceful New York Times By AP TARMIYAH, Iraq (AP) -- Popcorn popping, thought Army Staff Sgt. Jason Fisher. That's the sound the bullets made as they hit the wall of the American ... and more »

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Border oil dispute worsens fears about Iran's influence over Iraqi government - Washington Post Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:43:45 GMT+00:00

Reuters

Border oil dispute worsens fears about Iran's influence over Iraqi government Washington Post (Atef Hassan - ) By Michael Hastings BAGHDAD -- A dispute between Iraq and Iran over an inactive oil well has become a rallying cry for Iraqi nationalists ... Iran-Iraq border agreements are based on earlier accords: Iran envoyISNA Iraq, Iran start talks on disputed border areaReuters Iran, Iraq still feud over oil fieldsUPI.com Tehran Times -Aljazeera.net -Seattle Times all 238 news articles »

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A Year in Iraq and Afghanistan - New York Times Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:14:24 GMT+00:00

A Year in Iraq and Afghanistan New York Times It's no secret that Afghanistan has replaced Iraq as the central front in America's struggle ...

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8 killed, 10 hurt by homemade bombs in Iraq - San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:38:25 GMT+00:00

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8 killed, 10 hurt by homemade bombs in Iraq San Francisco Chronicle Five explosions that mostly targeted law enforcement officials ripped through a city in Iraq's Anbar province Thursday morning, killing at least eight ... 5 explosions in Iraq's Anbar province target law enforcement officialsDallas Morning News Iraq bomb attack on senior police kills eightBBC News Anti-terror chief among seven killed in Iraq blastsAFP New York Times -Reuters -People's Daily Online all 233 news articles »

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Nearly 300 more Wis. troops to return Monday - Chicago Tribune Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:03:35 GMT+00:00

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Nearly 300 more Wis. troops to return Monday Chicago Tribune Another 300 or so soldiers are returning to Wisconsin following their yearlong deployment in Iraq. The troops are mostly from the Wisconsin Army National ... Around 300 area soldiers will return home MondayWQOW TV News 18 More Members of the 32nd Brigade Arrive Home MondayWKBT 32nd Brigade Finishes Mission In IraqWISC Arcadia News Leader -WBAY -WKOW-TV.com all 56 news articles »

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US to Review Court Decision on Blackwater - Voice of America Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:00:07 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

US to Review Court Decision on Blackwater Voice of America Following the 2007 shooting, Blackwater lost its license to operate in Iraq, along with many of its lucrative contracts with the US State Department. ... US to review court decision on Blackwater killingsAFP Iraqis settle lawsuits over Blackwater shootingsLos Angeles Times Former guards with US security firm charged in Afghanistan deathsThe Guardian Al-Ahram Weekly -UPI.com -ShortNews.com all 644 news articles »

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Across Divide in Iraq, a Sunni Courts Shiites - New York Times Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:25:47 GMT+00:00

Across Divide in Iraq, a Sunni Courts Shiites New York Times RAMADI, Iraq — In the unforgiving badlands of western Iraq's Anbar Province, once a cradle of the insurgency and now a muddled landscape ... and more »