USA Today | Curveball and the mass deception The Guardian However, before we voted to authorise President George W Bush to invade Iraq, Congress was informed of the tenuous nature of numerous claims – including those of Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, otherwise known as Curveball – relating to the intelligence ... Unapologetic Rumsfeld Defends Iraq, Afghan Invasions Donald Rumsfeld on War in Iraq, WMD, WikiLeaks and the Media How 'Curveball' Made Monkeys of U.S. Intelligence and the Bush White House |
USA Today | Twelve killed in Iraq suicide attack Monsters and Critics.com Baghdad/Istanbul - At least 12 people were killed in a suicide attack Monday north of the central Iraqi town of Samarra. Eighteen people were wounded, the Sumeria news agency reported, citing police. The attack took place outside a police station. ... Suicide Bomber Strikes Iraq Police Station Suicide bomber kills 13 policemen in Iraq 12 killed, 18 wounded in Iraq's Samarra bombing |
Afghans see warlord footprints in new police force The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The village-level fighting forces the US is fostering in hopes of countering the Taliban insurgency — the concept that turned the tide of the Iraq war — are having a rocky start, with complaints that recruits are not ... |
USA Today | Iraq moves to head off demos as protester killed AFP BAGHDAD — Iraq scrambled to head off further protests on Monday by cutting politicians' pay and ramping up support for the needy after a teenage demonstrator was killed at a rally in the country's north. Protests in recent weeks have taken place ... Teenager dies, 39 hurt in fresh clashes in Iraq's Kurdistan Teenage protester killed in Iraq Kurd demo Restraint urged in Iraq's Kurdistan Region following more protester deaths |
Washington Times | Chinese firm 'owns' telephone system in Iraq Washington Times A Chinese telecommunications company suspected of links to China's military has won hundreds of contracts in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion, some paid in part with US tax dollars, and now effectively owns the country's phone ... |
WLS | N. Ind. National Guard unit deploys to Iraq Chicago Tribune AP About 40 members of an Indiana National Guard unit from northern Indiana are heading to Iraq for a yearlong mission to help Iraqi police guard Baghdad's main airport. Members of the guard's 938th Military Police Detachment gathered Sunday at the ... Gary unit of Indiana National Guard deploys for Iraq Ceremony honors Indiana Guard soldier who died in Iraq |
Idaho National Guard to thank New Orleans' Roosevelt Hotel for Iraq training NOLA.com About 20 Idaho soldiers received training from Roosevelt staff in October before deploying to Iraq, where they were to run a hotel in Baghdad used by dignataries. The Idaho contingent was the second batch of soldiers to undergo hospitality training at ... Fort Riley aviation brigade heading home Ceremony scheduled for 'Demon' redeployment Ark National Guard soldiers deploy for Texas, Iraq |
Fars News Agency | Tehran says a bright future awaits Iraq Tehran Times TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said he is optimistic about Iraq's future. “In view of the measures taken in Iraq we are very optimistic about Iraq's future and we are ready to cooperate to enhance ties with the friend and ... Iraq trades F-16s for food for poor Shahristani: Regional Developments Necessitate Consolidation of Iran-Iraq Ties 'Iran optimistic about Iraq's future' |
Daily Mail | Fresh delay for Briton on murder charge in Iraq New Zealand Herald A former British soldier facing the death penalty in Iraq for murder said last night that he remained anxious but hopeful after his case was adjourned again. A verdict on Danny Fitzsimons, a security contractor accused of killing two ... New delay for Briton facing death penalty in Iraq Verdict delayed for British contractor accused of double murder in Iraq Iraq court postpones verdict in trial of Briton |
France24 | Parliament stops work to listen to Iraqis' gripes Reuters By Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament has suspended work for a week and sent lawmakers to their home areas to help soothe rising anger over corruption, food shortages and poor services, the speaker of parliament said on Monday. ... $40 billion 'missing' from Iraq Iraq Parliament approves 2011 budget Iraq MPs pull back from drastic pay cuts |