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UK held talks with oil firms before Iraq invasion -paper - Reuters Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:33:13 GMT+00:00

UK held talks with oil firms before Iraq invasion -paper
Reuters
LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) - Britain discussed plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves with some of the world's biggest oil companies five months before it joined the United States in invading the country, the Independent newspaper said on Tuesday. ...
Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of IraqThe Independent
British Government Memos Tie Iraq Invasion to Big OilTruthdig

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Sanchez says he'll decide soon on the 2012 race - Houston Chronicle Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:13:14 GMT+00:00

Los Angeles Times

Sanchez says he'll decide soon on the 2012 race
Houston Chronicle
Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of US forces in Iraq, gives a press conference in Baghdad in August 2003. WASHINGTON — Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez — a Rio Grande Valley native who presided over coalition forces at the onset of the war in Iraq and ...
Dems eyeing Army general for Texas Senate racePolitico
Controversial Iraq general mulls US senate runAFP
Ex-US commander in Iraq may run for Senate in TexasUSA Today
CBS News -San Antonio Express -The Hill (blog)
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Ninety wounded in northern Iraq protests - Reuters Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:57:02 GMT+00:00

Reuters India

Ninety wounded in northern Iraq protests
Reuters
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 90 people were wounded in a second straight day of clashes between protesters and security forces in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya on Monday, police and medical sources said. Popular discontent in Iraq's ...
99 injured in protests in Iraq's Kurdish regionCNN
81 hurt in Iraq clashes with protestersAFP
81 hurt as Iraq security forces, protesters clashGulf Times
Wall Street Journal -Commentary -Channel 6 News Online
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Bush joins Texas bike ride with wounded veterans - The Seattle Times Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:08:22 GMT+00:00

USA Today

Bush joins Texas bike ride with wounded veterans
The Seattle Times
Former President George W. Bush will join 14 people wounded while serving in the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan on a three-day mountain bike ride next week in the Big Bend region of West Texas. The Associated Press Former President George W. Bush ...
George W. to host Warrior 100Dallas Morning News (blog)
Former President George W. Bush to Bike Ride With Wounded WarriorsFox News
Fmr President Bush Hosts 100km Bike Ride with Wounded Iraq, Afghanistan VeteransABC News (blog)

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Boehner visits Iraq, assures support for mission - msnbc.com Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:10:32 GMT+00:00

Politico

Boehner visits Iraq, assures support for mission
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WASHINGTON — House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner visited Iraq over the weekend to express US commitment to the country's postwar success, despite a rancorous Washington budget debate over spending cuts. Six senators — three Democrats, ...
Rep. Dan Boren part of delegation to IraqTulsa World
Boehner visits PakistanPolitico
US House speaker leads delegation to Iraq to assess next stepsXinhua
KGO-AM -Straits Times -USA Today
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Deadly car bombs explode at Baghdad Green Zone entrance, officials say - CNN Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:13:18 GMT+00:00

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Deadly car bombs explode at Baghdad Green Zone entrance, officials say
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Two suicide car bombs exploded Monday morning near a security checkpoint at an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone, killing three people and injuring at least 20, officials with Iraq's Interior Ministry told CNN. ...
Iraq suicide car bombs kill nineBBC News
Suicide blasts mar John Boehner's new IraqThe Australian
Car Bombs Kill Nine In IraqRTT News
Spero News -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty -Reuters
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Iraqi soldiers say need US beyond 2011 for training - Reuters Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:48:37 GMT+00:00

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Iraqi soldiers say need US beyond 2011 for training
Reuters
By Serena Chaudhry and Muhanad Mohammed BESMAYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Some Iraqi soldiers are worried about the US troops' withdrawal from Iraq at the end of the year and say the country's security forces need more training to use the modern tanks and jets ...
American Ambivalence On WithdrawalRudaw
The Best Defense: Crocker (and Tom R.) are wrong: The Iraqis won't extend the ...Foreign Policy

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Czech Republic may sell combat jets to Iraq - RIA Novosti Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:55:20 GMT+00:00

Moose Jaw Times-Herald

Czech Republic may sell combat jets to Iraq
RIA Novosti
WARSAW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Czech Republic is planning to offer Iraq a number of light attack aircraft and help Baghdad to modernize its helicopter fleet, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said. Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas will ...
Iraq irked by AL Summit cancellationPress TV
CzechRep offers Iraq L-159 aircraft, modernisation of helicoptersCzech Happenings
Iraqi FM: Arab League summit planned for May in Baghdad may be postponed but ...The Canadian Press
Alsumaria
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Says Camp Ashraf Must Go, And That Iraq Admired As Arab ... - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:51:38 GMT+00:00

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Iraqi Foreign Minister Says Camp Ashraf Must Go, And That Iraq Admired As Arab ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The group was founded as a Marxist terrorist organization and was given sanctuary in Saddam Hussein's Iraq in the 1980s. Today, Camp Ashraf is home to 3500 members of the organization and their families. During a visit to RFE/RL's Prague headquarters, ...
Maryam Rajavi: Appointment of a representative by the United Nations Security ...NCR-Iran.org (press release)

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Survivor's Guilt Haunting the Military - Fox News Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:31:47 GMT+00:00

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Survivor's Guilt Haunting the Military
Fox News
On March 31, 2011, Clay Hunt, a 28-year-old Marine veteran who had served with great honor in Iraq and Afghanistan, receiving a Purple Heart, finally succumbed to the psychological fallout of that service, killing himself in his ...
Clay W. Hunt, veterans' advocate, dead of self-inflicted woundWashington Post
TweetNews: Clay Hunt; an uncounted casualty of warPress TV
Veteran of two wars helped others, couldn't save himselfTheDay.com
Examiner.com -Sacramento Bee
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