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 Iraq British Government Memos Tie Iraq Invasion to Big Oil |
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 race Controversial Iraq general mulls US senate run Ex-US commander in Iraq may run for Senate in Texas |
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 region 81 hurt in Iraq clashes with protesters 81 hurt as Iraq security forces, protesters clash |
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 100 Former President George W. Bush to Bike Ride With Wounded Warriors Fmr President Bush Hosts 100km Bike Ride with Wounded Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans |
Politico | Boehner visits Iraq, assures support for mission msnbc.com 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 Iraq Boehner visits Pakistan US House speaker leads delegation to Iraq to assess next steps |
Fox News | 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 nine Suicide blasts mar John Boehner's new Iraq Car Bombs Kill Nine In Iraq |
Times LIVE | 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 Withdrawal The Best Defense: Crocker (and Tom R.) are wrong: The Iraqis won't extend the ... |
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 cancellation CzechRep offers Iraq L-159 aircraft, modernisation of helicopters Iraqi FM: Arab League summit planned for May in Baghdad may be postponed but ... |
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 ... |
Fox News | 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 wound TweetNews: Clay Hunt; an uncounted casualty of war Veteran of two wars helped others, couldn't save himself |