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U.S. Mayors Discuss Military Spending - TIME Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:06:36 GMT+00:00

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U.S. Mayors Discuss Military Spending TIME (BALTIMORE) — Money spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq should be spent at home under a resolution proposed Friday by US mayors who called on Congress to hasten the end of the wars. The resolution proposed at the opening of the US Conference of ... U.S. mayors: End wars in Afghanistan and IraqCNN Mayors Urge End to Iraq, Afghanistan WarsGoverning (blog) Mayors See End to Wars as Fix for Struggling CitiesNew York Times Press TV -San Francisco Chronicle all 337 news articles »

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CIA denies spying on US critic of Iraq war - AFP Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:45:00 GMT+00:00

The Guardian

CIA denies spying on US critic of Iraq war AFP WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency on Friday denied allegations by an ex-spy that it had sought information on a US professor who was critical of the Iraq war in order to discredit him. Glenn Carle, who served as a top CIA counter-terrorism ... Senate intel committee probing whether Bush officials sought to smear Iraq War ...Washington Post (blog) Senate committee to review allegations Bush administration wanted 'to get' UM ...The Detroit News The Bush administration's CIA smear campaignThe Guardian Salon -New York Times (blog) -Press TV all 74 news articles »

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Foreign laborers earn little payoff in Iraq - The Associated Press Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:10:00 GMT+00:00

Foreign laborers earn little payoff in Iraq The Associated Press KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — At times, as he describes how he sleeps on the floor of the store where he works or misses the family he left in Nepal to find a job, Mohan Rai punctuates his gloomy tale with a laugh. He tries to make light of the misery he ... Foreign laborers earn little payoff in IraqSan Francisco Chronicle Foreign laborers earn little payoff in IraqForbes Foreign laborers earn little payoff in IraqSeattle Post Intelligencer Washington Post all 126 news articles »

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Group builds customized home for injured Iraq veteran - Fox 31 KDVR.com Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:48:23 GMT+00:00

Group builds customized home for injured Iraq veteran Fox 31 KDVR.com DENVER – A Colorado soldier who was injured in Iraq is back home and ready to start a new life, and now he and his family are getting a new home that is designed especially for him. The home is part of a non-profit program called “Home for Our Troops,” ... Wounded vet gets new home9NEWS.com all 3 news articles »

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Al-Qaida claims killing of anti-Saddam purger - The Associated Press Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT+00:00

The Associated Press

Al-Qaida claims killing of anti-Saddam purger The Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An al-Qaida-linked group in Iraq claimed responsibility Friday for the killing of a prominent Shiite official who was tasked with purging loyalists of deposed ruler Saddam Hussein and who was once implicated in a bombing that killed ... and more »

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Obama still studying Afghan 'surge' - AFP Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:45:00 GMT+00:00

USA Today

Obama still studying Afghan 'surge' AFP Obama visited the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the early afternoon, where he met 21 wounded soldiers, 16 of whom had been deployed to Afghanistan and five to Iraq, the White House said. Two of those soldiers were awarded a Purple Heart, ... Obama meets with veterans at Walter ReedSacramento Bee Obama Visits Wounded Soldiers, Consults on AfghanistanVoice of America Obama makes 10th visit to a military hospitalUSA Today CNN (blog) all 128 news articles »

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US pullout exposes Iraq's oil industry - UPI.com Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:28:46 GMT+00:00

US pullout exposes Iraq's oil industry UPI.com BAGHDAD, June 17 (UPI) -- US helicopter gunships fired at raiders near Basra, Iraq's second city and strategic oil center in the south, underlining fears that the vital Iraqi oil industry will become a target again as US forces withdraw. ... Iraq army defuse bombs at key oil refinery-sourcesReuters Africa Civilian killed in Iraq's violencePeople's Daily Online FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 17Reuters AlertNet Aswat Al Iraq -Kuwait News Agency all 14 news articles »

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Slumberger & Others to Gain from Iraq's Oil Output Expansion - NASDAQ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:15:19 GMT+00:00

Slumberger & Others to Gain from Iraq's Oil Output Expansion NASDAQ Schlumberger ( SLB ), Halliburton (NYSE HAL), Baker Hughes ( BHI ) and other oil exploration and production services firms are set to ramp up their operations in Iraq as the country embarks on an ambitious plan to displace Saudi Arabia as the world's ... and more »

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The Insanity of War Is Not Ancient Myth - New York Times Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:57:19 GMT+00:00

New York Times

The Insanity of War Is Not Ancient Myth New York Times Christina Shipp plays AJ, a soldier in Iraq whose heroism is rewarded with ridicule, in Ellen McLaughlin's “Ajax in Iraq.” By ANITA GATES Ellen McLaughlin wants you to know that while you are reading your paper or computer screen, American soldiers in ... 99 and Under the Radar: Being forced to not look away...Broadway World all 2 news articles »

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Families, Officials Greet Returning Madison-Area Soldiers - WISC Madison Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:58:20 GMT+00:00

89.7 WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio

Families, Officials Greet Returning Madison-Area Soldiers WISC Madison More than 260 Madison-based soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment left their families for a tour of duty in Iraq last year. On Friday, they were all finally welcomed back home. Hundreds of family and friends were ready with open arms ... Michigan National Guard Soldiers Welcomed HomeWILX-TV A bittersweet landing: Last Vietnam-era pilot with the New York Army National ...The Saratogian Wisconsin soldiers due to returnJanesville Gazette (blog) WLNS -Greenfield Daily Reporter -Capital Times all 29 news articles »