Deseret News | 474 soldiers leave Utah for Iraq Daily Herald With kisses, hugs and cheers, more than 1500 people gathered in southern Utah for an emotional send-off of 474 Utah National Guard soldiers headed for Iraq. The soldiers filled two jets in Cedar City on Saturday afternoon and another two jets in St. ... Families, friends bid emotional farewell to 474 Iraq-bound soldiers in Utah Photos: Utah National Guard's Triple Deuce deploys to Iraq Hundreds gather in Cedar as troops deploy |
Al-Arabiya | Iraq seeks bank head's arrest, denies witchhunt Chicago Tribune An Iraqi government source said Hussein al-Uzri, president and chairman of the state-owned Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI), had fled to Lebanon. He did not answer calls to his mobile phone. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered a judicial inquiry into TBI on ... Iraq's Maliki Replaces Trade Bank Chief Amid Corruption Case Iraq's Maliki Replaces Trade Bank Chief Amid Corruption Case |
Kansas City Star | Iraq Signs Accord With Kogas, Turkiye, Kuwait Energy to Develop Gas Fileds Bloomberg Iraq, eager to supply natural gas to its overburdened power plants, signed agreements with Korea Gas Corp. (036460), Kuwait Energy Co. and Turkiye Petrolleri AO to develop two gas fields ... Iraq signs final deals for Siba, Mansuriyah gas fields Iraq inks gas deals with foreign firms Turkey, Iraq sign two oil agreements |
Iraq: UN envoy welcomes national human rights conference UN News Centre A major conference tasked with drafting a national action plan to improve human rights in Iraq offers a critical chance for the country's citizens to ensure that their voices are heard, a senior United Nations official said today. ... Maliki Has Grudge Against NGOs, Adwar Iraqi activist: PM paints protesters as terrorists Deadline close for Iraqi ministers told to make changes or lose job |
Sydney Morning Herald | Betrayed: jobless Iraqis in despair Sydney Morning Herald Ali Risn on the ground in Iraq. Three years after they fled Iraq on secret RAAF flights, all but a tiny fraction of the interpreters are unemployed and have to rely on Centrelink benefits. Senior group members in each Australian state have helped the ... A struggle beyond words We can redress this shameful neglect of duty |
The Hindu | Tikrit Suicide Bombs Kill 34 ThirdAge A burned out car is seen among rubble at the site of a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, August 25, 2010. A string of attacks ta... Read Morergeting Iraqi security forces on Wednesday left several people dead and scores wounded, police and hospital officials ... Deaths as blasts rock central Iraq city Suicide bombers kill 21 in Iraq Two blasts kill dozens in Iraq |
Al-Arabiya | Iraq to expand oil export facilities Reuters Africa KHOUR ABDULLAH, Iraq, June 5 (Reuters) - Iraq's plan to increase its oil production capacity to 12 million barrels per day by 2017 will be matched by expanded export facilities, Deputy Prime Minister Hussein ... Iraq sees oil output at 3 million bpd by year-end Oil storage tank attacked in southern Iraq, officials say Rocket attack sets fire to oil reserve field in South Iraq |
Gates' Verdict: Pentagon's Biggest Enemy Is Itself Post Chronicle Defense Secretary Robert Gates leaves office this month as widely respected as any public figure in America today, appreciated for his willingness to return to public service at a moment of high danger in Iraq and to faithfully serve ... Petrash: Cutting military pay is not the answer to budget woes Robert Gates' Victory Lap - Defense News |
msnbc.com | Army's 101st pays high price for Afghan surge year The Associated Press The division brought effective counterinsurgency lessons from Iraq, but is still waiting to see whether those strategies can take hold in Afghanistan. What progress was made in improving security and governance came at a high price: The division known ... Love of country, liberty |
Wikileaks: US anger at Gordon Brown's Iraq withdrawal Scotsman A DAMNING verdict on Gordon Brown's handling of the war in Iraq is revealed in secret US diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks and seen by Scotland on Sunday. The cables accuse the former Prime Minister of pulling British troops ... |