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474 soldiers leave Utah for Iraq - Daily Herald Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:39:40 GMT+00:00

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 UtahGreenfield Daily Reporter
Photos: Utah National Guard's Triple Deuce deploys to IraqDeseret News
Hundreds gather in Cedar as troops deploySt. George Daily Spectrum
Salt Lake Tribune
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Iraq seeks bank head's arrest, denies witchhunt - Chicago Tribune Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:23:45 GMT+00:00

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 CaseBloomberg
Iraq's Maliki Replaces Trade Bank Chief Amid Corruption CaseSan Francisco Chronicle

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Iraq Signs Accord With Kogas, Turkiye, Kuwait Energy to Develop Gas Fileds - Bloomberg Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:34:03 GMT+00:00

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 fieldsReuters Africa
Iraq inks gas deals with foreign firmsTimes of Oman
Turkey, Iraq sign two oil agreementswww.worldbulletin.net
Today's Zaman -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty -AME Info
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Iraq: UN envoy welcomes national human rights conference - UN News Centre Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:54:49 GMT+00:00

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, AdwarAswat Al Iraq
Iraqi activist: PM paints protesters as terroristsThe Associated Press
Deadline close for Iraqi ministers told to make changes or lose jobCNN
Reuters AlertNet -Examiner.com
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Betrayed: jobless Iraqis in despair - Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:08:31 GMT+00:00

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 wordsThe Age
We can redress this shameful neglect of dutyBrisbane Times

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Tikrit Suicide Bombs Kill 34 - ThirdAge Sun, 05 Jun 2011 18:43:03 GMT+00:00

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 cityAljazeera.net
Suicide bombers kill 21 in IraqBoston Globe
Two blasts kill dozens in IraqUPI.com
Los Angeles Times -MiamiHerald.com -Xinhua
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Iraq to expand oil export facilities - Reuters Africa Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:13:23 GMT+00:00

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-endReuters
Oil storage tank attacked in southern Iraq, officials sayThe Canadian Press
Rocket attack sets fire to oil reserve field in South IraqAswat Al Iraq
Irish Independent -TODAYonline -Infoshop News
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Gates' Verdict: Pentagon's Biggest Enemy Is Itself - Post Chronicle Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:47:54 GMT+00:00

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 woesTimes Record News
Robert Gates' Victory Lap - Defense NewsDefenseNews.com (subscription)

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Army's 101st pays high price for Afghan surge year - The Associated Press Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:15:55 GMT+00:00

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, libertyKansas.com

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Wikileaks: US anger at Gordon Brown's Iraq withdrawal - Scotsman Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:53:05 GMT+00:00

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 ...

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