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If we retreat from Iraq, will Iran take over? - Washington Post Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:58:00 GMT+00:00

Fars News Agency

If we retreat from Iraq, will Iran take over? Washington Post The latest example of this came last week in Iraq, where the United States is engaged in a complex and high-stakes competition with Iran. At immediate issue is whether Iraq's Shiite-led government will ask Washington to leave behind 10000 or so ... Continued US presence undermines Iraq's political unityTehran Times Will US remain as backup plan in Iraq?Statesman Journal Mosul sits at crossroads as US troop pullout nearsTheNewsTribune.com Arab American News -Press TV all 9 news articles »

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Syria forces besiege town after defections: residents - Reuters Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:13:34 GMT+00:00

Reuters Africa

Syria forces besiege town after defections: residents Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks surrounded a town near the border with Iraq's Sunni heartland on Sunday after thousands of people, emboldened by defections among security forces, took to the streets there denouncing President ... Syrian forces kill one demonstrator near Iraq borderReuters Africa Syrian forces surround protesting eastern townIBNLive.com all 17 news articles »

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Kurds battle Iranians at border - Washington Times Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:09:02 GMT+00:00

Payvand

Kurds battle Iranians at border Washington Times Fighting erupted Sunday between Iranian Kurdish insurgents and the Islamic republic's military forces near Iran's border with Kurdish Iraq. At least two Iranian Kurdish rebels and one member of the Iranian Revolutionary ... Iran attacks Kurdish fighters' campAljazeera.net Iranian Forces In Conflict With PKK In IraqEurasia Review Two Kurd rebels killed in Iran army clashesAFP Hurriyet Daily News -Voice of America (blog) -Aswat Al Iraq all 38 news articles »

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Six people killed in northern Iraq - People's Daily Online Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:48:52 GMT+00:00

USA Today

Six people killed in northern Iraq People's Daily Online Six people were killed in separate gunfire and bomb attacks in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Sunday, police said. Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in al-Rifaie neighborhood in western Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, killing a policeman and a ... Islamists Kill 92 Iraqi Christians For Their Faith In 2010…Weasel Zippers Post-Surge Iraq: 2010 'Worst Year' for Christian MinorityAmerican Thinker (blog) 9 killed in attacks on Shiite holy city in IraqCNN Xinhua -AFP -Reuters AlertNet all 545 news articles »

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Where have all the war protesters gone? - Salon Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:58:16 GMT+00:00

Salon

Where have all the war protesters gone? Salon Why a movement sputtered By Todd Gitlin The outrage that greeted the run-up to the Bush-Blair Iraq war debacle generated what must have been the largest antiwar rallies and demonstrations in the history of the world. Sometimes in subzero temperatures, ... Iraq, Afghanistan wars need to play outThe News Journal UK media ignores Murdoch role in Iraq warPress TV Murdoch Has Blood on His HandsScoop.co.nz Rapid City Journal -KKTV 11 News -Daily Kos all 15 news articles »

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Latest News : Iraq MPs: Riyadh fosters terrorism - Tehran Times Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:26:52 GMT+00:00

Al-Arabiya

Latest News : Iraq MPs: Riyadh fosters terrorism Tehran Times The lawmakers said Riyadh provides financial and moral support for the terrorist groups in Iraq, a Press TV correspondent reported on Sunday. They said some terrorist elements, who have been detained in Iraq, have referred to Saudi officials as their ... Arab Spring Pits Saudi Security Against U.S. Support for ChangeSan Francisco Chronicle all 206 news articles »

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Sunnis cite broken power-sharing promise, threaten to secede from Iraq - World Tribune Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:45:27 GMT+00:00

Trend News Agency

Sunnis cite broken power-sharing promise, threaten to secede from Iraq World Tribune A leading Sunni politician warned that his community could decide to break away from Shi'ite-led Iraq. The politician said the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki has failed to honor his pledge to share power. ... Iraqi PM's visit to China focus on trade tiesPeople's Daily Online Iraqi PM arrives in Beijing for first China visitChina Daily all 7 news articles »

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Iraq needs strategies to improve prospects for youth – UN envoy - UN News Centre Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:38:40 GMT+00:00

Iraq needs strategies to improve prospects for youth – UN envoy UN News Centre The top United Nations envoy for Iraq has called on the country's authorities to develop a vision as well as strategies to improve the economic and social prospects for its young people, noting that a number of youth development indicators in a new ... and more »

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Petraeus's Next Battle - Newsweek Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:39:19 GMT+00:00

The Nation, Pakistan

Petraeus's Next Battle Newsweek He achieved a similar feat four years ago in Iraq, turning its savage killing fields into a more manageable landscape of political infighting and chronic but relatively small-scale violence. In both countries, merely staving off complete disaster ... Petraeus' big moveGlobalPost (blog) Shanthie Mariet D'Souza: Drawdown of US Forces: A decade of shifting ...Al-Arabiya all 10 news articles »

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Injured Marine receives new home - WDAM-TV Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:08:11 GMT+00:00

WJLA

Injured Marine receives new home WDAM-TV An iInjured Marine gets a new wheelchair-accessible home, after losing his arm and leg in Iraq. (Source: WJLA/CNN) FREDERICK, MD (WJLA/CNN) – A wounded Marine, severely injured in Iraq, was given a new wheelchair accessible home in Frederick, MD. ... "Homes For Our Troops" gives Maryland soldier new houseNECN Wounded warrior: Marine Sgt. Adam Kisielewski gets a new homeWJLA Retired Marine moves into house built by volunteersWTOP all 12 news articles »