Business Recorder | Car Bomb in Iraq Kills 7 at a Ramadi Checkpoint New York Times The attack, coming four days after Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia released a statement saying it was in the midst of a 100-attack campaign in Iraq to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, underscored the country's tenuous security situation as the United ... Twelve killed in Iraq attacks At least 11 killed in Iraq violence Iraq: Bombs kill at least four including 'woman and child' |
Widow: Ranger killed self to avoid another tour The Seattle Times Army Ranger Jared Hagemann had served at least six combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, with another deployment to Afghanistan looming. By PHUONG LE Associated Press Ashley spoke last night at State of the Soldiers forum in Tacoma. ... |
The Nation, Pakistan | Iraq Protests to Turkish Ambassador About Cross-Border Attacks Bloomberg Iraq asked Turkey's ambassador to tell his government to stop attacks that violate its sovereignty and target civilians in Kurdish areas of northern Iraq. βThe Iraqi government protested the violation of ... Turkey prepares for ground assault on Kurdish rebels in Iraq Iraqi Kurds Denounce Turkish Artillery Strikes Turkish Foreign Policy and Developing Wars |
Kansas City Star | Kuwait port plans stir tension with old enemy Iraq The Associated Press UMM QASR, Iraq (AP) β Iraq and Kuwait, two countries that share a small border and big history of mutual suspicion and war, are at it again. This time they are arguing about Kuwaiti plans to build a mammoth port that Iraq claims interferes with its ... Kuwait profile - Overview Mixed 'signals' from Iraq on building Mubarak Port oil, power and ports: iraq and kuwait bicker over border areas, locals protest |
National Turk English | Didn't Obama campaign on a promise to get out of Iraq? Jerusalem Post With Assad likely to follow Muammar Gaddafi onto history's garbage heap, Iran may look to Iraq as new strategic partner. While President Barack Obama was telling Bashar Assad to take a hike the other day, Iraqi Prime Minister ... US believes its ties to Iraq are stronger than Iran's Obama's Iraq? Iraq prevented from playing Arab, Islamic role - Talabani |
Deseret News | Kansas Guard unit set to deploy to Iraq Topeka Capital Journal By Angela Deines Members of a Topeka-based aviation unit of the Kansas National Guard are on their way to Fort Hood, Texas, as they prepare to participate in Operation New Dawn in Iraq. The 267 members of the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment; ... Guard members scrambling now that Iraq deployment is called off Kansas National Guard Soldiers Deploy Send-off ceremony planned Sunday for Mississippi Guard soldiers |
Libya: The End and the Beginning New York Times (blog) As in post-Saddam Iraq and post-Taliban Afghanistan, many of the scenarios for what comes next in Libya could ultimately pose as many risks to American interests as Qaddafi himself ever did, and I agree with all the voices pointing out that the ... Obama's True Claim to Fame U.S. due for a crash course in Libyan politics Mission Not Accomplished in Libya |
Mirror.co.uk | Robert Fisk: History repeats itself, with mistakes of Iraq rehearsed afresh The Independent No one is going to make the same mistakes we made in Iraq. And no boots are on the ground. No walled-off, sealed-in Green Zone Western zombies are trying to run the future Libya. "It's up to the Libyans," has become the joyful refrain of every State ... Self-fulfilling prophecies over Libya Libya: Lessons can be learned from Iraq, says Kent MP Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong |
The Guardian | Libya is no Iraq β this revolution is the real deal The Guardian Libya will be another Iraq and Afghanistan, we are told. They are wrong, because the post-conflict scenario in Libya differs from those two examples of failed western intervention in several crucial aspects. Indeed if you study the indicators, ... Comment: Lessons for Libya from Iraq and Afghanistan ANALYSIS-West looks to avoid Iraq errors in post-Gaddafi Libya Can Libya avoid the chaos of Iraq after Saddam's fall? |
USA Today | Doocy Distorts UN Position On Iraq, Libya Media Matters for America (blog) On the August 24 broadcast of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy, while teasing an upcoming segment, claimed that President Bush went to the United Nations before invading Iraq while President Obama did not before intervening in Libya. ... Ghost of post-war Iraq feared as new Libya takes shape Libyan revolution: Applying the lessons of Iraq; five concrete steps the West ... 'Victory' in Libya |