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Car Bomb in Iraq Kills 7 at a Ramadi Checkpoint - New York Times Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:27:00 GMT+00:00

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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 attacksSydney Morning Herald
At least 11 killed in Iraq violencePress TV
Iraq: Bombs kill at least four including 'woman and child'Adnkronos International English
People's Daily Online -Reuters AlertNet
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Widow: Ranger killed self to avoid another tour - The Seattle Times Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:15:25 GMT+00:00

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. ...

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Iraq Protests to Turkish Ambassador About Cross-Border Attacks - Bloomberg Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:35:41 GMT+00:00

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. β€œThe Iraqi government protested the violation of ...
Turkey prepares for ground assault on Kurdish rebels in IraqDeutsche Welle
Iraqi Kurds Denounce Turkish Artillery StrikesVoice of America (blog)
Turkish Foreign Policy and Developing WarsKurdish Aspect
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Kuwait port plans stir tension with old enemy Iraq - The Associated Press Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:50:00 GMT+00:00

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 - OverviewBBC News
Mixed 'signals' from Iraq on building Mubarak PortArab Times Kuwait English Daily
oil, power and ports: iraq and kuwait bicker over border areas, locals protestniqash
Kuwait Times -Aswat Al Iraq
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Didn't Obama campaign on a promise to get out of Iraq? - Jerusalem Post Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:32:07 GMT+00:00

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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'sStars and Stripes
Obama's Iraq?Commentary
Iraq prevented from playing Arab, Islamic role - TalabaniAswat Al Iraq
Kuwait News Agency -UPI.com -National Turk English
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Kansas Guard unit set to deploy to Iraq - Topeka Capital Journal Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:41:23 GMT+00:00

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 offDeseret News
Kansas National Guard Soldiers DeployWIBW
Send-off ceremony planned Sunday for Mississippi Guard soldiersThe Republic

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Libya: The End and the Beginning - New York Times (blog) Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:00:08 GMT+00:00

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 FameDaily Beast
U.S. due for a crash course in Libyan politicsDaily Caller
Mission Not Accomplished in LibyaAmerican Spectator (blog)
America Magazine (subscription) (blog)
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Robert Fisk: History repeats itself, with mistakes of Iraq rehearsed afresh - The Independent Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:39:03 GMT+00:00

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 LibyaThe Guardian
Libya: Lessons can be learned from Iraq, says Kent MPKent News
Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrongFinancial Times
euronews -Democracy Now -Antiwar.com (blog)
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Libya is no Iraq – this revolution is the real deal - The Guardian Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:30:56 GMT+00:00

The Guardian

Libya is no Iraq – 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 AfghanistanPolitics.co.uk
ANALYSIS-West looks to avoid Iraq errors in post-Gaddafi LibyaReuters Africa
Can Libya avoid the chaos of Iraq after Saddam's fall?WalesOnline
Ottawa Citizen -Los Angeles Times -CNN (blog)
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Doocy Distorts UN Position On Iraq, Libya - Media Matters for America (blog) Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:11:51 GMT+00:00

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 shapeThe National
Libyan revolution: Applying the lessons of Iraq; five concrete steps the West ...Slate Magazine
'Victory' in LibyaChicago Tribune
NewsMax.com -San Jose Mercury News -Los Angeles Times
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