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REGION: Marines, the tip of the spear in war on terror, suffer heavy losses - North County Times Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:05:52 GMT+00:00

RT

REGION: Marines, the tip of the spear in war on terror, suffer heavy losses
North County Times
11, 2001, terror attacks and since then has received a Purple Heart for injuries sustained during one of two combat deployments to Iraq. JAMIE SCOTT LYTLE | jlytle@nctimes.com Ten years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, America's "Long War" goes on. ...
Weighing the warsBoston Globe
Demands of war take toll on troops, familiesSacramento Bee
Many military service members have served multiple tours of duty post 9/11 ...The Republic
Reuters -The Saratogian -San Francisco Chronicle
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Nouri Maliki accepts resignation of top Iraq corruption fighter - Los Angeles Times Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:57:09 GMT+00:00

AFP

Nouri Maliki accepts resignation of top Iraq corruption fighter
Los Angeles Times
Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Saturday accepted the resignation of Iraq's top corruption fighter, whom some observers labeled a casualty of political infighting in a country where graft is rampant. ...
Iraq's anti-corruption chief caves to pressure, resignsAFP
PM behind resignation of Chairman of Integrity Commission - MPAswat Al Iraq

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Turkey and Iran in their 'final showdown' with PKK - Kurdish Globe Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:45:59 GMT+00:00

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey and Iran in their 'final showdown' with PKK
Kurdish Globe
PKK fighters stand near the Qandil mountains near the Iraq-Turkish border in Sulaimaniya, 330 km (205 miles) northeast of Baghdad, September 30, 2010. By Salah Bayaziddi During the past few years, both Turkish and Iranian military have appeared as an ...
US considering Ankara's request to base Predators in Turkey to fight a Kurdish ...Washington Post
Turkey Seeks Iraq's Help Against Kurdish RebelsFox News
Turkish undersecretary heads to Iraq amid PKK attackswww.worldbulletin.net
Hurriyet Daily News -Ahram Online -eTaiwan News
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Analysis: Obama's risky calculus on Iraq troop levels - Reuters Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:58:52 GMT+00:00

Kansas City Star

Analysis: Obama's risky calculus on Iraq troop levels
Reuters
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When it comes to the tricky political calculus of deciding how many US troops to keep in Iraq, President Barack Obama may truly have no good options. Obama was an Iraq war opponent who repeatedly promised no US ...
Sadarists demand removal of all troops from Iraq.AMERICAblog (blog)
Army Chief Warns of Keeping Too Many US Troops in IraqFox News
Losing Iraq?The Weekly Standard (blog)
CNN International -Voice of America -WatertownDailyTimes.com
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Mousa's lawyer warns of more army abuse cases - The Independent Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:01:44 GMT+00:00

Sydney Morning Herald

Mousa's lawyer warns of more army abuse cases
The Independent
Phil Shiner, a lawyer acting for Baha Mousa's family, warned that the Gage inquiry into Mousa's brutal death at the hands of British troops in Iraq was just the start of a number of damning allegations that would "rock the Army". ...
Call for justice after Iraq abuse inquiryFinancial Times
Report Details British Abuses in IraqNew York Times
QLR named and shamedBlackpool Gazette
Telegraph.co.uk -Press TV
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Many Iraqis Have Second Thoughts as US Exit Nears - New York Times Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:38:50 GMT+00:00

New York Times

Many Iraqis Have Second Thoughts as US Exit Nears
New York Times
BAGHDAD — Sheik Kamal Maamouri, the leader of one of the largest Shiite-dominated tribes in Iraq, used to call the United States troops here occupiers, demanding that they withdraw because he said they killed and imprisoned ...

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Three soldiers, a policeman and journalist among eight killed in Iraq - Herald Sun Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:21:13 GMT+00:00

Al-Arabiya

Three soldiers, a policeman and journalist among eight killed in Iraq
Herald Sun
THREE soldiers, a policeman and a journalist were among eight people killed Saturday in attacks in Iraq, security officials said. In the capital's Palestine Street, unidentified gunmen opened fire with guns equipped with silenders, killing three ...
Murdered radio journalist spoke of threat to lifegulfnews.com
The view from Iraq a decade after 9/11Ottawa Citizen
Parliament condemns assassination of Activist Hadi al-MahdiAswat Al Iraq
Reuters -eNews Park Forest -Alsumaria TV
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Soldiers' Voices: "I can do anything" - Reuters Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:50:27 GMT+00:00

Soldiers' Voices: "I can do anything"
Reuters
BERKELEY, California (Reuters) - For Emily Yates, the worst part of serving in Iraq with the US Army was the loss of control. Yates, now a 29-year-old student at the University of California, Berkeley, was sent twice to Baghdad, serving as a public ...

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Associated Press photographer chronicles wars in Berlin show - Art Daily Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:51:29 GMT+00:00

msnbc.com

Associated Press photographer chronicles wars in Berlin show
Art Daily
A US Marine mourning the loss of 31 comrades in Iraq. The powerful images are among some 40 black-and-white photographs by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus from conflict zones around the world presented to journalists Friday at the ...
Recommended: Post 9/11: 10 years of conflict in the worldmsnbc.com

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Terror fight costs $30 billion - Sydney Morning Herald Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:09:45 GMT+00:00

Brisbane Times

Terror fight costs $30 billion
Sydney Morning Herald
The $30 billion figure is an estimate, based on expert analysis of Australian spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the rivers of cash poured into police and intelligence agencies, and other security measures since the September 11 attacks ...
Attack a 'black swan' that changed worldThe Australian

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