USA Today | U.S., Iraq target rockets from Iran USA Today AP Panetta credits the military and Iraq's prime minister for fewer attacks against US bases. AP Panetta credits the military and Iraq's prime minister for fewer attacks against US bases. Col. Barry Johnson, a US military spokesman in Baghdad, ... US To Hand Over Iraq Bases, Equipment Worth Billions As US Military Leaves Iraq, US Diplomats Fill In US gives away billions in assets in Iraq |
Wall Street Journal | Iraq Completes Deal to Buy F-16s Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—Iraq has finalized a deal to buy advanced US fighter jets, the first step toward building a modern postwar air force, officials said. Associated Press A Lockheed Martin F-6 Fighting Falcon performs during a ... Iraq signs deal to buy 18 F-16 warplanes Iraq reportedly orders 18 F-16s US, Iraq closing in on deal for skeleton force |
Kansas City Star | Senior finance official assassinated in Iraq Seattle Post Intelligencer Iraqi police officers stand nearby as smoke rises from the scene of a bomb attack in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. A series of blasts hit a Shiite holy city in Iraq on Sunday, ... Roadside bomb in northern Iraq kills 3, wounds 1 Roadside Bomb Kills 3 in Iraq Senior finance official assassinated in Iraq |
New York Times | Explosions Kill 10 People in Iraq Holy City TIME (BAGHDAD) — Back-to-back bomb blasts ripped through one of the holiest cities in Shiite Islam Sunday, killing at least 10 people in a community still reeling from a deadly bus hijacking earlier this month that left Iraq's Shiites again feeling hunted. ... Bombs Strike Shiite Holy City in Iraq Explosions in Iraq holy city of Karbala kill 15 Iraq: Kerbala bomb attacks kill 17 |
AFP | Turkey bombs PKK bases in north Iraq: rebels AFP ARBIL, Iraq — Turkish warplanes have again bombed suspected rear bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatist group in northern Iraq, a rebel spokesman said on Monday. The bombing began late on Sunday and continued for about one hour, ... Turkey again bombs PKK camps in Iraq Turkey quits negotiations with PKK for increasing attacks Turkish premier signals joint operation with Iran |
Politico | McCain takes Defense spending fight to new level Washington Post It funds the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. For fiscal 2012, that figure was set at $117 billion. The committee's “gimmick,” according to McCain, was to cut $10 billion from this war account, partly based on “a presumption of decreased troop ... Big worries over looming defense cuts Angst at Lewis-McChord over defense cuts |
ABC News | Hezbollah leader could get military tribunal in US CBS News Kevin J. Bergner speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, near a poster of a senior Lebanese Hezbollah operative Ali Mussa Daqduq. While the US hasn?t made a decision, officials said a tribunal at a US military base may be the best way to ... Obama considers military commission in US for Hezbollah commander held in Iraq ... Hezbollah leader could get military tribunal in US A Military Commission for Daqduq in the US? |
RollingStone.com (blog) | The Greedy Battle For Iraq's 'Hearts And Minds' NPR For years, federal auditors have reported that millions of American dollars have been wasted or are unaccounted for in the effort to rebuild and stabilize Iraq. State Department employee Peter Van Buren gives a ground-level account of that waste and ... Losing the Battle for Hearts and Minds in Iraq A new American horror story |
The Guardian | Labour seeks to escape Iraq's 'long shadow' with new foreign policy The Guardian Alexander said that the "loss of life and the loss of trust" that followed the Iraq war in the Labour government's second term "still casts a long shadow". But in an effort to draw a line under Labour's past, he highlighted the way the party had been ... Iraq 'casts long shadow' Alexander admits Labour's 'apology' for cosying up with Gaddafi as Alexander admits seeking ... |
NCR-Iran.org (press release) | EU Names Advisor on Iraq's Camp Ashraf Voice of America (blog) The European Union has appointed a senior Belgian diplomat to work with the United Nations and others on finding a solution to the plight of more than 3000 Iranian government opponents living in a camp in Iraq. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton ... EU names adviser to help resolve Camp Ashraf issue EU joins bid to help end Iraqi Camp Ashraf standoff Maryam Rajavi warns Iraq dead line for closing Camp Ashraf is pretext to ... |