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A War, Before and After, Part 2 - New York Times (blog) Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:00:27 GMT

New York Times (blog)

A War, Before and After, Part 2 New York Times (blog) As United States troops crossed the border between Kuwait and Iraq, heading north on their “thunder run” to Baghdad, I was as far away from the battlefield as you could get. I was a staff sergeant stationed in Alaska on a desk job, and I felt ... Arwa Damon's Iraq: Suffocating in a cloak of sorrowCNN Iraq War 10 years later: was it worth it?Christian Science Monitor 10 years later, many see Iraq War as costly mistakeUSA TODAY NPR -Foreign Policy (blog) all 239 news articles »

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ABC News' Bob Woodruff on Iraq 10 Years Later - ABC News (blog) Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:12:44 GMT

ABC News' Bob Woodruff on Iraq 10 Years Later ABC News (blog) This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq – a conflict that left 4,488 Americans dead and more than 32,000 wounded. In a special “This Week” Sunday Spotlight, ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz sat ... and more »

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The Jimmy Hoffa of Iraq - Daily Beast Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:51:54 GMT

Daily Beast

The Jimmy Hoffa of Iraq Daily Beast I arrived in Iraq in the summer of 2003 from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York City only to be assigned, as I saw it, the role of Jimmy Hoffa on behalf of the Coalition Provisional Authority. My Iraqi counterparts would not be Foreign ...

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Car bomb blast kills nine in Iraq's Shi'ite south - Reuters Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:19:32 GMT

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Car bomb blast kills nine in Iraq's Shi'ite south Reuters GARMAT ALI, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded at a bus terminal in Iraq's predominantly Shi'ite Muslim south on Sunday, killing at least nine people, police said, as the country's delicate sectarian balance comes under growing strain. No one claimed ... Car blasts rock southern Iraq provinceAljazeera.com 2 car bombs kill 9 in southern IraqSan Francisco Chronicle Rare Bombings in Iraq's Basra Kill 10 PeopleVoice of America Fox News -Arab News -UPI.com all 25 news articles »

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Iraq War Casualties Still Ripple Across The Home Front - Huffington Post Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:56:57 GMT

Iraq War Casualties Still Ripple Across The Home Front Huffington Post The war in Iraq was launched March 20, 2003, in Baghdad and unexpectedly stretched on for 106 months, just short of nine years. During that time, 1,111,610 Americans served there for a total of 2,337,197 deployments, with some serving two or more times. and more »

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Fear And Daily Struggles: Reporter Reflects On Iraq War - NPR Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:55:16 GMT

Fear And Daily Struggles: Reporter Reflects On Iraq War NPR Listen to the Story. Weekend Edition Sunday. 7 min 51 sec. Playlist; Download. As the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq nears, host Rachel Martin talks with former NPR correspondent Anne Garrels, who reported from Baghdad for much of the war.

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Iraq war planning wholly irresponsible, say senior UK military figures - The Guardian Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:19:39 GMT

The Guardian

Iraq war planning wholly irresponsible, say senior UK military figures The Guardian The way Britain was led into war with Iraq 10 years ago was "wholly irresponsible" and the lack of intelligence on the country a national disgrace, senior military figures have told the Guardian. Though they direct their fire principally at the Bush ...

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BOTH SIDES NOW: Cheney's Unapologetic About Iraq But History's Not So ... - Huffington Post Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:27:00 GMT

BOTH SIDES NOW: Cheney's Unapologetic About Iraq But History's Not So ... Huffington Post She reminds listeners that "the debate then was largely about what to do about WMD, not whether Iraq had it," adding that nearly all intelligence agencies in the world agreed that Saddam had WMD. (We listen to one politician who nailed the problem a ...

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Iraq's appeal wanes for oil majors - Financial Times Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:40:58 GMT

Iraq's appeal wanes for oil majors Financial Times Political instability, poor contractual terms and infrastructure bottlenecks have sharply reduced the country's appeal to Big Oil. Many companies have shifted their attention from the south to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, angering Baghdad ... and more »

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A War, Before and After - New York Times (blog) Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:20:20 GMT

New York Times (blog)

A War, Before and After New York Times (blog) “A War, Before and After,” was initiated and led by Roy Scranton — an Iraq veteran, writer and co-editor of “Fire and Forget: Short Stories From the Long War,” an anthology of fiction by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans — who contacted and organized the ...