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Officials: Suicide Attack Kills 26 in Iraq - ABC News Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:53:35 GMT

BBC News

Officials: Suicide Attack Kills 26 in Iraq ABC News A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Baghdad cafe crowded with young people late Thursday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens ahead of provincial elections scheduled for the weekend. The rare evening attack, which came at the start of the ... Suicide attacks kills 22 in IraqYahoo! News Iraq violence: Baghdad cafe hit by deadly bomb attackBBC News Suicide bomber kills 27 in IraqThe News International DAWN.com -PRI's The World -The Australian all 61 news articles »

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Northern Iraq Peace, harmony and oil - The Economist Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:35:02 GMT

The Economist

Northern Iraq Peace, harmony and oil The Economist BIBLE scholars say the Garden of Eden was in southern Iraq, perhaps where the rivers Tigris and Euphrates meet. But when Iraqis think of earthly paradise they tend to look north, towards Kurdistan. It is easy to see why. Over Nowruz, the spring holiday ... Can Iraq meet its oil potential?CNN (blog) Nation Signs Tourism Agreement With Iraq's KurdistanAllAfrica.com Iraq: Turkish energy plan picks up speedUPI.com Tbo.com -Iraq Oil Report -Middle East Online all 23 news articles »

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Plea Talks for Sergeant Charged in Iraq Shooting - ABC News Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:28:49 GMT

Plea Talks for Sergeant Charged in Iraq Shooting ABC News A lawyer for an Army sergeant charged with killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer at a mental health clinic in Iraq said Wednesday he's talking with prosecutors about a possible plea agreement that would spare Sgt. John Russell from the death ... and more »

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'Defining moment:' Armless Iraq vet offers words of courage to Boston bomb victims - NBCNews.com (blog) Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:06:35 GMT

'Defining moment:' Armless Iraq vet offers words of courage to Boston bomb victims NBCNews.com (blog) ... of a wounded warrior on a monoski. An open letter from an armless Iraq War veteran to the amputee victims of the Boston Marathon bombing has gone viral thanks to his succinct, stirring words which offer a crisp portrait of post-injury life and ...

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Enemies seek to sow ethno-religious discord in Iraq: Iran speaker - Press TV Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:08:19 GMT

Press TV

Enemies seek to sow ethno-religious discord in Iraq: Iran speaker Press TV Ahmed Chalabi, for his part, stressed the importance of role of Iran in Iraq's peace and development, saying, “All Iraqi groups as well as the Iraqi nation and government call for the expansion of close and friendly cooperation between the two ...

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Iraq executes 21 men convicted of terrorism - Yahoo! News Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:08:00 GMT

Yahoo! News

Iraq executes 21 men convicted of terrorism Yahoo! News Associated Press/ Khalid Mohammed - Civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in the east Baghdad neighborhood of Kamaliya, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013. A series of attacks across, Iraq many involving …more car bombs, has killed and wounded ... Deadly blasts, assassination strike Iraq before electionCNN International Attackers Strike Across Iraq as Elections ApproachNew York Times Deadly wave of bombings across Iraq ahead of electionsCNN Wall Street Journal -Press TV all 182 news articles »

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When IEDs Come Home: What Boston Looked Like to Iraq Veterans - The Atlantic Wire Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:55 GMT

The Atlantic Wire

When IEDs Come Home: What Boston Looked Like to Iraq Veterans The Atlantic Wire What happened at the Boston Marathon was inconceivable, horrific, shocking to most who have seen the videos and photos, but there are lots of Americans for whom the scene was appallingly familiar: veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I spoke ... US troops faced pressure cooker IEDs in Iraq and AfghanistanCBS 21 Combat-medicine lessons from Iraq, Afghanistan applied to Boston Marathon ...The Herald-Times (subscription) Doctors say injuries are similar to those suffered by troops in Iraq, AfghanistanNews 12 Long Island (subscription) all 11,985 news articles »

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Restoring Iraq's Garden of Eden - New York Times Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:18:41 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Restoring Iraq's Garden of Eden New York Times LONDON — Azzam Alwash says he remembers the reeds towering above his head, lining cool corridors in the Iraqi heat as he sat with his father, the district irrigation engineer, in a small boat plying the waters of the ancient wetlands between the ... Iraq: the world's next big eco-tourism destination?Telegraph.co.uk all 10 news articles »

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Silencing the British People: The Legacy of Thatcherism and the Iraq War - Center for Research on Globalization Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:59:33 GMT

Silencing the British People: The Legacy of Thatcherism and the Iraq War Center for Research on Globalization An estimated two million Britons took to the streets of London as part of a wider global movement to march against the looming Iraq war. The protest united people of all ages, ethnicities, faiths and political persuasions. The noise was deafening. A ...

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Iraq Vet's Advice To Marathon Bombing Amputees - Here And Now Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:09:35 GMT

Here And Now

Iraq Vet's Advice To Marathon Bombing Amputees Here And Now Davis was staff sergeant in the U.S. Army serving in Iraq in 2006 when a roadside IED blew up the truck he was riding in. This photo provided by Tom Davis shows the results of an IED that struck his humvee in 2006. (Tom Davis via AP). He lost his left ...