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Attacks in Iraq, Including Cafe Bombing, Kill 15 - ABC News Thu, 08 May 2014 18:09:11 GMT

Newsweek

Attacks in Iraq, Including Cafe Bombing, Kill 15 ABC News A series of attacks in Iraq, including a bomb blast at a cafe in a Baghdad suburb, killed 15 people on Thursday, Iraqi officials said. The deadliest of the day's attacks was the cafe bombing, which struck in the evening hours inside a small cafe in the ... Exclusive: Iraq, In a Major Shift, Might Want Some US…Foreign Policy (blog) Body Recount in IraqNewsweek Iraq policeman's booby-trapped body kills two relativesAl-Arabiya all 83 news articles »

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Shia v Shia - The Economist (blog) Thu, 08 May 2014 02:26:56 GMT

The Majalla Magazine

Shia v Shia The Economist (blog) AS THE ballots are counted following the election on April 30th, Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, is plainly determined to cobble together a broad enough coalition to stay in office. In the past he has consolidated power mainly at the expense of ... The Sectarian Narrative and Iraq's electionsThe Arab Daily News Iraq off the AgendaThe Majalla Magazine Addressing Iraq's sectarian divideMEED (subscription) Al-Monitor -www.worldbulletin.net all 24 news articles »

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Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq war will not be 'very kind' to Tony Blair - The Independent Thu, 08 May 2014 15:03:24 GMT

The Independent

Chilcot Inquiry into Iraq war will not be 'very kind' to Tony Blair The Independent ... minister has warned that the inquiry into the war in Iraq will not be “very kind” to Tony Blair. Andrew Murrison, Minister for International Security, today said that the findings of the Chilcot Inquiry into the 2003 Iraq War should be released as ... Iraq Inquiry 'Won't Be Kind' To Tony Blair, Predicts Defence Minister Who ...Huffington Post UK Publish the Iraq War inquiry report now - even though it might embarrass the ...Telegraph.co.uk Tony Blair, Jim Davidson and the gangland thug – more crazy tales from war ...The Guardian all 6 news articles »

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Without US troops, Afghanistan, like Iraq, could descend into chaos - Los Angeles Times Tue, 06 May 2014 07:41:47 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Without US troops, Afghanistan, like Iraq, could descend into chaos Los Angeles Times Iraq is being plunged deeper into the abyss of all-out civil war that it barely avoided in 2007 thanks to President George W. Bush's troop "surge." Today, violence is back up to 2008 levels as Al Qaeda in Iraq, now known as the Islamic State of Iraq ... Why Iraq Is Moving Closer to Full-Scale Sectarian WarWall Street Journal (blog) Dozens dead in continuing Iraq violenceAljazeera.com Saving Iraq Needs Greater US EngagementRudaw ABC News -World Socialist Web Site -Anniston Star all 190 news articles »

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Iraq's oil police vs the rebel saboteurs - Aljazeera.com Thu, 08 May 2014 09:27:48 GMT

Iraq's oil police vs the rebel saboteurs Aljazeera.com Najaf, Iraq - Clutching binoculars, the men stand in watchtowers behind razor wire and scan the horizon for threats as squads of their colleagues patrol the desert armed with machine guns. It is a mission to guard. But, at first glance, what they are ... and more »

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GOP Rep.: Where was Dem Outrage 'When They Fundraised Endlessly' off Iraq ... - Mediaite Thu, 08 May 2014 21:25:55 GMT

Mediaite

GOP Rep.: Where was Dem Outrage 'When They Fundraised Endlessly' off Iraq ... Mediaite Cotton said their outrage was hypocritical, and asked where their indignation was when he was serving in Iraq in the armed forces and Democratic committees were pitching donors by citing American deaths in that theater of war. Cotton attacked President ... GOP's Tom Cotton On Benghazi Fundraising: 'Where Was The Outrage As ...Daily Caller Cotton Rips Democrats Over 'Fake' Benghazi OutrageTimes Record GOP Rep. Sternly Lectures Democrats on the Lessons He Learned in the Army ...TheBlaze.com Washington Free Beacon all 7 news articles »

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Boris Johnson: 'eel-like' Tony Blair will avoid being imprisoned over Iraq war - The Guardian Tue, 06 May 2014 16:38:37 GMT

The Guardian

Boris Johnson: 'eel-like' Tony Blair will avoid being imprisoned over Iraq war The Guardian People who believe Tony Blair should be imprisoned over the Iraq war have their hearts in the right place, Boris Johnson has said as he called for the immediate publication of the Chilcot report into the war. Speaking on his LBC phone-in, he spoke of ... Eel-like Blair to avoid prison over Iraq war: London mayorPress TV Andy McSmith's Diary: Boris goes to war over Iraq again - it's all Blair's faultThe Independent Boris Johnson: 'Eel-Like' Tony Blair Will Avoid Prosecution For Iraq WarHuffington Post UK Daily Mail all 11 news articles »

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University of Minnesota study finds Iraq, Afghan vets struggle with access to food - Minneapolis Star Tribune Thu, 08 May 2014 03:41:52 GMT

Minneapolis Star Tribune

University of Minnesota study finds Iraq, Afghan vets struggle with access to food Minneapolis Star Tribune More than one-fourth of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans don't have consistent access to sufficient food, says a new study by the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital. That's almost twice as high as for the rest of the U.S ... Study: Iraq and Afghanistan veterans struggle with access to foodStars and Stripes New report: 1 in 4 Iraq, Afghanistan veterans are going hungryRick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews Many Iraq and Afghanistan War Vets Struggle to Find Enough FoodHealth.com HealthDay -KAALtv.com all 19 news articles »

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Ambassador to Iraq shifts to Egypt - The Hill (blog) Thu, 08 May 2014 21:45:47 GMT

Voice of America

Ambassador to Iraq shifts to Egypt The Hill (blog) President Obama has named Robert Beecroft, the current U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as the next ambassador to Egypt, filling a job that had been vacant for nine months amid tensions between the U.S. and Cairo. Beecroft will be replaced in Baghdad by Stuart ... Obama nominates ambassadors for key Egypt and Iraq postsReuters US to Nominate Iraq Ambassador as Egypt EnvoyVoice of America Obama announces ambassadors for Egypt, IraqTurkish Press all 49 news articles »

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Matt Maupin, 20, was kidnapped by insurgents in 2004 and was seen ... - Daily Mail Thu, 08 May 2014 18:39:11 GMT

Daily Mail

Matt Maupin, 20, was kidnapped by insurgents in 2004 and was seen ... Daily Mail The Pentagon contacted Keith Maupin six weeks ago to say that a man who had confessed to killing 20-year-old Matt was in custody in Iraq. Mr Maupin, who refused to shave for more than four years as he waited for news of his son's fate, is due to speak ... Prisoner in Iraq Confesses to Matt Maupin's Murder, Father SaysWKEF ABC 22 Father hears news he has waited for: His son's suspected killer on trial in IraqWCPO Keith Maupin heading to D.C. to learn more in inmate confession caseWLWT Cincinnati all 20 news articles »