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Iraq terrorist calls scientists to jihad 
AP via Yahoo! News - 22 minutes ago
Al-Qaida in Iraq's leader, in a chilling audiotape released Thursday, called for nuclear scientists to join his group's holy war and urged insurgents to kidnap Westerners so they could be traded for a blind Egyptian sheik who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison.Democrats want to "cut and run" from Iraq, Bush says 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Battered by Democrats over a new intelligence report, President George W. Bush fought back on Thursday in an election-year speech, saying Democrats represented the party of "cut and run" from Iraq.Situation in Iraq is 'dire', says former British foreign secretary 
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
Former British foreign secretary Jack Straw said the situation in Iraq was "dire", adding that the United States government had made "many mistakes" after the 2003 invasion.Bush Both Attacks, Defends on Iraq 
Washington Post - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 28 -- In his sharpest partisan attack of this election campaign, President Bush Thursday denounced Democratic critics of his Iraq policy and said "the party of FDR and the party of Harry Truman has become the party of cut and run."Woodward: Bush concealing level of Iraq violence 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
The Bush administration is concealing the level of violence against U.S. troops in Iraq and the situation there is growing worse despite White House and Pentagon claims of progress, journalist Bob Woodward said in advance of a new book.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,709 
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
As of Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, at least 2,709 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,155 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Iraq Contractor's Work Is Further Criticized 
Washington Post - 8 minutes ago
The contractor that botched construction of a $75 million police academy in Baghdad so badly that human waste dripped from the ceilings has produced shoddy work on 13 out of 14 projects reviewed by federal auditors, the top official monitoring Iraq's reconstruction told Congress yesterday.Qaeda leader in Iraq calls for kidnapping foreigners 
International Herald Tribune - Sep 28 3:41 PM
The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq called for an escalation of attacks to try to force the release of a Muslim cleric imprisoned in the U.S.Iraq police college a symbol of failed U.S. plan 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 2:14 PM
It was intended to showcase U.S. rebuilding efforts in Iraq, but instead Baghdad's new police academy was declared a health hazard by U.S. inspectors who found human waste dripping from the ceilings.Feingold: I'm not a pacifist on Iraq war 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 2:31 PM
Sen. Russ Feingold, one of the first lawmakers to call for a timetable to withdraw troops from Iraq, argued on Thursday that it would be wrong to categorize him as an anti-war Democrat.U.N.: al-Qaida activity in Iraq may drop 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 1:09 PM
Al-Qaida's activity in Iraq may diminish as violence escalates and distinctions blur between sectarian attacks, criminal acts and the fight against Iraqi and non-Iraqi forces, according to a U.N. report.Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say Iraq in civil war 
CNN.com - Sep 28 1:45 PM
Nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed consider Iraq to be in a civil war, a CNN poll said Thursday, and more people view the three major architects of the U.S.-led operation there unfavorably than favorably. Pentagon: Iran funnels millions in weapons into Iraq 
CNN.com - Sep 28 12:15 PM
A Shiite Muslim militia involved in the warfare between Sunni and Shiites in Iraq has received "millions of dollars" and an assortment of weaponry from Iran, a senior U.S. military official says. Contractor's Work in Iraq Is Under Scrutiny 
Washington Post - Sep 28 12:55 PM
The contractor that botched construction of a $75 million police academy in Baghdad so badly that it was deemed a health risk has produced shoddy work on 13 out of 14 projects reviewed by federal auditors, the top official monitoring Iraq's reconstruction told Congress today.Bush hiding true extent of Iraq violence: veteran US reporter 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 12:32 PM
The US government is hiding the true extent of violence against its military in Iraq, veteran correspondent Bob Woodward has alleged, saying US troops are attacked on average every 15 minutes.Iraq's Qaeda chief urges kidnap of Western Christians 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 11:10 AM
Al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq urged his followers to kidnap Western Christians in order to swap them for an Egyptian cleric held in the United States, in an audio message posted on the Internet.Iraq terror leader recruits scientists 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 10:52 AM
In a new audio message Thursday, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq called for explosives experts and nuclear scientists to join his group's holy war against the West. "We are in dire need of you," said the man, who identified himself as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.Attacks cost Iraq oil exports $16B 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 10:05 AM
Iraq's most important moneymaker its oil industry lost $16 billion in potential foreign sales over two years to insurgent attacks, criminals and bad equipment, a secret U.S. audit says.Iraq, terror pop up in governors' races 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 11:21 AM
A few candidates for governor are venturing beyond domestic issues like schools and taxes to take stances on the war in Iraq and terrorism, with a California Democrat vowing he'll try to withdraw his state's Guard troops from Iraq and an Arizona Republican blasting a Sept. 11 memorial for being unpatriotic.White House rejects speeding new Iraq report 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 11:38 AM
The White House rejected calls for a new intelligence assessment of Iraq to be finished before November 7 US elections in which the unpopular war is expected to be a factor.'Month Of Holy War' Encouraged In Iraq 
CBS News - 13 minutes ago
The new leader of the al Qaeda in Iraq group has urged militants in the war-torn country to make the coming month as bloody as possible, and to kidnap as many coalition troops as possible, in a new audiotape posted on the Internet.$75M Iraq Project Called A 'Disaster' 
CBS News - 13 minutes ago
Investigators say a U.S. construction giant received $75 million in taxpayer money for a project that turned out to be a "disaster." Lara Logan reports that $30 billion has gone to reconstruction in Iraq, but progress has been painfully slow.Bob Woodward: Bush Misleads On Iraq 
CBS News - 13 minutes ago
Bob Woodward tells Mike Wallace that the Bush administration has not been honest about the level of violence in Iraq. The veteran reporter also reveals to Wallace that Henry Kissinger advises the Bush White House on its Iraq policy.Brent Budowsky: Bob Woodward's Bush/Iraq Book Will Further The Firestorm 
HuffingtonPost - 47 minutes ago
Early reports out of CBSNews.com make it clear that Bob Woodward's appearance with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes this Sunday, beginning the media campaign for his book "State Of Denial" will add further fuel to the firestorm about Iraq. Most likely the book will include revelations that drive home the central point, that President Bush has not been honest with the American people about the level Iraq Qaeda seeks Western hostages to free cleric 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 8:48 AM
Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq called for the kidnapping of Westerners to swap for a Muslim cleric jailed in the United States, according to an Internet audio tape issued on Thursday.4,000 foreign militants killed in Iraq: Iraq's Qaeda chief 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 10:03 AM
Al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq said that the terror network has lost more than 4,000 foreign fighters in its insurgency against US-led forces.Over 4,000 foreign Qaeda fighters killed in Iraq: chief 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 10:09 AM
Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq said the terror network has lost more than 4,000 foreign fighters in its insurgency against US-led forces, in an audio-clip posted on the Internet.Iraq Terrorist Calls Scientists to Jihad 
ABC News - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
In New Audio Message, al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Calls for Scientists, Bomb Experts to Join JihadIraq Qaeda calls for biological warfare against US 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 8:50 AM
Al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq called for launching biological warfare on US troops in the war-torn country, in an audio-clip posted on the Internet.Al-Qaida in Iraq: 4,000 insurgents dead 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 8:16 AM
The new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq said in an audio message posted on a Web site Thursday that more than 4,000 foreign insurgent fighters have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. It was believed to be the first major statement from insurgents in Iraq about their losses.More than 4,000 insurgents slain since 2003, Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader says 
USA Today - Sep 28 7:56 AM
The new leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq purportedly said Thursday in an audio message posted online that more than 4,000 foreign militants have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 the first apparent acknowledgment from the insurgents about their losses.Is Bush downplaying Iraq violence? 
MSNBC - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Violence in Iraq is greater than the White House has acknowledged, and the outlook is even bleaker for 2007, author and journalist Bob Woodward said in comments to air Sunday night on CBS television s 60 Minutes. Iraq terror leader: 4,000 fighters dead 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 7:36 AM
The new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq said in an audiotape posted on the Internet Thursday that more than 4,000 foreign insurgent fighters have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.Iraq Qaeda chief offers amnesty to 'betraying' tribesmen 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 7:49 AM
Al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq has offered an amnesty to Sunni Arab tribal leaders who have collaborated with the government if they revert to supporting the insurgency, according to an Internet-posted audioclip.Democrats charge delay on an intelligence estimate about Iraq 
International Herald Tribune - Sep 28 11:52 AM
Democrats say that the White House is "slow rolling" the assessment of Iraq until after the November elections. On Wednesday, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said sources had told her that a draft of the document had been finished.Mistakes made in Iraq, says Straw 
BBC News - Sep 28 4:23 PM
Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has described the situation in Iraq as "dire", and that mistakes were made.Al-Qaeda Seeks Scientists and Urges More Iraq Attacks (Update1) 
Bloomberg.com - Sep 28 6:32 PM
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq urged nuclear scientists to join the Iraqi jihad and asked supporters to step up attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a terrorist-monitoring group said.Al-Qaida in Iraq leader urges 'holy war' 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 7:26 AM
The new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq urged Muslims to make the holy month of Ramadan a "month of holy war," in an audiotape posted on Islamic Web site Thursday.Iraq Qaeda calls for capture of foreigners-Web site 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 6:51 AM
Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq urged his followers to capture foreign hostages to try to free a Muslim cleric jailed in the United States, according to an Internet audio tape issued on Thursday.U.S. says Iran buys Iraq militia with arms, cash 
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 4:42 AM
Iran is funneling weapons and cash to buy the loyalty of armed groups in Iraq, but its long- term influence is bound to wane as Iraqis focus more on their own interests, a senior U.S. military official said.Reports: Problems with Iraq Oil Sector, Police Facility 
NPR - Sep 28 3:30 PM
Iraq's most important moneymaker -- its oil industry -- lost $16 billion in potential foreign sales to insurgent attacks, criminals and bad equipment, a U.S. audit says. A second report says that a new building used to train police in Baghdad was poorly constructed.A way out of the Iraq mess? 
USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 4:02 AM
Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist. Bob Beckel is a liberal Democratic strategist. But as longtime friends, they can often find common ground on issues that lawmakers in Washington cannot. Today they look for a way out of the Iraq mess.Iraq convicts 22 suspected insurgents 
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 4:47 AM
Iraq's Central Criminal Court said Thursday it had convicted 22 suspected insurgents of a range of crimes, including weapons violations and illegally entering the country.Report: U.S. Spending $2 Billion a Week in Iraq 
NPR - Sep 28 4:45 PM
A new analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service shows the continued U.S.-led occupation of Iraq is now costing U.S. taxpayers almost $2 billion per week -- an increase of 20 percent from 2005.Stay the course in Iraq? What course? 
The Christian Science Monitor - Sep 28 3:09 PM
If Iraq is the central front for the war on terror, it's only because the war there has made it so. Iraq Kurd PM slams ministry attempts to 'sabotage' oil deals 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 3:15 AM
The prime minister of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region has condemned what he said was an attempt by the central government to "sabotage" Kurdish moves to develop oil resources.Leaked Paper Faults Iraq War, Pakistan, BBC Says 
NPR - Sep 28 3:30 PM
The war in Iraq is "acting as a recruiting sergeant for extremists across the Muslim world," according to a document which the BBC says was obtained from the security service MI6. The leaked document also says Britain went into the war in Afghanistan "with its eyes closed." And it criticizes Pakistan's intelligence service, the ISI, for indirectly helping the Taliban and al-Qaida. British Saudis plan 560-mile fence across border with Iraq to keep out extremists 
USA Today - Sep 28 2:22 AM
Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq's neighbors into its civil conflict.$75M Iraq police academy 'a failure' 
Newsday - 17 minutes ago
A $75-million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partly demolished, federal investigators have found.Oversight Official Accounts for Iraq Reconstruction Losses 
Fox News - Sep 28 11:28 AM
New inspector general report says reconstruction efforts in Iraq prior to the newly-installed government were hindered by waste and fraud that helped account for $16 billion in oil money losses over two years.Ohio voters split over U.S. war with Iraq 
Dayton Daily News - 45 minutes ago
COLUMBUS Likely voters in Ohio are evenly split on the war in Iraq whether it was a good idea in the first place and whether U.S. military efforts there are going well, according to the latest Ohio Poll released Thursday.U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 2,708 
San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 28 4:56 PM
As of Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, at least 2,708 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,155 died as a result of... Iraq attacks cost $A21b in oil exports 
The Age - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
Iraq has lost $US16 billion ($A21.4 billion) in oil export revenue for about a two year period and has not been able to maintain adequate electricity supplies.Heralded Iraq Police Academy a 'Disaster' 
Washington Post - Sep 28 4:51 AM
BAGHDAD, Sept. 27 -- A $75 million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partially demolished, U.S. investigators have found.Military: take UK troops out of Iraq 
Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Senior military officers have been pressing the government to withdraw British troops from Iraq and concentrate on Afghanistan.'Iraq al-Qaeda' make kidnap call 
BBC News - Sep 28 8:33 AM
The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq calls for kidnapping of Westerners, according to a web recording.Iraq Terror Leader Recruits Scientists 
Chicago Tribune - Sep 28 9:07 AM
In a new audio message Thursday, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq called for explosives experts and nuclear scientists to join his group's holy war against the West. He also said more than 4,000 foreign insurgent fighters have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Iraq Report Is Due in ?07; Skeptics Want to See It Now 
New York Times - Sep 27 10:32 PM
Democrats contend that the White House is deliberately withholding a document on security in Iraq because of what could be bleak conclusions.Iraq situation dire, says Straw 
PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
The current situation in Iraq is "dire" according to former foreign secretary Jack Straw.Al Qaeda In Iraq Leader In Search of Scientists 
ABC News - Sep 28 10:18 AM
In New Audiotape, al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Urges Muslims to Make Ramadan a 'Month of Holy War'U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Hit 2,709 
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
As of Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006, at least 2,709 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.Another Contract for Company That Planted News in Iraq 
New York Times - Sep 27 10:31 PM
The company that paid Iraqi newspapers for articles favorable to allied forces has been awarded another media contract with U.S. forces in Iraq.al-Qaida in Iraq: 4,000 Insurgents Dead 
ABC News - Sep 28 8:33 AM
Message Purportedly by al-Qaida in Iraq Calls for Recruits, Says 4,000 Foreign Insurgents DeadSoldier from Ariz. killed in Iraq 
The Arizona Republic - Sep 28 1:54 PM
FORT LEWIS, Wash. - A 21-year-old Arizona soldier is the 11th from Fort Lewis to die in Iraq this year.Al-Qaida in Iraq: 4,000 Insurgents Dead 
ABC News - Sep 28 8:18 AM
Al-Qaida in Iraq Says 4,000 Foreign Insurgents Killed; 1st Mention of Fighters' Losses in IraqMilitary Officials Add to U.S. Criticism of Iraq?s Government 
New York Times - Sep 27 10:31 PM
U.S. officials say time is running out for Iraq to root out sectarian militias and purge ministries of corrupt officials.Take UK troops out of Iraq, senior military told ministers 
Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
Senior military officers have been pressing the government to withdraw British troops from Iraq and concentrate on what they now regard as a more worthwhile and winnable battleground in Afghanistan.Military has most credible arguments over Iraq war 
The Enid News & Eagle - 58 minutes ago
With the bloggers and YouTube and everybody involved working on the revisions of what they did and how they made their decisions, it s hard for the average person to come to a conclusion about many things regarding the war in Iraq.Al-Qaeda says more than 4,000 foreign supporters killed in Iraq 
CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 28 4:50 PM
The new leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq purportedly said Thursday that more than 4,000 foreign supporters have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.Female GI Won't Return To Iraq 
CBS News - Sep 28 8:01 AM
The U.S. Army has filed charges against a soldier who refused to return to Iraq after accusing her supervisor of coercing her into a sexual relationship. Spc. Suzanne Swift, 22, also says she was harassed by two other GIs.Iraq war will worsen: author says 
Khaleej Times - 8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Journalist Bob Woodward reports in a new book that the US-led war in Iraq is expected to worsen in 2007, CBS News reported on Thursday. Woodward is promoting his new book, State of Denial, about US President George W Bush s management of the Iraq war.Report: Iraq group calls for kidnappings 
MSNBC - Sep 28 7:48 AM
Al Qaida's leader in Iraq urged his followers to capture foreign hostages to try to free a Muslim cleric jailed in the United States, according to an Internet audio tape issued on Thursday.Heralded Iraq Police Academy a 'Disaster' 
Washington Post - Sep 27 8:16 PM
BAGHDAD, Sept. 27 -- A $75 million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partially demolished, federal investigators have found.Saudi Arabia to build fence along Iraq border 
CTV.ca - 37 minutes ago
Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq.