![]() Boston Globe | Holbrooke Says Afghan War ‘Tougher Than Iraq’ New York Times, United States - By NICHOLAS KULISH and HELENE COOPER MUNICH — The war in Afghanistan will be “much tougher than Iraq,” President Obama’s special representative to ... Video: Security to dominate US envoy's visit to Pakistan- 09 Feb 09 Afghan mission 'tougher' than Iraq US: Afghan task tougher than Iraq |
![]() TopNews | Books of The Times The War in Iraq, Second in a Series New York Times, United States - By MICHIKO KAKUTANI Thomas E. Ricks’s devastating 2006 book, “Fiasco,” provided a lucid, tough-minded assessment of the Iraq war, brilliantly summing up the ... 'The Gamble' by Thomas E. Ricks 'The Gamble': Did the Surge Work? Meet the Press Interviews WaPo's Thomas Ricks about Iraq |
Reuters South Africa | Suicide bomber kills 4 US soldiers in Iraq Los Angeles Times, CA - Iraq's security situation has improved dramatically in recent months, but Ninevah province, of which Mosul is the capital, remains a trouble spot. ... Northern Iraq suicide blast kills 4 American soldiers Car Bomb Kills 4 US Troops, Interpreter in Iraq Four US soldiers killed in Iraq |
![]() The Southern Ledger | 40000 Iraq security personnel to protect pilgrims International Herald Tribune, France - AP BAGHDAD: Iraq's security forces have deployed 40000 officers and soldiers along the main routes leading to the southern holy city of Karbala a day after ... Iraqis Say US Patrol Killed Girl, 8, in Crowd Iraq: 2 pilgrims killed by bomb in Baghdad Iraq bomb kills two Shi'ite pilgrims |
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4243 Washington Post, United States - 9, 2009, at least 4243 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. ... |
![]() PRESS TV | Four Guantanamo prisoners handed over to Iraq: ICRC AFP - ... transfer of four Iraqi detainees of Guantanamo to their country on January 18," said a senior International Committee of the Red Cross official in Iraq. ... Iraq takes in 4 ex-Gitmo detainees Iraqis await Guantanamo son, whereabouts unknown Four Gitmo Detainees Transferred To Iraqi Prison |
![]() Boston Globe | The new strategic situation in Iraq Foreign Policy - By Philip Zelikow The provincial elections in Iraq are the opening salvo of a new phase in Iraq's history. The US military presence remains a large, vital, ... Iraq's fragile peace needs nurturing Debt as a unifying power in Iraq Iraq's Good Example |
In Iraq: To Twitter or Not to Twitter? New York Times, United States - It might have come in handy last week when Representative Pete Hoekstra, who was traveling with a Congressional delegation to Iraq, posted several messages ... Congressman Peter Hoekstra Twitters His Secret Trip to Iraq • Congressman Hoekstra takes heat from blogosphere for Twitter ... Did a US congressman leak classified intel on Twitter? |
![]() WNCT | US military now focusing on Afghanistan: Mullen AFP - FORT DRUM, New York (AFP) — The chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff said Monday the United States was still "not done" in Iraq but that the military's ... Top US military official sees limited increase of troops in ... Foreign Policy Beyond the Pentagon US military chief sees pressure on systems budgets |
![]() Javno.hr | US says Iran still supporting Iraq militants Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iranians are still supporting Shi'ite militants in Iraq with weapons and training, despite a reduction in violence in Iraq, ... Iran, Iraq call for expansion of mutual relations Chalabi briefs Iranian advisers in Baghdad |