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New Alliances Emerge in Advance of Iraq Elections - Washington Post Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:19:41 GMT

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New Alliances Emerge in Advance of Iraq Elections
Washington Post, United States
The negotiations and deal-making mark a departure from politics that have hewed almost exclusively to ethnic and sectarian lines, fomenting the discord that brought Iraq to the precipice of civil war in 2006 and 2007. They represent the first round of ...
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A Day of Protests, Against Iraq War and AIG - New York Times Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:52:15 GMT

USA Today

A Day of Protests, Against Iraq War and AIG
New York Times, United States
By Jennifer Mascia AND Jason Grant Patrick Andrade for The New York Times Brooke McGowen expressed some skepticism about President Obama’s policies on Iraq and Afghanistan during a protest in Union Square on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the ...
Poll: Americans Come Full Circle On Iraq CBS News
Iraq war, a long-lasting trauma for America Xinhua
On anniversary, memories of Iraq MSNBC
San Francisco Chronicle - Newsday
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Iraq war, and skyrocketing soldier suicides - NECN Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:30:59 GMT

USA Today

Iraq war, and skyrocketing soldier suicides
NECN, MA
(NECN) - Jason Notte has been covering the story of the troubled lives of soldiers who return home after serving in Iraq. He is the featured reporter in the Boston's Phoenix's edition marking the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq. ...
Gates lightens load for war-worn forces Christian Science Monitor
Army to end forced extended tours Los Angeles Times
Army Is Phasing Out Stop-Loss for Soldiers Wall Street Journal
Kansas City Star - FOXNews
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Brownback: I'll derail Iraq nominee confirmation - Washington Times Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:53:08 GMT

Boston Globe

Brownback: I'll derail Iraq nominee confirmation
Washington Times, DC
Sam Brownback of Kansas threatened Thursday to take advantage of a Senate rule to block the confirmation of Christopher Hill as US ambassador to Iraq on the grounds that Mr. Hill misled him in promising to raise human rights in talks with North Korea. ...
Obama's Iraq envoy pick gets key senator's support Reuters
Top brass disturbed by GOP stalling of Iraq ambassador Foreign Policy
Lugar signs off on Iraq ambassador nomination The Associated Press
International Herald Tribune - Reuters
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4259 - Rocky Mount Telegram Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:22:56 GMT

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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4259
Rocky Mount Telegram, NC
AP The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3425 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The AP count is two fewer than the Defense Department's tally, last updated ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4259 Modesto Bee
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Iraq combat deaths at 6-year low - USA Today Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:04:54 GMT

The Southern Ledger

Iraq combat deaths at 6-year low
USA Today
By Tom Vanden Brook and Paul Overberg, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — US combat deaths in Iraq have flattened at the lowest level since the war began six years ago Thursday, and the Navy has not lost a member to combat in more than a year. ...
Video: Iraq Better but Future Shaky The Associated Press
Six years of war in Iraq Times of India
6 years after invasion, Baghdad says war is far from over Houston Chronicle
United Press International - The Associated Press
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Arab League Chief Visits Iraq's Kurdistan Region - Voice of America Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:14:29 GMT

Voice of America

Arab League Chief Visits Iraq's Kurdistan Region
Voice of America
By VOA News Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa is in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, as part of his first visit to Iraq in nearly four years. Moussa met Thursday with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at Mr. Talabani's home in the city of ...
Arab nations reopening embassies in Iraq United Press International
Moussa: Renunciation of sectarianism, troops' pullout vital for ... Xinhua
Standing by Iraq Al-Ahram Weekly
Alsumaria - Antiwar.com
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Marine recruiting center in Berkeley vandalized on eve of Iraq ... - San Jose Mercury News Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:47:53 GMT

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Marine recruiting center in Berkeley vandalized on eve of Iraq ...
San Jose Mercury News,  USA
The incident, which came on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war, was caught on tape by a surveillance camera about 8:55 pm at the center in downtown Berkeley, police said. Police have not made any arrests but are reviewing the tape, ...
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Vandals Cause $5000 in Damage to Berkeley Recruiting Center KCBS
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UN aid for Iraq on upswing amid US troops draw down - Xinhua Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:17:24 GMT

UN News Centre

UN aid for Iraq on upswing amid US troops draw down
Xinhua, China
by William M. Reilly UNITED NATIONS, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Six years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, American troops are packing up for withdrawal, Iraqi forces are taking on more security responsibility and the United Nations bolsters its role in ...
Strategies to improve situation of Iraqi women aim of UN Baghdad forum UN News Centre
MADRE talking points on Iraq: Six years of "liberation" and an ... ReliefWeb (press release)
Where Are We Leaving Iraqi Women? CounterPunch
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Three killed in Iraq unrest: police - AFP Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:17:03 GMT

AFP

Three killed in Iraq unrest: police
AFP
MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) — A policeman and two civilians were killed in attacks in the northern Iraqi cities of Mosul and Kirkuk on Wednesday, police officials told AFP. The police officer died and two of his colleagues were wounded in a suicide car bombing ...
One killed, nine hurt in Iraq blasts United Press International
Suicide car bombing kills policeman in N Iraq Xinhua
In Mosul, Iraq's Insurgency Refuses to Be Tamed TIME
Australia.TO - Xinhua
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