FOXNews | 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 ... Iraq War 6 Years Later: Success But No 'Victory' 6 years after invasion, Iraq slow to regain confidence Iraq urges foreign states to accept Iranian rebels |
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 Iraq war, a long-lasting trauma for America On anniversary, memories of Iraq |
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 Army to end forced extended tours Army Is Phasing Out Stop-Loss for Soldiers |
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 Top brass disturbed by GOP stalling of Iraq ambassador Lugar signs off on Iraq ambassador nomination |
MyFox Phoenix | 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 |
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 Six years of war in Iraq 6 years after invasion, Baghdad says war is far from over |
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 Moussa: Renunciation of sectarianism, troops' pullout vital for ... Standing by Iraq |
KCBS | 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, ... Vandals Strike Berkeley Marine Recruiting Center Windows Smashed at Marine Corps Recruiting Center - Berkeley Vandals Cause $5000 in Damage to Berkeley Recruiting Center |
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 MADRE talking points on Iraq: Six years of "liberation" and an ... Where Are We Leaving Iraqi Women? |
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 Suicide car bombing kills policeman in N Iraq In Mosul, Iraq's Insurgency Refuses to Be Tamed |