Iraq

Who Gets Billed for a New Baghdad?

time.com     5 hrs ago   55 related          

On any given day in Baghdad it's hard to envision a city on the rise amid the shattered buildings, fields of trash and pools of smelly greenish waste water baking under the sun in many neighborhoods. The Iraqi government has...                    

Iraqis: US, Iraq close to deal on troop withdrawal

iht.com     1 hr ago   24 related          

Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials,...                    

McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq

iht.com     1 hr ago   24 related          

Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big...                    

Obama maintains lead over McCain in CBS poll

msn.com     7 hrs ago   271 related          

Despite Obama’s highly publicized foreign trip and McCain’s recent high profile advertisements, the findings are unchanged since a CBS News/New York Times poll released last month Washington: Barack Obama leads John McCain 45...                    

McCain says Obama wants to forfeit the war in Iraq

iht.com     2 hrs ago   11 related          

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is accusing his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, of wanting to forfeit the war in Iraq in spite of gains there. McCain told people gathered Thursday for a town-hall meeting in Lima...                    

Sources: U.S., Iraq near pullout terms

msn.com     5 hrs ago   7 related          

Legal immunity for troops is still a potential stumbling block BAGHDAD - The U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years...                    

Remote-control warriors suffer war stress (AP)

yahoo.com     3 hrs ago   4 related          

AP - The Air National Guardsmen who operate Predator drones over Iraq via remote control, launching deadly missile attacks from the safety of Southern California 7,000 miles away, are suffering some of the same psychological...                    

U.S. holding Iraqi prisoners in crates

cnn.com     3 hrs ago   4 related          

The U.S. military is using wooden crates, called "segregation boxes," to hold violent detainees in Iraq. Some of the boxes are only 3 feet by 3 feet by 6 feet -- barely big enough to hold an average Iraqi man. Human rights...                    

Nanotechnology Provider Signs Contract to Deliver Prototype Batteries for U.S. Army

azonano.com     5 hrs ago   2 related          

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. , a leading provider of advanced nanomaterials technology used in power and energy systems and other applications, today announced that it has signed a $350,000 contract through the U.S. Army's...                    

Suspected terrorists, weapons seized

upi.com     2 hrs ago   3 related          

Published: Aug. 7, 2008 at 3:13 PM WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Coalition and Iraqi forces captured dozens of suspects and seized weapons caches in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said Thursday. This was a busy...                    

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