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Pope Benedict urges Maliki to protect Christian community in Iraq

dailystar.com.lb     1 hr ago   64 related          

Pope Benedict told Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday that minority Christians in Iraq needed more protection but the Iraqi leader assured the pontiff that Christians were not being persecuted. Maliki, who met the...                

US attempts to retain funded militias in Iraq

dailystar.com.lb     1 hr ago   1 related          

The Iraqi officer leading a US-financed anti-jihadist group is in no mood for small talk - either the military gives him more money or he will pack his bags and rejoin the ranks of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. "I'll go back to Al-Qaeda...                

Al-Qaeda in Iraq Down – But Not Out

groundreport.com     6 hrs ago   1 related          

By Jennifer Koons in London (ICR No. 266, 25-Jul-08) Al-Qaeda suicide bombings and other reprisals against Sunni tribal leaders and their followers who have aligned themselves with United States and Iraqi government forces...                

U.S. ambassador says insurgency 'trying to hang on'

signonsandiego.com     12 hrs ago   26 related          

BAGHDAD – The insurgency that bedeviled U.S. forces for years and killed thousands of Iraqis and Americans has withered to the point where it is “not even much of a challenge anymore” to Iraq's future, Ambassador Ryan Crocker...                

Reporting from Iraq: Violence still flourishes in Diyala

scrippsnews.com     yesterday   20 related          

DIYALA PROVINCE, Iraq -- Editor's note: The Ventura County Star sent a reporter and photographer to document the experiences of Seabees deployed to Iraq from Naval Base Ventura County. While there, an Army battalion commander...                

Female suicide bomber kills at least 8 (AAP)

yahoo.com     yesterday   58 related          

A female suicide bomber has blown herself up as she approached US-allied Sunni fighters walking in a crowded area north of Baghdad , killing at least eight members of the group and wounding 24 other people, police say. The...                

100 female U.S. service members have died in Iraq

cnn.com     yesterday   8 related          

Latest death of female service member in Iraq blamed on natural causes Of the 100 dead, 97 were troops, and three were military civilian employees Sixty-one of the deaths have been classified as hostile Female suicide bomber...                

Our View On Iraq: Why Can’t Obama Admit The Obvious? The Surge Worked

patdollard.com     yesterday   8 related          

From USA Today Obama was right about war, wrong about surge; McCain vice versa. In January 2007, America’s adventure in Iraq seemed like a chaotic failure. The country was riven with sectarian violence, and al-Qaeda in Iraq had...                

Mosul conflict ebbs after five-year battle between Coalition, insurgents for control

freerepublic.com     18 hrs ago   1 related          

MOSUL, IRAQ: The Battle for Mosul over the past several years has worked as a microcosm for the larger Iraqi conflict, with Coalition and Iraqi forces successfully imposing its will only after Al Qaeda and other insurgent...                

Baghdad Bureau: The Road to Anbar

nytimes.com     yesterday          

The bridge over the Euphrates river in Falluja, as it looks today. (Photo: Ali al-Saadi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images) BAGHDAD — This spring I needed to interview former detainees in American detention centers who had...                

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