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Breaking News Tue, 19 Aug 2008
Learned from their genocidal past
Iraq   Kurdish   Kurdistan   Photos   Political  
 Seattle Times 
Kurds determined to keep grip on tense city in northern Iraq
| KIRKUK, Iraq - The phone rang, and it was answered by a Kurdish security commander, Hallo Najat, sitting in his office in this deeply divided city. | On the line, he said, was a U.N. official wantin... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Iraqi Soldiers from the  Emergency Service Unit, make preparations for the arrival of Kirkuk Provincial Governor Mustafa, in Kirkuk Province, Iraq, on April 14, 2008.
Iraq   Kurd News   Mideast   Oil   Photos   War  
 International Herald Tribune 
Kurdish control of oil-rich Kirkuk creates a powder keg in Iraq
| KIRKUK, Iraq - The phone rang, and it was answered by a Kurdish security commander, Hallo Najat, sitting in his office in this deeply divided city. On the line, he said, was a United Nations officia... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet)
 An Iraqi police officer provides security from his post at an intersection near the South Ramadi Police Station in Ramadi, Iraq, July 14, 2007. Iraqi police along with Marines of 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines Regiment, II Marine Expeditionary Force, are con  Al Jazeera 
Suicide blast hits Iraqi police
| A suicide attack on a police checkpoint in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi has left at least five officers dead, police say. | Police Major-General Tariq Youssef said six policemen and four civilia... (photo: USMC file/SSgt. Michael Kropiewnicki)
Al Qaida   Photos   Ramadi   Terrorism   US  
A Marine Special Operations Companys leatherneck examines a poppy plant handed to him by an Afghan National Army soldier (right) during a late February patrol through a Helmand Province village in which they were looking for Taliban fighters.  The Australian 
Experts see trouble in Afghanistan
| CONCERN among US foreign policy elites has shifted from Iraq to Pakistan with a majority believing it is the country most likely to pass nuclear technology to terrorists, a survey released today fou... (photo: USMC / Sgt Luis Valdespino Jr)
Afghanistan   Iraq   Pakistan   Photos   War  
Top Stories
 Fouad Siniora, the Prime Minister of Lebanon, gestures while speaking at the United Nations in New York Friday April 21, 2006-ayt1 International Herald Tribune
Lebanese PM to visit Iraq for trade talks
| : Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Monday he would visit Iraq this week to discuss energy and trade, in another sign of improving ties between the Arab wor... (photo: AP/Frank Franklin II)
Government   Iraq   Photos   President   Washington  
Senator Barack Obama / aaeh Wall Street Journal
Gut Check
Barack Obama got to be the Democratic presidential nominee in large part because he opposed from the start the use of U.S. military force to liberate Iraq. Hillary Clinto... (photo: Creative Commons / Ragesoss)
Ameriaca   Democratic Presidential Nominee   Military   Photos   Senator  
Daily routine in Iraq The Daily Mail
Why haven't the Left got Georgia on their minds?
| Pity I was away last week. I must have missed the march through London against the Russian invasion of Georgia. What a magnificent sight it must have been - half a mill... (photo: WN / Kamaran Najm)
Freedom   Georgia   London   Photos   Russian  
Pro-government gunmen, hold their weapons as they gestures at Bab el-Tabaneh district, in Tripoli, north of Lebanon, on Sunday June 22, 2008. Lebanese security and medical officials said that fighting has broken out in northern Lebanon between pro-and anti-government supporters wounding at least 10 people. The security officials say tension has been on the rise for several days between pro-government supporters in Tripoli's Bab el-Tabaneh district and opposition supporters in the neighboring Jabal Mohsen. They say machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades are being used in Sunday's fighting The State
Gunmen ambush electoral officials in southern Iraq
| BAGHDAD -- | Masked gunmen ambushed a bus carrying election workers in southern Iraq on Monday, killing two of them including an official known for resisting interferen... (photo: AP / )
Ambush   Government   Gunmen   Iraq   Photos  
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Oil Price Spike Drives Up Other Costs
| Rising fuel costs are making it more expensive to move food and other goods to the marketplace. That means prices are going up for consumers, but incomes may not be ris... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Consumers   Drivers   Fuel   Oilprices   Photos  
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain,left, gestures during a press conference in Cartagena, Colombia, Tuesday July 1, 2008. San Diego
McCain says victory in Iraq is in sight
ORLANDO, Fla. - John McCain told fellow veterans on Monday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred whe... (photo: AP / Fernando Vergara)
Democratic   Iraq   Mccain   Military   Photos  
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain,left, gestures during a press conference in Cartagena, Colombia, Tuesday July 1, 2008. The Boston Globe
McCain: Obama tried to legislate Iraqi failure
| ORLANDO, Fla.—John McCain told fellow veterans on Monday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he err... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci)
Election   Iraq   Photos   Politics   US  
Christians United for Israel and Attacking Iran Common Dreams
Christians United for Israel and Attacking Iran
| Though the national sentiment favors wrapping up the Iraq War, there exists a small but powerful movement for starting a new military conflict with Iran. The bipartisan... (photo: WN / Kamaran Najm)
Iran   Iraq   Israel   Military   Photos  
 U.S. Marines assigned to Dam Security Unit 3 conduct a reconnaissance patrol along the Al Wzar River around Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2006. Marines of DSU-3 are deployed with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) in support of war on terror. ula1 CBS News
Help Wanted: Soap Opera Seeks Iraq War Vet
An open casting call for "All My Children" is far from business as usual: The soap opera is seeking an Iraq war veteran to play an injured veteran. | The ABC daytime show... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Sgt. Edward Reagan)
Iraq   Photos   Politics   US   War  
Iraq Reconstruction UN
- U. N. back in Iraq to aid rebuilding
- U.N. signs pact to help Iraq rebuild
- IRAQ: Boost for aid, reconstruction as three-year deal signe
- Obliterated in war, Iraqi air force now rebuilding
US Representative The Honorable Peter Hoekstra (right), (R-Michigan) is greeted by US Military personnel as he arrives at Baghdad Air Base (AB), Iraq. Rep Hoekstra is in Iraq on a fact-finding mission and to visit with troops deployed to Iraq in support o
Military says special cash fund buys a lot of goodwill in Iraq
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- UN to remember victims of deadly Baghdad bombing
- IRAQ: Boost for aid, reconstruction as three-year deal signe
- UN ready to increase efforts in Iraq
- UN unveils plans to step up efforts in Iraq
Coalition and Iraqi army Soldiers search a farmhouse in southern Muehla as part of Operation Dodge City II Aug. 4, 2008. Soldiers of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, attached to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, worked with IA Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, 8th IA Division in the joint operation, which targeted bomb-making cells in the area. Four suspects were detained in the operation.
U.N., Iraqi govt outline plans for aid through 2010
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Terrorism Human Rights
- Voters cool on war but fear terrorism
- 15 killed in Baghdad suicide bomb attack
- Sunni shrine in Baghdad scene of deadly blast
- Shiite pilgrims going to festival attacked for third straigh
John Howard
Voters cool on war but fear terrorism
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- Gut Check
- Turkey: Party Case Shows Need for Reform
- Rejoicing in democracy, Kurds look beyond oil
- New Labour's bare-knuckle fight against asylum seekers
Senator Barack Obama / aaeh
Gut Check
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Refugees Arabic Headlines
- What counts as 'success' in Iraq?
- Bombs target city official, civilians in Iraq
- Detainees continue hunger strike
- Plaything of the gods
In this photo released by the Jordan Royal Palace,in Amman, Jordan's King Abdullah II, left, meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malki , right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. The Iraqi government says Jordan's King Abdullah II has become the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invas
Jordan's king visits Iraq, urges Arabs to support country
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- A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of SALAMA Islamic Arab Insurance C
- Iraqi troops move against US-supported Sunni Arab fighters i
- Iraqi troops move against US-supported Sunni Arab fighters i
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A Palestinian school boy listens to a teacher during an Arab language lesson at a Hamas primary school in Gaza City, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006.Hamas presented its choice for Palestinian prime minister a pragmatic former university administrator and the Islamic militant group reached out to other factions, including Fatah, to join a broad-based Cabinet that might stand a chance of gaining international approval
Why we need Arab engineers not poets!
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