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Bobby Ghosh: Five Reasons for Hope in Iraq (www.time.com)
Over the past four-some years, I've always relied on some personal litmus tests to gauge the mood of this city. And by those admittedly unscientific measures, Baghdad feels like it's starting to... More
Submitted 2 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Sunni Bloc Demands Referendum on Iraq-US Pact, Other Concessions, in Exchange for Support (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
The 44-seat Sunni bloc, the Iraqi Accordance Front, says it would only support the agreement if the government meets its demand to put the same deal to a vote in a nationwide referendum in 2009.
Submitted 9 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Haji Hammadi Killed, Senior Al Qaeda in Iraq Figure (www.talkingpointsmemo.com)
U.S. forces killed Hammadi during a raid in Baghdad's upmarket western Mansour district on Nov 11.
Submitted 15 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Green Zone Government Starts Paying 'Sons of Iraq' Sunni Fighters (www.iht.com)
Iraq's Shiite-dominated government is making good on promises to pay thousands of U.S.-backed Sunni fighters in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday, despite some government unease over the... More
Submitted 18 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Iraq plans to cut Sunni fighters' salaries (www.chicagotribune.com)
The Iraqi government plans to cut salaries for the estimated 100,000 members of the Awakening movement whose revolt against Al Qaeda in Iraq played a key role in bringing about the sharp fall in... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Tal Afar Mayor and U.S. Ally Forced to Flee Iraq (news.yahoo.com)
Two years ago, President Bush hailed Najim al Jabouri as a symbol of success. Last month, Jabouri quietly left Tal Afar, where he was the police chief and the mayor, collected his wife and four... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Iraq Sunni party severs US ties (english.aljazeera.net)
Iraq's biggest Sunni Arab political party has suspended dealings with American military personnel and civilians following a raid by US-backed Iraqi forces near Fallujah in which one man was... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Alleged AQI Number Two Killed in Mosul (rawstory.com)
The US military said on Wednesday that a foreign insurgent killed in the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul this month has been identified as Abu Qaswarah, Al-Qaeda's number two in Iraq.
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Attacks In Baghdad Kill At Least 32, Wound 100 (www.huffingtonpost.com)
In Baghdad, a series of explosions struck mostly Shiite areas, killing at least 32 people and wounding nearly 100. The attacks appeared aimed at reviving sectarian tensions.
Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Angry Sunni Militias Threaten to Re-Start Insurgency in Baghdad (www.nytimes.com)
In Adhamiya, an Awakening leader said Monday that “people will be absolutely angry... If anyone offers them money to plant bombs or attack Americans,” he said, “they might go back to the... More
Submitted 2 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
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