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Pentagon issues new deployment order for Iraq – Xinhua

September 30, 2008 in Iraq


Pentagon issues new deployment order for Iraq
Xinhua, China - 7 hours ago
30 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon on Tuesday issued deployment orders for 26000 US troops assigned to go to Iraq from this winter to the summer of 2009. ...
Other developments Minneapolis Star Tribune
10 Army, Guard and Marine units to deploy to Iraq next year KDBC
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Rokita visits Iraq to observe military voting – Chicago Tribune

September 30, 2008 in Iraq


Rokita visits Iraq to observe military voting
Chicago Tribune, United States - 4 hours ago
AP INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita met with troops during a trip to observe military voting in Iraq. Rokita, who was in Kuwait Tuesday ...
5 US election officials visit troops in Iraq Biloxi Sun Herald
Rokita visits Hoosiers on the front lines WANE
Secretary of State Visits Troops Overseas WJTV
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4500 Iraq-bound Schofield soldiers to get send-off – Honolulu Advertiser

September 30, 2008 in Iraq Travel


4500 Iraq-bound Schofield soldiers to get send-off
Honolulu Advertiser, HI - 14 minutes ago
... in flag casings for travel, signifying the beginning of the scheduled 12-month deployment. The units will begin deploying to northern Iraq in October. ...

Pentagon announces 2009 deployments to Iraq – The Associated Press

September 30, 2008 in Iraq


ReadMedia (press release)

Pentagon announces 2009 deployments to Iraq
The Associated Press - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six Army brigades, a National Guard unit and three military headquarters have been ordered to Iraq next summer in a move that would allow ...
Army sending 10000 Fort Lewis soldiers to Iraq Seattle Times
Nearly 14000 local troops to be deployed Seattle Post Intelligencer
US troop numbers in Iraq stay steady - for now Otago Daily Times
OPB News - KCEN-TV
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McCain and Obama’s duel for White House – New Vision

September 30, 2008 in Iraq Travel


New Vision

McCain and Obama’s duel for White House
New Vision, Uganda - 29 minutes ago
... Afghanistan and Iraq, but Obama would have none of it. Nonetheless, McCain used to great advantage his vast experience of foreign travel to show a ...

Secretary Cortes Encourages Troops to Vote Via Absentee Ballot … – MarketWatch

September 30, 2008 in Iraq Travel


Secretary Cortes Encourages Troops to Vote Via Absentee Ballot ...
MarketWatch - 58 minutes ago
At the request of the US Department of Defense, Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes traveled to Iraq and Kuwait to tell deployed troops about ...

Canada's Liberals Say Harper Plagiarized Iraq Speech (Update1) – Bloomberg

September 30, 2008 in Iraq


Vancouver Sun

Canada's Liberals Say Harper Plagiarized Iraq Speech (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
In a speech to Parliament while he was leader of the opposition Canadian Alliance, Harper made the case for Canada to support the US in Iraq. ...
The Iraq war that wasn't Globe and Mail
Liberals accuse Harper of 'lifting' Iraq war speech CTV.ca
Liberals accuse Harper of plagiarizing speech TheChronicleHerald.ca
The Canadian Press - Canada.com
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Iraqi forces win more control, but lose more lives – WBOC TV 16

September 30, 2008 in Security


Iraqi forces win more control, but lose more lives
WBOC TV 16, MD - 9 hours ago
AP - September 30, 2008 4:23 PM ET BAGHDAD (AP) - The number of Iraqi security forces killed in the past month has risen by a third compared with September ...
Fear takes a back seat on Iraq's 'road to death' Times Online
Iraq forces gain more control, but lose more lives Kansas City Star
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Iraq forces gain more control, but lose more lives – The Associated Press

September 30, 2008 in Security


The Associated Press

Iraq forces gain more control, but lose more lives
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
Jerry O'Hara, a US military spokesman in Baghdad, lauded the efforts of the Iraqi security forces and the Sunni groups known as the Sons of Iraq. ...

Rokita visits Hoosiers on the front lines – WANE

September 30, 2008 in Iraq Travel


Rokita visits Hoosiers on the front lines
WANE, IN - 1 hour ago
The Department of Defense invited Secretary Rokita to travel within the battle theatre of our nation's war on terror to meet with troops and military voting ...