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Iraq: Oil prices may drag budget lower – The Associated Press

February 28, 2009 in Iraq


Washington Post
Iraq: Oil prices may drag budget lower
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's parliament pushed back voting Saturday on this year's budget and could be forced to make further cuts because of falling oil prices. The latest delay in trying to ratify the current $64 billion budget proposal highlights the ...
Parliament delays approval on Iraq's budget Xinhua
Iraq parliament likely to cut 2009 budget, again Reuters UK
Iraq's ailing farm sector more crucial than ever International Herald Tribune
WTTE - International Herald Tribune
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Baghdad bomb kills four: Iraq security official – AFP

February 28, 2009 in Security


AFP
Baghdad bomb kills four: Iraq security official
AFP
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Four Iraqis, one a police officer, were killed on Saturday and six civilians were wounded by a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, a medic at the hospital where they were taken told AFP. Those killed were three civilians and a police ...
FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq on February 28 Reuters
Baghdad bomb kills two: Iraq security official The News International
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Former Soldier Who Faked Combat Service in Iraq for Medical … – FOXNews

February 28, 2009 in Iraq


Former Soldier Who Faked Combat Service in Iraq for Medical ...
FOXNews
SEATTLE — A former soldier who faked combat service in Iraq to get medical compensation has been sentenced to three years' probation by a federal judge who called his behavior "deplorable." Brandon V. Perkins, of Kent, Wash., appeared in US District ...

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Iran's leader says US should speed up Iraq pullout – International Herald Tribune

February 28, 2009 in Iraq


AFP
Iran's leader says US should speed up Iraq pullout
International Herald Tribune, France
AP TEHRAN, Iran: Iran's supreme leader told the visiting Iraqi president Saturday that the US should withdraw from Iraq more quickly than planned because any delay is harmful to the country. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments came a day after President ...
Iran's supreme leader warns against "long-term" US stay in Iraq Xinhua
Iran urges Iraq to expel opposition group AFP
Iran says US-led forces plan to stay in Iraq Reuters India
Reuters - PRESS TV
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Americans relieved as Obama pledges Iraq wind down – Reuters

February 28, 2009 in Iraq


FOXNews
Americans relieved as Obama pledges Iraq wind down
Reuters
American public opinion is broadly on the side of President Barack Obama's decision to end US combat operations in Iraq in 18 months, leaving 50000 troops behind for stability. "I think it's time to bring 'em home," said Dallas-area dentist Andre Ellis ...
2 months into 2009, US deaths spike in Afghanistan The Associated Press
Australia welcomes US Iraq withdrawal Sydney Morning Herald
Obama: Democrats should have paid better attention about Iraq ... Washington Examiner
Australia.TO - Bloomberg
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FACTBOX – Security developments in Iraq on February 28 – Reuters

February 28, 2009 in Iraq


Aljazeera.net
FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq on February 28
Reuters
*BAGHDAD - A civilian and a senior police officer were killed and nine people wounded when a car bomb exploded near restaurants in the west Baghdad district of Mansour, police said. UDHAIM -Iraqi police arrested 11 suspected militants and confiscated a ...
Baghdad bomb kills four: Iraq security official AFP
Today in Iraq Boston Globe
Jobless youth likely to worsen Iraq’s stability: UN forecast Peninsula On-line
Systems - CBS News
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Onalaska Soldiers Leave for Iraq – WKBT

February 28, 2009 in Iraq Travel


Onalaska Soldiers Leave for Iraq
WKBT, WI
"But my wife, she's going to go home to neighbors who aren't going through the same thing she's going through. The unit will travel to Texas for training before heading to Iraq, where they will be working in prison security. ...

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Of these three books by troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan … – Austin American-Statesman

February 28, 2009 in Iraq Travel


Of these three books by troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
Austin American-Statesman, TX
Mullaney, who wrote "The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education," arrived in Afghanistan after a long detour to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, where he took breaks from the pub and the library — mostly the pub, to judge by the narrative — to travel the ...

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Baghdad bomb kills four: Iraq security official – Africasia

February 28, 2009 in Security


Javno.hr
Baghdad bomb kills four: Iraq security official
Africasia, UK
Four Iraqis, one a police officer, were killed on Saturday and six civilians were wounded by a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, a medic at the hospital where they were taken told AFP. Those killed were three civilians and a police lieutenant colonel, ...
FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq on February 28 Reuters
Baghdad bomb kills two: Iraq security official The News International
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Iraqi Leaders Applaud US Pullout Plan – Voice of America

February 28, 2009 in Security


Times Online
Iraqi Leaders Applaud US Pullout Plan
Voice of America
Under the plan, up to 50000 troops could stay in Iraq to help with training and to combat terrorism. He said he intends to remove all troops by the end of 2011, in accordance with a US-Iraq security deal.
Video: Troops React to Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan AssociatedPress
Barack Obama's address calling an end to the Iraq war guardian.co.uk
UPI NewsTrack TopNews United Press International
MSNBC - The Associated Press
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