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Baghdad-to-Basra Train Offers Respite From Divisions and Pain – Washington Post

March 31, 2009 in Security


Washington Post
Baghdad-to-Basra Train Offers Respite From Divisions and Pain
Washington Post, United States
Iraqis travel on a long-distance train between Baghdad and Basra, which has resumed service now that Iraq's security situation is improving. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed ...
Riding the Overnight Train Washington Post
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Koh, No? Critics Decry Obama Nominee for State Department Legal … – FOXNews

March 31, 2009 in Security


Koh, No? Critics Decry Obama Nominee for State Department Legal ...
FOXNews
Former Clinton administration official Harold Koh, who has been dean of the Yale Law School since 2004, once wrote that the US was part of an "axis of disobedience" with North Korea and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Koh also has long held that the US should ...

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Trial begins for Marine in Iraq killings case – The Associated Press

March 31, 2009 in Iraq


The Associated Press
Trial begins for Marine in Iraq killings case
The Associated Press
(AP) — A court-martial began Tuesday for a Marine accused of killing an unarmed captive in Iraq in a case officials knew nothing about until the defendant sought a Secret Service job and was asked about the most serious crime he had ever committed. ...
Marine accused of killing Iraqi prisoners is on trial Los Angeles Times
MILITARY: Self-defense asserted in Fallujah killing North County Times - Californian
Jury Seated in Court Martial of Marine Over Fallujah Deaths San Diego 6
San Diego Union Tribune - WAND
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US Senate Panel Considers Plight of Iraqi Refugees – Voice of America

March 31, 2009 in Security


Washington Times
US Senate Panel Considers Plight of Iraqi Refugees
Voice of America
... world a moral challenge as well as one that is related to security," he said. Casey suggested the US government do more to resettle Iraqi refugees in the United States. US combat troops are scheduled to withdraw from Iraq by September of next year, ...
US Senator Casey: Displaced Iraqis is a Humanitarian and Security ... ISRIA (subscription)
Senator: US can't ignore Iraqi refugees The Associated Press
Congressional testimony warns greater attention to displaced ... ReliefWeb (press release)
FOXBusiness - The Associated Press
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Pentagon hails improved security in Iraq, warns about remaining … – Xinhua

March 31, 2009 in Security


AFP
Pentagon hails improved security in Iraq, warns about remaining ...
Xinhua, China
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The US Department of Defense said in a report released on Tuesday that the security and political situation in Iraq continues to improve but some obstacles still remain. According to the quarterly report on Iraq ...
Report notes gains, issues in Iraq United Press International
Pentagon Reports Iraq Progress, But Effort Still 'Fragile, Uneven' Voice of America
Iraqi forces revamp hit by oil prices: Pentagon AFP
The Associated Press - MiamiHerald.com
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McCain: Afghanistan challenge 'not as tough' as Iraq – CNN International

March 31, 2009 in Iraq


Voice of America
McCain: Afghanistan challenge 'not as tough' as Iraq
CNN International
John McCain said Tuesday that the problems in that country are not as thorny as those in Iraq. Sen. John McCain says he supports President Obama's efforts in Afghanistan. "It's [Afghanistan's] not as tough as Iraq, and don't let anyone tell you that it ...
Video: Riz Khan - Barack Obama's plan for Afghanistan - 30 Mar - Part 1 Al Jazeera
Afghanistan is Obama's war Los Angeles Times
Focusing on Afghanistan and Pakistan New York Times
Huffington Post - Examiner.com
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British hand off to US in oil-rich southern Iraq – The Associated Press

March 31, 2009 in Iraq


BBC News
British hand off to US in oil-rich southern Iraq
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Britain turned over coalition command of the oil-rich south to the United States on Tuesday in the first step toward withdrawing virtually all British troops from Iraq by July. The pomp-filled ceremony marked the beginning of the end of ...
UK Hands Over Basra Base to US Troops Washington Post
Troops to begin Iraq withdrawal AFP
Britain begins troops pullout from Iraq Xinhua
CNN - BBC News
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What's Behind the Latest Sunni-Shiite Clashes in Iraq – U.S. News & World Report

March 31, 2009 in Iraq


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What's Behind the Latest Sunni-Shiite Clashes in Iraq
U.S. News & World Report, DC
By Anna Mulrine A flare-up of sectarian violence after the arrest of a key leader of Iraq's Sunni Awakening movement renews questions about whether the recent calm will endure as the Obama administration begins to wind down the US military role in the ...
Al-Qaeda Infiltrating Pro-US Militias in Iraq, Sources Say TIME
Iraq Sunni guard wanted for grave crimes - US Reuters
Iraq's Unraveling? Atlantic Online
Washington Post - Wired News
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New Worries on Insurgency as US Readies Exit From Iraq – New York Times

March 31, 2009 in Iraq


New Worries on Insurgency as US Readies Exit From Iraq
New York Times, United States
A blog looking at daily life inside Iraq, produced by The Times’s Baghdad bureau. There is much debate as to whether any new insurgency, at a time of relative calm in most of Iraq, could ever produce the same levels of violence as existed at the height ...
Betrayed in Iraq Real News Network
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Militants Regroup in Iraqi Cities as US Prepares to Withdraw – New York Times

March 31, 2009 in Security


Militants Regroup in Iraqi Cities as US Prepares to Withdraw
New York Times, United States
“Al Qaeda and the hard-core Saddamists are the main threats to the national security of Iraq,” said Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq’s national security adviser. “Nashqabandi is the cradle; they are providing logistical support for Al Qaeda,” he said. ...

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