March 31, 2009 in Security
 AFP | Iraqi forces revamp hit by oil prices: Pentagon AFP US officials have focused on the quality and size of the Iraqi security forces as they plan for a gradual withdrawal of American troops over the next two years. Under an agreement reached in November between Iraq and the United States, ... |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq
 Reuters | Senate Panel Approves Obama's Iraq Envoy Nominee FOXNews C., By Trish Turner The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved Christopher Hill as President Obama's ambassador to Iraq. But Hill still faces opposition from some Republicans, including Sens. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., John McCain, R-Ariz., ... Senate panel okays nominees for Iraq, Afghanistan The Associated Press Key Senate panel backs Obama's Iraq, Afghan envoys AFP US ambassador to Iraq wins Senate panel backing Reuters UK Africasia all 45 news articles |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq
Pentagon Reports Iraq Progress, But Effort Still 'Fragile, Uneven' Voice of America By Al Pessin A quarterly Pentagon report on the situation in Iraq cites significant progress in recent months on security issues, but also says the progress is still "fragile" and "uneven," and challenges remain in the effort to settle tough political ... Pentagon Report Cites Gains in Iraq, Despite Rifts eNews Park Forest Key to peace in Iraq GulfNews all 5 news articles |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq
 The Associated Press | Marine's court-martial begins in Iraq killing 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 took a polygraph test as he applied for a job in the Secret Service. An attorney for Sgt. Ryan ... Marine accused of killing Iraqi prisoners is on trial Los Angeles Times Jury Seated in Court Martial of Marine Over Fallujah Deaths San Diego 6 Court martial set for Marine in Iraq killings case Monterey County Herald WLOS - The Associated Press all 169 news articles |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq Travel
Dissecting Dick Cheney Detroit Free Press, United States The man who helped sell America’s Iraq invasion by promising that we would be greeted as liberators, and who claimed erroneously that he knew where Iraq had a weapons-of-mass-destruction arsenal, insisted recently that we would have experienced another ... |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq
 The Associated Press | Marine's court-martial begins in Iraq killing case The Associated Press (AP) — A court-martial is under way in California for a Marine accused of killing an unarmed captive during a battle in Iraq in 2004. An attorney for Sgt. Ryan Weemer of Hindsboro, Ill., told the court in opening statements Tuesday at Camp Pendleton ... US Marine 'admitted Iraq murder' The Press Association US 'lie detector' marine on trial BBC News Trial begins for Marine in Iraq killings case WREX-TV United Press International - Los Angeles Times all 218 news articles |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq Travel
 Voice of America | EDITORIAL: An Ambitious Plan American Chronicle, CA There is no real road network and travel is difficult even under peacetime conditions. It has no legitimate national government and most Afghans have no living memory of what it's like to live under a centralized state. Its political power is carved up ... Video: Riz Khan - Barack Obama's plan for Afghanistan - 30 Mar - Part 1 Al Jazeera The 'Am-Brit' mess The News International China's support to Pakistan's jihadists United Press International, Asia New York Times all 683 news articles |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq Travel
 Reuters | US meets Iran delegate, delivers letter Reuters Former US President George W. Bush branded Iran as part of an "axis of evil" along with North Korea and Saddam Hussein's Iraq because of its support for anti-Israeli militant groups. The two countries are currently at odds over Iran's nuclear program, ... |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq
 Voice of America | British Forces Transfer Command in Southern Iraq to US as Bomb ... New York Times, United States By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and SAM DAGHER BASRA, Iraq — After six years as America’s staunchest ally in the Iraq war, Britain handed over command of Basra Province to the American military on Tuesday, marking the first step in the withdrawal of most of ... British hand off to US in oil-rich southern Iraq The Associated Press Troops to begin Iraq withdrawal AFP Britain begins troops pullout from Iraq Xinhua Scotsman - BBC News all 948 news articles |
March 31, 2009 in Iraq
 The Associated Press | Al-Qaeda Infiltrating Pro-US Militias in Iraq, Sources Say TIME 31, 2009 A Sunni Awakening fighter stands guard on an open road in Iraq's desert Anbar province. Sheikh Hamid al-Hayess is not optimistic. A burly man with a thick black moustache and closely knitted brows, he is one of the founding members of the ... Iraq Sunni guard wanted for grave crimes - US Reuters Iraq's Unraveling? Atlantic Online Daily Photo: Potential Flashpoint in Iraq ABC News Washington Post - Wired News all 1,519 news articles |
