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Drop in Iraq attacks levels off, tactics shifting - Peninsula On-line

December 31, 2009 in Security


AFP
Drop in Iraq attacks levels off, tactics shifting
Peninsula On-line
Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki has promoted himself as having improved security across Iraq, and is aiming to retain his post in parliamentary elections due
Iraq death toll in 2009 lowest since the invasionAFP
Iraq civilian death toll down to 4500 in 09: studyWashington Post
Iraq civilian death toll down to 4500 in '09: studyReuters

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December 31, 2009 in Iraq in Pictures

كوردستان posted a photo:

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Kurdish children الأطفال الأكراد

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Lady Liberty

December 31, 2009 in Iraq in Pictures

Paul N Grech posted a photo:

Lady Liberty

Assembled in Photoshop, 2008.

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Blackwater contractors cleared in Iraq killings - Washington Times

December 31, 2009 in Iraq

5 myths about keeping America safe from terrorism - Washington Post

December 31, 2009 in Iraq Travel

5 myths about keeping America safe from terrorism
Washington Post
We would do well to heed two lessons the US military has learned from combating insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan: First, don't do things in rote and

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Terror and the west: A decade of misjudgment - The Guardian

December 31, 2009 in Iraq


KWKT
Terror and the west: A decade of misjudgment
The Guardian
The revelation in this newspaper that the kidnap of five British men in Iraq in 2007 was masterminded by Iran's Revolutionary Guard caps an unhappy week,
New Words From a Decade of WarNew York Times (blog)
US troop deaths soared in Afghanistan in 2009; deaths in Iraq drop9&10 News
Afghanistan '09 Twice as Deadly as Iraq for USNewser
Los Angeles Times -WLOS -Telegraph.co.uk
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US court dismisses charges against Blackwater security guards - The Guardian

December 31, 2009 in Iraq Travel


Los Angeles Times
US court dismisses charges against Blackwater security guards
The Guardian
It had been planned that witnesses would travel from Iraq to give evidence. Mark Hulwater, a defence lawyer respresenting Slough, told the Washington Post:
WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-Judge cites gov't WBTV
Murder charges against NC Blackwater workers were 'unbelievable' judge rulesWBTV

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Bob Mondello: The Year’s Top 10 (And Friends) - NPR

December 31, 2009 in Iraq Travel

Bob Mondello: The Year's Top 10 (And Friends)
NPR
Take, for instance, the Iraq war. After stymieing filmmakers for years, the war has suddenly inspired not one but three of the year's best films — and a

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Hostage received rough treatment at first - then he got a Playstation - The Guardian

December 31, 2009 in Iraq Travel


Reuters
Hostage received rough treatment at first - then he got a Playstation
The Guardian
People I meet didn't even know my son had been held hostage in Iraq. Other cases were all over the TV," he said. His wife, Roseleen McMenemy,
Peter Moore: the hostage who wanted to help IraqTelegraph.co.uk
British Hostage Held for more than Two Years ReleasedTransWorldNews (press release)

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Freed Iraq hostage Peter Moore denies Iranian involvement in kidnapping - Times Online

December 31, 2009 in Iraq


Reuters
Freed Iraq hostage Peter Moore denies Iranian involvement in kidnapping
Times Online
Peter Moore, the British hostage freed this week, has named two locations in Iraq where he was held during his two and a half years in captivity.
Kidnapped Briton Is Freed in IraqNew York Times
Iraq hostages: the tragic sideshowThe Guardian
Iran's Revolutionary Guard kidnapped Britons in Iraq: reportABC Online
BBC News -The Epoch Times -San Francisco Chronicle
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