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• Ann Curry's Snide Little Shot on Iraq

  Published: September 7, 2007, 8:37 am

  Tags: Iraq War, Marines, Ann Curry, Dick Durbin, George W Bush, Hillary Clinton, Katie Couric, Anbar Province, Nbc, Today

  four Marines in fighting in Anbar Province, where President Bush hailed gains in security this week, and three soldiers who died in a roadside bombing in northern Iraq. Their deaths bring the U.S. toll to 3,750 since the war began. Yes, Ann, the war is not over in al-Anbar and elsewhere in Iraq. Marines and other members of our military

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• Canada's Maclean's: Bush Is the New Saddam

  Published: September 21, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Al Qaeda, Anti Iraq War Bias, George W Bush, Patrick Graham, Saddam Hussein, Foreign Non English Media, Canada, Anbar Province

  meet and greet with various Anbar sheiks to the US sending terrorists to Syria for interrogation: Come to Damascus we can drive from here and the road is safe, Ahmed said. He listed the various tribal militias controlling the 450-km road through Anbar province from the Syrian border to Falluja that could protect us. It seemed to be

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• U.S. Airstrike on Village in Diyala Kills at Least 25

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Airstrike, Village, Diyala, Kills, Least, Diyala Province, United States, Iran, Iraq, U S Armed Forces, Baghdad, Mouwaffak Al Rubaie, George W Bush, Jayzani Al Imam, Al Mahdi Army, Anbar Province, Salah Ad Din, The Associated Press, The Washington Post Comp

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 -- U.S. military aircraft bombarded a Shiite village north of Baghdad on Friday morning as they pursued suspected militiamen, in an attack that killed at least 25 people, according to U.S. military officials.

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• U.N. Report on Iraq Details An 'Ever-Deepening' Crisis

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U N, Report, Iraq, Details, Ever Deepening, Crisis, Baghdad, United States, United Nations, U S Armed Forces, Ivana Vuco, Ryan Crocker, Anbar Province, Abdul Karim Khalaf, Brad Leighton, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Syria

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 11 -- A U.N. report issued Thursday outlined an "ever-deepening humanitarian crisis" in Iraq, with thousands of people driven from their homes each month, ongoing indiscriminate killings and "routine torture" in Iraqi prisons.

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• Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled

  Published: October 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Al Qaeda, Iraq, Reported, Crippled, Al Qaeda In Iraq, United States, Baghdad, The White House, Raymond Odierno, Al Qaeda, U S Armed Forces, Anbar Province, David Petraeus, William Fallon, U S Central Command, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, Middle East, Nouri Al Maliki, Osama Bin

  The U.S. military believes it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over the group, which the Bush administration has long described as the most lethal U.S. adversary in Iraq.

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• Reconstruction In Iraq at a Crawl, Auditor Reports

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Reconstruction, Iraq, Crawl, Auditor, Reports, United States, Condoleezza Rice, Stuart Bowen, Anbar Province, Najaf, Qadisiyyah, Baghdad, Karbala, Nouri Al Maliki, U S Armed Forces, U S House Armed Services Committee

  Provincial reconstruction teams, the civilian centerpiece of the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq, are making "incremental" progress in some areas and very little in others, a government auditor told Congress yesterday.

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• Iraq Is Criticized for Slow Hire of Police

  Published: October 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Criticized, For, Slow, Hire, Police, Diyala Province, United States, Nouri Al Maliki, U S Armed Forces, Baghdad, Anbar Province, Benjamin Mixon, David Petraeus, Iran, Iraqi Police Service, Syria

  A senior U.S. commander in Iraq yesterday criticized the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for "foot-dragging" in failing to hire thousands of Sunni and other volunteers needed to expand and balance the police force.

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• Because Hurricanes Threaten Golf Resorts, Too

  Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Because, Hurricanes, Threaten, Golf, Resorts, Too, Iraq, International Trade Administration, Christopher A Padilla, Howard Krongard, John Matel, Fema, Anbar Province, Amman Jordan, Baghdad, Chris Padilla, Doral Golf Resort Amp Spa, Miami, Middle East, R David Paulison, Ryan

  FEMA has had some bad publicity lately, but that doesn't mean its work -- often nasty, even dangerous -- doesn't continue. And of course such things as planning meetings don't have to take place in uncomfortable settings or in chilly Washington.

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• U.S. Frees 9 Iranians From Custody in Iraq

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Frees, Iranians, From, Custody, Iraq, Iran, U S Armed Forces, United States, Wasit Province, Baghdad, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Anbar Province, Diyala Province, Qadisiyyah, Arbil, The Washington Post Company, Ali Al Adeeb, Fallujah, Mark Mueller, Mohammad

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. military on Friday released nine Iranian citizens, including two described as diplomats, who had been held in American custody in Iraq for as long as three years.

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• Explosive Weapons on Wane in Iraq, U.S. Says

  Published: November 16, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Explosive, Weapons, Wane, Iraq, U S, Says, James Simmons, Iraq, United States, Baghdad, U S Armed Forces, Anbar Province, Diyala Province, The Washington Post Company, Baghdad Green Zone, Kirkuk, Sarhad Qadir, Iran, Multi National Force Iraq

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 15 -- The number of roadside bombs and other explosive devices found in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level in two years, in part because of Iranian efforts to stop the weapons from flowing into the country, a top U.S. military official said Thursday.

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• Returnees Find a Capital Transformed

  Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Returnees, Find, Capital, Transformed, Baghdad, Syria, Iraq, Karrada, Melal Al Zubaidi, Al Mahdi Army, United States, Saddam Hussein, Anbar Province, Anwar Mahdi, Damascus, Europe, Muqtada Al Sadr, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Iraqi Police Service, U S Armed Forces, United Nations

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 -- Iraqis are returning to their homeland by the hundreds each day, by bus, car and plane, encouraged by weeks of decreased violence and increased security, or compelled by visa and residency restrictions in neighboring countries and the depletion of their savings.

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• Iraqis' Quality of Life Marked By Slow Gains, Many Setbacks

  Published: November 30, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraqis, Quality, Life, Marked, Slow, Gains, Many, Setbacks, Baghdad, Iraq, United States, Assad Wazan, Ali Hamrani, David Petraeus, Nouri Al Maliki, Sadr City, The Pentagon, U S Armed Forces, Anbar Province, Maysan Province, Ahmad Chalabi, Ghaida Al Banna, Hussain Al Sha

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 -- This war-battered city, according to U.S. statistics, now receives an average of 11.9 hours of electricity a day, far more than earlier this year. But don't tell that to Ghaida al-Banna.

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• Sunni Bloc Ends Boycott of Iraqi Parliament

  Published: December 3, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sunni, Bloc, Ends, Boycott, Iraqi, Parliament, Kirkuk, Iraq, Iraqi Accordance Front, Adnan Al Dulaimi, Anbar Province, Rasheed Hotel, Reuters Group Plc, The Washington Post Company, Abdullah Sami Al Asi, Aiman Zaidan, Baghdad, Baghdad Green Zone, Dalya Hassan, Fallujah

  BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 -- Iraq's largest Sunni political bloc ended a boycott of parliament Sunday after its leader said the Shiite-led government had lifted his house arrest.

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• Iraq Urges Refugees To Stay Put

  Published: December 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Iraq, Urges, Refugees, Stay, Put, Baghdad, United Nations, United States, Kirkuk, Ali Al Dabbagh, Anbar Province, Abdul Samad Al, Baghdad Green Zone, Dalya Hassan, Mark Bell, Naseer Nouri, Robert E Thomason, U S Armed Forces, Uk Foreign Amp Commonwealth Office, United Ki

  BAGHDAD, Dec. 4 -- The Iraqi government on Tuesday urged some refugees not to go back to their homes yet, saying the country was unprepared to accommodate their return.

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• U.S. Plans to Form Job Corps For Iraqi Security Volunteers

  Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Plans, Form, Job, Corps, For, Iraqi, Security, Volunteers, Nouri Al Maliki, United States, Baghdad, Iraq, Stanton, David Petraeus, Anbar Province, George W Bush, Raymond Odierno, U S Armed Forces, United States Agency For International Development, Tariq Al Hashimi

  BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military plans to establish a civilian jobs corps to absorb tens of thousands of mostly Sunni security volunteers whom Iraq's Shiite-dominated government has balked at hiring into local police forces.

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