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Iraq
Minibus blast kills 20 in Baghdad Shiite area
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Iraq
Sectarian rifts foretell pitfalls of Iraqi troops’ taking control
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Iraq
Iraqi leader pushes Cabinet changes as bombs kill dozens
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Iraq
A blast at a Baghdad police recruiting center killed over 35. Ten al Qaeda are detained in raids in Baghdad. Saddam’s Generals want the U.S. to stay. Democrats call for the withdrawal to begin in 4-6 months.
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Iraq
Sunni gunmen set up a false checkpoint south of Baghdad and ambushed a Shi’ite convoy, killing ten and kidnapping about 52. Baghdad car bombs killed eight people. A Slovak soldier was killed by a roadside bomb today, and the Slovakian Prime Minister has announced that Slovak troops will be pulled out in February. Tony Blair is scheduled to address the Iraq Study Group on Tuesday.
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Iraq
Car bombs kill 8, injure 38 in Baghdad
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Iraq
Iraq: Reinstating Ba’athists Expected To Help Reconciliation
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Iraq
German president urges Europe to do more for Iraq
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Iraq
Marine to Receive Medal of Honor for Heroism in Iraq
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The al-Masri Victory Speech
Al-Masri declares victory in Iraq, Iraqi Army strikes at al Qaeda leader in Rawah Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Al-Qaeda in Iraq has weighed in on the U.S. midterm elections. Abu Ayyub al-Masri (a.k.a. Abu Hamza al-Muhajir), the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, has released an audiotape. In the tape, al-Masri praised the results of the midterm election, threatened continual attacks against the United States and Israel, declared allegiance to the Iraqi leader of the Mujahideen Shura, and devoted a large force to fight under his banner. “The al-Qaida army has 12,000 fighters in Iraq, and they have vowed to die…
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Iraq
Conflict in Iraq: The sniper who shoots on video
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Iraq
Mubarak warns against hanging Saddam
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Iraq
Bomb Attacks Kill at Least 16 in Baghdad
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The Future of the Iraq Strategy
A change in strategy may be in order, but how much of a change will it be? Iraqi Army units ‘in the lead.’ Map courtesy of MNF-Iraq. Click map to view. The results of U.S. midterm elections will clearly have an impact on U.S. policy in Iraq. Less than one day after the Democrats took the House of Representative, and prior to the capture of the Senate, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tendered his resignation. President Bush immediately stepped up with an nomination for Rumsfeld’s replacement: Robert Gates, a former director of the CIA and a member of the Iraqi Study…
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Iraq
Ambassador Khalilzad attempts to reassure Iraqis on the results of the U.S. election. Four al Qaeda were killed and 48 captured during a raid in Ramadi. Ten al Qaeda were killed near Muqdadiyah. U.S. soldiers killed 38 and wounded 9 terrorists after an attack on their base in Baghdad. Seventeen members of a death squad operating in Baghdad were captured.
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Iraq
Subdued Saddam calls for end to faction fighting
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Iraq
57 Iraqi Police Charged With Torture
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Iraq
Iraqi Bloggers React to Saddam’s Verdict
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Iraq
24 suspected terrorists detained in Iraq
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Iraq
Second trial gets underway against Saddam Hussein
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Iraq
Iraq Baathists ban ‘to be eased’
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Iraq
Iraqi Interior Ministry Accuses 55 Employees of Rights Abuses at Prison
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Iraq
British soldier killed in Iraq
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Iraq
Japan to extend the Air Self-Defense Force’s mission in Iraq to July
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Iraq
Soldiers in Iraq Say Pullout Would Have Devastating Results
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NRO Symposium: The Saddam Hussein Verdict.
I was invited to join a symposium of experts at National Review Online on the Saddam Hussein verdict and the significance of the development – for Iraq and for the United States. My response is below, but click through to read Peter Brookes, Victor Davis Hanson, Clifford May, Andrew McCarthy, James Robbins, Michael Rubin, and Michael Yon’s opinion as well.
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Iraq
Iraqi Sunnis Flee, Saying US’s Enemy Is Iran
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Iraq
Two US soldiers killed in Iraq chopper crash
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Iraq
In Iraq, Shiites Celebrate Ex-Despot’s Guilty Verdict
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Iraq
Tight curfew after Saddam verdict
