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  • July 2007

    • Bomb Kills at Least 105 in Iraq

      CNN  |  Jul 7, 07 11:40 AM CDT

      Bomb Kills at Least 105 in Iraq

      (Newser) - A truck carrying 2 tons of explosives detonated in a northern Iraqi outdoor market today, killing at least 105 and wounding another 250, CNN reports. The blast also leveled many surrounding buildings, trapping dead and wounded under rubble. The truck was disguised as a military vehicle; the village, Amerli, is populated largely by Shiite Turkmens and Kurds. More »

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      Iraq  • war  • suicide bombing  • Kurds

    • Unexpected Allies Emerge in Diyala

      New York Times  |  Jul 6, 07 10:38 AM CDT

      Unexpected Allies Emerge in Diyala

      (Newser) - Unexpected cooperation from frustrated residents has led US troops in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, into an unlikely arrangement. Local Sunnis' default reaction to the Americans has long been uncooperative at best, but a group called Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia has so escalated violence that residents are seeking help from the troops they once saw as occupiers, the Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Sunnis

    • GOP Loyalist Dissents on War

      Politico  |  Jul 6, 07 4:33 AM CDT

      GOP Loyalist Dissents on War

      (Newser) - Another key Republican has broken with President Bush over the war in Iraq, Politico reports. The war is a "failed strategy" and it's time to "move our troops out of combat operations," New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici said yesterday. Domenici, who serves on the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, faces re-election next year. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • troop withdrawal  • Defense Department

    • Construction Woes Threaten Workers at Iraq Embassy

      Washington Post  |  Jul 5, 07 10:18 AM CDT

      Construction Woes Threaten Workers at Iraq Embassy

      (Newser) - Foul-ups and delays in the construction of the US embassy in Baghdad are not only an ongoing embarrassment—now they have workers there worried about their own safety. The Journal intercepted a stern cable the embassy sent to the State Department a month ago highlighting several serious hazards in the new security guard facility. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • US Embassy in Iraq

    • Key Iraqi Oil Bill Stalls

      Associated Press  |  Jul 5, 07 5:47 AM CDT

      Key Iraqi Oil Bill Stalls

      (Newser) - Bitter infighting among Iraq's ethnic and religious groups is holding up crucial legislation on Iraqi oil regulation and distribution, the AP reports. Despite heavy pressure from Washington to pass the bill, debate scheduled to start yesterday was delayed. Sunnis object to the bill because they fear most oil wealth will go to Kurds and Shia, while the Kurds are resisting concessions to the Sunnis. More »

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      Iraq  • oil  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • Kurds  • Sunnis

    • US Soldiers Become Citizens

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 5, 07 5:42 AM CDT

      US Soldiers Become Citizens

      (Newser) - Some 325 servicemen were sworn in as US citizens in Independence Day ceremonies yesterday in Iraq—half of them at a former Saddam Hussein palace, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gen. David Petraeus thanked the new citizens serving in Iraq for enduring sacrifice “to preserve the freedom of a land that was not yet fully yours.” More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • US military  • David Petraeus  • war  • immigrant  • citizenship

    • Bomb Plots Hatched in Brit Hospitals

      Independent (UK)  |  Jul 3, 07 5:16 AM CDT

      Bomb Plots Hatched in Brit Hospitals

      (Newser) - A secret Al-Qaeda cell of foreign doctors working under cover of British hospitals is being investigated as the key source of the string of car bombing attempts that rocked Britain over the weekend, the Independent reports. Five of of eight people who have been arrested are believed to be doctors, and one is a physician's wife and medical assistant. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • United Kingdom  • London  • terrorist  • car bomb  • Glasgow Airport  • Glasgow  • foreign doctors

  • June 2007

    • Young Officers Challenge Brass on Iraq

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 29, 07 10:01 AM CDT

      Young Officers Challenge Brass on Iraq

      (Newser) - A growing number of young military officers are offering critiques of what went wrong in Iraq, revealing a generational divide between officers on the ground and the generals who deploy them, the Wall Street Journal reports. In an scathing essay in Armed Forces Journal ,   Lt. Col. Paul Yingling charged that top brass failed to prepare for guerrilla fights, and then failed to adapt as quickly as front-line troops. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • military  • American troops  • Paul Yingling

    • Exit Blair

      BBC  |  Jun 27, 07 8:30 AM CDT

      Exit Blair

      (Newser) - Tony Blair handed his resignation to the queen at 1:15 this afternoon, ending a decade as prime minister of the United Kingdom marked by unprecedented prosperity but marred by a deeply unpopular war in Iraq. In a choreographed ritual, Elizabeth II asked Chancellor Gordon Brown, who has been waiting patiently for the question for 13 years, to form a government. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • war  • Tony Blair  • Queen Elizabeth II

    • Iraqi Minister Hunted for Murder

      CNN  |  Jun 27, 07 4:34 AM CDT

      Iraqi Minister Hunted for Murder

      (Newser) - Police raided the Baghdad home of Iraq's Sunni culture minister yesterday seeking to arrest him for the murder of the sons of a prominent politician during a 2005 assassination attempt, CNN reports. Assad al-Hashimi, who was not in his house, said he was being unfairly targeted. He was implicated by two alleged accomplices who reportedly  confessed under torture. More »

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      Iraq  • terrorist  • Sunni

    • Top Republican Calls for New Iraq Plan

      Indianapolis Star  |  Jun 26, 07 1:06 PM CDT

      Top Republican Calls for New Iraq Plan

      (Newser) - An influential Republican senator abandoned his support for President Bush's Iraq war strategy last night with a call to cut back the US military's role in the region and focus more on diplomatic and economic options. Richard Lugar, the senior minority member of the Foreign Relations Committee, has a reputation for rising above partisan sniping, reports the Indianapolis Star . More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Republicans  • Senate  • troop withdrawal  • American troops  • Richard Lugar

    • Brown Vows to Lead New Era

      BBC  |  Jun 25, 07 5:22 AM CDT

      Brown Vows to Lead New Era

      (Newser) - Vowing to "heed and lead the call of change," Gordon Brown yesterday took the reins of Britain's ruling Labour Party before stepping into his new role as prime minister Wednesday. Brown is expected to loosen the close ties to Bush foreign policy that marked the Blair era and grew increasingly unpopular with the British public. More »

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      Iraq  • Great Britain  • Gordon Brown  • Tony Blair  • Labour Party

    • Chemical Ali Is Sentenced to Hang

      Associated Press  |  Jun 24, 07 10:31 AM CDT

      Chemical Ali Is Sentenced to Hang

      (Newser) - The Iraqi commander known as Chemical Ali was sentenced to hang today for ordering the  use of chemical weapons to wipe out whole Kurdish villages, killing some 180,000 people, two decades ago. Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein, and two others found guilty of war crimes by the Iraqi High Tribunal said they were acting on orders at the time. More »

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      Iraq  • Kurds  • Saddam Hussein  • sentencing  • hanging  • Chemical Ali  • Ali Hassan al Majid

    • Bush Preps for Exit Strategy on Surge

      New York Times  |  Jun 23, 07 9:00 PM CDT

      Bush Preps for Exit Strategy on Surge

      (Newser) - The Bush administration has commissioned a slew of reports that could help it justify an end to the troop surge later this fall, the New York Times reports. Three months before Gen. Petraeus's planned report on the efficacy of the troop increase—expected to recommend a continuation of the surge—Bush and Co. are lining up others who will recommend an alternate strategy come September. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • Pentagon  • David Petraeus  • troop surge

    • Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 22, 07 1:06 PM CDT

      Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It

      (Newser) - Roadside bombs are now so powerful and plentiful in Baghdad that US soldiers are leaving their vehicles behind and patrolling on foot. Militant-planted explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, can blow through the strongest Humvees and tanks, and the decision to "dismount" from the vehicles is coming from both commanders and front-line troops, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • military  • bomb  • roadside bomb  • Iraq death toll  • explosion  • Humvees

    • 14 Troops Killed in 2 Days

      Washington Post  |  Jun 21, 07 12:49 PM CDT

      14 Troops Killed in 2 Days

      (Newser) - Fourteen American troops have been killed in Iraq over the past 2 days, bringing the US death toll to 3,545, with 68 fatalities in June. In the deadliest recent attack, five troops died today after a roadside bomb detonated under their vehicle in northeastern Iraq. Commanders attribute the worsening situation in part to increased anti-insurgent efforts, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Baghdad  • US Army  • military  • American troops  • soldier  • roadside bomb  • Iraq death toll  • Anbar  • IED

    • Iraqi PM in Trouble With Fellow Shiites

      Washington Post  |  Jun 21, 07 10:45 AM CDT

      Iraqi PM in Trouble With Fellow Shiites

      (Newser) - Disillusionment with PM Nouri al-Maliki is growing within the Iraqi government.  Vice President Abdul Mahdi resigned last week--he was persuaded to stay, at least  temporarily--and others may follow, the Washington Post reports. Discontent stems from Mailiki's apparent inability to curb violence, boost the economy and build power-sharing with the minority Sunnis. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Iraqi Parliament  • Samarra  • Abdul Mahdi

    • US Launches Major Attack on Sunni Insurgents

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 07 7:16 AM CDT

      US Launches Major Attack on Sunni Insurgents

      (Newser) - Two thousand U.S. and Iraqi troops launched a large-scale assault on Sunni insurgents in Diyala province last night, pursuing militants who have moved their strongholds outside of Baghdad. The offensive in the province's capital, Baquba, is part of a much larger operation attacking centers of insurgency all over Iraq. Twenty-two fighters were killed yesterday, the military reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • insurgents  • Sunni  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Diyala  • Baquba

    • US Goes on Move Against Qaeda

      New York Times  |  Jun 16, 07 5:42 PM CDT

      US Goes on Move Against Qaeda

      (Newser) - In a major tactical shift, the US is set to launch a large-scale offensive against Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, General David Petraeus said today. The new campaign moves attention away from Baghdad's sectarian violence to the outskirts of the capital, where the military will target Al-Qaeda strongholds and aim to destroy their bomb-making capabilities. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • David Petraeus  • troop surge  • sectarian violence  • Mesopotamia

    • Surge Fizzles in Iraq

      Washington Post  |  Jun 14, 07 11:45 AM CDT

      Surge Fizzles in Iraq

      (Newser) - A new report shows no overall drop in bloodshed in Iraq despite the three-month-old troop surge. Violence has fallen slightly in Baghdad and Anbar province, where troops are concentrated, but a corresponding rise everywhere else more than compensates. And while sectarian killings have dropped slightly, civilian casualties are up, and suicide attacks have almost doubled. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • troop surge  • sectarian violence  • Anbar

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