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  • July 2008

    • Lefties Deliver 'Joe Must Go' Petition to Dems

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 9, 08 11:21 AM CDT

      Lefties Deliver 'Joe Must Go' Petition to Dems

      (Newser) - Online activists are bringing a petition with 43,000 signatures to Democratic senators today, demanding Joe Lieberman be stripped of key committee roles. The group states, “We CANNOT tolerate a leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus who supports George Bush and McCain's War in Iraq … and endorses and stumps for McCain,” the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      John McCain  • Iraq  • Senate  • Joe Lieberman  • netroots  • petition

    • Call the Tabs: CBS Reporter Is Pregnant, Too

      Washington Post  |  Jul 8, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      Call the Tabs: CBS Reporter Is Pregnant, Too

      (Newser) - Lara Logan is sick of being tabloid fodder, CBS’ star reporter tells the Washington Post . But in the same interview, she acknowledged a nugget sure to keep gossip hounds at her heels: She’s pregnant. Having generated a slew of press over a romantic triangle in Iraq—said to have provoked a fistfight between a CNN correspondent and a US contractor in Baghdad—Logan says she plans to marry the child's father. More »

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      Iraq  • pregnancy  • celebrity pregnancy  • Lara Logan  • love triangle

    • Obama's 'Modest But Real Step' Makes Good Iraq Sense

      Washington Post  |  Jul 8, 08 1:28 PM CDT

      Obama's 'Modest But Real Step' Makes Good Iraq Sense

      (Newser) - Charging that the Democrat's position had become “outdated,” the Washington Post editorial board applauds Barack Obama’s recent promise to “refine” his Iraq policy after consulting with commanders. His previous “strident and rigid posture”—that all combat forces be withdrawn during his first 16 months in office—ignores the successes of the surge, they say, including drops in violence and expanding governmental control. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iraq  • troop withdrawal  • surge  • Iraq violence

    • Iraq Minister Demands Exit Timetable

      Associated Press  |  Jul 8, 08 10:00 AM CDT

      Iraq Minister Demands Exit Timetable

      (Newser) - Iraq won’t accept any security deal that doesn’t include strict guidelines for a US withdrawal, National Security Adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said today. The US waved off similar statements from Nouri al-Maliki yesterday, saying they didn’t believe the Iraqi PM really wanted a timetable, but Rubaie’s comments left little to interpretation. “Our stance in the negotiations … will be strong,” he said. “We will not accept any memorandum of understanding that doesn’t have specific dates to withdraw foreign forces.” More »

    • Iraq Films Get Army's Attention

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Iraq Films Get Army's Attention

      (Newser) - War films can help shape public perception, and the Army is trying to guide moviemakers away from negative portrayals of the Iraq conflict like the ones that dominated films about Vietnam. Army liaisons to Hollywood offer equipment, expertise—and script alterations that some filmmakers see as spin. The LA Times looks at an area in which, one military liaison says, "There doesn't seem to be a lot of room for nuance." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • film  • US military  • Vietnam War  • film studio  • Army  • film director  • Iraq war movies  • Paul Haggis  • Redacted  • Brian De Palma  • anti-war movies

    • Timetable Needed to End 'Foreign Presence' in Iraq: PM

      Reuters  |  Jul 7, 08 12:09 PM CDT

      Timetable Needed to End 'Foreign Presence' in Iraq: PM

      (Newser) - Iraq is ready to be rid of US troops, its prime minister said today, and he wants a timetable. “We are looking at the necessity of terminating the foreign presence on Iraqi lands and restoring full sovereignty,” Nouri al-Maliki told Arab diplomats, saying the “memorandum of understanding” being negotiated with the US would include either outright departure or a timetable, Reuters reports. More »

    • United Arab Emirates Cancels Iraq's $7B Debt

      BBC  |  Jul 7, 08 4:31 AM CDT

      United Arab Emirates Cancels Iraq's $7B Debt

      (Newser) - Iraq's diplomatic isolation among its Arab neighbors is easing , reports the BBC. The United Arab Emirates canceled Iraq's entire debt of close to $7 billion and appointed a new ambassador, while Jordan's King Abdullah will become  the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since 2003, boosting the Baghdad government's standing in the region. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • King Abdullah  • Jordan  • Sunnis  • Shia  • United Arab Emirates

    • Iraqis Losing Love for al-Qaeda

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 6, 08 6:56 PM CDT

      Iraqis Losing Love for al-Qaeda

      (Newser) - Outsmarted and overwhelmed by allied forces in Iraq, al-Qaeda is getting desperate, Marie Colvin writes for the London Times. The insurgents, masters of organized resistance, are now resorting to small-scale hit-and-run attacks amidst waning support from Iraqis. “Al-Qaeda in Mosul is pretty much not able to do the attacks that they could do previously,” said an Iraqi commander. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • insurgents  • troop surge  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Mosul  • David Patraeus

    • US Removes Last of Saddam's Uranium From Iraq

      Associated Press  |  Jul 6, 08 9:53 AM CDT

      US Removes Last of Saddam's Uranium From Iraq

      (Newser) - A secret US mission to remove 550 metric tons of concentrated uranium known as “yellowcake” from Iraq came to a close yesterday as the material arrived in Canada, AP reports. In an operation that quelled concerns over the yellowcake falling into insurgency hands, 37 flights took the remainder of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program to a British territory in the Indian Ocean before it was shipped 8,500 miles to Montreal. More »

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      Iraq  • Canada  • nuclear weapons  • Saddam Hussein  • uranium

    • Desperation Drives Iraq's Female Bombers

      New York Times  |  Jul 5, 08 7:53 AM CDT

      Desperation Drives Iraq's Female Bombers

      (Newser) - Female suicide bombings are on the rise in Iraq's restive Diyala province, the New York Times reports, and success in combating al-Qaeda may be the cause. Many local insurgents have been killed or detained, leaving their surviving female relatives with little hope for the future. They often come under great pressure to give their own lives for the cause. More »

    • Obama Might 'Refine' 16-Month Iraq Timeline

      New York Times  |  Jul 3, 08 4:54 PM CDT

      Obama Might 'Refine' 16-Month Iraq Timeline

      (Newser) - Barack Obama today appeared to soften his oft-stated pledge that he would pull troops out of Iraq in 16 months, the New York Times reports. Obama, while inisting that his policies had not changed, said he would consider the opinions of military commanders as he continues to “refine his policies.” The presumptive nominee will make a trip to Iraq later this month.