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Iraq stories: 1275 news summaries

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 Smoker's Lungs 
 Kill War Hero 
 Transplant Patient 

Young corporal complained about 'dud' lungs

Oct 12, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British war hero died of a cancerous tumor after receiving "dud" lungs from a heavy smoker in a transplant operation, his wife complained in an inquest. After Iraq vet Corp. Matthew Millington was diagnosed with an incurable lung disease, he was given lungs from a dead man who... More »

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Iraq • cancer • lung cancer • Britain • war hero

New Challenge for US in
Iraq: Pulling Out

Military faces mammoth task hauling equipment out of Iraq as withdrawal gathers pace

Oct 9, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - American forces in Iraq have devoted a full sixth of their manpower to a task one commander compares to moving the entire population of Alaska across the world—with all their stuff. The military, in the biggest movement of personnel and material in over 40 years, is dismantling some 300... More »

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Iraq • US military • troop withdrawal • military bases • Iraq war

 Don't Forget 
 Iraqi Refugees: 
 Brangelina 

Stars visit with displaced people in Syria

Oct 2, 09 5:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in Syria, using their powers for good. The celebrity übercouple visited Iraqi refugees in Damascus today in an attempt to keep the lowest-profile victims of the war from falling off the radar, People reports. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN's refugee agency,... More »

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Iraq • entertainment • Angelina Jolie • Syria • Brad Pitt • refugee • Damascus • Iraqi refugees • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • Iraq war • refugees

 US Speeds Up Iraq Withdrawal 



Sep 30, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(AP) - The United States is speeding up its military withdrawal from Iraq, sending 4,000 more troops home next month, top commander Ray Odierno will announce today. That'll bring the total number of troops in the country down to 120,000 by the end of October. "We have already begun... More »

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Iraq • House Armed Services Committee • Iraq exit strategy • Gen. Ray Odierno


 Iran Allows 
 Swiss Envoys 
 Visit With 
 Detained Hikers 

Policy reversal may be gesture of goodwill ahead of nuclear talks

Sep 29, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has changed its policy on three detained US hikers, allowing Swiss diplomats—who represent American interests in Iran—to visit them. Officials have been denied access to the three Americans since they were detained in July after crossing the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran. Tehran’s reversal may... More »

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Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Tehran • Kurdistan • Switzerland • United States • detainee • UN Security Council • hikers • Shane Bauer • Joshua Fattal • Sarah Shourd

US Soldier Killed in Iraq Blackhawk Crash

Aircraft crashes have become less common in Iraq

Sep 20, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - An American solider was killed and 12 others were wounded last night when a Blackhawk helicopter crashed at a US base in Iraq, the AP reports. The cause of the crash is unknown and is now under investigation. Air crashes have become less common in Iraq, Reuters says, since the... More »

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Iraq • US military • soldier • aircraft • Iraq war • Blackhawk helicopter • troop deaths

Contractor Bought Guns on Black Market:
Ex-Employees

Triple Canopy accused of funding insurgents

Sep 18, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Triple Canopy, the company that succeeded Blackwater as the top US security contractor in Iraq, bought its weapons on Iraq’s black market, former employees allege in court documents obtained by ProPublica. “We’re spending a lot of money on these rifles, millions of dollars—where do you think... More »

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Iraq • Blackwater • black market • Triple Canopy • security contractors • Xe Services • military contractors • Ronald Boline

 Mortars Rock Baghdad
During Biden's Visit

Vice president unharmed; will meet with Iraqi political leaders

Sep 15, 09 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mortar rounds exploded near the US Embassy in downtown Baghdad today during a surprise visit by Joe Biden, the New York Times reports. The vice president was inside the embassy compound when two mortars struck apartment buildings across the street. Two more rounds landed near the compound but didn’t... More »

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Iraq • Joe Biden • Green Zone • Nouri al-Maliki • US embassy in Baghdad • US Embassy in Iraq • mortar attack

 Shoe-Tosser 
 Released, Says 
 'I Was Tortured' 

Reporter al-Zeidi leaves prison after tossing shoe at Bush last year

Sep 15, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi reporter who was locked up for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush says he was tortured in prison, the BBC reports. He was released today after nine months in a Baghdad jail, Reuters notes, and says he plans to identify those officials who tortured him. Relatives say... More »

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Iraq • torture • Baghdad • prison • shoes • protests • George W. Bush • prison release • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Iraqi Shoe Thrower's 
 Prison Release Delayed 

Family ready to celebrate reporter's defiance

Sep 14, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(AP) - The Iraqi reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush will not be released today as planned due to paperwork processing delays, his brother says. Muntadhar al-Zeidi's family had gathered at dawn outside an Iraqi army base where he was expected to be released from prison. After waiting... More »

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Iraq • shoes • political protest • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

(Newser) - The Iraqi journalist jailed for throwing shoes at President Bush last year could be out as soon as Monday, his lawyer tells CNN today. Muntadar al-Zaidi had a 3-year sentence reduced to 1 on appeal, and that can be cut further for good behavior. “We are happy,” one... More »

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Iraq • shoes • jail • George W. Bush • insult • Muntadar al-Zaidi

ANALYSIS

 Iraq Militias 
 Kill Gays 
  With Impunity 

Government's unwillingness to protect gays points to a bleak future for all Iraqis

Sep 10, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's militias have switched from slaughtering rivals to killing men they suspect of being homosexuals, and the Iraqi government is turning a blind eye, Rasha Moumneh writes in Foreign Policy. Gay men have been kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in rising numbers since the start of this year, but not a... More »

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Iraq • gay rights • murder • homosexuality • Iraqi government • Sadrists • Iraqi militias • Muqtada al-Sadr

OPINION

 Universal Health Care: 
 We Already Gave it to Iraq 

Constitution America fought to give Iraq guarantees its citizens health care

Sep 10, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many US lawmakers opposing health care reform need to be asked why it's OK for Iraqis but not Americans, Mark Dorlester writes for the Huffington Post. Article 31 of the Iraqi Constitution—made possible by the war, and hailed as a victory by the Bush administration—guarantees every Iraqi state-funded... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • health care • health insurance • health care reform • Iraq war

 Arab World 
 Head-Over-Heels 
 About Return of 
 'Hero' Shoe-Tosser 

Zaidi hailed as Goliath-battling David

Sep 9, 09 3:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi journalist who hurled both his shoes at George Bush during a speech in Baghdad last year will be released early from prison next week to a hero's welcome, a free house and offers of money, a wife, and a gold-saddled horse, reports the Guardian. Muntadar al-Zaidi "is... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • shoes • protests • Arabs • Arab • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

(Newser) - It was an unusually bloody day for US troops abroad today, as eight soldiers were killed—four in Iraq and four in Afghanistan. It was the deadliest day for the US in Iraq since troops left the cities earlier this year, reports the BBC. Three soldiers were killed by a... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • roadside bomb • bombing • casualties • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

US Still Lacks Translators in Vital Languages

Intelligence, military officials often unable to read texts, emails

Aug 31, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly eight years have passed since 9/11, but national security agencies remain disturbingly low on translators for crucial dialects, the Washington Times reports. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives email and text-message each other freely in languages the CIA largely ignored before 2001. "I can't explain... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • national security • War on Terror • CIA • Pakistan • Pashtun • translation • Arabic • Urdu • intelligence agencies • Dari • translator

Missing Picasso Found in Iraq?! Probably Not.

The Naked Woman likely not missing, nor
a Picasso, say experts

Aug 27, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi security forces have secured a purported Pablo Picasso painting believed stolen from a Kuwaiti museum during the 1990 invasion, the Times of London reports. Only it’s probably not a Picasso. “It bears absolutely no relation to any Picasso that I can think of,” says one... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • art museum • war • Kuwait • The Louvre • Pablo Picasso • art heist • forgery • invasion

Iraqi Shiites Ditch Maliki in New Coalition

Group favors a government more closely allied with Iran

Aug 24, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq’s major Shiite parties have formed a new coalition without Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki or his Dawa Party, they announced today. That means that unless Maliki finds new allies, he will likely lose his job following the January elections. If the new coalition wins a majority, he’ll be... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • Nouri al-Maliki • Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council • Sadrists • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraqi elections

(AP) - Attackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast today. Seeking to fend off widespread criticism over security lapses, the Iraqi military released what it said was... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • suicide bombing • truck bomb • terrorist attack • confession

(Newser) - Scores of people are dead after seven coordinated bombings rocked Baghdad this morning, targeting both government ministries and poor Shia neighborhoods, the New York Times  reports. Two huge bombs and three smaller blasts, probably from mortars, went off at the entrance to the fortified Green Zone, while other explosions hit... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • Sadr City • Baghdad • Green Zone • bomb • Sunni extremism • explosion

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