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Iraq stories: 1276 news summaries

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Bombers Target Baghdad Soccer Celebration

Moment of national triumph thwarted by twin attacks; 50 dead

Jul 25, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Car bombings killed at least 50 and injured 135, as Iraqis celebrated their soccer victory over South Korea today. The two separate blasts, one in Baghdad's Mansour district, the other at an army checkpoint, came as cheering throngs crossed sectarian lines in a rare moment of national pride and unity,... More »

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Iraq • South Korea • Baghdad • soccer • suicide bombing • bomb

Army Plans Group Services for Troops Killed in Iraq

Families, vets blast Wash. base's new policy

Jul 25, 07 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Overwhelmed by numbers, military bases are beginning to hold collective memorial services for service members killed in Iraq instead of individual services after each death. The Times visits Fort Lewis, which has floated the idea and met with resistance from families and veterans. The country's third-largest army base, outside Tacoma,... More »

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Iraq • US military • US Army • memorial services • military bases

Dems Remain Unsure of Censure

Feingold's effort
gathers little support; Congress fears backlash

Jul 25, 07 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A proposed Senate resolution to censure President Bush for the Iraq war could have galvanized Democrats—but  instead they're sharply divided over what some see as grandstanding, Politico reports. Only a handful back Russ Feingold's plan, or another tied to the US attorneys firings, nervous that nonbinding censures will only... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • troop withdrawal • censure motion • Iraq war

Bush Gets Personal
with Iraqi PM

Leaders' virtual meetings produce
few concrete results

Jul 25, 07 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Across thousands of miles, President Bush remains a close adviser to Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki. At least every 2 weeks, the politicians confer over a satellite uplink, usually for more than an hour of discussion about the civil war, Iraq's future, and even their shared religious devotion. "They talk... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • United States • US military • Iraq government • prime minister • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Iran Talks Raise Tension,
But Not Consensus

On first day of sitdown, parties still tangled over allegations of interference

Jul 24, 07 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The United States and Iran began their first day of diplomatic talks on Iraq today, but the Times reports that the summit is still tangled over US allegation that Iran is funding armed militias inside Iraq. Iran vehemently denied the charge today; an American official who attending the meeting said... More »

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Iraq • Iran • diplomacy • United States • militia

Out-of-Date Passports Strand Iraqi Expats

New requirements catch innocent victims in snare for terrorists

Jul 24, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an unintended consequence of regulations meant to hinder terrorists, Iraqi expats are stuck with out-of-date passports and no way to replace them. Iraq now issues documents that meet international standards, the Wall Street Journal reports, but emigres and refugees stuck with Saddam-era passports or handwritten documents that date to... More »

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New Woes Beset Iraq Embassy

Size and security worry pundits already concerned about construction

Jul 24, 07 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Slated for a September opening, the new $592 million U.S. embassy in Baghdad may not be big enough—though it's the size of the Vatican—or safe enough—though tens of millions are going into security—the LA Times reports. The controversial complex can accommodate 1000 people, but analysts... More »

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Report: US in Iraq 2 More Years

New plan envisions military role until at least 2009

Jul 24, 07 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - US troops could remain in Iraq for at least 2 more years, despite a raging national debate about continued occupation, the New York Times reports. The top commander and American ambassador have detailed a strategy that envisions "localized security" in Baghdad within a year and a military role in... More »

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Iraq • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • surge • Joint Campaign Plan

Injured Veterans Sue US

Class action suit targets VA for 'shameful failures' in treatment

Jul 24, 07 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two veterans groups representing troops who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing the US government for "shameful failures" in medical treatment, Reuters reports. The Department of Veterans Affairs is swamped with a backlog of 600,000 health claims and is "abandoning" soldiers returning home, the class-action... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • veterans • veterans' health care • lawsuit • Department of Veterans Affairs • army hospitals • US government • US Army • soldier • medical treatment • Iraq veterans • Iraq war

US Envoy Won't Raise Fate of Imprisoned  Americans

Issue shadows sensitive meeting with Iran

Jul 24, 07 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fate of four Iranian-Americans imprisoned in Tehran won't come up in today's talks between the US and Iran for fear of scuttling the negotiations, Bloomberg reports. US ambassador Ryan Crocker will focus on Iraq and Iran's nuclear program in the Baghdad meeting, only the second direct talks between the... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Ryan Crocker • Haleh Esfandiari • Kian Tajbakhsh • Ali Shakeri

Pentagon Destroys
Surplus Goods

Surplus dealers angry at scope of gear purge

Jul 23, 07 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon is scrapping millions of dollars of gear it has traditionally resold to surplus dealers, Time reports. The army claims that sorting passels of helmets, boots, and sleeping bags is too onerous, while suppliers are concerned the move is the vestige of an effort to keep old jet parts... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • fighter jet • helmets • bureaucracy • US Army • surplus • army supplies

The Politics Behind GOP Defections

Republicans calculate rifts over Iraq
carefully, Journal says

Jul 21, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican senators were playing electoral politics in deserting Bush on Iraq, and they were at it again when they voted against the Democratic withdrawal plan this week, says the Journal’s Kimberly A. Strassel. Enduring “a summer-long blitz” from liberal groups, Lugar, Domenici and others voiced Iraq fatigue, but... More »

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Olbermann to Prez: Stop Scapegoating, Start Fighting

Anchor irate at blame game on war failure

Jul 20, 07 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A war of words over the Iraq war that erupted this week nominally involves only a Pentagon underling and Hillary Clinton, but MSNBC's Keith Olbermann finds a message for President Bush in the back-and-forth. Accusing the administration of scapegoating both the senator and antiwar citizens, he calls for Bush to... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Hillary Clinton • Department of Defense • Keith Olbermann • Eric Edelman • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Fear Rules Iraq, Briefers Tell Congress

Benchmarks not
likely to be met, say Crocker, Petraeus

Jul 20, 07 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq is gripped by widespread fear and is unlikely to fulfill political and security goals by the pivotal September assessment, US officials told lawmakers yesterday in a briefing from Baghdad. "One word I would use to sum up the atmosphere in Iraq is 'fear,' " said ambassador Ryan... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • Baghdad • White House • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • benchmarks • Petraeus Crocker plan • US Army • Lieutenant General • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Democrats Lose Withdrawal Vote

Republicans hold out against Iraq exit measure

Jul 18, 07 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats failed to collect enough votes this morning to pass a bill that would force President Bush to begin pulling troops out of Iraq within 120 days. After a spirited all-night debate, 52 voted in favor of the measure and 47 against, but rules require 60 "yes" votes... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Democrats • Republican • law • Senate • Harry Reid • GOP • legislation • troop withdrawal • Norm Coleman • filibuster • cloture • vote

Bush's Failures Are Kristol Clear

Corn fires back at neocon columnist's revisionist view of
the last seven years

Jul 18, 07 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nation editor David Corn does a double take in today's WaPo at neocon infantryman Bill Kristol's Sunday column there, which predicted the Bush presidency would go down as a success. In a blazing review of the scandals, misadventures and outright failures that have plagued the White House for the last... More »

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Iraq • Hurricane Katrina • David Corn • Weekly Standard • Bush legacy • US economy • George W. Bush • William Kristol

Contractor Armies Thrive in Iraq

180,000 civilians working in legal limbo

Jul 18, 07 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A private army of occupation in Iraq—mechanics, construction workers, translators, bodyguards, and other civilian contractors—is increasing in numbers keeping pace with the troop surge, the Christian Science Monitor reports. As many as 180,000 private contractors in Iraq, most of them not US nationals, currently work in legal... More »

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Iraq • David Petraeus • contractors • surge • US Army • Iraq war

Head of Veterans Affairs Quits

Secretary's short tenure long on scandals and other woes

Jul 17, 07 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The secretary of Veterans Affairs, the head of the second-biggest federal department, is stepping down and will be replaced by October 1, reports the Washington Post. For 2½ turbulent years, Jim Nicholson, a decorated Vietnam vet and former RNC chair, presided over a department beset by criticism and overwhelmed by... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • veterans • RNC • veterans' health care • US troops • Jim Nicholson • Department of Veterans Affairs • VA • Vietnam veteran • army hospitals • soldier • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Iraq veterans • Iraq war

Times Staffer Slain in Baghdad

Reporter-interpreter becomes 110th journalist killed since 2003 US invasion

Jul 13, 07 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Iraqi reporter in the New York Times Baghdad bureau was shot and killed today on his way to work. Khalid Hassan, 23, is the second Iraqi Times employee and the 110th journalist killed in Iraq since 2003. Bureau chief John F. Burns described Hassan, a  4-year Times ... More »

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Iraq • New York Times • Baghdad • Iraq death toll • Iraqis killed • Bill Keller • John Burns • Khalid Hassan • journalists killed • Saidiya • Iraq war

Iraqis Go on Alert as Mammoth Badgers Stalk City

Locals blame British troops for badger invasion

Jul 13, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Badgers have invaded Basra, Iraq, spurring fears of a man-eating monster on the loose in the port city. Despite Iraqi scientists' assurances that the creatures are not dangerous to humans, locals demonize the oversized carnivores and blame British troops for for unleashing them. The badgers "don't stalk humans and... More »

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Iraq • Basra • British • badgers • mammals • British troops • port • Iraq war • animal

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