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Iraq stories: 1276 news summaries

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Five Brits Kidnapped in Baghdad

Gunmen wearing Iraqi uniforms stormed finance ministry

May 30, 07 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five Britons—four members of a private security detail and a financial consultant—were kidnapped in Baghdad yesterday by gunmen wearing Iraqi police uniforms. The kidnappers are said to have barged into the finance ministry around noon, demanding, "Where are the foreigners?"  After rounding up the British civilians,... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Mahdi Army • kidnapping • Britain

Iraqi Refugees Resort to Prostitution

Displaced women
turn to sex trade
to support families

May 29, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Iraqi refugees flood across the border into Syria, more and more women are turning to prostitution to support themselves and their families. The Times visits the Damascus area, where some women approach men on the street, some work at clubs known as "casinos," and some are even... More »

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Iraq • prostitution • Syria • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

U.S. Tells Iran to Stop Supporting Iraqi Insurgents

Iran proposes trilateral security group for Iraq

May 28, 07 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Crocker, US ambassador to Iraq, used the first formal meeting between the two countries in 27 years to tell his counterpart  that the US wants Iran to stop supporting insurgents in Iraq. In a press conference after the meeting in Baghdad, Crocker said the Iranian ambassador did not respond... More »

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Iraq • Iran • insurgents • security • Ryan Crocker

G.I.'s Disillusioned About the War

Soldiers from 82nd Airborne say they favor withdrawal

May 28, 07 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than a dozen soldiers from the elite 82d Airborne division tell the New York Times that they now see the war in Iraq as futile. “In 2003, 2004, 100 percent of the soldiers wanted to be here, to fight this war,” says one platoon sergeant who advocates... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • war • US troops • Iraqi soldiers • soldier • Iraq war

Contractors in Iraq Trigger Two Shootings

Two incidents ignited by Blackwater
raise questions about quasi-miliary role

May 27, 07 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Contractors from private security firm Blackwater USA set off two firefights in Baghdad in as many days last week. On Thursday, a Blackwater guard shot and killed an Iraqi driver who trailed a convoy suspiciously, and Wednesday a Blackwater convoy escorting State Department officials was ambushed—sparking a battle between... More »

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Iraq • military • insurgents • Baghdad • Blackwater • coalition forces • contractors • Iraq war

Al-Sadr Appears at Iraqi Mosque

Shiite firebrand returns from Iran, invites Sunnis to join in opposing US

May 25, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr emerged from hiding today, making a surprise appearance near the Iraqi city of Najaf. Al-Sadr, who fled to Iran four months ago, gave a sermon at Kufa today, condemning the US occupation and demanding a "timetable" for withdrawal. In a shift away from sectarianism, he... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • Mahdi Army • sectarianism • Muqtada al-Sadr

Congress OKs New Iraq Bill

Sans timetable,
Bush expected to
sign; Clinton and
Obama say nay

May 25, 07 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress approved $95 billion to pay for the war in Iraq—without a timetable for troop withdrawal. The bill, which Bush says he'll sign, passed both houses last night, ending a long and bitter struggle between Democrats and a veto-ready White House over bringing the troops home. Aspiring presidents Clinton... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Iraq pullout • Iraq appropriations • war • Iraq war

Support for War Drops
to Record Low

CBS/NY Times poll suggests that fewer Americans than ever back the war in Iraq

May 24, 07 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six out of 10 Americans say the US should have stayed out of Iraq, a new CBS News/New York Times poll reports. And an all-time high of 76%—including a majority of Republicans—say the war is going badly. Americans support get-tough measures tying funding to progress, including a timetable... More »

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Iraq • Iraq pullout • Bush approval ratings • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

Morgue Stats Show Surge in
Iraqi Killings

321 corpses found in Baghdad in first three weeks of May alone

May 24, 07 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Statistics from Iraqi morgues show that three months into the surge, sectarian killings are rising, the Washington Post reports. In the first three weeks of May, 321 unidentified corpses, many showing signs of exectution and torture, were found in Baghdad. The number equals those found in all of January, the... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • insurgents • troop surge • militia • Iraq war

Bush Details
Bin Laden Plot

Attempt to start Al-Qaeda cell in Iraq dates to 2005

May 23, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden attempted to launch a terrorist cell in Iraq through which Al-Qaeda could attack the US, President Bush said today. The newly declassified information fleshed out a 2005 Homeland Security alert that Bin Laden directed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, then his top man in Iraq, to organize the unit... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • terrorism • Abu Musab al Zarqawi • United States • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Iraqis Seek Employment—
In Prison

The troop surge has produced a surge in prisoners, and new demand for guards

May 23, 07 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq has a new growth industry: prisons. A post-surge increase in Iraqi prisoners has put guards in hot demand, and other employment is scarce. So former shopkeepers and farmers are flooding over the border to reach American training facilities in Jordan, where they learn skills like cell-searching and how to... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • prison • troop surge • Iraqi prisons

Bush Prepares Iraq Plan That Includes UN

With troop surge faltering, new strategy spreads responsibility

May 23, 07 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four years after the US went into Iraq without Security Council support, the administration may be ready to ask the UN for help. The Guardian reports that a plan to "internationalize" the peace process reflects President Bush's concern about the 2008 elections and the apparent failure of the troop... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • United Nations • troop surge • Iraq pullout • Kofi Annan • UN Security Council

(Newser) - Iraqi police found the body of a man dressed in a U.S. military uniform in the Euphrates river today. A soldier from the unit that lost three soldiers earlier in the month is en route to see if he can identify the body. If the body belongs to one... More »

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Iraq • missing soldiers • US military • Triangle of Death • Mussayab • Euphrates • Mahmoudiya • al-Qaeda

Brass Plan New War Strategy

May 23, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - US officials are quietly developing a plan to stabilize Iraq by neutralizing subversive and corrupt elements within the government, the Washington Post reports. The classified plan, still being finalized by Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker, shifts the focus of America's strategy in Iraq from military to political objectives. More »

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Iraq • David Petraeus • Ryan Crocker • corruption • Petraeus Crocker plan • Iraq war

House Breaks
Up Iraq War
Funding Bill

Unusual move allows vote against war, for domestic spending

May 23, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democratic leaders are splitting the new Iraq funding bill into two distinct amendments, the Politco reports. One will be the $103 billion Bush requested for the war in Iraq, which will speak of benchmarks but won't demand a withdrawal date, the other a $17 billion domestic spending package. More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Democrats • Republican • Iraq pullout • House of Representatives • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

Troops May Double in 'Second Surge'

Analysis of Pentagon orders shows 8 more brigades in Iraq by year's end

May 22, 07 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of US combat troops in Iraq is being quietly doubled this year in what the San Francisco Chronicle calls a second surge, the paper concludes from an analysis of Pentagon orders. The combination of new combat brigades and lengthened tours for troops already stationed in Iraq could bring... More »

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Iraq • Pentagon • military strategy • troop surge • US troops • tour of duty • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Dems Ditch
Iraq Timeline Demand

New war spending bill won't include much-ballyhooed provision

May 22, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic leaders have quietly abandoned a cornerstone of their Iraq war platform: a timeline for withdrawal. Racing to pass a spending bill before the Memorial Day recess, they don't have the votes to pass a timeline, the LA Times reports, and they risk fallout for failing to fund troops in... More »

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Iraq • Democrats • Democratic Congress • Iraq pullout • Iraq appropriations • war • timetable • funding • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

Satire Finds a Stage in Baghdad  

Iraq's waning community of actors is free of censorhip, but under siege by extremists

May 21, 07 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least someone is laughing: At Iraq's National Theater a one-act play called "The Intensive Care Unit" satirizes the country's bombed-out chaos. The prevailing mood, the Washington Post reports, is jovial and non-sectarian; performances are all matinees because no one dares venture out at night. More »

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Iraq • theater • satire • censorship • play • actor

Iraqi Cash
Is Funding
Al Qaeda

Bin Laden search finds money trail leading from various sources

May 21, 07 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A stepped-up CIA effort to hunt down Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan hasn't succeeded in locating the  terrorist, the LA Times reports, but it has uncovered evidence that cash is being funneled from Iraq to keep Al Qaeda alive and well. "Iraq is a big moneymaker for them,"... More »

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Iraq • CIA • terrorism • Pakistan • money • war • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Shiite al-Sadr
Reaches Out
to Sunni Rivals

Switch in tactics aims
at hastening US withdrawal

May 20, 07 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a dramatic shift in tacttics, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is reaching out to rival Sunni leaders in Iraq, and purging radical elements of his own militia, the Washington Post reports. With Sunni insurgents making moves to distance themselves from al-Qaeda, Sadr sees an opportunity for a cross-sectarian political alliance,... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • insurgents • Mahdi Army • Sunni leaders • al-Qaeda • Muqtada al-Sadr

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