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Iraq stories: 1276 news summaries

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Troops Bomb Ethics Test

Pentagon: troops are out of line with "soldier's rules"

May 5, 07 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - U.S. troops in Iraq flunked a survey on battlefield ethics, according to a Pentagon report published yesterday. Of the 1,767 soldiers interviewed, more than one-third endorse torture, two-thirds would not turn in a team member for abusing civilians, and 10% admit to harassing civilians and vandalizing property—all... More »

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Iraq • ethics • military • mental health • US troops • US Army • soldier • Iraq war

Iranian, U.S. Diplomats Meet Briefly

Three-minute discussion focuses on Iraq, hints at Bush administration policy shift

May 4, 07 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It didn't involve the American Secretary of State or the Iranian foreign minister, but a brief meeting of high-level diplomats today in Egypt signals a thaw in relations between the countries, the International Herald Tribune reports. U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said the three-minute conversation concerned the situation... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Middle East • Syria • Condoleezza Rice • Ryan Crocker • United States • Egypt

Hill Calls For Repeal Of
War Powers

Hard-line stand may help her stake out leadership on war

May 4, 07 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary wants a do-over on Iraq, calling on Congress to withdraw the war powers they gave Bush in 2002. In a clear bid to stake out her own hard-line anti-war territory, Clinton says Congress should repeal the authority granted Bush as of Oct. 11, the fifth anniversary of the vote.... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • presidential campaign • Iraq pullout • Election 2008 • Iraq war

Condi Sits Down With Syria

Rice talks with Syrian Foreign Minister about border security

May 4, 07 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Syrian counterpart Thursday in an unexpected half hour sit-down that ended a two-year cold-shoulder between the Bush administration and a state it considers a sponsor of terrorism. Rice asked asked Sryia's help in restricting the flow of foreign fighters across the Syrian... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Middle East • Syria • US foreign policy • Condoleezza Rice • Iraq conference

(Newser) - Some of the most riveting reporting about the war in Iraq is coming from the soldiers fighting it. As blogs from deployed soldiers proliferate, higher-ups are biting their nails over the ensuing transparency. Bloggers like Capt. Danjel Bout say posting provides "online therapy" and helps keep friends and the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • War on Terror • blogosphere • military • Pentagon • Department of Defense • blog • Iraq war

Qaeda in Iraq Deputy Killed, But Masri Still on Loose

But says top Al Qaeda in Iraq official

May 3, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans have killed a senior Al-Qaeda in Iraq deputy, but there's no evidence that  the leader of the group died in fighting between rival factions, as the Iraqi government had claimed Tuesday. Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, killed in a Tuesday raid, was a minister of information for Al-Qaeda in Iraq. More »

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Iraq • Abu Ayyub al Masri • Muharib Abdul Latif al Jubouri • Abu Omar al Baghdadi • al-Qaeda • Jill Carroll

Democrats Move on to Benchmarks

Even some Republicans like them.
But how would they be enforced?

May 3, 07 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional Dems have dropped their demands for a timeline to bring home troops, after the House failed yesterday to override a Bush veto on their Iraq spending bill. Now the buzzword is benchmarks, and even some Republicans are signaling that they could get on board. But what, if any, muscle... More »

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Iraq • Democratic Congress • Iraq pullout • veto • troop withdrawal • benchmarks • Iraq exit strategy

Iraqi PM Begs
for Debt Forgiveness

US, Iran, Syria to cross paths at Egypt summit

May 3, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is begging other nations to write off Iraq's debt, saying the country needs reconstruction funds. He spoke today at a regional summit that will feature the first high-level talks between the U.S. and Syria since 2005; prospects of Secretary of State Rice sitting down with... More »

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Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Nouri al-Maliki • Condoleezza Rice • United States • debt • Iraq war

Hoon Admits
Iraq Screwups

British defense minister regrets mistakes, underestimating
Dick Cheney

May 2, 07 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a confessional interview about his Iraq war regrets, the former British defense secretary tells the Guardian that the Brits' biggest miscalculation was underestimating Dick Cheney. Geoff Hoon said he and other senior ministers would air disagreements with Bush, Rumsfeld, and Powell, and they'd come away thinking they'd made their... More »

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Iraq • Dick Cheney • Geoff Hoon • Britain • Baath Party • Iraq war

Some Mahdis Going Freelance

What's worse than Moqtada al-Sadr?
The Mahdi Army ignoring him

May 2, 07 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Madhi Army is letting loose. Officially locked down by leader Moqtada al-Sadr during the troop surge, renegade Mahdis are unleashing a wave of random violence on once-peaceful areas of central and southern Iraq, Newseek reports. That worries even al-Sadr's commanders, who are now seeking U.S. help to control... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Shiite • troop surge • Mahdi Army • Revolutionary Guards • violence • militia • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war

Dems, President Get Serious
On Iraq Compromise

A day of pomp and American flags leads back to the drawing board

May 2, 07 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a day of partisan theatrics—what the Politico notes may rank as the Capitol's most celebrated sendoff for a doomed bill—work gets serious on a compromise war spending bill that may include benchmarks but no timelines. Bush meets with congressional leaders to begin formal negotiations today, even as... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Democrats • Republican • Senate • Senate Democrats • Trent Lott • Iraq war

Middle East Solution? Ignore It

The only option: "backward societies must be left alone"

May 1, 07 10:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - As experts scramble to respond to escalating crises in the Middle East, think-tanker Edward Luttwack has a novel solution—leave 'em be. The strategic implications of the Arab-Israeli crisis ended with the Cold War, he argues, and local regimes don't control oil supplies—oil companies do. More »

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Iraq • Iran • Israel • Middle East • Palestine • Kurdistan • think tank

Cabal Pushes Shiite Agenda

Group working out
of Iraqi PM's office
is accused of
protecting militias

May 1, 07 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A shadowy group within the Iraqi prime minister’s office is secretly pushing a Shiite agenda and exacerbating sectarianism, CNN reports. The 24-member Office of the Commander in Chief has power over other ministries, which Iraqis say it is using to protect  militias and blacklist commanders not willing to turn... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • politics • Nouri al-Maliki • sectarianism

Democracy Depends on Kurdistan

Human-rights activist sees region as harbinger of Iraq's fate

May 1, 07 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - While the U.S. focuses on Baghdad, a potentially defining crisis is developing in Kurdistan, according to Mark Lattimer, director of Minority Rights Group International. He argues in the Guardian that bloodshed in the only relatively secure region of Iraq is increasing as Kurds forced out of Kirkuk by Saddam... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • human rights • democracy • Kurdistan • civil war • Iraq war

Tribes Claim Al-Qaeda Head Killed by Rivals

Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq said to be victim
of Insurgent infighting 

May 1, 07 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of al-Qaeda in Iraq is dead, according to the Iraqi government. Abu Ayyub al-Masri was killed in a skirmish between rival groups of militants, officials said today, suggesting the possibility of exploitable rifts in the Sunni insurgency. The U.S. military has not verified the claim because a... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • insurgents • Abu Ayyub al Masri • Abu Musab al Zarqawi • al-Qaeda

Sunnis Threaten To Quit Cabinet

The largest Sunni
Arab bloc in parliament issues an ultimatum

May 1, 07 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The largest bloc of Sunni Arabs in Iraq's parliament threatened to pull its five ministers out of the cabinet yesterday, the New York Times reports. To forestall the pullout, which would further undermine the faltering government, President Bush phoned Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni Arab vice president, to discuss their concerns. More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Iraqi Parliament • Iraqi Consensus Front • Tariq al Hashemi • Baath Party

Terrorist Attacks Spiked in '06

Attacks rise 25% percent, driven by

Apr 30, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terrorist attacks rose 25 percent in 2006, with much of the rise attributable to Iraq, according to a State Department report released today. Terrorism claimed over 20,000 lives in 2006—two-thirds of those in Iraq—up sharply from 2005, raising doubts about the short-term success of the continued War... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • War on Terror • terrorism • Sudan • State Department • weapon • chemical weapons • terrorist • Iraq war

Deadly Blast Rocks Holy City

Shiite Holy City Rocked by Blast

Apr 28, 07 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A car bomb ripped through one of Iraq's holiest cities today, killing at least 58 Iraqis and wounding over 150 as they made their way to evening prayers. Karbala—the site of two major Shiite shrines—is a hotspot for suicide bombers, who killed 47 in an attack just two... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • insurgents • Sunni militants • Karbala • suicide bombing • roadside bomb • car bomb • holy site

Bush Doubts Surge Success

Privately, Bush seeks to lower expectations on the surge—and the prime minister

Apr 28, 07 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration is quietly rijiggering its internal expectations for Iraq, senior administration officials have told the New York Times. In spite of a publicly optimistic stance, Bush is already preparing for the possible failure of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's regime and readying to maintain a troop surge well into... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • troop surge • Nouri al-Maliki • war • George W. Bush

U.S. Unveils
7/7 Bombing Mastermind at Guantanamo

Bin Laden aide captured last year

Apr 28, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - U.S. officials revealed yesterday they have Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, widely considered the architect of the 7/7 London transit attacks, in custody at Guantanamo Bay. The CIA nabbed al-Hadi as he tried to enter Iraq last year, and the announcement suggests—the Times reports—that he's been in a "... More »

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Iraq • Pervez Musharraf • Abd al Hadi al Iraqi • london transit attacks • Guantanamo Bay • al-Qaeda

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