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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Iraq mess

Iraq mess stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - As the US confronts Iran over its nuclear program, many Americans can’t help but flash back to 2003, when Colin Powell made a compelling case before the UN that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Is the uproar over Iran’s Qom facility the same kind of smoke and... More »

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Iran • intelligence • nuclear • nuclear program • WMD • Iraq mess • Qom

Candidates Talk Leadership, Race, on 60 Minutes

Mac goes bipartisan, Obama talks leadership, plays down race

Sep 22, 08 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain tried to strike a bipartisan tone during his 60 Minutes interview last night, and Barack Obama played down the race issue while highlighting his leadership experience. Both presidential candidates sat for prime-time interviews on the show, during which McCain floated the name of prominent Democrat Andrew Cuomo to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • SEC • Andrew Cuomo • 60 Minutes • Iraq mess • television interview

OPINION

 Forget Iraq,
 US Is in Need of
 Nation-Building 

Healing country is top priority in November, Friedman writes

Jun 29, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The key issue in the presidential election won’t be national security or Iraq, as many once believed—it will be how to fix our ailing nation at home, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. “We are a country in debt and in decline—not terminal, not... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • recession • Thomas Friedman • Iraq mess • Election 2008 • presidential election • economy

Car Bomb Kills 51
at Baghdad Market

It's the deadliest attack in 3 months

Jun 17, 08 5:18 PM CDT
(AP) - A car bomb tore through a market area in a mainly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad today, killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens, officials said. It was the deadliest such attack in more than three months. Nobody claimed responsibility, but it bore the hallmarks of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Iraq violence • al-Qaeda • Iraq mess • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Ex-US Commander in Iraq Bashes Bush in Memoir

President once proclaimed, 'Kick ass!'

Jun 2, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who led US forces in Iraq for a year after Saddam’s ouster, says George W. Bush “led America into a strategic blunder of historic proportions” in a memoir the Washington Post deems “lost in the media furor” over Scott McClellan's. Sanchez recounts... More »

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Scott McClellan • Ricardo Sanchez • Iraq mess • George W. Bush

Dead Soldiers Beef Up
Iraqis' Troop Count

US audit says many in special forces aren't actually serving

Apr 25, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of men in Iraq's security forces is estimated to be a healthy 530,000. Trouble is, a "substantial number" of them are injured, dead, or AWOL, a new government audit says. The review casts doubt on Pentagon reports about Iraqi capabilities and questions Baghdad's ability to train... More »

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Pentagon • David Petraeus • US military • Iraq government • Iraqi security forces • Iraq Army • Iraq mess

 Bush Praises Iraqi Offensive 

President scolds Congress' calls for withdrawal

Mar 27, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush praised the government of Iraq today for the offensive launched three days ago against militias in Basra, painting it as a sign of progress toward the goals of the US war, the AP reports. Bush also criticized Congress for calling for troop withdrawals so the military’s attention... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Mahdi Army • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq pullout • Basra • Iraq government • Iraq Civil War • Iraq reconstruction • Iraq mess • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

War Architect Blasts CIA,
State Dept. for Iraq Fumbles

Ex-defense official says his advice was ignored

Mar 9, 08 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A top Iraq war architect slams the CIA and State Department for flawed handling of the build-up and eventual invasion in a new book, the Washington Post reports. Douglas Feith, former undersecretary of defense, takes shots at Colin Powell, Tommy Franks, and ex-occupation chief Paul Bremer, among others, for brushing... More »

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CIA • State Department • Paul Bremer • Department of Defense • Colin Powell • Tommy Franks • Iraq mess • Iraq war • Douglas Feith • War and Decision • George W. Bush

US Troops Kill
9 Iraqi Civilians

Houses bombed during hunt for al-Qaeda suspects: Iraqi police

Feb 4, 08 5:40 AM CST
(Newser) - American military forces accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians and injured three during raids south of Baghdad Saturday, US officials revealed today. The incident occurred near Iskandariyah, when a helicopter air strike was ordered on a checkpoint after a convoy of US troops in pursuit of Al Qaeda in Iraq came... More »

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Iraq • civilian casualties • Blackwater • US troops • al-Qaeda • Iraq mess • civilians

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