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  • May 2008

    • Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 8, 08 3:29 AM CDT

      Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq

      One of the suicide bombers responsible for a series of attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul last month is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, reports the New York Times. The Kuwaiti, originally detained in Afghanistan, is said to have traveled to Iraq via Syria to join jihadists after his release in 2005. Several Gitmo detainees are known to have returned to insurgent status, officials say. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Guantanamo Bay  • Mosul  • enemy combatants  • Hoshyar Zebari  • detainees  • suicide bombers

  • February 2008

    • Turkey Bombs Rebels in Iraqi Mountains

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 23, 08 3:28 PM CST

      Turkey Bombs Rebels in Iraqi Mountains

      Fighting continued in semiautonomous Kurdistan today as Turkey’s air and artillery forces let loose a hail of bombs in the mountains of northern Iraq, the AP reports. The strikes are ratcheting up tension between Turkey and the US-backed Iraqi government: Iraq’s foreign minister today told Turkey to get out “as soon as possible.” More »

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      Iraq  • Turkey  • Kurds  • PKK  • Kurdish Militants  • Northern Iraq  • Hoshyar Zebari

  • October 2007

    • Iraq Promises to Help Turkey Quell Kurd Militants

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 23, 07 12:01 PM CDT

      Iraq Promises to Help Turkey Quell Kurd Militants

      Urging diplomacy, Iraq today pledged to help Turkey resolve border violence by Kurdish militants based in northern Iraq. Turkey kept the diplomatic wheels turning but wouldn't rule out military action to quell the PKK and rejected its offer of a ceasefire. Iraq’s foreign minister vowed to “actively help Turkey overcome this menace” by limiting militant movement and finances, the Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Gordon Brown  • Turkey  • diplomacy  • Iraq government  • PKK  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Hoshyar Zebari

  • July 2007

    • US, Tehran to Hold Fresh Talks

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 23, 07 4:43 AM CDT

      US, Tehran to Hold Fresh Talks

      The US and Iran will hold further talks on Iraq beginning tomorrow—despite new accusations the Iranians are arming and abetting Iraqi insurgents. The talks were announced by Iran's foreign minister yesterday just hours after two men linked to Iran were arrested near Baghdad for smuggling EFPs—the armor-penetrating bombs targeted at US soldiers. More »

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      Iran  • insurgents  • roadside bomb  • Hoshyar Zebari  • Iranian Revolutionary Guard

    • Envoy Warns of Pullout Horrors

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 10, 07 5:27 AM CDT

      Envoy Warns of Pullout Horrors

      US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker tells the Times that a post-withdrawal scenario in Iraq "exceeds his imagination" —and then goes on to imagine a nearly unmitigated catastrophe. Crocker predicts sectarian murders “by the thousands," a resurgence of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, and the “complete collapse” of the Iraqi state security forces into balkanized militias. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq pullout  • Ryan Crocker  • civil war  • Hoshyar Zebari

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