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  • March 2008

    • A Colonel's Toughest Duty: the Condolence Letter

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 8, 08 4:43 PM CST

      A Colonel's Toughest Duty: the Condolence Letter

      (Newser) - American warfare has changed over hundreds of years, but one tradition that remains is a commander’s condolence letter to the family of a fallen soldier. The Wall Street Journal spends time with a lieutenant colonel in Iraq who writes his letters by hand whenever one of his men dies. "I wait to find the words," he says, "and they will come."  More »

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      Afghanistan  • US military  • insurgents  • US Army  • roadside bomb  • soldiers' families

  • February 2008

    • Reb Leader Calls for Kurd Uprising in Turkey

      Reuters  |  Feb 24, 08 7:31 AM CST

      Reb Leader Calls for Kurd Uprising in Turkey

      (Newser) - As Turkish troops continue their unprecedented ground offensive in northern Iraq, a leader of the targeted Kurdish separatist group has called for Kurds living in Turkey to rebel. A news agency loyal to the Kurdistan Workers' Party carried the call of the rebel Kurd commander to make Turkish cities "uninhabitable." He pointed out that only a few young people would be necessary to burn hundreds of cars. More »

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      Turkey  • terrorist  • insurgents  • Kurdistan  • PKK  • Kurdistan Workers' Party  • Northern Iraq  • Kurdish rebels  • Turkish military

    • Gates Backs Pause in Iraq Troop Pullout

      Reuters  |  Feb 11, 08 7:06 AM CST

      Gates Backs Pause in Iraq Troop Pullout

      (Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates today backed a "pause" in pulling out US forces from Iraq once the 30,000  troops added for the surge are sent home in July. “The notion of a brief period of consolidation and evaluation probably does make sense,” Gates told reporters during a surprise visit to Baghdad today. How long a period? “That’s one of the things we are still thinking about.” More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • insurgents  • Robert Gates  • Iraq exit strategy  • David Patraeus  • drawdown

    • Iraqi Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 33

      BBC  |  Feb 10, 08 6:56 PM CST

      Iraqi Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 33

      (Newser) - A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people and injured 45 in Iraq today just hours before US Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a surprise visit to Baghdad, the BBC reports. The car blast, sparked by six barrels of explosives, toppled buildings, and officials say more bodies may be dug out of the rubble. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • David Petraeus  • insurgents  • troop surge  • Robert Gates  • Ryan Crocker  • suicide bomber  • Sunnis

    • Diary of a Bitter al-Qaeda Leader

      Washington Post  |  Feb 10, 08 12:49 PM CST

      Diary of a Bitter al-Qaeda Leader

      (Newser) - Al-Qaeda’s once indomitable force in Iraq is suffering from diminished ranks and low resources: That’s the word not from US generals but from one of the insurgent group’s leaders. In a bitter 16-page diary, Abu Tariq blasts former members who deserted al-Qaeda to join American forces. “We were mistreated, cheated, and betrayed by some of our brothers,” the emir wrote. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • US military  • insurgents  • Sunnis  • Awakening Councils

    • Bin Laden Is 'Planning' in Pakistan, Says US Official

      Reuters  |  Feb 9, 08 6:00 AM CST

      Bin Laden Is 'Planning' in Pakistan, Says US Official

      (Newser) - Mullah Omar and his Taliban compatriots are running their insurgency from the Pakistani city of Quetta, while Osama bin Laden is operating in tribal areas of the country, says a US official. Bin Laden and right-hand man Ayman Al-Zawahiri  are “planning” near the Afghanistan border, says the source, in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Area, Reuters reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • insurgents  • Osama bin Laden  • Ayman al Zawahiri  • Mullah Omar

  • January 2008

    • Afghan Gunmen Kidnap Female US Aid Worker

      Associated Press  |  Jan 26, 08 8:39 AM CST

      Afghan Gunmen Kidnap Female US Aid Worker

      (Newser) - An American woman has been kidnapped in Afghanistan along with her driver, the AP reports. The woman, 49, worked for an aid organization and was wearing a burqa when she was stopped near the southern city of Kandahar. Police are searching for the kidnappers, whom a local governor called “the enemy of Islam and the enemy of Afghanistan.” More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • kidnapping  • insurgents  • Americans  • Kandahar  • aid workers

    • US Sees Huge Gains in Baghdad Security

      USA Today  |  Jan 18, 08 8:37 AM CST

      US Sees Huge Gains in Baghdad Security

      (Newser) - US and Iraqi forces have secured 75% of Baghdad's neighborhoods, a sharp increase from pre-surge days, USA Today reports. The combined forces "basically own the streets," said a US colonel. Military figures say that 356 of 474 of the city's neighborhoods have returned to some semblance of normalcy, with violence all but eliminated and economic activity returning. A year ago, fewer than 40 of those neighborhoods were deemed secure. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • troop surge  • military

    • Iraqi Soldier Kills Two US Troops

      BBC  |  Jan 5, 08 8:22 AM CST

      Iraqi Soldier Kills Two US Troops

      (Newser) - An Iraqi insurgent who joined the country’s military force shot and killed two American troops, the BBC reports. Three other US soldiers were injured in the Dec. 26 shooting, which happened during a joint patrol in northern Iraq. After the patrol was besieged by gunmen, the Iraqi soldier “abused” the situation and fired at the Americans, an Iraqi general said. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • London  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • American troops  • roadside bomb  • Iraq Army  • Baquba

  • December 2007

    • Al-Qaeda In Iraq Down 75%, Baghdad Says

      Associated Press  |  Dec 29, 07 5:23 PM CST

      Al-Qaeda In Iraq Down 75%, Baghdad Says

      (Newser) - Al-Qaeda in Iraq is down 75%, one Baghdad official said today—but US Gen. David Petraeus maintained that al-Qaeda is still “the most significant challenge" facing the country. Maj. Gen. Abdul Kareem Khalaf attributed the alleged al-Qaeda cut to beefed Iraq security, armed Sunni fighters, and the recent US troop surge. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • David Petraeus  • insurgents  • American troops  • Sunnis  • Iraq Civil War  • Iraqi soldiers

    • Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

      BBC  |  Dec 27, 07 10:52 AM CST

      Iraq Moves Toward Amnesty

      (Newser) - The Iraqi cabinet has framed an amnesty law that would release tens of thousands of suspected insurgents being held without charges. The amnesty, the result of months of negotiation, now goes to the parliament, which will begin debating it Sunday, the BBC reports. The number of prisoners held, estimated at 50,000, has soared since the US troop surge began. More »

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      Iraq  • insurgents  • detainee  • surge  • Sunnis  • Shia  • amnesty

    • Nepal to Ax Monarchy, Install Republic

      BBC  |  Dec 23, 07 6:09 PM CST

      Nepal to Ax Monarchy, Install Republic

      (Newser) - After almost three months of deadlock, Nepal agreed today to end its 240-year-old monarchy and set up a republic, the BBC reports. Maoist rebels, who had walked out in October and staged violent protests, struck the deal with Nepal's leaders, which will go into effect after elections next spring. More »

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