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Nepal to Ax Monarchy, Install Republic

Leaders cave after 3-month standoff
with Maoists

Dec 23, 07 6:09 PM CST
(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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insurgents • human rights • monarchy • Nepal • Maoists • Gyanendra • Birendra • republic

Troubled Afghan Mission Under Review

Prospect of failure in 'forgotten war' prompts probes, if not surge

Dec 16, 07 7:37 AM CST
(Newser) - With insurgent violence in Afghanistan soaring to the highest level since 2001, the Bush administration and NATO have begun three sweeping reviews of a mission that was considered a success, but now seems increasingly threatened. Lack of coordination in fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda, rising opium production, and the weakness... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • insurgents • surge • opium • al-Qaeda

40 Taliban Die in Afghan Clashes

Three days of battle latest sign of Taliban surge

Dec 2, 07 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Some 40 Taliban insurgents were killed in three days of clashes with Afghani and US-led foreign forces in the mountainous Shah Wali Kot district in southern Kandahar province, reports AP. Forces launched pitched battles against various pockets of Taliban strongholds in the area and called in airstrikes. More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • Kandahar

6,000 Iraqi Sunnis Vow to Aid US

Iraqi civilian forces help decrease violence as refugees return home

Nov 29, 07 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Almost 6,000 Sunni Arab civilians in Iraq turned against Al-Qaeda yesterday and signed a pact to help US forces police possible insurgent escape routes. As insurgents seek to gain a foothold in the semi-autonomous north, American officials hailed the alliance, which is the Iraq war’s largest single volunteer... More »

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Iraq • Syria • insurgents • Kurds • US Army • Sunni leaders • Iraqi refugees • Kirkuk • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Baghdad Safe Again, Says Iraq

Fall in violence trigger optimism from Iraqi government

Nov 20, 07 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - A sharp drop in violence in Baghdad led Iraqi government officials to express confidence yesterday that the worst is over, reports the Los Angeles Times. While violence remains high, bombings, street fighting, and abductions are down, as are fears of a civil war. US officials urged Iraq's government to take... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Baghdad • troop surge • US embassy in Baghdad • Iraq violence • Iraq war

Military: AP Photog Linked to Insurgents

New evidence surfaces implicating journalist held since 2006

Nov 20, 07 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The US military says it has evidence that an Iraqi photographer who works for AP is connected with the anti-American insurgency, CNN reports. Bilal Hussein Zaidon has been in custody since April 2006 and will face trial in the Iraqi court system. The Pentagon did not specify the charges but... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • US military • Ramadi • Associated Press • Bilal Hussein Zaidon

Sunni Chiefs Killed in Iraq Suicide Bomb

5 leaders in fight against al-Qaeda in Diyala province dead in blast

Nov 10, 07 5:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber detonated his vest in a meeting yesterday of anti-al-Qaeda Sunni chiefs, killing five leaders in the battle to drive al-Qaeda from Diyala province, in central Iraq. The bomb went off in the home of Sheikh Faez al-Obeidi, 30 miles north of Baghdad; killed were the sheikh and... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Diyala • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Anbar • Sunni leaders • al-Qaeda in Iraq

US Releases
 9 Iranian Prisoners

Men arrested in Iraq said to be no threat
after nearly a year

Nov 9, 07 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The American military released nine Iranian prisoners in Iraq today, including two captured when US forces stormed the Iranian consulate in Irbil last January. The men were initially accused of being members of Iran's Quds Force, an arm of the Revolutionary Guards Washington has accused of funding and arming Shiite... More »

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Iraq • Iran • insurgents • roadside bomb • prisoners

80 Taliban Killed in Afghan Battle

Coalition, Afghan forces pitch 6-hour battle after insurgent ambush

Oct 28, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a sudden new flash of violence in another American battle theater, US-led forces killed 80 Taliban fighters yesterday near a southern Afghanistan town held by insurgents. The battle erupted when Taliban troops ambushed a joint coalition and Afghan army patrol with machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire. Coalition forces... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • Afghan Army • Musa Qala • Helmand province

Diplomats to
Be Ordered to Serve in Iraq

Lack of volunteers spurs biggest call-up since Vietnam War

Oct 27, 07 7:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lacking volunteers for dozens of vacancies at the US Embassy in Baghdad, the State Department is set to order its diplomats to serve one-year postings in Iraq. Those selected for the postings will be notified Monday; if not enough take the bait, assignments will be made mandatory, on pain of ... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Green Zone • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • diplomat • Vietnam War • US Embassy in Iraq

US Forces
Hunt Down
Iraqi Rackets

Illegal schemes
funnel key money
to insurgents

Oct 26, 07 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's mafia-style rackets are funneling big money to insurgents, making them key targets for US commanders. Corruption and kickbacks in real estate, soft drinks, cement—even the extortion of US contractors—are fueling what Maliki calls a “second war” in Iraq. "We have got to attack the insurgency... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • insurgents • Nouri al-Maliki • Pepsi • corruption • militia • Iraq war

Qaeda Backers Enraged by
Al Jazeera's Osama Excerpts

Critics also seek praise from scolding leader

Oct 26, 07 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of Al Qaeda have attacked Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera for selectively airing critical remarks by Osama bin Laden this week in which he blasts Iraqi insurgent groups for being too splintered. Critics called for the broadcaster to air the entire tape, which also includes praise for the groups. More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Al Jazeera • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

US Troops Get Look at Film on Insurgency

Documentary 'Meeting Resistance' explores motives of Iraqi fighters

Oct 17, 07 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new documentary features interviews with Iraqi insurgents, all of whom stress the humiliation of US occupation. “Meeting Resistance” will be released this week, but CNN sat in on a preview in Baghdad, where US troops heard tales of citizens turning to violence. "It tells us a lot... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • US Army • documentary

Roadside Bombs Redefine Iraqi War, Bedevil US

$10B hasn't produced countermeasures to easy-to-make IEDs

Sep 30, 07 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Simple, cheap and lethal roadside bombs have become the defining weapon of the Iraq war, confounding the Pentagon and taking a devastating toll on US troops, the Washington Post reports in a history and analysis of our tk Iraq. The devices, which account for nearly two-thirds of US combat deaths,... More »

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insurgents • IED • Iraq war

Blackwater Blamed for Fallujah  Bloodshed

Murder of unprepared patrol sparked battle

Sep 28, 07 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Blackwater, the private security firm under investigation for a dozen civilian deaths in Iraq last week, is now being faulted for actions that led to a 2004 battle in which 36 US soldiers and 600 civilians were killed.  Blackwater is charged with sending a disorganized, unprepared four-man team into... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Henry Waxman • State Department • Blackwater • contractors • Fallujah • David Marin • Donna Zovko • Wesley Batalona • Michael Teague • Scott Helvenston • House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Iranian Official Hits US for Scapegoating

Ambassador to Iraq
says US is trying 'to cover up failed plans'

Sep 16, 07 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US is hyping an Iranian threat to Iraq to deflect attention away from its mistakes, Iran’s ambassador to Iraq told CNN, again denying allegations Tehran is attacking American troops trying to stabilize the country. “US security plans for Iraq have not succeeded,” Hassan Kazemi-Qomi said. The... More »

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Iraq • Iran • insurgents • Tehran • David Petraeus • US troops • Hassan Kazemi Qomi • Baath Party • Iraq war

Iraqi al-Qaeda Group to Track Down 'Traitors'

Islamic State of Iraq vows to kill those
who align with US

Sep 15, 07 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thursday's assassination of a Sunni tribal leader was the first in what an al-Qaeda front group warns will be the fate of all who cooperate with the US, reports the AP. The Islamic State of Iraq announced on Islamist websites that "special security committees" will track down "traitors"... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • insurgents • Islamic State of Iraq • assassination • Anbar • Ramadan • Abdul Sattar Abu Risha • al-Qaeda

45 Taliban Die in Battle on Ramadan Eve

Month-long surge in fighting in Afghanistan expected to continue

Sep 13, 07 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forty-five Taliban insurgents were killed in a clash with coalition and Afghan troops in Afghanistan today. The Taliban attacked a joint patrol; the Afghan forces responded, with help from coalition airstrikes. The skirmish comes at the beginning of Islam's holy month of Ramadan More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • Ramadan • Afghan Army • airstrike

Taliban Told Hostages to Convert or Die

Freed Koreans describe harrowing 6-week Afghanistan ordeal

Sep 12, 07 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Korean aid workers held captive by Taliban militants in Afghanistan recounted being urged at gunpoint to convert to Islam during at a news conference in Seoul today, the BBC reports. They were often beaten and forced to work "like slaves" during a six-week ordeal, which ended last month... More »

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Afghanistan • Islam • Taliban • insurgents • Korean hostages • convert

Petraeus: Give Me Six More Months

Wants Congress to postpone decision on bringing troops home

Sep 10, 07 4:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The commander of US forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, wants to postpone a decision to significantly reduce troop levels there for another six months, reports the New York Times. The general, who is scheduled to begin testimony before Congress today, has told the president he is willing to withdraw... More »

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Iraq • Congress • Pentagon • insurgents • David Petraeus • troop withdrawal • Iraq government • Ramadan

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