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War on Terror stories: 212 news summaries

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Baghdad Merchants
Beg to Differ
With McCain

Say sunny security assessment is phony

Apr 3, 07 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of course John McCain found Baghdad's central market perfectly safe during his weekend visit: He came with 100 soldiers in armored Humvees, backed by attack helicopters and sharpshooters. In a follow-up visit, Kirk Semple of the New York Times found merchants  incredulous at the Congressional delegation's sunny description of the... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Congress • John McCain • Middle East • terrorism • Republican • sectarian violence • Baghdad • Humvees • Mike Pence • security • market • Election 2008

Iranians, Brits Move Toward Talks

Top diplomat lays out roadmap for brokering sailors' release

Apr 3, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran is ready to negotiate freeing its 15 British captives, according to the country's top diplomat. In a cryptic TV interview, Ali Larijani suggested the marines and sailors could be released if the Brits apologized and stopped putting international pressure on Tehran. "We are not interested in the issue... More »

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Iran • War on Terror • Ali Larijani • John Bolton • British Foreign Office • Britain • hostage

Iran Promises Female Soldier's Release

Britain steps up pressure by freezing business activity

Mar 28, 07 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran promised to release by Friday the female sailor captured along with 15 men in a British patrol boat last week. England stepped up pressure to free  the soldiers by cutting off "bilateral business" and publicizing secret documents which mark its boat nearly two miles from Iranian waters at... More »

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Iraq • Iran • War on Terror • United Nations • military • Middle East • diplomacy • Faye Turney • London • Tehran • captives

Bill Would Put Ba'athists
Back in Power

Aim is to woo Sunnis into Shiite-dominated government 

Mar 28, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ba'athists will be allowed back in government posts if a bill proposed yesterday, aimed at  reconciling dissident Sunnis with the Shiite-dominated government, passes the Iraqi parliament.  The U.S has been pushing for the law to law to woo the former Saddam loyalists —mostly Sunnis— into the political... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • War on Terror • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • insurgents • Ba'thists • Baath Party

Senate Backs Troop Pullout Timetable

Bill ties troop funding to March 2008 withdrawal deadline

Mar 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats in the Senate  pulled off a surprise victory yesterday in their bid to force President Bush to bring troops home from Iraq—deflecting a GOP effort to kill the troop withdrawal plan. The Democrats’ proposal sets a March 2008 deadline for ending the conflict and is folded into a... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Congress • Democrats • Chuck Hagel • Charles Schumer • war • US troops • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Gitmo Detainee Pleads Guilty

Australian who trained with al Quaeda has spent five years in custody

Mar 27, 07 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Hicks became the first person convicted under President Bush's much-maligned military tribunal system after entering a surprise guilty plea  to charges of providing material support to terrorists. The contentious proceedings may prove a new source of controversy, however, as the judge excluded Hicks' stwo civilian lawyers from court and... More »

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War on Terror • politics • David Hicks • Australia • military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • court • conviction • detainee • guilty plea • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

Blair Blasts Seizure of British Patrol

Iran said to be looking for swap deal

Mar 26, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair is furious over Iran's capture of 15 sailors and Marines, but so far, diplomatic efforts have not even yielded where they are being held. “I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us,”   Blair sputtered at a European summit,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • War on Terror • Tony Blair • Tehran • war • al Quds Force • Revolutionary Guards • Britain • Iraq war

Gates Pushed
to Close Guantanamo

New defense secretary butted heads with Cheney, Gonzales

Mar 23, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly appointed Defense Secretary Robert Gates pushed hard for shutting down the controversial detention center at Guantanamo Bay, but  was blocked by Cheney and Gonzales, until Bush pulled the plug on the argument.  Gates at least succeeded in halting a $100 million expansion of the prison he felt had... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • Alberto Gonzales • politics • prison • Robert Gates • Guantanamo Bay • abuse • defense secretary • George W. Bush

Italians Ransom Journalist for 5 Taliban Prisoners

Widely criticized deal is first swap
for a hostage in Iraq or Afghanistan

Mar 22, 07 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Italian government bought the freedom of a kidnapped Italian journalist by arranging the release of five Taliban militants from an Afghan prison. The New York Times says it’s the first time prisoners have been openly exchanged in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan., and the move was widely... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • prison • jihad • Italy • kidnapping • war • journalist • hostage

(Newser) - Insurgents in Baghdad used two children in the backseat of a car to lower suspicion at an American security checkpoint, then blew up the car, with the children in it.  Once they cleared the checkpoint, the bombers parked near a school, ran from the car, and detonated the bomb,... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • military • Middle East • Shiite • insurgents • Baghdad • car bomb

(Newser) - While the president has been busy assuring Americans that Iraq is a "noble" war, among those who haven't been listening are his wife, his children and his nieces and nephews, observes Kitty Kelley, who chronicled the Bush clan in 2004. The first family is AWOL on the war effort,... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • Barbara Bush • UNICEF • compulsory military service • Jenna Bush • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Gunmen Ambush Sadr City Mayor

Target was key figure in U.S. efforts to disarm militia, create jobs

Mar 16, 07 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mayor of Sadr City was wounded and his police chief killed in an ambush yesterday, creating new challenges for the U.S. military effort to bring security to the Shiite stronghold and rein in the Mahdi Army. The mayor, Rahim al-Daraji, has been a key figure in negotiating with... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • Shiite • Sadr City • Mahdi Army • Rahim al Daraji

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