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  • August 2007

    • Iraq Electric Grid Seized by Militias

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 23, 07 11:31 AM CDT

      Iraq Electric Grid Seized by Militias

      Large swaths of Iraq's power grid have fallen under the control of armed militias, the New York Times reports. The balkanization of power stations worsens an already fragile situation in which insurgents blow up power lines and leave Baghdad without power at the height of a 110-degree summer. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • electricity  • militia  • power grid

    • General to Call for Pullbacks —But Troops Will Stick in Iraq

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 15, 07 3:05 AM CDT

      General to Call for Pullbacks &mdash;But Troops Will Stick in Iraq

      Iraq's US military commander Gen. David Petraeus is expected next month to recommend a pullback of US troops from safer areas—but likely won't bring any troops home, the Los Angeles Times reports. The move is intended to demonstrate Iraqi capabilities to secure less volatile areas without US combat support. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • David Petraeus  • troop withdrawal  • American troops  • Mosul

    • UN to Increase Iraq Presence

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 10, 07 1:20 PM CDT

      UN to Increase Iraq Presence

      The UN will expand its role in Iraq and try to help quell the sectarian violence that has hobbled the country, after a Security Council vote today. Iraq's government says it'll help peacekeepers mediate disputes between the feuding sectarian groups and among Iraq’s neighbors in the region; the blue helmets will also address the country’s humanitarian crisis. More »

    • US Kills 30 in Baghdad

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 8, 07 5:21 PM CDT

      US Kills 30 in Baghdad

      The US killed 30 militants and detained another dozen in an overnight air strike on a military stronghold in a Shiite district of Baghdad. Witnesses counted women and children among the slain, though the US claims all 30 were insurgents linked to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • US military  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • insurgents  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Sadr City  • Shia

    • UN Offers to Boost Iraq Presence

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 8, 07 8:56 AM CDT

      UN Offers to Boost Iraq Presence

      UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has offered to increase personnel in Iraq for the first time in more than 3 years and is seeking $130 million to build a reinforced compound in Baghdad for the growing UN mission. Ban faces a backlash from member states afraid of inheriting a US-created disaster, while the Iraqi government is concerned that UN interference will dilute its power. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • United Nations  • White House  • Baghdad  • Security Council  • Ban Ki-Moon  • Zalmay Khalilzad

  • July 2007

    • Iraqis Play With Heavy Hearts

      newser  |  AFP  |  Jul 27, 07 9:44 AM CDT

      Iraqis Play With Heavy Hearts

      An undertrained, cobbled-together Iraq squad upset favored South Korea in Wednesday's Asian Cup semifinals, and the Iraqis now head into Sunday's final bearing a heavy burden: Car bombs exploded in crowds of fans celebrating in Baghdad, killing at least 50. Iraq's coach, who is Brazilian, dedicated the win to "the people of Iraq because they deserve it," AFP reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • soccer  • car bomb  • Fallujah  • Asian Cup

    • Bombers Target Baghdad Soccer Celebration

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 25, 07 3:54 PM CDT

      Bombers Target Baghdad Soccer Celebration

      Car bombings killed at least 50 and injured 135, as Iraqis celebrated their soccer victory over South Korea today. The two separate blasts, one in Baghdad's Mansour district, the other at an army checkpoint, came as cheering throngs crossed sectarian lines in a rare moment of national pride and unity, the BBC reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • South Korea  • soccer  • suicide bombing  • bomb  • suicide attack

    • Fear Rules Iraq, Briefers Tell Congress

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 20, 07 7:20 AM CDT

      Fear Rules Iraq, Briefers Tell Congress

      Iraq is gripped by widespread fear and is unlikely to fulfill political and security goals by the pivotal September assessment, US officials told lawmakers yesterday in a briefing from Baghdad. "One word I would use to sum up the atmosphere in Iraq is 'fear,' " said ambassador Ryan Crocker, adding that the country has a "considerable ways to go" toward political stability. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Congress  • White House  • Baghdad  • David Petraeus  • US Army  • military  • Ryan Crocker  • benchmarks  • Petraeus Crocker plan

    • Times Staffer Slain in Baghdad

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 13, 07 6:15 PM CDT

      Times Staffer Slain in Baghdad

      An Iraqi reporter in the New York Times Baghdad bureau was shot and killed today on his way to work. Khalid Hassan, 23, is the second Iraqi Times employee and the 110th journalist killed in Iraq since 2003. Bureau chief John F. Burns described Hassan, a  4-year Times veteran, as "a resourceful and brave member of our news team." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Baghdad  • New York Times  • Iraq death toll  • journalists killed  • Iraqis killed  • Bill Keller

    • Iraqis Urged to Take Up Arms

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 07 5:20 AM CDT

      Iraqis Urged to Take Up Arms

      After a weekend of horrific violence that claimed more than 220 lives in Iraq, both Shiite and Sunni leaders called on civilians to arm themselves. "People have a right to expect protection for their lives," said Iraq's Sunni vice president. Given the failure of security forces, he said, "the people have no choice but to take up their own defense." More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • surge

    • Construction Woes Threaten Workers at Iraq Embassy

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 5, 07 10:18 AM CDT

      Construction Woes Threaten Workers at Iraq Embassy

      Foul-ups and delays in the construction of the US embassy in Baghdad are not only an ongoing embarrassment—now they have workers there worried about their own safety. The Journal intercepted a stern cable the embassy sent to the State Department a month ago highlighting several serious hazards in the new security guard facility. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • US Embassy in Iraq

  • June 2007

    • 14 Troops Killed in 2 Days

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 21, 07 12:49 PM CDT

      14 Troops Killed in 2 Days

      Fourteen American troops have been killed in Iraq over the past 2 days, bringing the US death toll to 3,545, with 68 fatalities in June. In the deadliest recent attack, five troops died today after a roadside bomb detonated under their vehicle in northeastern Iraq. Commanders attribute the worsening situation in part to increased anti-insurgent efforts, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Baghdad  • US Army  • military  • American troops  • soldier  • roadside bomb  • Iraq death toll  • Anbar  • IED

    • Dozens Dead in Baghdad Mosque Blast

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 19, 07 11:39 AM CDT

      Dozens Dead in Baghdad Mosque Blast

      A car bomb exploded near a Shia mosque in Baghdad today just as afternoon prayers were ending, killing at least 75. More than 200 people were injured in the blast, which sent smoke billowing over the central city. The explosion came 2 days after officials lifted a curfew imposed following the destruction of a Shia shrine in Samarra. More »

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      Iraq war  • al-Qaeda  • Baghdad  • Sunni  • car bomb  • Shia  • Diyala  • Samarra  • holy site

    • Surge Fizzles in Iraq

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 14, 07 11:45 AM CDT

      Surge Fizzles in Iraq

      A new report shows no overall drop in bloodshed in Iraq despite the three-month-old troop surge. Violence has fallen slightly in Baghdad and Anbar province, where troops are concentrated, but a corresponding rise everywhere else more than compensates. And while sectarian killings have dropped slightly, civilian casualties are up, and suicide attacks have almost doubled. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • troop surge  • sectarian violence  • Anbar

    • US Joins Sunni Militants to Smash Qaeda

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 9, 07 3:30 PM CDT

      US Joins Sunni Militants to Smash Qaeda

      American soldiers in Baghdad's violent Amiriyah district of have formed an unlikely alliance in an effort to root out al-Qaeda In Iraq. US troops are giving guns, and even the power of arrest, to a Sunni paramilitary group—and a week into the partnership, they’ve helped kill or capture as many al-Qaeda In Iraq members as Americans did during the previous six months. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • American troops  • Sunni  • al-Qaeda in Iraq

    • Duped Workers Build Baghdad Embassy

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 7, 07 10:56 AM CDT

      Duped Workers Build Baghdad Embassy

      The Kuwaiti company building the $592 million US embassy in Baghdad is under scrutiny for allegedly tricking workers into coming to Iraq. The Justice Department says Kuwaiti First promised poor workers from Bangladesh and Pakistan it would send them to Dubai, but instead brought them to the Green Zone, seized their passports, and trapped them on the potentially hazardous project. More »

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      Baghdad  • Green Zone  • workers  • embassy

    • Surge Fails to Quell Baghdad

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 4, 07 11:18 AM CDT

      Surge Fails to Quell Baghdad

      U.S. and Iraqi forces control only a fraction of Baghdad, despite the three-month-old troop surge. An internal assessment leaked to the Times found two thirds of the city's neighborhoods are still in open rebellion, although surge architects planned to have Baghdad under control by July. “We were way too optimistic,” says a senior officer. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • troop surge  • violence  • rebellion

    • Attacks on US Troops Get Deadlier

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 4, 07 5:07 AM CDT

      Attacks on US Troops Get Deadlier

      Iraqi insurgents are using bigger bombs and more sophisticated tactics to kill US troops, reports the Washington Post . While Iraq civilian deaths have dropped 50 percent since the new counterinsurgency strategy was launched in Baghdad, American fatalities compared to the number of wounded have nearly doubled. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • military  • American troops  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • roadside bomb  • military strategy

  • May 2007

    • Contractors in Iraq Trigger Two Shootings

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 27, 07 6:52 PM CDT

      Contractors in Iraq Trigger Two Shootings

      Contractors from private security firm Blackwater USA set off two firefights in Baghdad in as many days last week. On Thursday, a Blackwater guard shot and killed an Iraqi driver who trailed a convoy suspiciously, and Wednesday a Blackwater convoy escorting State Department officials was ambushed—sparking a battle between contractors, coalition forces, and insurgents, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Baghdad  • insurgents  • military  • Blackwater  • contractors  • coalition forces

    • Al-Qaeda Claims It Captured Soldiers

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 14, 07 6:40 AM CDT

      Al-Qaeda Claims It Captured Soldiers

      An al-Qaeda umbrella group claims it kidnapped the three US soldiers missing since Saturday. Thousands of troops continue to sweep the area south of Baghdad dubbed the Triangle of Death for their comrades, who disappeared in an ambush that killed four other solders. The so-called Islamic State of Iraq offered no proof for the claim. More »

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      Iraq  • al-Qaeda  • Baghdad  • bomb  • car bomb  • missing soldiers  • Islamic State of Iraq  • Triangle of Death

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