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  • May 2007

    • Contractor Fatalities Soar in Iraq

      New York Times  |  May 19, 07 9:13 AM CDT

      Contractor Fatalities Soar in Iraq

      (Newser) - Private contractors have been killed  in Iraq in record numbers this year, the New York Times reports, as the deployment of U.S. forces in outside the Green Zone amps up the danger for both soldiers and civilians. Through March, there were at least 146 killed, compared to 224 troops during the same period. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • insurgents  • troop surge  • civilian casualties  • Green Zone

    • September Looms as Iraq Watershed

      Washington Post  |  May 8, 07 8:18 AM CDT

      September Looms as Iraq Watershed

      (Newser) - September is likely to be put-up-or-shut-up time for supporters of the Iraq war, legislators from both parties tell the Washington Post. Gen. David Petraeus has said he will have a sense of whether the surge is working by then, and lawmakers want a clearer picture of America's future involvement before the fiscal year begins October 1. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • David Petraeus  • troop surge  • timetable

    • Some Mahdis Going Freelance

      Newsweek  |  May 2, 07 1:58 PM CDT

      Some Mahdis Going Freelance

      (Newser) - The Madhi Army is letting loose. Officially locked down by leader Moqtada al-Sadr during the troop surge, renegade Mahdis are unleashing a wave of random violence on once-peaceful areas of central and southern Iraq, Newseek reports. That worries even al-Sadr's commanders, who are now seeking U.S. help to control their wayward acolytes. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Iran  • troop surge  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • violence  • Mahdi Army  • Revolutionary Guards  • militia

  • April 2007

    • Bush Doubts Surge Success

      New York Times  |  Apr 28, 07 12:51 PM CDT

      Bush Doubts Surge Success

      (Newser) - The Bush administration is quietly rijiggering its internal expectations for Iraq, senior administration officials have told the New York Times . In spite of a publicly optimistic stance, Bush is already preparing for the possible failure of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's regime and readying to maintain a troop surge well into 2008. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Bush administration  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop surge  • war

    • Reid Declares War Is Lost

      ABC News  |  Apr 20, 07 8:31 AM CDT

      Reid Declares War Is Lost

      (Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has upped the ante in the Dems' rhetoric on Iraq, saying the U.S. has "lost" in Iraq, and warning that, "the surge is not accomplishing anything." But he stopped short of threatening to pull funding from the war, the biggest gun in his policy arsenal. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • troop surge  • Harry Reid  • Iraq pullout  • Democratic Congress  • Senate Democrats

    • Baghdad Blasts Claim Nearly 200 LIives

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 19, 07 7:35 AM CDT

      Baghdad Blasts Claim Nearly 200 LIives

      (Newser) - Nearly 200 people were killed, and more than 200 injured, by five apparently coordinated explosions that rocked Baghdad yesterday. It was the deadliest day since the U.S. troop surge in the besieged capital, and a chilling backdrop to an announcement by PM al-Maliki that Iraqis will be completely in charge of the country by 2008. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop surge  • bombing  • security  • explosion

    • Baghdad No Safer 2 Months Into Surge

      New York Times  |  Apr 9, 07 1:40 PM CDT

      Baghdad No Safer 2 Months Into Surge

      (Newser) - Baghdad is no more stable than it was before the American troop surge, the Times reports. With death squads trying to stay off the radar, sectarian executions have dropped in some corners of the city. But executions have given way to increased car bombings, chlorine gas attacks, and the burning of local shops and homes. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • troop surge  • American troops  • violence  • security

    • Iraq Is Breaking the Army

      Time  |  Apr 6, 07 8:47 AM CDT

      Iraq Is Breaking the Army

      (Newser) - The U.S. Army is stretched so thin in Iraq and Afghanistan that it's sending ill-prepared and ill-equipped young people into harm’s way, Time reports. And the surge in troops is only deepening the crisis: Two of the five new brigades bound for the Middle East will skip vital situational training in the Mojave Desert. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • US Army  • troop surge  • American troops  • soldier  • training  • John Abizaid

    • The Surge Is Our Last Stand

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 3, 07 3:37 PM CDT

      The Surge Is Our Last Stand

      (Newser) - "We are in a position of strategic peril," says a retired general who's just back from Bagdhad in a blunt, sobering piece in the L.A. Times . Barry McCaffrey, now at West Point, urges support of the surge and the new strategy to secure Baghdad without  sugar coating the prospects for success, which are grim. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • US Army  • troop surge  • American troops  • timetable

  • March 2007

    • Pentagon Exit Strategy Relies on Advisers

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 12, 07 11:03 AM CDT

      Pentagon Exit Strategy Relies on Advisers

      (Newser) - Pentagon top brass preparing an exit strategy for Iraq should the troop surge fail are following the outlines set by the Iraq Study Group, using a small team of military advisers to replace troops as they stand down. It mirrors the strategy the military used in El Salvador in the 1980s, when the U.S. sent 55 Green Berets to help the government topple rebel groups. More »

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      Iraq  • Pentagon  • troop withdrawal  • troop surge  • Iraq exit strategy  • Iraq Study Group

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