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9 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Sunni Strongholds
Seeded on Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:25 PM EST (The New York Times)
ARAB HAMADAH, Iraq — In one of the deadliest stretches for American troops in months, militants killed nine soldiers in the volatile Sunni Arab heartlands north of Baghdad on Tuesday and Wednesday as the military began its third offensive in a year to dislodge Sunni guerrillas …
Iraq car bombs kill 33 as Britain poised to return Basra
Seeded on Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:03 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
AMARA, Iraq (AFP) - Four car bombs killed at least 33 people in Iraq on Wednesday, including 28 in the southern city of Amara, as Baghdad said it would retake control of Basra province from British forces on Sunday.
Security Guard Fires From Convoy, Killing Iraqi Driver
Seeded on Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:58 PM EST (The New York Times)
BAGHDAD, Nov.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Looks Beyond Current Wars
Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:50 PM EDT (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON, Oct.
12 Turkish Soldiers Killed in Rebel Attack
Seeded on Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:59 PM EDT (The New York Times)
ISTANBUL, Oct. 21 — At least 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in an ambush by Kurdish militants shortly after midnight on Sunday, in an audacious attack that sharply increased the pressure on Turkey's government to send troops into northern Iraq.
Syria Shuts Last Official Exit From Violence For Iraqis
Seeded on Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:39 PM EDT (The New York Times)
DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 20 — Long the only welcoming country in the region for Iraqi refugees, Syria has closed its borders to all but a small group of Iraqis and imposed new visa rules that will legally require the 1.5 million Iraqis currently in Syria to return to Iraq.
Kurds Will Fight Turkish Raids
Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:07 PM EDT (BBC News)
The president of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq has said his people will defend themselves if Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels based in the region.
Kurds Protest Turkish Vote On Iraq Raids
Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:08 PM EDT (The New York Times)
ISTANBUL, Oct. 18 — Thousands of Kurds in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil marched today to call for peaceful dialogue with Turkey and to protest its Parliament's approval a day earlier of a measure authorizing troops to cross into northern Iraq to confront Kurdish rebels.
Pentagon Sees One Authority Over Contractors
Seeded on Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:21 AM EDT (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 — Defense Secretary Robert M.
Security Guards Fired Randomly: Iraq Official
Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:48 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities on Wednesday accused guards working for a foreign security company of firing randomly when they killed two women in the latest incident involving private security contractors that has outraged Iraqis.
Survivor Recalls Blackwater Shootings
Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:39 PM EDT (The New York Times)
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Lawyer Hassan Jabir was stuck in traffic when he heard Blackwater USA security contractors shout ''Go, Go, Go.'' Moments later bullets pierced his back, he said Thursday from his hospital bed.
180, 000 Private Contractors Flood Iraq
Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States has assembled an imposing industrial army in Iraq larger than its uniformed fighting force and responsible for a such a broad swath of responsibilities the military might not be able to operate without its private-sector partners.
Iraqi Report Says Blackwater Guards Fired First
Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:29 PM EDT (The New York Times)
BAGHDAD, Sept.
Armed Guards in Iraq Occupy a Legal Limbo
Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:25 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Last year, Congress instructed the Defense Department to draw up rules to bring the tens of thousands of contractors in Iraq under the American laws that apply to the military, but the Pentagon so far has not acted.
Banned Iraq Contractor
Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:21 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Interesting and short op-ed from a former employee of Blackwater USA.
Maliki Alleges 7 Cases When Blackwater Killed Iraqis
Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:17 PM EDT (The New York Times)
BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 — Iraq brought fresh criticisms of the private security company Blackwater USA on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki saying that his government had registered a total of seven cases in which the company's guards had killed Iraqis.
Contractors Deaths In Iraq Soar To Record
Seeded on Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:11 PM EDT (The New York Times)
This is an old link, but I'm doing a paper on military contractors for a class.
Bush on Military Contractor Question
Seeded on Sat Sep 8, 2007 7:06 PM EDT (YouTube)
This is an older clip but I just found it and thought it was interesting. It takes place at John Hopkins where a woman asked Bush what laws private miltary contractors fell under in Iraq. Bush's response was pretty horrible; watch and see.
Iran An Exit Strategy For Iraq
Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:57 PM EDT
This will be far from my most scholarly writings but this is just a thought a thought I had, and I figured I would post it to see what other people thought.
Continue reading this entry ...
Iraqi Violence Monitoring The Surge
Seeded on Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:18 AM EDT (BBC News)
Since the United States has sent an additional 30,000 troops to Iraq the BBC has decided to keep tabs and to help figure out if the surge is actually working.
UN Concerned Over U.S.-Iraq Policy
Seeded on Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:48 PM EDT (BBC News)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern about worsening violence in Iraq and where US policy on Iraq might be heading.
U.S. Ties Iranians to Iraq Attack That Killed G.I.'s
Seeded on Mon Jul 2, 2007 9:55 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Iranian operatives helped plan a January raid in Karbala in which five American soldiers were killed, an American military spokesman in Iraq said today.
Iraqi Sunnis to Boycott Government
Seeded on Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:57 PM EDT (BBC News)
Iraqi Accord Front (IAF) said that it is going to boycott government meetings since one of their ministers has had legal actions but against them.
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