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Sunni Patrol Leader Is Killed by Bomb at Baghdad Home - NYTimes.com

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:27:54 -0000

A Sunni Arab leader of a citizen patrol group in Baghdad who had been a proponent of reconciliation in his neighborhood was assassinated over the weekend.

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FT.com / World - US says troops could quit Baghdad soon

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:27:53 -0000

General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said declining violence in Baghdad raised the possibility that American combat troops could leave the capital by next summer.

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timeline for US combat troops to leave Iraqi cities by next summer, and the country by 2011.

Military experts attribute the decline in violence to the surge, as well as to a ceasefire by Shia militias aligned with Moqtada al-Sadr, the firebrand cleric, and the emergence of “Sons of Iraq”, roughly 100,000 predominantly Sunnis who switched sides to fight with the US against al-Qaeda

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Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:27:06 -0000

Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad—the latest in a string of lavish proposals painting the capital as a leisure friendly city.

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US, Iraq have draft to pull US troops out

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:52:30 -0000

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq and the U.S. have reached preliminary agreement to withdraw American forces from Iraqi cities by next June

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My Way News - Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:03:44 -0000

Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that,

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Both Iraqi and American officials agreed that the deal is not final and that a major unresolved issue is the U.S. demand for immunity for U.S. soldiers from prosecution under Iraqi law.

Iraq's Shiite-led government has been holding firm for some sort of withdrawal schedule - a move the Iraqis said was essential to win parliamentary approval.

Nangtongo said the negotiations were taking place "in a constructive spirit" based on respect for Iraqi sovereignty.

David Satterfield told him that immunity for soldiers was a "red line" for the United States.

As the talks drag on, American officials said the Bush administration is losing patience with the Iraqis over the negotiations, which both sides had hoped to wrap up by the end of July.

Iraq's position in the U.S. talks hardened after a series of Iraqi military successes against Shiite and Sunni extremists in Basra, Baghdad, Mosul and other major cities and after the rise in world oil prices flooded the country with petrodollars.

On Thursday, a spokesman for Muqtada al-Sadr said the Shiite cleric will call on his fighters to maintain a cease-fire against American troops - but may lift the order if the security agreement fails to contain a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal

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Baghdad Bureau - Iraq From the Inside

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:19:27 -0000

Use this link to have a continuous update from reporters in Iraq.

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UAE waives billions of Iraqi debt

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:05:48 -0000

More good news that indicates progress toward peace is forthcoming in the Arab world

The United Arab Emirates has cancelled the entire debt owed to it by Iraq - a sum of almost $7bn (£3.5bn) including interest and arrears.

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Soon after Mr Maliki arrived on his two-day visit, the UAE named its former envoy to India, Abdullah al-Shehi, as its new ambassador to Baghdad.

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VIDEO -- CHENEY: "IRAQ WAR A QUAGMIRE" IN 1994

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:09:33 -0000

Chenney's views on the war on terrorism

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Construction of U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Completed; State Department Accepts Work After Rigorous Inspections

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:58:53 -0000

A neew US embassy in Baghdad

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Iraq is moving forward on their pursuit of peace.

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:40:57 -0000

The movment by the Iraq government toward peace and reconciliation in Iraq is moving forward and it's a matter of opinion how fast the government has achieved establishing its control on the country.

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U.S. and Iraqis Battle Militias to End Attacks - New York Times

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:03:19 -0000

War is hell but when diplomacy can't be used to solve problems then weapons will always replace pens and pencils. The question is NOT how many are dying it is how many have beens saved from the DICTATOR who killed ovr 5,000,000 Iraqi in ten years. Now there are 3,5000,000 Iraqi who are alive because the coalition removed the DICTATOR and his evil sons.

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Looking for the New Baghdad -- Printout -- TIME

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:20:57 -0000

Let's hope that the Iraqi will achieve their peace with the help of America.

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The Baghdadis caught between these extremes know that the only thing standing in the way of another sectarian conflagration is the U.S. military. This may explain why every Iraqi who offers me a view on American politics seems to be praying for a McCain victory. A 100-year American military presence, of which McCain once spoke, may seem a bit much; I suspect most Iraqis would be happy with five.

in the Jadriyah district, we get four to six hours of electricity a day, up from just two hours.

Many are former insurgents who are happy to accept salaries ($300 per month, paid by the U.S., not the Iraqi government)

from the men they once hoped to kill.

Now, says Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, all the credit for the decline in violence is going to the U.S. military: "People think the Americans are like Superman, who can do anything."

. But colleagues recently embedded with U.S. troops in Baghdad tell stories of soldiers being received with smiles and waves, even cups of tea. Driving through the city,

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raqi Leaders Face Grave Shiite Crisis

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:39:26 -0000

What now...what's going on there...

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Military Tells Bush of Troop Strains

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:37:20 -0000

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U.S. troops resolute after 5 years in Iraq - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:29:35 -0000

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Keep in mind the MILLIIONS or Iraqis that are alive now because the dictator was removed.
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They see children playing in the streets or going to school, people filling the open-air markets and life proceeding almost as usual. They marvel at the potential of Iraq, its agricultural land, its history.

Then, of course, they swear profusely over the slow progress Iraqis seem to be making in taking control of their communities, but note that under Saddam Hussein, and even earlier, they were never allowed to.

"We all signed up in a time of war. We can't just say we don't want to do it anymore. We go out of the wire, see [al Qaeda Iraq] cut off heads and others burn down homes, and we do our best to fight it, to stop it.

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TERRORISM HAS NO RELIGION

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:07:09 -0000

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At last some signs of activities to counter terrorism.
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Cheney makes surprise visit to Iraq syria pkk olmert arab saudi arabia iran alliance

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:31:21 -0000

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The Iraqi need support from the world to get their government going. If the world gives them the needed adrenelin to mover forward with developing legislation to govern Iraq.
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Looking Back at Five Years in Iraq - New York Times

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:54:12 -0000

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It appears as though hundreds of years of hate and discontent are being released by Iraq people. It seems as though the frustration that Iraqis' have with their war situation if coming to an end now.
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Suicide Attack Kills 25 South of Baghdad

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:18:10 -0000

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What an insame part of th world it is in the MID-EAST; can anyone believe that this crap actually occurs because of some stupic ideology adherence to cause these problems to exist.
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