Yahoo! News: Iraq
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UK: rocket attack on British base in Iraq kills 1 (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 04:01 PM PDT |
Time running out for US troops in violent Mosul (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:22 PM PDT AP - Grenades lie unattended next to a west Mosul bazaar. Garbage bags throughout the city are searched daily for bombs. At a sprawling sheep market, Iraqi army soldiers are careful not to kick over rocks for fear of setting off hidden explosives. |
US general says no further withdrawals planned (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:44 PM PDT |
U.S. sees only modest troop cuts in Iraq this year (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:34 AM PDT Reuters - A top U.S. commander said on Monday he did not foresee any additional troop cuts in Iraq in 2009, noting that a strong force would be needed to secure national elections expected at the end of the year. |
Small-town guardsmen groomed to hunt bombs in Iraq (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 07:30 AM PDT AP - Staff Sgt. Jason Jones, the kind of soldier who stands ramrod straight even at ease, watched his men talk and joke around as they waited their turn to practice hunting for a buried bomb. |
Iraq: Minister says OPEC aims to raise oil prices (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 06:27 AM PDT |
Sadrist MP demands immediate US troop pullout (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 05:44 AM PDT |
Iraqi army called in to patch up a ruined nation (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:33 AM PDT Reuters - Fixing drains and filling in potholes are not classic military tasks, but Iraq's army hopes that sending soldiers on such mundane missions will weaken a stubborn insurgency as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw. |
At Least 28 killed in Baghdad Suicide Attack (Time.com) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:05 AM PDT Time.com - Sunday's suicide attack by a bomber wearing an explosives belt and driving an explosives-laden motorcycle killed at least 28 people |
Two militiamen shot dead in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:42 AM PDT |
Drawdown in Iraq begins: 12,000 troops to return by fall (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 01:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The top US commander in Iraq is sending two combat brigades home from Iraq, marking the first major drawdown of US troops there since the "surge" ended last year. |
Art flowers again in Iraq as violence ebbs (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2009 12:37 AM PDT |
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