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16 min ago | Ag Professional

Ag Deputy Secretary Merrigan meets with World Food Program, Irag ag officials

Ag Deputy Secretary Merrigan meets with World Food Program, Irag ag officials Nov.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Iraq

4 hrs ago | CNN

Wives say sergeants are heroes, not criminals

The wives of three Army sergeants in prison for premeditated murder say their husbands are war heroes who should not be in prison.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military, Fort Leavenworth, US Army, Iraq, US Military Prisons

9 hrs ago | Arkansas Online

Gunmen kidnap, kill 13 near Baghdad

Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms abducted and killed 13 people whose bodies were found Monday with gunshot wounds in the head, including a local leader of Iraqa s largest Sunni party, which once helped fight al-Qaida. Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

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13 hrs ago | KHWB-TV Houston

Iraqi official: Baghdad working to ensure release of 3 Americans detained in Iran

An Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply.

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18 hrs ago | The State

Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis

A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

NPR

Fun? In Baghdad? A Theme Park Seeks A Comeback

Baghdad Island is a 150-acre Tigris River amusement park complex. It was a popular site for weddings and other celebrations before the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, but it was devastated by looting in the aftermath.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, US Army, US Military

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

U.S. to drop manslaughter, weapons charges against Blackwater guard for 2007 shooting in Baghdad

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Sparta, TN

WAOW-TV Wausau

Detainees needle Wisconsin troops about Favre

Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, New Richmond, WI

Pretoria News

Baghdad Four - wives attack SSS

Emotions ran high as the wives of the four South African men known as the Baghdad Four blasted their husbands' former employers and accused them of lying and abandoning them and their partners.

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The Age

'Too early' for Afghan handover deadline: Gates

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said it is too soon to set a timeline for shifting security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Iraq, George Bush, Hamid Karzai

WHDH

Iraq sentences militia leader to death

An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced the Sunni leader of a government-allied paramilitary group to death for murder and kidnapping in a case that highlighted tensions over the treatment of former insurgents who turned against al-Qaida. The ruling against Adel al-Mashhadani coincided with political uncertainty in Iraq, as lawmakers planned to vote ...

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Terrorism

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

Al-Qaeda In Iraq 'Becoming Less Foreign'

Al-Qaeda in Iraq is becoming more Iraqi and less dominated by foreigners as the insurgent group increasingly joins forces with Saddam Hussein's outlawed Ba'ath party, the commander of U.S. forces said today.

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Nation

Woman awarded nearly $3 million to settle claim she was raped while working for KBR in Iraq

A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co.

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DispatchPolitics

Ohio soldier's father, senator fault Army's death probe

Army Lt. Col. Dominic "Rocky" Baragona was killed in Iraq on the day he was going home.

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Sunday Times

Wives of Baghdad four appeal for help

The wives of four South African men abducted on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, nearly three years ago have made an emotional plea for help to President Jacob Zuma.

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Arizona Daily Star

Scrutiny of security firm may include bribe probe

WASHINGTON a ' The international security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide is facing large government fines for unlicensed arms shipments to Iraq, as a key congressional committee is asking for a separate investigation into whether the company bribed Iraqi officials.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Iraq, World News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Newsday

Iraq's Sunni VP vetoes parts of election law

An Iraqi police officer allows a heavily loaded car to pass a checkpoint in central Baghdad , Iraq , on Tuesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Iraq, World News, Middle East

PakTribune

Top US officer warns of attacks ahead of Iraq vote

BAGHDAD: The top US military officer in Iraq warned on Wednesday of attacks in the run-up to an expected January general election and said he would ask Washington to alter troop drawdown plans if necessary.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Iraq, World News, Middle East

Panama City News Herald

After son's death in Baghdad, mom keeps legacy alive

Deborah Tainsh kept a journal the entire time her stepson, U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick Tainsh, was deployed in Iraq.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, US Military, Fort Benning, US Army, Travel, Iraq Travel, Panama City Beach, FL, US Marine Corps

WNED.org

U.N. preparing Iraq-Kuwait reconciliation plan

The United Nations is outlining a plan to help Iraq end its dispute with neighboring Kuwait over war reparations, 19 years after Baghdad invaded the oil-producing Gulf state, a U.N. official said on Monday.

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