Tue. December 02, 2008
Iraqi militias:
Al-Jazeerah.info
December 2, 2008
This incident is evidence that the sectarian-based
Iraqi forces have been functioning also as
death squads, which killed
Iraqis for suspicion of belonging ...
Previously, Sunni leaders pointed to Mahdi Army and Badr militiamen as the perpetrators. Now, death squads are composed of the US-recruited Sahwa fighters ...
Chicago Tribune
December 2, 2008
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SmartBrief
December 2, 2008
Increased security and the waning presence of
militias throughout
Iraq have allowed women to venture farther from home and exercise more rights previously ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 2, 2008
Obama made opposition to the
Iraq war a centerpiece of his foreign policy appeal and called for a 16-month timetable for the withdrawal of
US forces. ...
Xinhua
December 2, 2008
The General Staff said in a statement posted on its website that Turkish jets Monday bombed the Zap region in northern
Iraq, close to the Turkish-Iraqi ...
Reuters
December 2, 2008
Both Obama and Gates are committed to sending more troops to
Afghanistan, where insurgent violence has risen sharply. Gates pledged to give personal ...
Los Angeles Times
December 2, 2008
Seattle Times
December 2, 2008
From August through October, the average number of daily attacks by
Insurgents exceeded those in
Iraq, the first time violence in
Afghanistan outpaced the ...
Voice of America
December 2, 2008
2008 The report notes a sharp drop in the number of casualties from violent, high-visibility attacks by
militias or criminal gangs in
Iraq. ...
Voice of America
December 2, 2008
Ranie Ruthig explains how they were called upon to help defuse tensions among
Iraqi civilians. "We thought it would be a base-support mission to provide ...
Reuters
December 2, 2008
Both Obama and Gates are committed to sending more
US forces to
Afghanistan to tackle rising insurgent violence.
US military planners are already working to ...
Arab Times
December 2, 2008
The
US military in Iraq captured four suspected members of an Iranian-backed insurgent network on Monday, it said. The four detained belong to an insurgent ...
Huffington Post
December 2, 2008
His plan is to withdraw US combat forces from
Iraq within 16 months and possibly leave 60000 behind for support. Obama is in luck. This week, the Iraqi ...
NPR
December 2, 2008
MSNBC
December 2, 2008
By Mary Beth Sheridan
Baghdad - The black-masked
militias have vanished from most Baghdad streets, and the
car bombings are down to one or two a day. ...
Christian Science Monitor
December 2, 2008
The SOFA has also sparked fears among counterterrorism analysts and some
Iraqi officials that gains made against
al Qaeda in
Iraq and other insurgent groups ...
GMA news.tv
December 2, 2008
New York Times
December 2, 2008
From August through October, the average number of daily attacks by
Insurgents exceeded those in
Iraq, the first time the violence in
Afghanistan had ...
Chicago Tribune
December 2, 2008
Mother Jones
December 2, 2008
guardian.co.uk
December 2, 2008
But she noted that operations conducted by
US forces last summer against insurgent areas and bomb-making networks helped lower November's violence. ...
Reuters
November 30, 2008
Like Obama, Gates wants to send more troops to
Afghanistan to fight spiraling insurgent violence and close the military prison for
terrorism suspects at ...
Long War Journal
November 30, 2008
The Joint Combat Camera Center
Iraq published five photos of
Iraqi Army raids in
Diwaniyah in southern Iraq. The caption on all five photos noted the Iraqi ...
Detroit Free Press
November 30, 2008
It is encircled by a defensive earthen wall erected in recent years and protected by
Iraqi forces and
Kurdish militia, said Glosson, a platoon leader with ...
CNN International
November 30, 2008
Men dig out bodies from a mass grave discovered near a former
Sunni insurgent stronghold in
Iraq. The bodies showed signs of
torture, and some were ...
Reuters
November 30, 2008
A new US-
Iraqi security pact lays out a timeline to get all
US troops out by the end of 2011. And if stability in Iraq holds, it may be easier for US ...
Washington Post
November 30, 2008
By Matthew Alexander I should have felt triumphant when I returned from
Iraq in August 2006. Instead, I was worried and exhausted. My team of interrogators ...
Los Angeles Times
November 30, 2008
Khalid Mohammed / AP The strike near the local UN headquarters may reflect the anger of
Shiite militias over a new US-Iraqi security pact. ...
Seattle Times
November 29, 2008
And their brutal
militia, the Shabab, or "Youth," today controls much of the destitute nation, a shattered but strategic country that overlooks the vital ...
Olberlin
November 29, 2008
Bookmarks By
Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press Writer Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press Writer - 5 mins ago AP - Iraqi civilian looks at the wreckage of a car ...
guardian.co.uk
November 29, 2008
Discussing
Iraq, Zawahri said that US gains are temporary. He also stressed that that
Sunni Awakening Councils â" former
Insurgents who have revolted ...
Los Angeles Times
November 29, 2008
John Kelly, the top Marine in
Iraq, this particular meeting at the Iraqi-Saudi border was part of his "last 10 yards" strategy to disengage
the Marines from ...
Buzzle
November 29, 2008
By "others" I took him to mean Iraqi
Shia militias in the
Basra area. His wife handed him his topped-up plate as he summed up. "In the 80s war, ...
Tehran Times
November 29, 2008
Los Angeles Times
November 29, 2008
John Kelly, the top Marine in
Iraq, this particular meeting at the Iraqi-Saudi border was part of his "last 10 yards" strategy to disengage
the Marines from ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
November 29, 2008
But Obama's pledge to draw down forces in
Iraq is a factor, too, a recruiter told
USA Today. And the pitiable appeal last week by
al-Qaida's Ayman ...
Chicago Tribune
November 28, 2008
It sounds like the stuff of satire, and the high spirits of the troops and their Iraqi co-
workers keep the mood light for spells (Bassam Kalasho, ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 28, 2008
But "he has taken an increasingly assertive role as
Iraq's leader since March, when he launched a military offensive in
Basra against
Shiite militias loyal ...
Reuters South Africa
November 28, 2008
16 - Zawahri says in a video posted on the Internet that
Britain's handover of security in southern
Iraq shows
Insurgents are gaining the upper hand there. ...
