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• October 09 Deaths Continue Up And Down Pattern

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 126
  Since April 2009 monthly death counts for Iraq have fluctuated up and down. October was no different as it was higher than the previous month. Iraq’s ministries for example , reported 410 deaths in October, compared to 203 in September and 456 in August. They also recorded 1,275 wounded in October, and 711 in ...
  5 hours ago

• Mid-2009 Weekly Security Statistics For Iraq

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 126
  Despite the recent October 2009 Baghdad bombing, and the previous one in August, attacks in Iraq are at their lowest level since the 2003 invasion . The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction recorded drops in weekly attacks in eleven of Iraq’s eighteen provinces from May to October 2009. The three ...
  1 day ago

• Iraqs Provincial Budget Expenditures - 2009

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 126
  One of the major problems with the Iraqi government is its inability to spend its budget effectively. The country’s eighteen provinces do much worse than the central government in Baghdad. The new Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction’s quarterly report to Congress has the latest numbers on how ...
  4 days ago

• Nubs the Dog on Today Show

  
  Sreelancer — Authority: 468
  Bites time the Iraqi street mutt – the names of U.S. troops on the heels of the ears, which used – appeared on the Today Show this morning, with the Marine major who saved him. Bites major maritime befriended Brian, Dennis and his companions, while Dennis was on patrol in Anbar province. When Dennis is required ...
  1 week ago

• 10 killed as bombs rip through Iraq

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 591
  A SPATE of violence across Iraq has killed at least 10 people, as officials said repairs to government offices struck by massive bombings last week will cost about $US16 million ($17.5 million). A UN special envoy, meanwhile, arrived in Baghdad to make a preliminary report on security in the Iraqi capital ...
  1 week ago

• Tom Friedman’s logic

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 729
  The vote is in. Tom Friedman says no more troops for Afghanistan . Why? When I think back on all the moments of progress in that part of the world — all the times when a key player in the Middle East actually did something that put a smile on my face — all of them have one thing in common: America had nothing ...
  1 week ago

• Low Level Violence Persists in Anbar

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 126
  Anbar was once the center of the Sunni insurgency. After the Awakening movement and the Surge however, violence there dropped dramatically. Every time there’s a mass casualty bombing in the province however, there are concerns that militants are making a comeback. The latest incident was an October 11, 2009 attack ...
  1 week ago

• Police: 6 Al Qaeda Members Arrested Near Fallujah

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 591
  BAGHDAD — Six suspected Al Qaeda members, including two who were formerly detained by U.S. troops in Iraq, were arrested near the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, a local police chief said on Thursday. Col. Mahmoud al-Isawi said the six men were wanted on suspicion of involvement in "murders" and "attacks" in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Eyewitnesses: Bridge destroyed by the American military

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 432
  The Bridge destroyed yesterday called Palestine bridge used by Iraqi army back in 1967 to participate in war against Israel.Eyewitnesses say that American warplane destroyed the Bridge, Al-Dulaim Tribal leader Ra’ad Al-Sulaiman and an Iraqi Military officer confirmed the accusation. The eyewitnesses also confirmed ...
  3 weeks ago

• Iraq: Explosion Destroys Strategic Anbar Overpass

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  RAMADI, Iraq, Oct. 17 -- Insurgents detonated a truck loaded with five tons of explosives on a bridge that links western Iraq to Jordan and Syria on Saturday, pulverizing part of the strategic overpass and paralyzing traffic for hours, police and residents said.
  3 weeks ago

• At least six killed, 16 injured in Iraq violence

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Baghdad, Oct 13 (DPA) At least six people were killed in fresh attacks across Iraq Monday, while casualties continued to climb from a triple bombing targeting a conference on national reconciliation a day earlier.The number of confirmed casualties from three car bombs targeting Iraqi officials gathered for a meeting ...
  4 weeks ago

• Iraqi Officials: 19 Dead in Anbar Bombings

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 591
  BAGHDAD — A series of bombings killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 Sunday in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, said police and hospital officials, a worrying sign that violence may be on the rise in this former hotbed of the insurgency. The first explosion occurred in a parking lot in Ramadi, when a ...
  4 weeks ago

• 22 killed in Iraq bombings (Third Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Baghdad, Oct 11 (DPA) Three bombings targeting a meeting on national reconciliation Sunday killed at least 22 people and injured 45 more in the Iraqi city of al-Ramadi, police and witnesses said.The bombings targeted officials gathered in the headquarters of the al-Anbar’s provincial government in western Iraq for a ...
  4 weeks ago

• In Anbar, U.S.-Allied Tribal Chiefs Feel Deep Sense of Abandonment

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  RAMADI, Iraq -- There was once a swagger to the scotch-swilling, insurgent-fighting Raed Sabah. He was known as Sheik Raed to his sycophants. Tribesmen who relied on his largess called him the same. So did his fighters, who joined the Americans and helped crush the insurgency in Anbar province.
  5 weeks ago

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