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Booze Flows in Baghdad
 Booze Flows in Baghdad 
Jul 2, 2008 11:09 AM CDT

Booze Flows in Baghdad

Despite security risks, business is booming

(Newser) - Iraq may be a war-torn nation with deep-seated sectarian divisions, but things are picking up for a certain thirsty segment of the population. That’s right: booze is flowing again in Baghdad, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Though a predominantly Muslim nation, Iraq, even under Saddam Hussein, permitted any citizen to sip,...

US Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Record

More troops die there than in Iraq for second straight month

(Newser) - More troops from the United States and coalition countries died in Afghanistan last month than at any other time since the 2001 invasion. For the second month in a row, deaths among American-led forces were higher in Afghanistan, where 46 servicemen died, than in Iraq, where 31 were killed. The...

Obama Needs to Shift Iraq Strategy
 Obama Needs
 to Shift Iraq Strategy 
ANALYSIS
Jun 30, 2008 1:17 PM CDT

Obama Needs to Shift Iraq Strategy

Surge has made total withdrawal impractical; Dem's advisers have plan

(Newser) - “There will be no such thing as victory in Iraq,” George Packer writes in the New Yorker, “but the next President, if he remains nimble, may be able to keep the damage under control.” Packer argues that the dramatic improvement since the surge poses a problem...

Big Oil Deals Absent as Iraq Opens for Bids

No announcement of criticized contracts for Western companies

(Newser) - The Iraqi government opened six oil fields to bidding today, without mention of expected no-bid contracts with big Western oil companies, the AP notes; it had been reported that several big companies were close to signing short-term deals with Iraq's government. "There is no preferential treatment for anyone, no...

US Steps Up Covert Plots in Iran
US Steps Up Covert Plots
in Iran
GLOSSIES
Jun 30, 2008 2:15 AM CDT

US Steps Up Covert Plots in Iran

Critics view $400M program as prelude to war

(Newser) - Congress agreed to boost covert operations against Iran last year despite reservations by key officials, Seymour Hersh writes in the New Yorker. President Bush sought up to $400 million for the program, which supports dissidents intent on undermining Tehran and gathers data on its nuke plans. Some analysts believe the...

Iraq Planning Seriously Flawed: Army

At a loss after combat

(Newser) - The planning and execution of the Iraq occupation was seriously flawed, the Army concedes in an unclassified report to be released tomorrow. Built on some 200 interviews, the study is a detailed analysis of the Army's activities, aimed at military experts, reports the New York Times. A central problem identified...

CBS' Logan Stars in Iraq Love Triangle

Beaus allegedly brawled, she's labeled other woman in divorce

(Newser) - “60 Minutes” reporter Lara Logan apparently found Baghdad to be a little more heated than most. The New York Post reports that the former swimsuit model has been called a homewrecker for seducing a married civilian contractor in Iraq, while at the same time carrying on a tryst with...

Refugees: Iraq's Unspoken Crisis
Refugees: Iraq's Unspoken Crisis
OPINION
Jun 26, 2008 6:56 AM CDT

Refugees: Iraq's Unspoken Crisis

US must rebuild shattered lives now or face decades of disorder: Kristof

(Newser) - New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof travels to Jordan to report on one of the unintended consequences of the Iraq war: a regional refugee crisis. About 2 million Iraqis, mostly Sunnis, have fled since the war, living mostly in Jordan and Syria in deplorable conditions. "They are the...

Brangelina Donate $1M to Kids Hurt by Iraq War

Will provide counseling and educational aid

(Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—soon to be proud parents of six—are doling out $1 million for other people's kids, AP reports. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation will give counseling and educational aid to Iraqis and Americans who have lost their parents, homes or schools in the Iraqi War. Last year,...

Contrast in Defense Chiefs: Blunt Vet vs. Rhodes Scholar

How Obama and McCain's potential Pentagon leaders stack up

(Newser) - How would a McCain Pentagon differ from Obama's? NPR sits own with two potential defense chiefs and finds common ground in their praise of Robert Gates' reforms but big differences in their approach to Iraq and in their own styles. Richard Armitage is an earthy McCain adviser and Vietnam vet...

Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician
Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician
Jun 24, 2008 2:40 PM CDT

Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician

London mayor under investigation for case grabbed in Iraq in '03

(Newser) - London's mayor found out yesterday that he is “the one and only Western politician to be brought to justice for crimes committed in Iraq.” Boris Johnson's misdeed? Taking a cigar case as a souvenir from the smashed villa of Iraq’s former deputy prime minister while on assignment...

Sadr City Bomb Kills 4 Americans
Sadr City
Bomb Kills
4 Americans
Jun 24, 2008 8:23 AM CDT

Sadr City Bomb Kills 4 Americans

Second attack in as many days targeting reconstruction efforts

(Newser) - Two US troops and two US government employees were killed today during a suicide bombing at a local council building in Baghdad's Sadr City, the LA Times reports. The blast, the second this week that targeted Americans meeting with local officials, also claimed the lives of two Iraqis and wounded...

Planting Flag in Iran Would Be Good for US
Planting Flag in Iran Would Be Good for US
analysis
Jun 23, 2008 3:18 PM CDT

Planting Flag in Iran Would Be Good for US

Political heat worth the contact office, however small, would bring

(Newser) - President Bush is considering opening a small US office in Iran, Fred Hiatt writes in the Washington Post, a move that could spur contact with citizens—and perhaps the hostile regime. "It's not a softening," one official said of the proposed interest section, steps below a full embassy....

Obama Must Talk Iraq; Here's How
 Obama Must Talk 
 Iraq; Here's How 
OPINION
Jun 23, 2008 2:59 PM CDT

Obama Must Talk Iraq; Here's How

Democrat must set out goals—and underline what separates him from McCain

(Newser) - Barack Obama may be on the right side of the Iraq issue, Fareed Zakaria writes in Newsweek, but does he want to be “prescient about the war in 2002 and yet … overtaken by events in 2008?” The Democrat needs to detail an earnest plan, and Zakaria has a...

How to Transition Out of Iraq
 How to Transition Out of Iraq 
OPINION
Jun 19, 2008 1:37 PM CDT

How to Transition Out of Iraq

David Ignatius offers a strategy for scaling back in Iraq

(Newser) - It's time for the US to carve out a practical strategy in Iraq, David Ignatius argues in the Washington Post. At a cost of $400 million a day, the war is draining America's economy—precisely what Osama bin Laden hoped for. The solution will not be quick, simple, or easy,...

Oil Giants to Return to Iraq
 Oil Giants to Return to Iraq
Jun 19, 2008 4:20 AM CDT

Oil Giants to Return to Iraq

Companies booted by Saddam win contracts to service Iraqi oil fields

(Newser) - Four big oil companies chucked out of Iraq by Saddam Hussein 36 years ago are ready to return, the New York Times reports. BP, Exxon Mobil, Shell and Total are about to announced winning coveted no-bid contracts to service Iraqi oil fields. The contracts are short-term, but the firms hope...

Car Bomb Kills 51 at Baghdad Market
Car Bomb Kills 51
at Baghdad Market
Jun 17, 2008 5:18 PM CDT

Car Bomb Kills 51 at Baghdad Market

It's the deadliest attack in 3 months

(Newser) - A car bomb tore through a market area in a mainly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad today, killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens, officials said. It was the deadliest such attack in more than three months. Nobody claimed responsibility, but it bore the hallmarks of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which...

Candidates Spar Over Origins of 9/11 Attacks

Charges of delusion, distortion fly on the trail

(Newser) - A top aide to John McCain aide today called Barack Obama “naïve,” “delusional,” and the “perfect manifestation of a Sept. 10 mindset,” ABC News reports. The sniping came in response to Obama’s comment that the US acted correctly in trying the terrorists...

Foreign Investment in Iraq Up
 Foreign Investment in Iraq Up 
Jun 17, 2008 4:09 PM CDT

Foreign Investment in Iraq Up

American firms may miss early opportunities

(Newser) - European and Asian investors are taking advantage of the recently stabilized Iraqi business climate, USA Today reports. US firms still regard Iraq as too dangerous to invest in, but that attitude may cost them the best opportunities. The firms “who are getting in on the ground floor are not...

Low-Profile US-Iraq Pact Sparks Big Worries
Low-Profile US-Iraq Pact Sparks Big Worries
OPINION
Jun 17, 2008 1:11 PM CDT

Low-Profile US-Iraq Pact Sparks Big Worries

Proposed agreement 'eerily resembles' disastrous 1930 Britain-Baghdad deal

(Newser) - The US is pressuring Iraq to sign off on a long-term security agreement that looks unfortunately similar to a disastrous 1930 pact between Iraq and Britain, and the new pact "could haunt Washington’s relations with Baghdad for years to come," historian and journalist Karl E. Meyer writes...

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