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Toxic munitions 'may be cause' of baby deaths and deformities in Fallujah

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Independent - By David Randall - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Evidence was growing this weekend that babies born in the Iraqi city of Fallujah – scene in 2004 of one of the few set-piece battles of the invasion – are exhibiting high rates of mortality and birth defects.

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Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Martin Chulov - Nov. 14 (News) - Iraqi former battle zone sees abnormal clusters of infant tumours and deformities Doctors in Iraq's war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life cancers that may be linked to toxic materials left over from the fighting. The extraordinary rise in birth defects has crystallised over recent months as specialists working in Falluja?s over-stretched health system have started compiling detailed clinical records of all babies born. Neurologists and obstetricians in the city interviewed by the Guardian say the rise in birth defects – which include a baby born with two heads, babies with multiple tumours, and others with nervous system problems - are unprecedented ...

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Iraqi searches for brothers in ancient cemetery

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Sameer N. Yacoub , Bushra Juhi - Oct. 27 (News Report) - Nobody knows just how many Iraqis went missing during the sectarian warfare that tore the country apart. But at least 17,477 unidentified bodies have been found since May 2005, according to an Associated Press tally based on reports from morgue and police officials. That figure is only a minimum. Many Iraqis were afraid to report loved ones missing, and many more people may be buried in still-undiscovered mass grave

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Bombings rock Iraq's political landscape

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Anthony Shadid - Oct. 26 (News Report) - Twin car bombs that devastated three government buildings and killed 132 people Sunday underlined a new strategy in Iraq's contest for power ahead of January elections: spectacular blows aimed at destroying faith in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's ability to secure the country as the United States withdraws, officials and residents said.

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Deadly Car Bombs Target Baghdad Government

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Oct. 25 (News Report) - Two powerful car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 74 people in an apparent attempt to target the fragile city's government offices, Iraqi authorities said. While violence has dropped dramatically in the country since the height of the sectarian tensions, such bombings like Sunday's demonstrate the precarious nature of the security gains and the insurgency's abilities to still pull off devastating attacks in the heart of what is supposed to be one of Baghdad's most secure areas.

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Red Cross Warns of Complacency in Still-Bloody Iraq

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Mohammed Abbas - Sep. 30 (News Report) - Violence may have fallen sharply in Iraq from the worst days of sectarian killing, but an average monthly death toll of 500 people must not be considered "normal," the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

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Iran Reveals Existence of Second Uranium Enrichment Plant

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - Sep. 25 (News Report) - Iran's acknowledgment of the facility's existence -- and Obama's plans to accuse Tehran of hiding it -- were first reported Friday by the New York Times.

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Iraqi shoe thrower to be released early

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Sinan Salaheddin - Aug. 29 (News Report) - Thousands demonstrated for al-Zeidi's release and hailed his gesture, which came in the waning days of the Bush administration. The incident also embarrassed al-Maliki, who was standing next to Bush at the time

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Behind the Carnage in Baghdad

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By David Ignatius - Aug. 24 (News Analysis) - Without the U.S. as a backstop, the country is vulnerable to pressure from Iran.

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Foreign Minister Says Security Forces May Have Been Involved in Bombing

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Zaid Sabah - Aug. 23 (News Report) - BAGHDAD, Aug. 22 -- Iraq's foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, said Saturday that the coordinated attack that killed more than 100 people, including dozens of his employees, in Baghdad on Wednesday may have been carried out with the complicity of Iraqi security forces.

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U.S. Will Release More Members of an Iraqi Militia - NYTimes.com

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Rod Nordland, Sam Dagher - Aug. 18 (News Report) - BAGHDAD — The American military commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, said Monday that more members of a radical Shiite militia would be released from United States custody, even though the military still believed that they were responsible for attacks that killed Americans.

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Iraqi Voters to Decide Whether to Speed U.S. Withdrawal - washingtonpost.com

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ernesto Londoño - Aug. 17 (News Report) - BAGHDAD, Aug. 17 -- The Iraqi government announced Monday that it intends to let voters decide in January whether the departure of U.S. troops should be accelerated.

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Gay Men Targeted In Iraq, Report Says - washingtonpost.com

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ernesto Londoño - Aug. 16 (News Report) - BAGHDAD, Aug. 16 -- Human Rights Watch will urge in a report to be released Monday that the Iraqi government do more to protect gay men, saying militiamen have killed and tortured scores in recent months as part of a social cleansing campaign.

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Bombs in Iraq: Another bloody mess

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Aug. 13 (News Analysis) - The latest bombings in Iraq suggest that Sunni extremists are trying, afresh, to whip up war.

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Three Americans reportedly arrested in Iran - CNN.com

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Aug. 01 (Special Report) - Iranian security forces arrested three Americans, accusing them of illegally entering the country from Iraq's Kurdish region, Iran's official Press TV said on Saturday. The network's Web site quoted a wire story saying the three Americans were backpackers and that a Kurdish official had warned them not to hike in the mountains because of the proximity of the Iranian border.

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Opposition Seeks Shift in Power as Iraqi Kurds Vote

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Anthony Shadid - Jul. 26 (News Report) - An opposition party promising to break the grip of the two ruling parties in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region made a surprisingly strong showing in elections Saturday that appeared certain to shift the region's political arithmetic, opposition and government officials said. Officials stressed that the results were preliminary and that a more accurate picture might not emerge until Sunday or later. Final results, to be announced in Baghdad, could take a week. But as early returns came in late Saturday, dramatically different moods descended over the opposing camps' headquarters. Opposition officials said they were outpolling the ruling parties 2 to 1 in some parts of the crucial battlefield of Sulaymaniyah. Government and opposition officials said the opposition also did unexpectedly well in the other key province of Irbil.

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Kurdistan: Why it could spark new front in Iraq war

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Jane Arraf - Jul. 25 (News Report) - The region, which has increasingly been at odds with Baghdad, holds elections Saturday for a new regional government.

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The 1976 West Point Class of Generals Leading in Iraq and Afghanistan

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Yochi J. Dreazen - Jul. 25 (Special Report) - The cadets of 1976 graduated from West Point at a low moment for the army and its storied training ground. But that year produced the generals running the nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as their key deputies. What happened?

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The New Nuri al-Maliki

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Foreign Policy - By Sam Parker - Jul. 23 (Special Report) - The circumstances surrounding Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's visit to Washington this week could not be more different from the last time he was in town. In July 2006, Maliki was largely unknown, both in Iraq and in the West, and lacked a constituency. Today, he is the dominant force in Iraqi politics, has consolidated much of the emerging Iraqi state into his own hands, and has won a measure of democratic legitimacy after January's provincial elections. In 2006, with Iraq on the verge of state failure, it was Maliki's indecisiveness that troubled Washington. Today, with his country emerging as a sovereign power, his assertiveness is what's worrying.

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Iraq's Weakened Unions Fight Foreign Oil Firms

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Aref Mohammed - Jul. 14 (Special Report) - The Federation of Oil Unions of Iraq and the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq have condemned the Oil Ministry's decision to award a foreign consortium the contract to develop Rumaila, the country's largest producing oilfield.

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Kurds Defy Baghdad, Laying Claim to Land and Oil - NYTimes.com

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Sam Dagher - Jul. 10 (News Report) - With little notice and almost no public debate, Iraq’s Kurdish leaders are pushing ahead with a new constitution for their semiautonomous region, a step that has alarmed Iraqi and American officials who fear that the move poses a new threat to the country’s unity.

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Iraq Marks Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Cities

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Alissa J. Rubin - Jul. 01 (News Report) - BAGHDAD — Iraq celebrated the withdrawal of American troops from its cities with parades, fireworks and a national holiday on Tuesday as the prime minister trumpeted the country’s sovereignty from American occupation to a wary public.

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At Iraqi Oil and Gas Auction, Bargaining Is Contentious - NYTimes.com

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Timothy Williams - Jul. 01 (News Report) - BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government stumbled once again on Tuesday in its frequently delayed effort to award development rights to its most valuable oil fields. In a public auction it largely failed to attract the lucrative offers it sought from dozens of international oil companies invited to the bidding.

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4 Americans killed as Iraq takes over its own security

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Mike Tharp - Jun. 30 (News Report) - Four American service members were killed Monday in a still-sketchy incident, and 28 Iraqis died Tuesday in a bombing in the northern city of Kirkuk, which has become the epicenter of recent insurgent bomb attacks.

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Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27 - Yahoo! News

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Hamza Hendawi - Jun. 30 (News Report) - Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad's background track. Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and convoys of pickup trucks with machine guns roaming the streets. But it was elsewhere, 180 miles to the north, that militants delivered their first deadly challenge to Iraq's security forces on a highly symbolic day after the formal withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from cities at midnight.

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