Archive for March, 2008

Ahmadinejad: US power crippling in Iraq (AP)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

AP - Iran’s firebrand president wrapped up his landmark visit to Iraq with a bit of added swagger Monday_ insisting that U.S. power is crippling the region and portraying himself as the enduring partner of Baghdad’s Shiite-led government.

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US military deaths in Iraq at 3,973 (AP)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

AP - As of Monday, March 3, 2008, at least 3,973 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,237 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.

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Iran’s leader blames “dictators, foreigners” for bloody Iran-Iraq past (McClatchy Newspapers)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took another series of swipes at the Bush administration Monday, telling the “foreigners” who’d traveled thousands of miles that it was time to go home so that Iran and Iraq could develop their “brotherly connections.”

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Bush to host Australia’s Rudd March 28 (AFP)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

AFP - US President George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd discussed Iraq and Afghanistan by telephone on Monday ahead of a White House meeting on March 28, the White House said.

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U.S. military worries that troop drawdown will harm Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

McClatchy Newspapers - HAWIJAH, Iraq— Despite optimistic assessments that the buildup of U.S. troops has turned around the situation in Iraq, some American commanders and the soldiers who report to them fear that continuing to withdraw U.S. troops could create more instability.

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Bush says gains in Iraq will continue (AP)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

AP - President Bush pledged Monday that security gains will continue in Iraq but offered no new details about how that promise will affect the timing of additional U.S. troop withdrawals.

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Charges dropped against Iraqi officials (AP)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

AP - An Iraqi court dropped charges Monday against two former Health Ministry officials accused of allowing Shiite death squads to use ambulances and government hospitals to carry out kidnappings and killings.

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Iraq casts shadow on Ohio, Texas votes (AP)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

AP - Two big states holding presidential primaries Tuesday have something more tragic in common — high numbers of military casualties in Iraq.

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Key figures about Iraq since war began (AP)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

AP - _December 2007: 156,000

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Turkey may launch new incursion in Iraq (AP)

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

AP - Turkey’s military chief threatened Monday to send the armed forces into Iraq again to “teach further lessons” to Kurdish rebels and claimed that a recent incursion was a success despite harsh winter weather.

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