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| washingtonpost.com - Iraq -- Washington Post Continuing Coverage |
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| Iraq and China Sign $3 Billion Oil Contract |
(Fri, 29 Aug 2008)
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| BAGHDAD, Aug. 28 -- Iraq and China signed a $3 billion deal this week to develop a large Iraqi oil field, the first major commercial oil contract here with a foreign company since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
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Author: Amit R. Paley |
Category: Iraq |
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| U.S. to Hand Over Security Duties in Anbar to Iraqi Forces |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| The top Marine Corps general said yesterday that the U.S. military will hand over security responsibilities to Iraqi forces next week in Iraq's western province of Anbar, paving the way to reduce the 25,000-strong Marine contingent there and free up more Marines to go to Afghanistan.
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Author: Ann Scott Tyson |
Category: U.S. |
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| KBR, Partner in Iraq Contract Sued in Human Trafficking Case |
(Thu, 28 Aug 2008)
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| A Washington law firm filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, one of the largest U.S. contractors in Iraq, alleging that the company and its Jordanian subcontractor engaged in the human trafficking of Nepali workers.
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Author: Dana Hedgpeth |
Category: KBR, |
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| Morning Spew |
(Tue, 26 Aug 2008)
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| DENVER, Aug. 26--Joe Scarborough and David Shuster didn't quite come to blows Tuesday morning, but their anger really boiled over.
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Author: Howard Kurtz |
Category: Morning |
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| Maliki Demands All U.S. Troops Pull Out by 2011 |
(Tue, 26 Aug 2008)
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| BAGHDAD, Aug. 25 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demanded a complete U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq by 2011 as he embarked Monday on an attempt to win support among Iraqi leaders for a draft security accord with the United States.
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Author: Amit R. Paley |
Category: Maliki |
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| Biden Son's Service In Iraq Complicates Succession Question |
(Tue, 26 Aug 2008)
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| Sen. Barack Obama's decision to name Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) as his running mate has set off intense speculation in Delaware over who would be named -- and when -- to succeed Biden in the Senate if Democrats were to win the White House in November.
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Author: Ben Pershing |
Category: Biden |
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| Suicide Blast Kills 25 At Celebration in Iraq |
(Mon, 25 Aug 2008)
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| BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 -- A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people celebrating the return of an Iraqi detainee from U.S. custody, Iraqi officials said Sunday night.
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Author: Amit R. Paley |
Category: Suicide |
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| Pause for Rest in the Desert |
(Mon, 25 Aug 2008)
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| At midafternoon in Diyala, a province northeast of Baghdad, the heavy grind of military tanks calms to a distant rumble. Even war is slowed by 120-degree heat. Soldiers, American and Iraqi, move from shadow to shadow, stepping on slivers of palm-tree shade or lying under Humvees.
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Author: Andrea Bruce |
Category: Pause |
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| CIA More Fully Denies Deception About Iraq |
(Sat, 23 Aug 2008)
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| The controversy over a best-selling author's account of forgery and deception in the White House deepened yesterday with a new CIA denial that it helped the Bush administration produce phony documents suggesting past links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.
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Author: Joby Warrick |
Category: CIA |
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| Bush Praises Georgia and Condemns Russia |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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| ORLANDO, Aug. 20 -- President Bush reiterated his demand that Russia remove its forces from Georgia in a speech here Wednesday, stating that the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of the former Soviet republic and that "the United States will work with our allies to ensure...
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Author: Holly Watt |
Category: Bush |
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| Obama Fires Back At McCain on Iraq |
(Wed, 20 Aug 2008)
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| ORLANDO, Aug. 19 -- Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain escalated their debate over foreign policy Tuesday, as the Democrat struck back forcefully against charges that his views on the situation in Iraq are based on political calculation.
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Author: Shailagh Murray |
Category: Obama |
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| Sectarian Bias Alleged In Iraqi Raids in Diyala |
(Wed, 20 Aug 2008)
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| BAGHDAD, Aug 19 -- Iraqi security forces raided the governor's office in restive Diyala province Tuesday, killing an official and injuring four guards. A Sunni provincial council member and the Sunni president of Diyala University were also arrested, prompting accusations of sectarian bias on the...
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Author: Zaid Sabah and Sudarsan Raghavan |
Category: Sectarian |
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| Justice Dept. Moves Toward Charges Against Contractors in Iraq Shooting |
(Sun, 17 Aug 2008)
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| Federal prosecutors have sent target letters to six Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, indicating a high likelihood the Justice Department will seek to indict at least some of the men, according to three sources close to the case.
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Author: Del Quentin Wilber and Karen DeYoung |
Category: Justice |
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