Index:

. Iran:

Iranian General Played Key Role in Brokering Iraq Cease-Fire

Cheney disputes Iran's nuclear goals

US 'deploys nuclear sub to Persian Gulf'

Iran a Nuclear Threat, Bush Insists

Less than half of UN member states report on Iran sanctions implementation

Attack on Iran will trigger Muslim fury

An Admiral Takes on the White House

India Under New Pressure on Iran

Bush May Fire CentCom Chief Adm. Fallon, Replace With Commander More ‘Pliable’ To War With Iran

Barring Iranian delegation from UN meeting violates intl. law: official

Iran Sanctions Vote Signals a Global Rift

UN Approves New Sanctions Against Iran

Economy:

Weak dollar not at odds with policy: ex-US official

States Are Hit Hard by Economic Downturn

As Jobs Vanish, Food Stamp Use Is at Record Pace

Paulson's Regulation Plan Won't Fix Current Economic Crisis

Fed Official: U.S. Slipping Into Recession

Chinese exporters shun flagging dollar

Bus tours showing off foreclosed homes

China's yuan hits new high against U.S. dollar for 2nd day

Credit crunch 'at $1.2 trillion'

FDIC Plans Staff Boost for Bank Failures

Banks warned to curb payouts as crisis bites

Rapid response strategies put in place by US banks

Oil fluctuates as dollar, stocks rise

Paulson’s Gift to His Bankster Buddies

Venezuela's state-run oil company begins demanding payment in euros as US dollar weakens

Treasury Secretary refuses actions to strengthen dollar

A Vicious Circle Ending In A Systemic Financial Meltdown

Dollar's Clout Sinks Worldwide

Carlyle investment fund to be liquidated

New dollar low is 'not good tidings': Bush

Dollar Falls to Record Low on Concern Fed Package Won't Succeed

TIPS' Yields Show Fed Has Lost Control of Inflation

Press Secretary Perino: I’ll Be Fired If I Talk About the Dollar

Bank Failures? No big deal, says CNN

Many more going bankrupt

Stocks rebound sharply after Fed move

Dollar Falls as Traders Bet Fed to Accelerate Rate Reductions

Countrywide Said to Be Subject of Federal Criminal Inquiry

Subprime CEOs Face Grilling

U.S. Unexpectedly Lost 63,000 Jobs in February

As Foreclosures Rise, Investors Pull Back

Foreclosures Set Records as Housing Troubles Worsen

U.S. dollar exodus sparks record oil run

Dollar slides to fresh record euro low

Bush Blames "Too Many Houses" Not War Spending For Destruction Of US Economy

Fed Says Economy Has Weakened This Year

CNN Warns Americans A New Great Depression Is Coming

OPEC unlikely to raise output

Politics:

Paul hints at suspending campaign

AP Poll: More Say They're Democrats

Senate Democrats Hope for a Majority Not Seen in 30 Years: 60 Seats

Do-Over in Michigan and Florida?

In Two Battlegrounds, Voters Say, Not Yet

Iraq Casts Shadow on Ohio, Texas Votes

BigBrother And The Police State:

Will the Militarized Police State Shock You Into Submission?

The Pentagon’s Pain Compliance and Mind Control Weapons

The Fascist Blueprint

NSA's Domestic Spying Grows as Agency Sweeps Up Data

Cops Assault, Arrest Man for Lawfully Preaching on Street

Making Government Indoctrination Compulsory

Martial Law, Inc.

Lou Dobbs: New World Order Can Be Defeated

Whistle-Blower: Feds Have a Backdoor Into Wireless Carrier -- Congress Reacts

Parents fury after police blast schoolgirls as young as 13 with CS gas to break up school fight

US Spends 6 Times More on Prisons than Education

Feds warn states of ID deadline, travel hassles

A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears

North American Union:

Largest U.S. Underground Welfare State

Award Winning Reporter Details U.S. Media Blackout On Mexican Military Incursions

Mexican law panics South Texas car dealers

Sept 11-01:

UN Could Lead New 9/11 Investigation, Says Japanese MP

The 9/11 Servility Reflex

Court Clears Way for 9/11 Illness Lawsuit

All 9/11 Airports Serviced by One Israeli Owned Company

A Brief History of the Official 9/11 Cover-Up

Ex-NY Mayor Ed Koch Faults Giuliani for Destroying Evidence 9/11 Crime Scene

Contrived "Outrage" Dissipates In Aftermath Of Actress' 9/11 Comments

Iraq:

03/31/08 AP: Baghdad's Green Zone attacked again

The fortified Green Zone in Iraq's capital came under mortar or rocket attack again Monday, despite the call a day before from a radical Shiite cleric for his fighters to stand down.

03/31/08 AFP: US says air strikes, assaults in Baghdad kill 41 'criminals'

US air strikes and military assaults have killed 41 "criminals" in Baghdad, including 25 who died when an alleged mortar team was bombed, the American military announced on Monday.

03/31/08 AFP: Sadr fighters disappear from Iraq's streets

Gun-toting fighters of hardline cleric Moqtada al-Sadr melted from the streets on Monday after days of fierce clashes with security forces as a curfew in Baghdad was lifted and eased in Basra.

03/31/08 Reuters: Basra returning to normal after al-Sadr truce

Life appeared to be returning to normal in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday after Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers off the streets, but clashes continued in Baghdad.

03/31/08 Reuters: Curfew lifted in Baghdad (Video)

There is relative calm in Iraq's capital and the second city of Basra a day after a radical Shia cleric orders his fighters off the streets. Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday told his Mehdi Army militias to stop fighting government troops.

03/31/08 Reuters: Six Iraqi policemen killed in Balad

Gunmen killed six Iraqi policemen on Sunday in an ambush on their patrol northeast of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

03/31/08 Reuters: 25 gunmen killed in eastern Baghdad

U.S. forces killed 25 gunmen in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

03/31/08 Reuters: Four neighbourhood patrol members killed in Baquba

Four members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol were killed in clashes with al Qaeda militants south of Baquba, 65 km (42 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

Classified Memo Reveals Iraqi Prisoners as "Starving"

03/28/08 BBC: Iraq extends militiamen deadline

Iraq's government has extended by 10 days a deadline for Shia militiamen fighting troops in the southern city of Basra to hand over their weapons. More than 130 people have been killed and 350 injured since a clampdown on militias began in Basra...

03/28/08 timesonline: Basra police shed uniforms, kept rifles and switched sides

Abu Iman barely flinched when the Iraqi Government ordered his unit of special police to move against al-Mahdi Army fighters....He and 15 of his comrades took off their uniforms, kept their government-issued rifles and went over to the other side...

03/28/08 Reuters: 3 policemen and 2 civilians killed, 25 wounded in Nassiriya

Three policemen and two civilians were killed and 25 people wounded in clashes between Mehdi Army fighters and Iraqi security forces in Nassiriya, 375 km (235 miles) southwest of Baghdad, a hospital source said.

03/28/08 Reuters: 26 gunmen captured in Hilla

Iraqi security forces captured 26 gunmen across Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

03/28/08 Reuters: 3 gunmen killed, 7 captured north of Kerbala

Three gunmen were killed and seven others captured when they attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint in the Husseiniya district north of Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

03/28/08 Reuters: Clashes kill 3 police officers, wounded two militants in Kut

Clashes between Mehdi Army fighters and Iraqi security forces killed three police officers and wounded two militants in Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

03/28/08 Reuters: Gunmen killed the mayor of Ghmash neighbourhood

Gunmen killed the mayor of the Ghmash neighbourhood in Diwaniya...sparking "very severe" clashes between Iraqi security forces and Mehdi Army fighters, police said. An office of Moqtada al-Sadr's followers was burned in retaliation.

03/28/08 Reuters: Air strike kills 3 people in Baghdad's Kadhimiya neighbourhood

A U.S. air strike in Baghdad's Kadhimiya neighbourhood killed three people and wounded six, police said.

03/28/08 Reuters: 4 people killed in Sadr City air strike

Police said four people were killed and three wounded in a second Sadr City air strike later in the day.

03/28/08 Reuters: U.S. helicopter fire kills 4 gunmen, 5 civilians in Baghdad

A U.S. helicopter fired a hellfire missile at gunmen firing from the roof of a building, killing four of them, a U.S. military spokesman said. Police said five civilians were killed in the strike.

03/28/08 Reuters: At least 120 "enemy" fighters killed in Basra

At least 120 "enemy" fighters have been killed in a four-day-old Iraqi military operation against Shi'ite militias in the southern oil hub of Basra, said Major-General Ali Zaidan, commander of Iraqi ground forces in the operation.

03/28/08 Reuters: Missile hits Iraqi Vice President's office

THE office of Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was hit in a mortar or rocket strike on Baghdad's Green Zone government and diplomatic compound on Friday, and a security guard was killed, an official in his office said.

03/28/08 NPR: Iraq's Prime Minister Extends Basra Arms Deadline

Iraq's prime minister on Friday extended a deadline for Shiite militants in southern Basra to hand over their weapons. Nouri al-Maliki also said the militants would receive a financial reward if they complied. Renee Montagne talks...

03/28/08 local6: Fla. Husband, Wife Deployed To Iraq Leaving 1-Year-Old For Year

A U.S. Army married couple in Florida being deployed together will serve their country will have to be away from their 1-year-old son for a year. Yvette and William Sims will soon be heading to Iraq as members of the Army Reserve's 345th...

03/28/08 AP: Relatives of 2 contractors hear the worst

After 16 months of hoping and praying, family members of two U.S. contractors kidnapped in Iraq received the news they feared: Their loved ones were not coming home alive

03/28/08 signonsandiego: Amputee going back to battle

The bomb exploded as Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Pofahl turned around to talk with Cpl. Garrett Jones during a foot patrol in Karmah, Iraq. Despite being thrown forward, Pofahl quickly pushed himself off the ground and rushed toward the site...

03/28/08 Reuters: Nine people killed, 95 wounded in clashes in Baghdad

Nine people were killed and 95 others wounded in clashes between Iraqi security forces and Mehdi Army members in different parts of Baghdad, said Major-General Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for Iraqi security forces in Baghdad.

03/28/08 Reuters: Three policen killed in Hamza

Three policemen were killed and three others, including two soldiers, were wounded in clashes with Mehdi Army fighters in Hamza, 35 km (22 miles) south of Hilla, police said.

03/28/08 Reuters: One gunman killed, eight others captured in Diwaniya

One gunman was killed and eight others captured after they attacked a police patrol in central Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, army Colonel Ghasan Mohammed said. One policeman was wounded in the attack.

03/28/08 Reuters: Five bodies found in Baghdad on Thursday

Five bodies were found across Baghdad, police said...A mortar bomb wounded two people in the Batawin neighbourhood of central Baghdad, police said.

03/28/08 AP: Coalition jets drop bombs in Basra

A British military official says coalition jets have dropped bombs on Basra for the first time since clashes erupted this week between Shiite militias and security forces. The official says Iraq security forces asked for airstrikes...

03/28/08 Reuters: U.S. forces drawn deeper into Iraq crackdown

U.S. forces were drawn deeper into Iraq's four day-old crackdown on Shi'ite militants on Friday, launching air strikes in Basra for the first time and battling militants in Baghdad.

03/28/08 AP: Baghdad’s Green Zone is red-hot Shiite target

Warning sirens wail and within seconds rockets and mortars strike — sometimes one or two, other times 10 or more. The Green Zone is again a prime target as American and British diplomats, Iraqi politicians, contractors and others...

03/28/08 AP: Basra residents asked to give up weapons

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office says the Iraqi government has given residents of Basra until April 8 to turn over "heavy and medium-size weapons" in return for a reward.

03/28/08 ocala.com: Soldier not expected to survive IED blast

Army Sgt. Javon Jordan, was critically wounded...Jordan, 32, was wounded Sunday by a roadside bomb that exploded next to the vehicle in which he was riding. Three of his fellow soldiers were killed. Jordan was flown to a military hospital in Germany

Britain admits its troops abused Iraqi prisoners

Did the Mahdi Army Capture U.S. Soldiers?

US Armor Forces Join Offensive in Baghdad Against Sadr Militia

Iraq Extends Militiamen Deadline

Thousands in Baghdad Protest Basra Assault

03/27/08 Reuters: U.S. employee killed in Baghdad's Green Zone

A U.S. government employee was killed and four others were wounded in Baghdad this week by rocket attacks on the Green Zone diplomatic and government compound, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

03/27/08 turnto23: Tehachapi Soldier Injured By IED

Family members tell us U.S. Army Specialist Matthew McCool, a Tehachapi native, was seriously hurt during an explosion while on a mission Thursday night. McCool was hit by shrapnel in the head and was airlifted to a green zone hospital in Baghdad.

03/27/08 Reuters: MoD admits troops abused Iraqi prisoners

The Ministry of Defence is to admit that its troops tortured and breached the human rights of nine Iraqi men they detained in southern Iraq in 2003, opening the way to potentially large compensation claims.

03/27/08 AFP: 37 bodies found in Iraq mass grave

Iraqi and US forces found 37 bodies in a mass grave uncovered in the restive province of Diyala, northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday, a US military statement said. The grave was found near the town of Muqdadiyah in the province...

03/27/08 AP: Iraqi spokesman kidnapped in Baghdad

An Interior Ministry official says the civilian spokesman for the Baghdad security operation has been kidnapped and three bodyguards killed. Tahseen Sheikhly is a Sunni who often appeared with U.S. military and embassy officials at news...

03/27/08 Reuters: Mortar fire killls 3, wounds 15 in central Baghdad

Three people were killed and 15 wounded by a mortar attack on a bus terminal in central Baghdad, police said.

03/27/08 Reuters: Gunmen attack Iraqi army checkpoint in Sadr City

Gunmen attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint in the Sadr City district of northeastern Baghdad, wounding four soldiers, police said.

03/27/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill four Iraqi soldiers in Daquq

Gunmen attacked an Iraqi army patrol in the town of Daquq, 45 km (30 miles) south of Kirkuk, killing four soldiers, police said.

03/27/08 Reuters: Two Iraqi soldiers killed near Nassairiya

Gunmen attacked Iraqi troops heading to Basra, killing two soldiers in the town of al-Rifai, near Nassiriya, 375 km (235 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.

03/27/08 Reuters: Car bomb kills 2 Kurdish Peshmerga security force members

A car bomb killed two Kurdish Peshmerga security force members and wounded six, including two civilians, in the northern city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

03/27/08 Reuters: Four policemen killed in Mahaweel

A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, killing four policemen and wounding four in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

03/27/08 Reuters: 4 Bodies found in Baquba

The bodies of four men were found with gunshot wounds to the head in a village near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, a hospital source said.

03/27/08 AP: Iraqi prime minister says no retreat

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is promising to pursue his fight against Shiite militias in Basra to "the end." Al-Maliki made his pledge to Basra area tribal leaders Thursday as military operations against the militias continued for a fourth day...

03/27/08 AP: FBI identifies remains of 2 more U.S. contractors

Authorities identified the remains of two more U.S. contractors kidnapped in Iraq and are awaiting forensic testing on remains of a third body...FBI spokesman...identified the two men as Paul Johnson-Reuben of Minneapolis and Joshua Munns of Redding...

03/27/08 NYtimes: Iraqi Army’s Assault on Militias in Basra Stalls

An assault by thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police officers to regain control of the southern port city of Basra stalled Wednesday as Shiite militiamen in the Mahdi Army fought daylong hit-and-run battles and refused to withdraw...

03/27/08 Guardian: Bombers attack Basra oil pipeline

One of southern Iraq's two main oil export pipelines has been severely damaged in a bomb attack, officials said today. The bombing of the pipeline, seven miles south of Basra, came as clashes between Iraqi security forces...

03/27/08 AP: Baghdad's Green Zone attacked for 4th day this week

Shiite militants are hammering the U.S.-protected Green Zone today with rockets and mortars for the fourth day this week. Thick, black smoke is billowing from inside the heavily fortified home to the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government.

03/27/08 Reuters: Al-Sadr supporters march in Baghdad

Thousands of supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched in Baghdad on Thursday to protest against a three-day-old crackdown against his followers and call for the downfall of the U.S.-backed government.

Sadr Offensive Shows Failure of Petraeus Strategy

Pentagon says new Iraq fighting arises from surge's success

Heavy Fighting Rocks Iraq's Basra City

03/26/08 MCT: U.S. airstrike in Iraq reportedly causes 60 casualties

U.S. aircraft supporting an Iraqi government offensive against Shiite Muslim militias bombed suspected militia positions south of Baghdad amid intense fighting Wednesday in parts of the Iraqi capital and in the southern port city of Basra...

03/26/08 NPR: Baghdad Neighborhood Reverts to Militant Stance

U.S. troops in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in southwest Baghdad are seeing sporadic and unusual attacks by a Sadr-backed militia against Iraqi forces. The attacks represent a turn-around for the militia, which was once working...

03/26/08 NPR: Clashes with Militants Test Iraqi Security Forces

Intense negotiations are under way to end fighting between Shiite militiamen and Iraqi forces in the southern oil hub of Basra and in Baghdad. Iraq's prime minister has given gunmen in Basra three days to hand over their weapons.

03/26/08 NPR: Elite Iraqi Task Force Investigates Sensitive Crimes

The Major Crimes Task Force is Iraq's first professional investigative agency. It takes on the politically explosive cases no one else will touch — and what some members of the task force have learned has put their lives in jeopardy.

03/26/08 nbc11: Bay Area Iraq War Vets Face Possible Blindness

It's hard for Army Specialist Jason Kvasnak to remember every single explosion he survived in Iraq. "We were in several IED...blasts throughout the tour," Kvasnak said. But Kvasnak remember the one that left him with the injuries no one saw coming.

03/26/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb strikes U.S. patrol in Sadr City

A roadside bomb struck a U.S. patrol on a road through Sadr City late on Wednesday and American troops cordoned off the area, a U.S. military spokesman said. He did not give information on casualties.

03/26/08 AFP: Pentagon says new Iraq fighting arises from surge's success

The Pentagon on Wednesday said an eruption of violence in southern Iraq, where US-backed government forces were battling Shiite militias, was a "by-product of the success of the surge."

03/26/08 Reuters: Many killed by U.S. strike in Iraq's Hilla

Many people were killed or wounded by a U.S. air strike called to support Iraqi forces in the town of Hilla south of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi security sources said...ne police source said at least 11 people were killed and 18 wounded

03/26/08 CBS: Battle On The Streets Of Basra (Video)

"CBS News Raw": Shiite militants loyal to Moqtada al Sadr battle Iraqi forces on the streets of Basra. Fifty-five people have been killed and 300 wounded.

03/26/08 AFP: Sadr calls for talks

Shi'a leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on Wednesday for talks to end the crisis in Basra as his militiamen fought new deadly battles with Iraqi forces in the southern port city and other Shi'a areas.

03/26/08 AFP: Judge killed by US airstrike

A US airstrike killed five Iraqi civilians including a judge in the northern town of Tikrit today, Iraqi police said. US forces acknowledged that civilians had been struck during a battle with suspected al-Qaeda Sunni Arab militants...

03/26/08 AFP: Sadr urges talks amid deadly battles with Iraq army

Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr called on Wednesday for talks to end the crisis in Basra as his militiamen fought new deadly battles with Iraqi forces in the southern port city and other Shiite areas.

03/26/08 BBC: Analysis - The Struggle for Basra

The role of the militias in Basra is complex. The largest among them are attached to political parties, with elected representatives. Those parties - using the militias as muscle - vie for influence and resources.

03/26/08 AP: US Embassy employee dies of wounds

An American financial analyst working for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has died of his wounds from an Easter Day rocket attack against the heavily fortified Green Zone, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

03/26/08 NYTimes: Iraqi Crackdown on Shiite Forces Sets Off Fighting

Heavy fighting broke out Tuesday in two of Iraq’s largest cities, as Iraqi ground forces and helicopters mounted a huge operation to break the grip of the Shiite militias controlling Basra, and Iraqi forces clashed with militias in Baghdad...

03/26/08 Xinhua: 3 Americans wounded in attack on Baghdad's Green Zone

Three American citizens working for the U.S. government were wounded by an indirect fire attack on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, U.S. embassy said.

03/26/08 VOA: Iraqi PM Gives Basra Militants 72 Hours to Surrender Arms

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered Shi'ite militants fighting government forces in the southern city of Basra to surrender their arms within three days or face the consequences.

03/26/08 AFP: Shiite fighters clash again with Iraqi forces in Basra

Fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr clashed again in Basra Wednesday, a day after running battles in Iraq's southern oil hub killed seven people, an AFP reporter and witnesses said.

03/26/08 Reuters: 12 people killed, 77 wounded in clashes in Sadr City

Twelve people have been killed and 77 wounded in clashes between Iraqi security forces and the Mehdi Army in Baghdad's Sadr City district since Tuesday, said Ali Bustan, general director of the health office for eastern Baghdad.

03/26/08 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 3, wounds 6 in Baghdad's Karrada district

Mortar attacks killed three and wounded six in Baghdad's Karrada district.

03/26/08 Reuters: Mortar fire kills 4 people, wounds 12 in southwestern Baghdad

Mortar attacks killed four people and wounded 12 in Baghdad's southwestern district of Risala, a Mehdi Army stronghold.

03/26/08 Reuters: Two people killed, 12 wounded in clashes in Kut

Two people were killed and 12 wounded in clashes between Mehdi Army members and Iraqi security forces in Kut, 175 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. Police said the militia had taken control of seven neighbourhoods.

03/26/08 Reuters: U.S. airstrike kills five Iraqi civilians

A U.S. airstrike killed five Iraqi civilians, including a judge, and wounded 10 in the northern town of Tikrit on Wednesday, Iraqi police said. Tikrit is 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad.

Iraq Forces Battle Basra Militias

Sadr Followers Shutter Stores, Plan Rallies

Is "Success" of US Surge in Iraq About to Unravel?

Over 70,000 deaths, and over 1 million disabilities among American soldiers attributed to Iraq Wars says U.S. government data

WHO IS SENDING YOUR CHILDREN OFF TO DIE IN WAR?

03/24/08 honoluluadvertiser: Injured Isle Marines recovering with Wii

Hit by an improvised explosive device during a foot patrol, the corporal [Ryan Irving] said he played Wii tennis a few times a week. Irving, injured during his Iraq deployment in January 2007, said he liked playing Wii sports games as his leg healed.

03/24/08 AP: American injured in Green Zone attack

A U.S. official says one American was among at least five people injured in an attack in Baghdad's Green Zone. Iraqi police say 10 civilians were killed and more than 20 were injured in rocket or mortar blasts in scattered areas of the capital.

03/24/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds policeman in eastern Baghdad

One policeman was wounded by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad's Zayouna district, police said.

03/24/08 Reuters: Police officer wounded in southern Iraqi

One police officer was wounded in clashes between Iraqi police and militants on Sunday and Monday in the southern Iraqi town of Qurna, police said.

03/24/08 Reuters: Lukoil head in Iraq to discuss reviving oil deal

The head of Russia's second-largest oil firm, LUKOIL, will meet Iraq's oil minister on Monday to discuss reviving a multi-billion-dollar deal to develop one of Iraq's largest oilfields.

A Different Kind of Power Struggle in Iraq

Families Torn by Citizenship for Fallen

Death Toll of US Soldiers in Iraq Reaches 4,000

03/21/08 Reuters: Fresh violence frays militia truce in Iraq

Mehdi Army fighters attacked police patrols in southern Baghdad overnight, police said on Friday, further fraying a seven-month-old ceasefire called by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to rein in his militia.

03/21/08 smh: Militias warn US of strike over payments

THE success of the US "surge" strategy in Iraq may be under threat as Sunni militias employed by the US to fight al-Qaeda are warning of a national strike because they are not being paid regularly.

03/21/08 AP: U.S. war victims fund seeks to aid Iraqi civilians

The jagged scar on 9-year-old Mustafa's scalp tells two stories of the Iraq war. One begins last August. His father was driving toward a U.S. checkpoint near Baghdad's airport and became confused by commands to halt given in English...

03/21/08 AP: Iraqi troops clash with Shiite fighters

Iraqi security forces are clashing with Shiite militia fighters southeast of Baghdad for a second day. Iraqi officials said Friday that at least two police officers and two gunmen had died in the fighting in the city of Kut.

03/21/08 Independent: Iraqi Says Final Battle For Basra Near

Gen. Mohan al-Furayji, the Iraqi commander in charge of security in the south of Iraq, has warned his troops they must prepare for the final battle to defeat the Shia militias terrorising Basra.

03/21/08 AP: DoD Talks U.S. Force Levels for Iraq

Top U.S. military leaders on March 20 presented Defense Secretary Robert Gates with their strategy for future force levels in Iraq, including expected recommendations for a pause in troop cuts for as much as six weeks later this summer.

03/21/08 Reuters: Policeman's body found in southeastern Mosul

A policeman's body was found with gunshot wounds on Thursday, hours after his abduction in southeastern Mosul, police said.

03/21/08 Reuters: Decapitated body found in southeast Mosul,

Police found one decapitated body on Thursday in southeast Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

03/21/08 Reuters: U.S. forces kill seven gunmen and arrest 20 others

U.S. forces killed seven gunmen and arrested 20 others during operations in central and northern Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

03/21/08 MNF: IED kills Ministry of Interior official official

An improvised explosive device detonated on the Karadah Peninsula in the Rusafa district of eastern Baghdad March 19. Initial reports indicate a Ministry of Interior official was killed

Asked about two thirds of Americans' opposition to war, Cheney says, 'So?'

03/19/08 CNN: For amputees, an unlikely painkiller - mirrors

Army Sgt. Nick Paupore was in the lead Humvee in a convoy rolling through Kirkuk City, Iraq, when the vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. Paupore says it wasn't a very big explosion, more like a loud firecracker. He could feel the rush ...

03/19/08 dpa: At least 17 border guards killed in violence in south Iraq

Police said Wednesday 17 border guards have been shot dead by gunmen in different areas in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The killings occurred over the last 24 hours, police sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

03/19/08 BBC: US troops error kills Iraq police

US troops have shot dead three Iraqi policemen by mistake in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk. A US military statement described the incident as a tragic accident, which was sincerely regretted.

03/19/08 AP: Baghdad museum to stay closed despite renovation

Baghdad's National Museum, a treasure trove of artifacts from the stone age and Babylon to the Assyrians and Islamic art, will not reopen when renovation of two of its galleries is completed in a few months, an official said.

03/19/08 AFP: Britain May Delay Iraq Withdrawal

Britain will delay its planned withdrawal of around 1,500 soldiers from Iraq until the end of this year, The Daily Telegraph reported on March 19. Citing unnamed government sources, the newspaper said that the decision was made because...

03/19/08 AP: France to take in nearly 500 Iraqi Christian refugees

France says it plans to give refuge to nearly 500 Iraqi Christians, particularly from the Chaldean Catholic church. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner confirmed the plans in a joint television and radio interview Wednesday.

03/19/08 telegraph: Iraq's new army and Britain's soldiers

Five years on from the invasion of Iraq, the apparent success of the American surge and growing stability in Basra are providing cautious grounds for optimism. There has been a palpable change in the atmosphere in Basra since Britain...

03/19/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills woman, wounds 2 others in Iskandariya

A roadside bomb killed a woman and wounded two others in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, on Tuesday, police said.

03/19/08 Reuters: U.S. forces kill two suspected al Qaeda insurgents

U.S. forces killed two suspected al Qaeda insurgents and detained 23 others during operations in central and northern Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.

03/19/08 Reuters: Aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani seriously wounded

Gunmen seriously wounded an aide of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, on Tuesday, police said.

03/19/08 Reuters: Two bodies found in Baiji

Police said they found the bodies of two men with gunshot wounds in the city of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, police said.

03/19/08 Reuters: Five bodies found in Baghdad on Tuesday

The bodies of five people were found in different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

03/19/08 Reuters: Militants set fire to fuel pipeline

Militants set fire to a fuel pipeline supplying a power station in the town of Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

03/19/08 Reuters: Suicide bomber kills 3 people, wounds eight others in Balad Ruz

A female suicide bomber killed three people, including an Iraqi policeman, and wounded eight others in the town of Balad Ruz, about 70 km (45 miles) northeast of Baghdad, in Diyala province, police said.

Estimates of Iraq War Cost Were Not Close to Ballpark

Five Years, and Counting

Protests Mark Fifth Anniversary of Iraq War

The Iraqi murdered Bishop was a staunch opponent to the US Occupation and denounced President Saddam Hussein' execution.

NEW REPORT: ABU GHRAIB PRISONERS

Pope: Enough With Slaughters in Iraq

Red Cross slams 'critical' situation in post-invasion Iraq

03/15/08 Reuters: Police arrest dozens after clashes in Iraqi city

Iraqi police arrested dozens of members of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia on Saturday, hours after two policemen were killed in gunbattles in the southern city of Kut, police said.

03/15/08 AFP: Two killed as new clashes erupt in Iraqi Shiite city

Fierce fighting flared again overnight between Mahdi Army militiamen and Iraqi forces in the Shiite city of Kut in which two people were killed and eight wounded, police said on Saturday. The clashes continued sporadically Saturday morning...

03/15/08 Reuters: Grenade kills 2, wounds 6 near Kut

Two men were killed and six others wounded when a hand grenade exploded on a minibus near the city of Kut...on Friday, police said. The men killed were playing with the grenade when it went off, police said.

03/15/08 Reuters: Two U.S. soldiers and personnel wounded at Rabiya

A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed an interpreter in an attack on a border checkpoint at Rabiya...Two U.S. soldiers, two U.S. Department of the Army personnel and two customs guards were wounded.

03/15/08 Reuters: Two bodies found in Baghdad, one found in Numaniya

Two bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Friday, police said...One body was found in a field in Numaniya, 120 km (75 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

03/15/08 AFP: Woman killed in rocket attack

A barrage of 25 Katyusha rockets aimed at the US consulate in the central Iraqi city of Hilla on Saturday slammed instead into a residential area, killing a woman, police said.

03/14/08 WaPo: Petraeus - Iraqi Leaders Not Making 'Sufficient Progress'

Iraqi leaders have failed to take advantage of a reduction in violence to make adequate progress toward resolving their political differences, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday.

03/14/08 AP: Archbishop is buried

Mourners carrying flowers and olive branches buried one of Iraq's most senior Chaldean Catholic clerics Friday, one day after his body was found in a northern Iraqi city where al-Qaida retains its last urban stronghold.

03/14/08 Reuters: U.S. soldiers kill 2 suspected al Qaeda militants, arrest 24

U.S. soldiers killed two suspected al Qaeda militants and arrested 24 others during operations in central and northern Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. military said.

03/14/08 Reuters: Female suicide bomber kills 2 people and wound six others

A female suicide bomber killed two people and wounded six others, including one U.S. soldier, in the town of al-Zab, 35 km (20 miles) southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, on Thursday, the U.S. military said.

03/14/08 Reuters: Three bodies found in Baghdad on Thursday

BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

03/13/08 AP: Car bomb kills 18 in Baghdad

A parked car bomb exploded in a commercial district of central Baghdad Thursday, killing 18 people and wounding dozens more. The bombing took place off a bridge in Tahrir Square, a district of clothing shops just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone

03/13/08 AFP: Chaldean archbishop kidnapped in Iraq found dead

A Chaldean Catholic archbishop kidnapped last month in northern Iraq has been found dead, the information service of the Italian Catholic Church said Thursday.

03/13/08 Reuters: U.S. and Iraqi militants exchanged rocket fire at U.S. base in Kut

U.S. soldiers and Iraqi militants exchanged rocket and mortar fire between a Mehdi Army stronghold and a U.S. base in Kut...Iraqi police and the U.S. military said. Police said two civilians were killed and six wounded, but the U.S. military said...

03/13/08 Reuters: Car bomb kills 1 person and wounds 4 in central Baghdad

A car bomb killed one person and wounded four in central Baghdad, police said.

03/13/08 Reuters: 2 killed, 2 wounded in attack on security checkpoint near Baiji

Two people were killed and two wounded when gunmen attacked a neighbourhood security checkpoint near the city of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

03/13/08 Reuters: Iraqi soldier killed, 10 others wounded in Kirkuk

A suicide car bomber killed an Iraqi army soldier and wounded 10 others in an attack on a security checkpoint near the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

03/13/08 Reuters: Suicide bomber killes 2, wounds 6 near Kirkuk

Two members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood security patrol were killed and six wounded by a suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest in the town of al-Zab near Kirkuk, police said.

03/13/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 5 in southwestern Baghdad

A roadside bomb wounded five people near a market in al-Shurta al-Khamissa in southwestern Baghdad, police said.

03/13/08 Reuters: Iraqi armey arrest 35 insurgents and 26 suspects

The Iraqi army arrested 35 insurgents and 26 suspects in different parts of Iraq in the last 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said.

03/13/08 Reuters: 2 Iraqi soldiers wounded by roadside bomb in Udhaim

Two soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded close to an Iraqi army convoy near the town of Udhaim, north of Baghdad, police said.

03/13/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 3 in Kirkuk

A roadside bomb wounded three people in Kirkuk, police said.

03/13/08 Reuters: Four bodies found in Baghdad

The bodies of four people were found in different areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

03/13/08 Reuters: Iran shells Kurdish separatist rebels in Qandil Mountains

Iran shelled bases used by Kurdish separatist rebels in the Qandil Mountains in northeastern Iraq for about 90 minutes, said the spokesman for Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq, Jabbar Yawar. There were no reports of any casualties.

03/13/08 AP: U.S. soldiers kill young Iraqi girl

U.S. soldiers shot and killed a young Iraqi girl after firing a warning shot at a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a road where several bombs had recently been found, a military official said early Thursday.

Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored?

03/12/08 Reuters: 2 killed, 18 injured in Baghdad bomb attacks

Two Iraqis were killed and 18 others injured in several bomb attacks which rocked the Iraqi capital on Wednesday morning, an Interior Ministry source said. A roadside bomb went off in the Amin neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, killed two civilians...

03/12/08 Reuters: 6 fuel trucks set ablaze, 3 drivers wounded in Mosul

Six fuel trucks were set ablaze and three drivers were wounded on Tuesday when a bomb attached to one of the vehicles detonated, in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

03/12/08 Reuters: 3 fuel truck drivers killed by roadside bombs near Samarra

Three fuel truck drivers were killed when three roadside bombs went off near a convoy of seven fuel trucks on the main road near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Three trucks were set ablaze.

03/12/08 Reuters: Five bodies found in Baghdad on Tuesday

The bodies of the five people were found in different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

03/12/08 AP: Iraq violence sees spike

Violence appeared to be on the rise in Iraq after a day that saw at least 42 people die — numbers that cast doubt on the easing of sectarian violence following a surge of U.S. forces to the country last year.

03/12/08 AFP: Death toll from Iraq Shiite city clashes rises to 17

At least 17 people have been killed, including five children, in fierce clashes between militants and Iraqi and US forces in the Shiite city of Kut, a local medic told AFP Wednesday.

03/12/08 AP: Army to turn trash into power in Iraq

The water bottles, plastic foam plates and other trash discarded by American troops in Iraq's mess halls may soon be serving double-duty — as an unlikely power source to illuminate barracks and power up laptops.

03/12/08 Reuters: 20 gunmen attack juvenile prison, free five prisoners

Around 20 gunmen attacked a juvenile prison and freed five prisoners in Baghdad, police said. Three guards and three prisoners were wounded in the attack.

Auditors: Iraq Faces Budget Surplus

Eight US Troops, 14 Iraqis Die in Wave of Bombings

Exhaustive Review Finds No Link Between Saddam and al-Qaeda

US, Iraq Begin Negotiating Status of Forces

Studies: Iraq Costs US $12 Billion per Month

Senate Panel Critiques Prewar Claims by White House

03/10/08 Reuters: Five U.S. Soldiers Die in Baghdad Bomb Blast

Five U.S. soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in central Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said, in the worst single attack on U.S. forces in Baghdad in months.

03/10/08 Reuters: Minibus bomb kills 1, wounds 5 in northern Baghdad

One person was killed and five wounded when a bomb in a parked minibus exploded in northern Baghdad's Shaab district, police said.

03/10/08 Reuters: Suicide bomber kills 2 people, wounds 20 in Muqdadiya

A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-packed vest killed two people and wounded 20, including two policemen, in Muqdadiya, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

03/10/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 2 policemen in Mosul

Gunmen killed two policemen in separate incidents in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.

03/10/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 3 people in seperate attacks in Mosul

Gunmen killed a woman and her son in an attack on their car on the road between Mosul and Tal Afar on Sunday, police said...Gunmen killed a man in eastern Mosul on Sunday, police said.

03/10/08 Reuters: 2 bodies found in baghdad, 2 in Mosul on Sunday

Two bodies were found in different areas of Mosul on Sunday, police said...Two bodies were found in Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

03/10/08 AP: Female suicide bomber hits Iraq's Diyala province, killing sheik

A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters northeast of Baghdad who had turned against al-Qaida insurgents, the leader's brother and a provincial police official said. Sheik Thaeir Ghadhban al-Karkhi...

03/07/08 Reuters: Iraqi cleric Sadr explains long absence to followers

Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has not been seen in public for months, issued an unusual statement on Friday explaining his absence to his followers and admitting splits in his movement.

03/07/08 Xinhua: Suicide car bomb kills 4 policemen in Iraq's Mosu

Up to five policemen were killed and 33 people injured in the Friday morning suicide car bomb attack on a police station in the city of Mosul, the capital of the northern Nineveh province, a provincial police source said.

03/07/08 BBC: Death toll rises in Baghdad bombs

Sixty-eight people were killed in twin bomb attacks on a shopping area in central Baghdad, Iraq's interior ministry has said. The Thursday blasts left another 130 people injured, officials said.

03/07/08 AP: Psychiatrists Needed on Warfronts

U.S. troops on the battlefield found it harder to get the mental health care they needed last year, when violence rose in Afghanistan and new tactics pushed soldiers in Iraq farther from their operating bases.

03/06/08 Reuters: Bombs kill 55 in Baghdad shopping district

Two large bombs exploded within a few minutes of each other in a crowded Baghdad shopping area on Thursday, killing 55 people on the day that the U.S. military said it was withdrawing 2,000 troops from the Iraqi capital.

Repeated Iraq Deployments Raise Mental Health Risks for Soldiers

Army: Psychiatrists Needed on Warfronts

The Myth of the Surge

03/06/08 AFP: Iraqi president to visit Turkey after incursion

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will travel to Ankara Friday for a two-day visit, a week after Turkish forces ended a military offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, officials said Thursday.

03/06/08 Reuters: 2 people killed, 10 wounded in clashes near Baquba

Two people were killed and 10 wounded in clashes between al Qaeda and villagers in Tal Asswad near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.

03/06/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 4 off-duty prison guards in Mosul

Gunmen killed four off-duty prison guards in Mosul on Wednesday, police said

03/06/08 Reuters: Three bodies found in Mosul

The bodies of three men, two of them decapitated, were found in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

03/06/08 Reuters: Two bodies found in Baghdad on Wednesday

The bodies of two people were found in Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

03/06/08 Reuters: Minibus bomb wounds 2 in Hilla

Two people were wounded when a bomb exploded inside a minibus in the city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

03/06/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 1, wounds 5 in northern Baghdad

One person was killed and five wounded by a roadside bomb in northern Baghdad's al-Waziriya district, police said.

Turkey Resumes Strikes in Iraq's North

Compensation Eludes Many Iraqi Families

No Need for Lawmakers' Approval of Iraq Pact, US Reasserts

03/05/08 BBC: Sunni anger at Iraq trial failure

One of the main Sunni Arab parties in Iraq has criticised the collapse of a trial of two former senior officials accused of aiding Shia death squads. The Iraqi Islamic Party said the government had failed in its duty to protect potential witnesses.

03/05/08 AP: Turkey attacks Northern Iraq

Turkish military helicopters attacked Kurdish separatist rebels in northern Iraq less than a week after the end of a large-scale ground operation, a Turkish television station reported Wednesday.

03/05/08 telegraph: Army captain loses his leg on Cresta Run

An Army captain survived a six month tour of Iraq unscathed only to have his leg torn off attempting the famous Cresta Run in Switzerland. Captain Bernie Bambury, 32, lost his right leg below the knee after he hit a marker post at a speed...

03/05/08 abcnews: Was Killing the Puppy a Way of Coping for One Marine?

Many war-weary veterans of the Iraq War take kindly to the animals they meet abroad — some of them have even gone to great expense and trouble to bring dogs back home with them at the end of their tours of duty.

03/05/08 Reuters: Two bodies found in Baghdad on Tuesday

Two bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

03/05/08 Reuters: Car bomb kills 2, wounds 6 others in Samarra

A bomb in a parked car killed two people and wounded six others, including four members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood security unit, near a checkpoint in Samarra...Another police source put the death toll at one...

03/05/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 2 people, wound 3 others in Tuz Khurmato

Gunmen killed two people and wounded three other family members in an attack on a house in Tuz Khurmato, 220 km (135 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

03/05/08 AFP: Britain probes deaths of Iraqi woman, child

An Iraqi woman and child were killed when a house was struck by what the British military said may have been a defective flare, police and medical officials told AFP on Wednesday.

Democrats Shift Gears on Iraq

03/04/08 KUNA: Five US soldiers injured in bomb attack south of Baghdad

Five US soldiers and two Iraqi civilians were injured as a result of an improvised bomb attack south of Baghdad on Tuesday, Media Consultant for Iraqi Multi-National coalition forces Abdul-latif Al-Rayyan said.

03/04/08 AFP: US soldier, seven others killed in Iraq chopper crash

A Russian-made helicopter belonging to the Iraqi military has crashed in northern Iraq, killing eight people on board, including a US soldier, a US military official told AFP on Tuesday. "There were eight onboard, including one coalition force member..."

03/04/08 Reuters: Iraq's Sadrists demand U.S. release former minister

Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political bloc demanded on Tuesday that the U.S. military release a former deputy health minister after terrorism charges against him were dropped.

03/04/08 Xinhua: Two anti-Qaida fighters killed in N Iraq

Two members affiliated to local anti-Qaida Awakening Council armed groups were killed and three others injured in shootings in Salahudin province on Tuesday, a provincial police source said.

03/04/08 christiantoday; Iraqi Christians nervous after Archbishop’s abduction

Iraq’s tiny Christian community is living in fear after the abduction of a Chaldean Archbishop in Mosul, a city in the northern Nineveh province last week. Armed attackers abducted Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho as he left the Holy Spirit Church..

03/04/08 Reuters: Four bodies found in grave south of Samarra

U.S soldiers found four bodies on Sunday in a grave south of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S military said.

03/04/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman in Mosul

Gunmen shot dead a policeman near his house in western Mosul, police said.

03/04/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 3 policemen, 2 others in eastern Mosul

At least five people were wounded, including three policemen, when a roadside bomb detonated near their patrol in eastern Mosul, said Brigadier-General Khalid Abdul-Sattar, Iraqi security spokesman in Nineveh province.

03/04/08 Reuters: Car bomb kills 6 civilians, wounds 10 in Huwaish

A car bomb killed four children and two women, and wounded 10 on Monday in Huwaish area, near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S military said.

03/04/08 AP: US commander - Iraq violence down

The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East says there has been a dramatic decrease of violence in Iraq, but such gains are not irreversible.

03/04/08 KUNA: Stress among Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Lebanon high

The International Organizaation for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday that a study it conducted in Jordan and Lebanon has found high levels of emotional and psychological distress.

Welcome To A Patriots Manifest.Com

Archives For March 2008

Get Your Web Site Started Today

Related Link Category

Paramilitaries open fire on hundreds of monks and nuns at Tibet rally

Russian Bear bombers to hold exercises in Far East

British soldier's wife told to leave country

Russia downplays Tu-142 flight over U.S. aircraft carrier