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Also Try Veterans News -01-05-07 Execution Reverses Opinions About Saddam Hussein (New York Times) "In the week since Saddam Hussein was hanged in an execution steeped in sectarian overtones, his public image in the Arab world, formerly that of a convicted dictator, has undergone a resurgence of admiration and awe." "At the heart of the sudden reversal of opinion was the symbolism of the hasty execution, now framed as an act of sectarian vengeance shrouded in political theater and overseen by the American occupation." "In much of the predominantly Sunni Arab world, the timing of the execution in the early hours of Id al-Adha, which is among the holiest days of the Muslim year, when violence is forbidden and when even Mr. Hussein himself sometimes released prisoners, was seen as a direct insult to the Sunni world." 01-07 -01-06-06 Economist: Cost of War Over $1 Trillion (Guardian Unlimited) "The real cost to the US of the Iraq war is likely to be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion (£1.1 trillion), up to 10 times more than previously thought, according to a report written by a Nobel prize-winning economist and a Harvard budget expert." "The study, which expanded on traditional estimates by including such costs as lifetime disability and healthcare for troops injured in the conflict as well as the impact on the American economy, concluded that the US government is continuing to underestimate the cost of the war." 01-06 -01-06-07 Final Hours of Saddam Hussein (New York Times) "It is a story of the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, trying to coerce second-tier American military and diplomatic officials into handing over Mr. Hussein, first on Thursday night, then again on Friday. The American push back was complicated by the absences of Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and the top American military commander, Gen. George W. Casey Jr., who were both out of Iraq on leave. The American message throughout was that rushing Mr. Hussein to the gallows could rebound disastrously, as it did." 01-07 -01-08-07 Leaders of Congress Appeal to Bush (MSNBC News) The leaders of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate wrote a letter to President George W. Bush to request that he begin deployment of soldiers from Iraq soon. "Rather than deploy additional forces to Iraq, we believe the way forward is to begin the phased redeployment of our forces in the next four to six months, while shifting the principal mission of our forces there from combat to training, logistics, force protection and counter-terror. A renewed diplomatic strategy, both within the region and beyond, is also required to help the Iraqis agree to a sustainable political settlement. In short, it is time to begin to move our forces out of Iraq and make the Iraqi political leadership aware that our commitment is not open ended, that we cannot resolve their sectarian problems, and that only they can find the political resolution required to stabilize Iraq." 01-07 -02-04-07 Massive Migration From Iraq (MSNBC News) "Nearly 2 million Iraqis -- about 8 percent of the prewar population -- have embarked on a desperate migration, mostly to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. The refugees include large numbers of doctors, academics and other professionals vital for Iraq's recovery." 02-07 -03-20-06 Is Iraq in Civil War? (CBS News) "Three years to the day after the beginning of the war in Iraq, terrorists have reached a point of 'desperation,' U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said on CBS’s Face The Nation, but on the same day the former Iraqi prime minister argued that civil was is already underway in his homeland." 3-06 -03-23-07 Report: Iraq's Humanitarian Crisis (MSBC News) "A new investigation obtained by NBC News says there is another humanitarian crisis in Iraq — displaced people inside the country — and gives the United States and United Nations failing grades for helping them with their most basic needs." " 'The future is dark, not only for my children, it is for the next generation if the situation stays the same,' Ghazi says." "Now they are among 1.9 million Iraqis displaced in their own land — in effect, by ethnic cleansing." 03-07 -03-24-06 Eaton: Rumsfeld Incompetent (CommonDreams.org - New York Times) "Paul D. Eaton, a retired Army major general, was in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004." According to Major General Eaton, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld "has shown himself incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically, and is far more than anyone else responsible for what has happened to our important mission in Iraq. Mr. Rumsfeld must step down." 03-06 -04-05-07 Iraqi Merchants Take Issue With McCain's Remarks on Security (MSNBC News) "On a two-day visit to Iraq, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) declared after a short walk in a market that Baghdad was becoming safer under a new security plan. But after his departure, Iraqi merchants and U.S. military officials said his upbeat assessment is far from the reality they experience every day." 04-07 -04-08-06 Offical: Undeclared Civil War in Iraq (ABC News) "A car bomb killed six people Saturday near a Shiite shrine south of Baghdad, and the death toll from the deadliest attack of the year rose to nearly 90. A senior official warned Iraq was in an 'undeclared civil war' that can be curbed only by a strong government and greater powers for security services." 04-06 -04-19-07 Report: Iraq's Oil Reserves May Be Double of Former Estimates (MSNBC News) "Iraq’s oil reserves could be nearly twice as large as previously estimated, containing more than 200 billion barrels, a new analysis of the war-torn country’s oil resources says." 04-07 -04-20-07 U.N. Report Omits Iraqi Civilian Casualties (ABC News) "The United Nations will not include Iraqi civilian casualty figures in its next human rights report, a spokesman said Friday, omitting what many had viewed as a rare, reliable indicator of suffering in Iraq." 04-07 -05-03-06 Rebuilding Iraq, One Book at a Time (ABC News) "Instead of selling back their textbooks to the bookstore or letting them gather dust in their basement, students at a handful of universities are donating their used books to Iraq's war-torn capital." "The program, 'Books for Baghdad,' collects and distributes textbooks in science, mathematics and technology (some of the few subjects taught in English in the Middle East) and transports them to the University of Baghdad and its library in Iraq." 05-06 -05-06-06 Kidnapping a Big Problem in Iraq (New York Times) "Kidnapping has flourished here [in Iraq] since the fall of Saddam Hussein, as insurgents, militias and criminal gangs have taken advantage of the breakdown in social order. Iraq has caught up with the traditional world leaders in kidnapping — like Colombia, Mexico and Brazil — and may have surpassed them. The vast majority of victims are Iraqis. Between 5 and 30 are abducted every day according to figures maintained by the American Embassy in Baghdad, though Iraqi and American officials acknowledge that any estimate is merely guesswork since most kidnappings go unreported." 05-06 -05-19-06 Iraq to Get New Government (TimesOnline.com) "The Iraqi parliament is expected to swear in a new Prime Minister and government tomorrow after months of wrangling between rival factions." 05-06 -05-19-06 Iraqi Journalists Risk Their Lives (WashingtonTimes.com) "Reporters Without Borders counts 68 reporters and cameramen killed so far trying to cover Iraq at war; if translators and other assistants are counted the total is 86, making this the deadliest conflict for journalists since World War II." 05-06 -05-19-06 Rep. Murtha: Marines Killed Women and Children "In Cold Blood" (CNN News) "A decorated Marine colonel turned anti-war congressman has said Marines killed at least 30 innocent Iraqi civilians 'in cold blood' in Haditha in November, suggesting the death toll may be twice as high as originally reported." "An Iraqi human rights group, Hammurabi Human Rights Association, caught the scene on video, which was obtained by Time magazine. A criminal investigation ensued." 05-06 -05-23-06 Amnesty International Slams U.S. (CBS News) "The United States is riding roughshod over human rights by outsourcing key anti-terror work in Iraq to private contractors, who operate beyond Iraqi law and outside the military chain of command, Amnesty International said Tuesday." 05-06 -05-25-06 Top Marine: Respect Human Life (CBS News) "The top Marine general flew to Iraq on Thursday to caution troops on the danger of becoming 'indifferent to the loss of a human life,' following allegations that Marines in Iraq murdered civilians." 05-06 -06-01-06 Iraqi Prime Minister Declares State of Emergency in Basra (PBS.org) "Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a state of emergency Wednesday in the southern city of Basra, where 140 people have been killed in rival gang clashes in May alone, police said." 06-06 -06-05-06 Police Imposters Kidnap 50 in Baghdad (CNN News) "Gunmen posing as Iraqi police commandos raided three transportation companies and kidnapped 50 people Monday in Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said." "A series of incidents in which terrorists posed as police spurred the Iraqi government months ago to say that it would reissue police uniforms to make them harder to copy, but it hasn't acted on the issue. Fake uniforms can easily be purchased on the street, officials said." 06-06 -06-06-06 Iraq's Tougher Stance Toward the U.S. After Allegations of a Massacre (Christian Science Monitor) "Mr. Maliki's tough stance suggests a new assertion of sovereignty by the Iraqi government, something that actually works to the US's favor. But the allegations [of a massacre], coming as the new government tries to demonstrate control, are likely to complicate both US-Iraq relations and Maliki's task of leading the Iraqi people." 06-06 -06-07-06 Barriers to Adoption in Iraq (MSNBC News) "So many viewers have written wanting to open their homes and offer Iraqi children new lives. Unfortunately, Iraqi lawyers, international child care agencies, officials at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and the U.S. State Department in Washington all tell us adoption is not possible." 06-06 -06-07-06 Iraq Releases Hundreds of Prisoners (USA Today) "Hundreds of newly freed Iraqi prisoners kissed the ground after being dropped at bus stations Wednesday as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched the largest such release since the U.S.-led invasion." "Sunni Arab political leaders welcomed the initiative, which was intended to promote reconciliation in this fractured nation." 06-06 -06-08-06 Consequences of al-Qaeda Leader's Death (ABC News) "According to Amer al-Shobaki, a Cairo, Egypt, expert on Islamic groups, the al-Zarqawi killing marks the end of a military leader and political symbol. 'Al-Zarqawi played a major role in the mujahedeen groups and symbolized a trend that's becoming more globalized. His death will decrease the extremity of violence, maybe, but will not end violence in Iraq.' " 06-06 -06-08-06 Poll: Americans Even More Against the War in Iraq (ABC News) "The poll, taken Monday through Wednesday before news broke that U.S. forces had killed al-Zarqawi, found that 59 percent of adults say the United States made a mistake in going to war in Iraq the highest level yet in AP-Ipsos polling." 06-06 -06-21-06 Lawyer for Saddam Hussein Killed (CNN News) "Iraqi police Wednesday discovered the bullet-riddled body of Khamees al-Ubaidi, a lead defense attorney for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein." 06-06 -06-24-06 Iraqi Plan: Distinguishing Between Resistance and Terrorism (CNN News) "The distinction between insurgents and terrorists is one of the key principles in the document, and is in response to Sunni politicians' demands that the 'national resistance' should not be punished for what they see as legitimate self-defense in attacks against a foreign occupying power. Principle No. 19 calls for 'Recognizing the legitimacy of the national resistance and differentiating or separating it from terrorism' while 'encouraging the national resistance to enroll in the political process and recognizing the necessity of the participation of the national resistance in the national reconciliation dialogue.' " 06-06 -06-24-06 U.S. Raid on Religious Leader Sparks Sunni Outrage (Yahoo News) "The distinction between insurgents and terrorists is one of the key principles in the document, and is in response to Sunni politicians' demands that the 'national resistance' should not be punished for what they see as legitimate self-defense in attacks against a foreign occupying power. Principle No. 19 calls for 'Recognizing the legitimacy of the national resistance and differentiating or separating it from terrorism' while 'encouraging the national resistance to enroll in the political process and recognizing the necessity of the participation of the national resistance in the national reconciliation dialogue.' " 06-06 -06-25-06 Iraqi PM Offers an Olive Branch and a Fist (MSNBC News) "Iraq’s prime minister unveiled a 24-point national reconciliation initiative Sunday, offering amnesty to insurgents who renounce violence and have not committed terrorist attacks on American soldiers or Iraqis." " 'To those who want to rebuild our country, we present an olive branch,” al-Maliki told applauding lawmakers. 'And to those who insist on killing and terrorism, we present a fist with the power of law to protect our country and people.' " 06-06 -07-06-08 UAE to Cancel $7 Billion Iraq Debt (CNN News) "The president of the United Arab Emirates has agreed to cancel all of Iraq's debts to the country, an official government source said." 07-08 -07-07-06 Military Commander Promises Iraqis Full Investigation (MSNBC News) "America’s two top officials in Iraq on Thursday sought to calm Iraqi anger over allegations that U.S. soldiers were involved in the rape-murder of a girl, promising an open investigation and calling such acts 'absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable.' " 07-06 -07-08-08 Iraq Asks U.S. for Timeline for Leaving (CNN News) "A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday." 07-08 -07-09-06 Massacre of Sunnis Revives Fears of Civil War (Guardian Unlimited) "At least 40 people, apparently all Sunnis, were killed yesterday by Shia militants in a rampage in a Baghdad suburb - one of the capital's most deadly sectarian pogroms - that revived fears of civil war." 07-06 -07-09-06 Sunni Spokesman: Iraqi and U.S. Forces Did Not Respond During 8 Hours of Massacre (CNN News) "Gunmen roaming a Baghdad neighborhood on Sunday killed at least 42 unarmed Iraqis as soon as they identified them as Sunnis, emergency police said." "The violence continued for eight hours, [Sunni spokesman Ala'a] Makki said, blaming the Ministries of Interior and Defense for not responding, and saying U.S. forces responded too late to stop most of the killings." 07-06 -07-12-06 Report: Army to Discontinue Contract with Halliburton (ABC News) "The U.S. Army will discontinue its multi-billion dollar contract with oil services giant Halliburton Co. to provide logistical support to U.S. troops worldwide, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday." "Halliburton, formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney, has drawn scrutiny for its work in Iraq from auditors, congressional Democrats and the Justice Department, which is investigating potential overcharges for fuel, dining and laundry services." 07-06 -07-19-06 U.N. Report: 14,000 Iraqi Civilians Killed in First Half of 2006 (CNN News) "More than 14,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq in the first half of this year, an ominous figure reflecting the fact that 'killings, kidnappings and torture remain widespread' in the war-torn country, a United Nations report says." 07-06 -08-08-08 Al-Sadr Disarms (CBS News) "Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen to disarm but said Friday he will maintain elite fighting units to resist the Americans if a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops is not established." 08-08 -08-16-07 Sunnis Leave Negotiations (PBS.org) Efforts to revise the constitution in violence-ravaged Iraq threatened to come off the rails when negotiations with key Sunni politicians ended after their largest bloc in parliament left the government Aug. 1." 08-07 -09-08-07 Petraeus to Say Stay the Course (CBS News) "President Bush's top two military and political advisers on Iraq will warn Congress on Monday that making any significant changes to the current war strategy will jeopardize the limited security and political progress made so far, The Associated Press has learned." 09-07 -09-09-07 Is Iraq Making Political Gains? (Christian Science Monitor) "With even General Petraeus saying in a letter to his troops that in this political objective the surge 'has not worked out as we had hoped,' the debate in the days ahead will revolve primarily around the Iraqis' political shortcomings and what that should mean for US policy." "That debate falls broadly into three camps:" "1) The political failures show that Iraq is in a civil war the US cannot stop, so US troops should come home." "2) US security interests are served by the surge's military successes, and the rug should not be pulled out from under local Iraqis, such as the Sunnis of Anbar Province, who are starting to act without the central government." "3) As a "middle way," the US should begin a token troop drawdown in coming months to pressure the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to make political progress and to get the US on the road to an orderly disengagement." 09-07 -09-20-07 Iraq's Refugee Crisis Worsens (CBS News) "Every day, thousands of war-weary, frightened, and desperate Iraqis stream across the border into Syria - which, until now, has been one of the few countries that have opened their doors to the refugees." 09-07 -09-22-07 Investigators: Video Shows Blackwater Fired First (MSNBC News) "Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in an incident last week in which 11 people died, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday. He said the case had been referred to the Iraqi judiciary." 09-07 -10-08-07 Iraq Demands $136 Million Compensation for Blackwater (CBS News) "Iraqi authorities want the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with Blackwater USA within six months and pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed when the firm's guards sprayed a traffic circle with heavy machine gun fire last month." 10-07 -10-09-07 U.S. Military Abandons Southern Iraq (Time.com) "U.S. military officers in Iraq often wonder about the possible presence of Iranian operatives in cities south of Baghdad like Karbala and Najaf, two key strongholds for Shi'ite militias thought to have links to Tehran. Many soldiers believe those two cities, home to more than 1.5 million people altogether, are where Shi'ite militants gather, train and arm themselves with help from Iran for attacks against U.S. forces farther north. Some intelligence even suggests that Iran's elite military force, the Revolutionary Guard, has opened training camps in the area for Iraqi guerrillas. But getting a clear picture of the happenings there and in other cities in that region is hard for one simple reason: U.S. troops don't go there anymore." "With no evident plans to reenter southern areas, the U.S.-led coalition leaves the fate of some of Iraq's most important territory to others." 10-07 -10-11-06 Study: Over Half a Million Casualties from Iraq War (New York Times) "A team of American and Iraqi public health researchers has estimated that 600,000 civilians have died in violence across Iraq since the 2003 American invasion, the highest estimate ever for the toll of the war here." 10-06 -10-28-07 Ten Tribal Leaders Kidnapped in Iraq (CNN News) "Gunmen kidnapped 10 tribal sheiks in Baghdad as the men were heading home Sunday after meetings with Iraqi officials on the nation's contentious reconciliation process, an Interior Ministry official said." 10-07 -11-05-06 Contractors in Iraq Rarely Punished (MSNBC News) "The list of alleged contractor misdeeds in Iraq has grown long in the past 3 1/2 years. Yet when it comes to holding companies accountable, the charges seldom stick." 11-06 -11-05-06 Saddam Sentenced to Death (MSNBC News) "Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging by Iraq's High Tribunal on Sunday." 11-06 -11-24-06 Iraq Descends Deeper into Vicious Sectarian Violence (ABC News) "Revenge-seeking Shiite militiamen seized six Sunnis as they left Friday prayers, drenched them with kerosene and burned them alive, and Iraqi soldiers did nothing to stop the attack, police and witnesses said." "The fiery slayings in the mainly Sunni neighborhood of Hurriyah were a dramatic escalation of the brutality coursing through the Iraqi capital, coming a day after suspected Sunni insurgents killed 215 people in Baghdad's main Shiite district with a combination of bombs and mortars." "Sadrist lawmaker Qusai Abdul-Wahab blamed U.S. forces for Thursday's attack in Sadr City because they failed to provide security." " 'We say occupation forces are fully responsible for these acts, and we call for the withdrawal of occupation forces or setting a timetable for their withdrawal,' Abdul-Wahab said." 11-06 -12-30-06 Reactions to Saddam Hussein's Execution (Bloomberg News) "Iran and Kuwait, both attacked by Saddam Hussein, welcomed his execution today, while Libya mourned his death, and the Arab leaders of Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia remained mum on the hanging of a former colleague." 12-06 -Iraq News (CBS News) Provides daily news.11-05 12-06-06 Newsview: Future for Iraq Looks Bleak (ABC News) "Ideas that sound sensible in Washington can flounder in the harsh reality of Baghdad's streets. Proposals to hand power more quickly to Iraqi forces, for example, overlook the fact that few of those forces are battle-ready and that deep divisions remain among Iraq's leaders." "Instead of forging unity, Iraqi political energies have been directed at bolstering the position of various sectarian groups as they maneuver for power. That has produced a weak, ineffective government, divided over many issues despite the presence of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds in top positions." 12-06 Editorial: Iraq Must Deliver Oil to Sunnis in the Constitution (Christian Science Monitor) "Rather, the key to Iraq's near-term stability is quite simply the rights and prerogatives of the 20 percent of Iraqis who are Sunni Arabs." "It is this group that provides perhaps 90 percent of the insurgency's active fighters and most of its new recruits. It is this group amid which the insurgency lives, hides its arms, plots its attacks, finds its safe houses. And it is this group that is on the verge of being fundamentally marginalized, in political power as well as economics, by what is happening in the constitution-writing right now." "The Kurds want not only the land back for the Kurdish families who once owned it - a reasonable enough proposition - but virtually all the rights and revenue to the oil produced in its vicinity." 8-05 Iraq Conflict News (MSNBC News) Provides news on the conflict in Iraq. 01-06 Iraq News (ABC News from Australia) Provides news related to Iraq. 5-03 Iraq News (ABC News) Provides news related to Iraq. 2-03 Iraq News (CBC News) Provides news related to Iraq. 2-03 Iraq News (CBS News) Provides news related to Iraq. 5-03 Iraq News (CNN) Provides news related to Iraq. 2-03 Iraq News (EINNews.com) Provides news related to Iraq from many sources. 7-05 Iraq News (PBS Newshour) Provides news related to Iraq. 2-03 Iraq News (USAToday.com) Provides news related to Iraq. 6-03 Iraq News (Yahoo News) Provides news related to Iraq. 2-03 Middle East News (AccessMiddleEast News) Provides news and over 400 sources of information on news in the Middle East. 2-04 Relief and Reconstruction News for Iraq (DevelopmentGateway.org) Provides news related to relief and reconstruction in Iraq. 10-03 Papers Editorial: Death of a Fighter for Truth (TimesOnline.co.uk) "As one of Iraq’s most gifted journalists, Atwar Bahjat covered many funerals, capturing the grief, indignation and fury of countless mourners struggling to comprehend their country’s descent into sectarian conflict." "Yesterday her own funeral made news when the procession through Baghdad was attacked, first by a gunman and then by a bomber." 02-06 Leading Sunni Cleric Gives His Formula for Success in Iraq (Time.com) Harith al-Dari, head of the Association of Muslim Scholars, Iraq's top Sunni cleric gives his view on how the civil war in Iraq can be ended: "For there to be any meaningful reconciliation, he says, the government must first dismantle the interior and defense ministries, which are currently controlled by Shi'ite parties, and bring back some senior officers from the old army. 'Once these ministries are under the control of professionals instead of sectarian interests, you will see peace returning quickly,' he says. 'And then the Americans can leave with their dignity and leave us with ours.' " 05-07

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