3500 US troops set to leave Iraq in the coming weeks
May 08, 2008
Proposed Iraqi law could blunt anti-US cleric's power
CNN - May 06, 2008
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A proposed election law could hurt the popular political movement of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- whose Mehdi Army
Iraqi civilians flee fighting in Baghdad militia stronghold
The Associated Press - May 06, 2008
BAGHDAD (AP) — A rocket slammed into Baghdad's city hall and another hit a downtown park Tuesday as more frightened civilians fled a Shiite militia
US withdraws 3500 troops amid surge in Iraq violence
AFP - May 06, 2008
BAGHDAD (AFP) — A fresh US troop withdrawal from Iraq was underway on Tuesday amid diplomatic and political moves to stem violence fuelled by alleged
3500 US troops to head home from Iraq
CNN International - May 06, 2008
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A "surge" brigade deployed to Iraq last year is heading back to the United States, the US military said Monday.
Unicef warns of Iraqis 'at risk'
BBC News - May 06, 2008
By Clive Myrie It is increasingly hard for Iraqi aid workers to help tens of thousands of people caught up in fighting in Baghdad, according to Unicef.
Monday: The day in photos
Los Angeles Times - May 05, 2008
In a photo released today, US Army soldiers return fire while guarding construction of a concrete wall running through the Shiite enclave of Sadr City,
Marines among 30 killed
Gulf Daily News - May 04, 2008
BAGHDAD: The US troops killed 18 Shi'ite extremists in unrelenting street battles in the capital's Shiite militia strongholds.The US military said that 11
Missiles Strike Sadr City, Damaging Hospital
New York Times - May 04, 2008
Iraqis in Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood on Saturday examined ambulances destroyed by an American missile. By ALISSA J. RUBIN BAGHDAD — The ugly daily
5 US, 2 Georgian Troops Die in Iraq, Officials Say
Washington Post - May 03, 2008
By Amit R. Paley BAGHDAD, May 4 -- The American-led coalition announced Saturday the deaths of seven troops, as the fight for control of the capital's Sadr
US missile hits near Baghdad hospital
Boston Globe - May 03, 2008
A fireman hosed down a burning vehicle yesterday, after a missile attack hit near the Sadr hospital compound in Baghdad. The target was a militant
Turkish military says it killed 150 Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
CNN - May 03, 2008
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Three Iraq boys were killed in an airstrike in eastern Baghdad on Saturday as they were sifting through trash, looking for stuff to sell,
Gen. David H. Petraeus (www.dodmedia.osd.mil)
The Washington Independent - May 06, 2008
By Spencer Ackerman 05/06/2008 While commanding the 101st Airborne Division during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, David H. Petraeus famously mused to journalist
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