02 Jul
BBC NewsCACI Denies Use of Torture in IraqWashington Post, United States - 2 hours agoCACI International, an Arlington-based provider of interrogators to the US military in Iraq, said it "rejects and denies" allegations from four Iraqi men …Renton man sued in Iraq torture claim Seattle TimesAbu Ghraib inmates sue US firms BBC NewsGuerra Iraq Yahoo! Italia NotizieAHN - [...]
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02 Jul
San Diego Union TribuneMarines speak at sniper’s hearing over Iraq deathsInternational Herald Tribune, France - 4 hours agoAP CAMP PENDLETON, California: A Marine sniper believed he was shooting at insurgents planting a roadside bomb when he killed two Syrians in Iraq, …Marine snipers’ killing rules weren’t clear, lieutenant testifies Los Angeles TimesMarines testify sniper thought he [...]
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02 Jul
Ha’aretz‘Hizbullah instructors trained Shi’ite militiamen in Iraq’Jerusalem Post, Israel - 4 hours agoBy AP Hizbullah instructors trained Shi’ite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran …Hezbollah Said To Have Trained Shiites in Iraq New York SunHezbollah Trained Shiite Militants In Iraq Before Moving to Iran [...]
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02 Jul
BBC NewsSuicide truck bomb kills civilian, wounds 22 in N IraqXinhua, China - 18 hours agoMOSUL, Iraq, July 1 (Xinhua) — A suicide truck bomb struck the house of an Iraqi tribal leader in a town near the city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh …IRAQ: In the numbers Los Angeles TimesReturn to Iraq France24News Minute: Ford, [...]
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02 Jul
Canada.comGerman Firms Face Court Over Saddam-Era Kickbacks in IraqDeutsche Welle, Germany - 4 hours agoThe corruption of the United Nation’s food-for-oil program in Iraq is described in a new lawsuit as “the largest financial fraud in human history. …Iraq lodges $10bn lawsuit over ‘Oil-for-Food scam’ Times OnlineIraq oil-for-food lawsuit names drug giants Telegraph.co.ukIraq cites Cole in AWB [...]
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02 Jul
Voice of AmericaMore allied forces killed in Afghanistan than Iraq in JuneDaily Times, Pakistan - 13 hours agoKABUL: Militants have killed more United States and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, the AP reported on …Coalition troop deaths in Afghanistan surpass Iraq CNN InternationalUS, NATO Deaths in Afghanistan Pass [...]
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02 Jul
BBC NewsUS flexible on Iraq pact, hurdles remain: ZebariReuters - 1 hour agoBy Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States has shown flexibility in negotiations with Iraq on a new security pact, Iraq’s foreign minister …Iraq-US security pact ‘almost finalised’: FM AFPUS Agrees to Lift Immunity for Contractors in Iraq New York TimesIraqi FM: [...]
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02 Jul
Voice of AmericaIraq eyes 44 pct budget boost to record $70 blnReuters India, India - 57 minutes agoBAGHDAD, July 2 (Reuters) - Iraq’s Finance Ministry wants to raise its 2008 budget by 44 percent to a record $70 billion, cashing in on record oil prices to …Iraq still reeling under fuel shortage NDTV.comOil majors to lead another [...]
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02 Jul
Reuters South AfricaStill time for Iraq local elections this year: UNReuters - 59 minutes agoBy Khalid al-Ansary BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will have time to hold provincial elections before the end of the year if parliament passes a new electoral law …Iraq lawmakers delay vacations in face of fall election disputes Los Angeles TimesOptimism [...]
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02 Jul
ABC NewsBill Boyne: The war in Iraq must be endedPost-Bulletin, MN - 2 hours agoAs the Iraq war grinds on endlessly, there is growing concern among US military leaders about the excessive strain placed on troops who have been deployed …Video: Bush Signs $162 Billion War Spending Bill AssociatedPressDollars & Sense The National Interest OnlineYour cumulative [...]
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