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FACTBOX-Iraq's thorny security negotiations with U.S.

July 7 (Reuters) - The United States is negotiating a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that would provide a legal basis for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq after Dec. 31, when their U.N. mandate expires. Washington has set a goal...

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Boys & Young Men of Iraq

Some days, some nights, I just about can’t stand it. Tonight is one of them: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that poverty is driving Iraq’s boys and young men, out of desperation, into the militias. A...

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Iraq tries to entice back doctors who fled violence (Reuters)

yahoo.com     27-Jun-2008   9 related          

By Aseel Kami 19 minutes ago BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government is trying to entice back hundreds of doctors who fled the country because of rampant violence and says improved security is already leading some to return....

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Gunmen kill leading Iraqi judge in Baghdad ambush

alertnet.org     27-Jun-2008   21 related          

BAGHDAD, June 27 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a leading Iraqi judge in an ambush as he drove home in Baghdad, police and a judicial official said on Friday. Kamel al-Shewaili, head of one of the capital's two appeals courts,...

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canada.com: A member of a U.S.-backed Neighborhood Patrol and a U.S. soldier signal a motorist to stop at a checkpoint in Baghdad's Sadr City. canada.com

Bombs kill 40 in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs killed nearly 40 people in Iraq on Thursday, including 20 at a tribal council meeting in Anbar province just days before the U.S. military transfers control of security for the vast western region to...

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Rag-tag force watches over Baghdad militia hotspot

reuters.co.uk     26-Jun-2008   11 related          

By Adrian Croft BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A rag-tag band of men toting AK-47s at a checkpoint in Baghdad's Sadr City forms part of a plan to strengthen the Iraqi Army's hold over a bastion of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada...

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Suicide bomber kills 15 at Iraqi council meeting

alertnet.org     26-Jun-2008   301 related          

BAGHDAD, June 26 (Reuters) - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a tribal council meeting in the Iraqi town of Garma on Thursday, killing 15 people, including the chairman of the Garma tribal council, police said. Another 17...

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Bomb in Qaeda bastion in Iraq kills 3 U.S. troops

reuters.com     25-Jun-2008   605 related          

By Adrian Croft BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in a region of northern Iraq where U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling al Qaeda, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. Tuesday...

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Baghdad's minibus taxis bridge sectarian divide (Reuters)

yahoo.com     24-Jun-2008   5 related          

By Aws Qusay 18 minutes ago BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Baghdad's minibus taxi drivers are returning to once deadly routes as security in the Iraqi capital improves, allowing them once again to drive between Sunni and Shi'ite areas and...

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Iraq, U.S. working to agree pact by July deadline

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Wednesday it was committed to meeting a deadline for a long-term security pact with the United States, as Washington confirmed it dropped a demand concerning the divisive issue of immunity for...

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