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2008-11-02 06:29

In Iraq, U.S. Marines Rely on Allies Like a Hatchet-Wielding Colonel to Keep the Peace (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - RAMADI, IRAQ--Col. Ahmed Hamid Sharqi was many things--businessman, smuggler, policeman for Saddam Hussein. Now, the U.S. marines stationed here consider him one of their greatest assets in keeping the streets of the capital of Anbar province--only recently some of the most dangerous in the world--safe.

2008-11-02 06:29

Maliki to show neighbours US-Iraq military pact (AFP)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, pictured here in May 2008, said on Friday he will submit the text of the controversial security pact with the United States to all of his country's neighbours.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday he will submit the text of the controversial security pact with the United States to all of his country's neighbours.


2008-11-02 06:29

Iraq says to show U.S. troops pact to neighbors (Reuters)

U.S. soldiers listen to their commander before a mission in Baquba, in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, October 26, 2008. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq will send delegations to neighboring countries to explain a pact with the United States allowing U.S. troops to remain on its territory for three years, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office said on Friday.


2008-11-02 00:31

AP poll: 1 in 7 voters still persuadable (AP)

Voters use accessible voting machines during early voting Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash. In-person accessible voting, on units providing audio and touch-screen ballots in English and Chinese, is available for all King County voters at the site through Saturday, Nov. 1, and on Monday, Nov. 3. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Elizabeth Johnson likes John McCain except for a couple of not-so-little things she can't ignore: She wants the Iraq war to end and she's not a fan of Sarah Palin, his running mate. Chalk her up as leaning McCain, but not solidly.


2008-11-02 00:31

US soldiers in Iraq focus on war in voting (AP)

U.S. Army Cpl. Sean Morton, 25, from Boston, Mass., left, and a comrade assigned to Killer Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, cast their votes for president at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - Car bombs rather than Obama, making it home rather than McCain dominate the talk among many U.S. soldiers in Iraq's deadliest city during the final countdown to America's presidential election.


2008-11-02 00:31

Al Qaeda militant said killed in U.S. Pakistan strike (Reuters)

A mid-level al Qaeda leader, identified as an Iraqi, was among up to 20 people killed on Friday in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan, a Pakistani intelligence official said. The intelligence official identified the al Qaeda leader as Abu Akash and said he was believed to have been Iraqi. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. missile strikes in northwest Pakistan killed up to 20 people on Friday, including a mid-level al Qaeda leader said to be an Iraqi, Pakistani officials said.


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