Mysterious "Saddam Channel" Hits Iraqi TV
CBS News - Sun Nov 29, 5:30 pm ETReputed Backer Says Broadcasts Honoring Ex-Dictator Are for Iraqis and Other Arabs Who "Long for His Rule"
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Remains of Missing Gulf War Pilot Hidden in Iraqi Sand
Fox News - Sun Nov 29, 10:08 am ETThe military says Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher died when his fighter jet was shot down over Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War and was never captured or tortured.
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Google Chief Announces Plan in Baghdad to Put Iraqi Artifacts Online
New York Times - Thu Nov 26, 1:38 am ETGoogle’s chief executive said his company would create a virtual copy of the collections of Iraq’s National Museum and make the images available online by early 2010.
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Google documents Iraqi treasures
The Wenatchee World - Sat Nov 28, 10:18 pm ETBAGHDAD — Google is documenting Iraq’s national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. The museum was ransacked in the chaotic aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s ouster in April 2003, and only reopened to visitors early this year. Schmidt, who toured the museum with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill on ...
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Charges dropped against Slatten in Iraqi Blackwater incident
Sparta Expositor - 51 minutes agoFederal charges in connection with a 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad have been dismissed against Nicholas Slatten.
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Biden urges Iraqi leaders to settle disputes over election law for a January national vote
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 3:26 pm ETWASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year.
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Iraqi Lawmakers Hunt for Election Compromise
New York Times - Sat Nov 28, 12:37 am ETIraqi leaders worked to avoid delays to January elections, warning that disagreements could still unravel any deal.
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Missouri soldiers train Iraqi federal police brigade
Jefferson City News Tribune - Sun Nov 29, 10:00 am ETMaj. Rick Radford, the federal police transition team's planning and operations officer, stands with three members of the federal police brigade's leadership.
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Iraqi parliament reaches preliminary deal on key vote law
Washington Post - Fri Nov 27, 10:24 pm ETBAGHDAD -- Iraqi politicians pushed ahead Friday with a compromise on a contested election measure, awaiting approval from Kurdish officials on a deal that would increase the number of seats in parliament as a way to mute criticism and allow a vote crucial to U.S. withdrawal plans.
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Iraqi sands hid remains of missing Gulf War pilot Speicher; twists and turns stymied hunt
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 10:05 am ETMarines from Task Force Personnel Recovery of the Multi-National Force-West conduct recovery efforts at the crash site of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher in July.
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Iraqi PM: Election dispute poses risks to security
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 1:07 pm ETIraq's prime minister on Thursday vowed there will be no delay in the withdrawal of U.S. troops despite an Iraqi political dispute that is expected to force a January vote to be postponed.
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Iraqi VP: No deal yet on election law standoff
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 9:02 am ETA top Iraqi official warned Friday "it is too early" to claim a breakthrough in a political crisis over the fragile democracy's election law, all but assuring that a national vote will be pushed past its deadline.
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Iraqi imams warn of foreign interference in January election
EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 28, 4:56 am ETBaghdad - Two politically influential Shiite Muslim preachers on Saturday warned of possible foreign interference in Iraq's coming parliamentary elections. In his sermon for Eid al-Adha prayers, Ammar al-Hakim, the Iranian-educated head of the Islami...
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Friends, Family Mourn Iraqi Refugee
NPR - Fri Nov 27, 4:53 pm ETThe Iraqis who fall victim to their country's ongoing violence often register as little more than a number in a newscast for most Americans. But one of those recent statistics represented a real loss for many people in Denver. Haiffa Ali arrived there as a refugee in 2007, nervous and hostile to a country that was occupying her own. In less than two years, she was settled in — helping with a ...
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Iraqi journalists worry about media crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 4:14 am ETLawsuits, rules that allow the government to shut TV stations that promote violence and other signs of creeping censorship are raising fears of a crackdown on Iraq's often partisan media ahead of an election next year.
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Iraqi factions reach tentative pact on election law
Denver Post - Fri Nov 27, 3:26 am ETIraq's political factions reached a tentative agreement Thursday on a contested law to organize parliamentary elections next year, potentially pulling the country back from crisis and avoiding another veto that could have delayed the vote for months.
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Fort Carson Soldiers Return Home From Iraq
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Baghdad's postmen, delivering the mail at any cost
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Raw Video: Soldiers give thanks in Iraq
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Troops stationed in Iraq celebrate the holiday
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Google documents Iraqi museum treasures
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Iraq Reels After Football Ban
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Erbil Citadel Set for Major Renovation
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Iraqis Critical of Anti-Corruption Efforts
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