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The year-end pullout of US forces will improve security in Iraq, Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi claimed Sunday, days after Iraqi leaders agreed to talk with Washington over a post-2011 training mission.

http://bit.ly/nmUrkq


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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Hashemi
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/08-3

The Ongoing Costs of the Iraq War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/08-5

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Iraqi Civilians Killed By US Occupation Force Raid

For the second time in a week, a joint Iraqi-American raid aiming at insurgents resulted in the killing of civilians.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/middleeast/07iraq.html?_r=1


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=insurgent
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Fatima+Al-zeheri
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US Drags Its Feet in Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/05-7



US mulls over permanent base in Iraq

The unexpected trip by the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen to Baghdad led to an about-face on the part of the Iraqi statesmen on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the two sides.

http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=257729



US troops kill Iraqi child and policeman

Local officials in Iraq have said that US troops in the country have killed an Iraqi child as well as a policeman in the Salahuddin province north of Baghdad.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/192445.html


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mike+Mullen
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=permanent+base
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Karamatullah+K+Ghori
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Over 2.5 million Iraqis have signed a demand that the US military presence in the country should be terminated.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/08/02/54072217.html


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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/01-3



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Terry+Macalister
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Iraq war deal 'signed in blood' by former Prime Minister.

Former PM to be held to account on Iraq in Chilcot report on war.
http://bit.ly/nWknwi



Chilcot inquiry report will not reveal Tony Blair s pledges to George W Bush

Former cabinet secretary consulted Blair before suppressing documents described by Sir John Chilcot as central to inquiry.

http://is.gd/NJfYNB


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tony+Blair
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Chilcot
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
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A US-Iraqi raid north of Baghdad on Saturday killed a tribal sheikh and two of his family members, police said, as local leaders condemned what they branded a 'massacre' of civilians.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=47412


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
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By January 2012, the State Department will do something it s never done before: command a mercenary army the size of a heavy combat brigade.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/iraq-merc-army/



US doing little to help Iraqis who aided troops

Americans like to think of themselves as a moral people. So is it really possible that we will abandon thousands of Iraqis who risked their lives to help American troops and civilians but now face a grave threat of being killed as 'collaborators'? The short answer is yes.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/07/21/117952/us-doing-little-to-help-iraqis.html



Rape shame of the US military

A US female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by an enemy. Yet most cases go unreported.

http://bit.ly/mVtCmp


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mercenary
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rape
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6 Reasons the Media Hide the True Human Toll of War - And Why We Let Them.

By John Tirman

Most Americans turn a blind eye to the violent acts being carried out in their name.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28632.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=death+toll
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Tirman
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http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10438/

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Will the U.S. Really Leave Iraq?

By Lawrence Davidson

The United States invades Iraq, massacres its population and destroys its infrastructure, but those who insist America withdraw its troops and physically resist their presence are "extremists."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28597.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lawrence+Davidson
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