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Rear Adm. Mark D. Guadagnini, commander of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, tours the Al Basra Oil Terminal.

Iraq Oil Photos War Wikipedia: Post-invasion Iraq (2003 to present)

The Guardian
Iraq can barely handle oil security in south
Wed 29 Jun 2011
* Expansion will put new stress on undermanned oil police * Sophisticated cameras and monitoring systems needed * Force needs helicopters to monitor sprawling pipe network By Ahmed Rasheed BASRA, Iraq... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arif Patani)

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Calvary Regiment, armed with a 5.56mm Colt M4 carbine, provides security during a patrol near Forward Operating Base Camp Eagle, Sadr City, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

Death Iraq Military Photos Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency

Seattle Times
U.S. troop deaths in Iraq at highest level since 2009
Sun 26 Jun 2011
| BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed Sunday in Iraq, the military command said, making June the worst month in combat-related fatalities for U.S. forces in Iraq in more than two years. | The casu... (photo: US DoD/SSGT RICKY A. BLOOM, USAF)

People inspect a destroyed liquor store after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.

The Guardian Tue 21 Jun 2011
22 killed in rare attack in Iraq's Shiite south
| SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Associated Press= BAGHDAD (AP) — Twin explosions early Tuesday near a government compound killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens in a rare attack in the Shiite heartland, ... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Iraq Killing Photos Violence Wikipedia: January 2011 Iraq suicide attacks

Iraqi lawmakers attend the parliament session in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. Iraq's parliament approved key leadership positions Thursday in the first step toward forming a new government, after a breakthrough deal that returns Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office for a second term but falls short of Sunni hopes for greater political power.

Al Jazeera Mon 20 Jun 2011
Iraq to chase missing billions
| Iraq's parliament has asked the United Nations for help to track down about $18bn of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 US-led invasion. | In a letter to the UN office in Baghdad last... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Iraq Photos UN War Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq

An Iraqi policeman stands guard at the scene of a car bomb attack in front of a Syrian Catholic Church, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Nov. 1, 2010.

CNN Fri 17 Jun 2011
U.S. mayors: End wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
| (CNN) -- A group of U.S. mayors urged Congress on Friday to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and redirect money spent to support those conflicts to domestic interes... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Afghanistan Iraq Photos War Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq

MIAMI - President George W. Bush speaks to an audience of about 300 at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Miami. The president spoke about the economy, the war in Iraq and immigration issues. Coast Guard photo by PA3 James P. Judge Jr. (121480) ( PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (FOR RELEASE) )

BBC News Tue 14 Jun 2011
US: Iraq reconstruction billions 'may have been stolen'
Some $6.6bn (£4bn) flown into Iraq eight years ago may have been stolen, according to a US official investigating fraud in the country. | The missing money may represent... (photo: US Coastguard / PA3 James P. Judge Jr.)
Government Iraq Photos Reconstruction Wikipedia: Investment in post-invasion Iraq

Pfc. Shawn Phillips, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, prepares for a mission at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, May 17, 2011.

The Los Angeles Times Mon 13 Jun 2011
Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say
U.S. Defense officials still cannot say what happened to $6.6 billion, sent by the planeload in cash and intended for Iraq's reconstruction after the start of the war. | ... (photo: US Army)
Crime Defense Iraq Photos Wikipedia: Development Fund for Iraq

People inspect a destroyed car and a wheelchair at the scene of a car bomb attack Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. A car bomb ripped through a funeral tent in a mainly Shiite area of Baghdad on Thursday, killing and wounding scores of people and prompting scuffles between police and Iraqis angry about security failures.

The Columbus Dispatch Sun 12 Jun 2011
At least 11 killed in attacks across Iraq
| BAGHDAD — Twin car bombs ripped through a crowded neighborhood of restaurants and peanut vendors in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, and unidentified gunme... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Attacks Baghdad Mosul Photos Wikipedia: Iraq War troop surge of 2007

Seattle Times Sat 11 Jun 2011
Iraq violence up; congressman riles with repayment talk
| BAGHDAD - Twin car bombs ripped through a crowded neighborhood of restaurants and peanut vendors in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Saturday, and unidentified gunme... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed)
Iraq Photos Talks Violence Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq 2009.02.25
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Arab World

	Israeli-Arab leader Salah arrested in UK Al Jazeera
	Arab governments are failing on human trafficking The Guardian
	After dark winter, Arab Spring The Boston Globe

Iraq - US Relations

	US cost of war at least $3.7 trillion Independent online
	US cost of war at least $3.7 trillion and counting Khaleej Times
	U.S. troop deaths in Iraq at highest level since 2009 Seattle Times
	One Down, One to Go? (U.S., Iraq and Iran) WorldNews.com

Opinions

	How to destroy a nation Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
	Ahmadinejad seizes on America's retreat at 'anti-terror' conference The Independent
	Memo reveals intelligence chief's bid to fuel fears of Iraqi WMDs The Guardian

File - An MQ-1B Predator taxis out to the runway for a routine push off mission Aug. 3, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.

Waging war with drones needs debate

The 3-year-old daughter of Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerome Cinco, a hospital corpsman with Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, holds her father close before his departure from Marine Corps Base Hawaii on a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan, April 25, 2011.

US cost of war at least $3.7 trillion and counting

File - Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines listen intently as President George W. Bush thanks the assembled servicemembers who gathered at the Al Faw Palace Dec. 14, 2008, for the opportunity to hear from their commander in chief.

How to destroy a nation

Iraq attacks target security personnel Al Jazeera
Attackers kill 8 police and soldiers in Iraq Hartford Courant
Iran Vice-President expected to sign at least 15 agreements Irna
Attacks in Iraq target security forces, 8 killed Hartford Courant
Waging war with drones needs debate The Columbus Dispatch
IRAQ: No country for women IRINnews
The US Has Already Lost The Afghanistan War Pakalert Press
Republican senators criticize Afghan pullout plan The Los Angeles Times
Iraq oil minister says no need for national oil co Chicago Tribune
Iraq military cracks down on militias, arms smuggling Hartford Courant
Iraq oil minister says no need for national oil co Hartford Courant
Iraq oil minister says no need for national oil co KDVR
Officials: 5 Iraqi policemen killed in Anbar Herald Tribune
Taking Lead, Iraqis Hope U.S. Special Operations Commandos S Herald Tribune
Damascus Vibrations Middle East Online
Afghanistan: Doable mission or lost cause? The Miami Herald
Killings won't sway troop decision Tulsa World
Decision on U.S. troops not yet clear Herald Tribune
Iraqi commandos want American partners to stay Herald Tribune
Patrick Cockburn: Don't expect top room service, or info The Independent

An infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, helps escort a combat vehicle full of supplies for an observation post in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

'War on terror' set to surpass cost of Second World War

Rear Adm. Mark D. Guadagnini, commander of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, tours the Al Basra Oil Terminal.

Iraq can barely handle oil security in south

File - Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines listen intently as President George W. Bush thanks the assembled servicemembers who gathered at the Al Faw Palace Dec. 14, 2008, for the opportunity to hear from their commander in chief.

How to destroy a nation

The US Has Already Lost The Afghanistan War Pakalert Press
Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup � The Guardian
Iraq oil minister says no need for national oil co Hartford Courant
Iraq oil minister says no need for national oil co KDVR
Illegal border trade with Iraq revives life of Iranian Kurds m&c;
America's Forgotten Prisoners of War Wall Street Journal
Iraq to upgrade creaky oil facilities Al Jazeera
Iraq official charges 17.5 billion dollars missing in oil re m&c;
Restored oil industry fuels Iraqi revival Al Jazeera
'War on terror' set to surpass cost of Second World The Independent
Egypt rejection of U.S. aid a sign of future rifts? Lexington Herald-Leader
Iraq can barely handle oil security in south The Guardian
Chinese oil company begins drilling in Iraq The Columbus Dispatch
Iraqi company soon to be in Saif hands Canberra Times
Supreme Court won't hear Iraqi contractor torture case KDVR
CNPC completes first phase of Al-Ahdab field in Iraq The Guardian
How to destroy a nation Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
US companies get slice of Iraq�s oil pie Deccan Herald
Exposing Israel’s Most Dangerous BioWeapon Secrets Pakalert Press
Iraqis pushing their oil production to the limit Houston Chronicle

File - An MQ-1B Predator taxis out to the runway for a routine push off mission Aug. 3, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.

Waging war with drones needs debate

Petty Officer 2nd Class Philip Taylor, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), tells Marines and Sailors to stay down and covered before he enters an Iraqi National Guard (ING) border fort near Camp Ripper, Iraq.

US spend 4.4. trillion on war on terror

An infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, helps escort a combat vehicle full of supplies for an observation post in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

'War on terror' set to surpass cost of Second World War

Waging war with drones needs debate The Columbus Dispatch
The US Has Already Lost The Afghanistan War Pakalert Press
Republican senators criticize Afghan pullout plan The Los Angeles Times
U.S. blaming Iran for uptick in Iraq violence Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
US suspects Iran behind increase in troop deaths in Iraq The Boston Globe
More MKO members defect to Iraq The Siasat Daily
U.S. deaths in Iraq hit 2-year high Star Tribune
Justice Department probing CIA in two detainee deaths Fresno Bee
Justice Department probing CIA in two detainee deaths Lexington Herald-Leader
U.S.-led coalition: Pakistan group behind Kabul hotel attack Lexington Herald-Leader
Sioux City Al Qaeda The Examiner
US spend 4.4. trillion on war on terror The Siasat Daily
'War on terror' set to surpass cost of Second World The Independent
Libya mission becomes a burden for Obama Lexington Herald-Leader
Iraqi Kurdish leader boosts power to disputed city The Boston Globe
Egypt rejection of U.S. aid a sign of future rifts? Lexington Herald-Leader
Iraqi Kurdish leader boosts power to disputed city Herald Tribune
Iraqi Kurdish leader promises extra, free power supply in su Star Tribune
Iraq jails widow of al-Qaeda chief Abu Omar al-Baghdadi BBC News
Al-Qaeda chief's widow gets life Independent online

File - Afghanistan - A guard stands watch outside the front gate of the detention center here December 24, 2001. Marines with the 15th and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) team with a U.S. Army detachment of military police

Justice probing CIA in deaths of 2 detainees

British army vehicles block a road on the outskirts of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, after a British convoy was hit by a roadside bomb.

Rules 'threaten to expose troops'

File - Long term anti-war demonstrator Brian Haw who has been on a permanent protest in Parliament Square, in central London for over six years, chants slogans during an anti-war protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London, Monday Oct. 8, 2007.

Brian Haw: protesting to the end

Strasbourg ruling may change UK's responsibilities under The Guardian
Justice probing CIA in deaths of 2 detainees Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Iraq: Attacks by Government-Backed Thugs Chill Protests Human Rights
Rules 'threaten to expose troops' The Guardian
The Virtue-less war of the 'Nintendo bomber' Al Jazeera
Serial blasts rip through Baghdad, many killed The Siasat Daily
Brian Haw: protesting to the end The Guardian
Gates' tenure defined by 2 wars that outlast him The Boston Globe
Foreign laborers earn little payoff in Iraq Houston Chronicle
Foreign laborers earn little payoff in Iraq The State
Foreign laborers earn little payoff in Iraq Seattle Times
Thousands of poor immigrant workers in Iraq face deportation Star Tribune
Foreign laborers earn little payoff in Iraq Newsvine
Foreign laborers earn little payoff in Iraq The Guardian
Syrian crackdown fans sectarian flames The Los Angeles Times
God Bless America. And its Bombs GlobalResearch
Syria: Middle East media ponder foreign intervention BBC News
Theater Listings: June 10 �Euro" 16 The New York Times
Egypt's Challenges: Democracy, Economy, Corruption The Siasat Daily
Palestinian protests divide village on Israel-Syria border Lexington Herald-Leader

Iraqi lawmakers attend the parliament session in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. Iraq's parliament approved key leadership positions Thursday in the first step toward forming a new government, after a breakthrough deal that returns Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office for a second term but falls short of Sunni hopes for greater political power.

Iraq to chase missing billions

MIAMI - President George W. Bush speaks to an audience of about 300 at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Miami. The president spoke about the economy, the war in Iraq and immigration issues. Coast Guard photo by PA3 James P. Judge Jr. (121480) ( PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (FOR RELEASE) )

US: Iraq reconstruction billions 'may have been stolen'

Pfc. Shawn Phillips, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, prepares for a mission at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, May 17, 2011.

Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say

Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup � The Guardian
$17b in Iraq rebuilding money missing The Boston Globe
Iraq probes missing $17B reconstruction funds Herald Tribune
Iraq probes missing $17B reconstruction funds The State
Iraq probes missing $17B reconstruction funds The Boston Globe
Iraq probes missing $17B reconstruction funds The Miami Herald
Iraq's parliament probes fate of $17 billion missing in Star Tribune
Iraq probes missing $17B reconstruction funds Denver Post
Slow Domestic Economy Puts Focus on Cost of Two Wars Herald Tribune
Sagging Economy Draws Attention to War Spending Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sagging Economy Draws Attention to War Spending The New York Times
Iraq probes missing $17B reconstruction funds Newsvine
Iraq to chase missing billions Al Jazeera
As Iraq Oil Industry Rebuilds, U.S. Subcontractors Dominate The New York Times
US: Iraq reconstruction billions 'may have been stolen&# BBC News
$6.6 billion in cash sent to Iraq might have been stolen The Columbus Dispatch
Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say The Los Angeles Times
Egypt's Challenges: Democracy, Economy, Corruption The Siasat Daily
Basra Rebuilds Amid New Confidence Wall Street Journal
All Iraqis have right to participate in rebuilding their cou United Nations

Rear Adm. Mark D. Guadagnini, commander of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, tours the Al Basra Oil Terminal.

Iraq can barely handle oil security in south

Iraqi lawmakers attend the parliament session in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. Iraq's parliament approved key leadership positions Thursday in the first step toward forming a new government, after a breakthrough deal that returns Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office for a second term but falls short of Sunni hopes for greater political power.

Iraq to chase missing billions

Iraq can barely handle oil security in south The Guardian
Iraq to chase missing billions Al Jazeera

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