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DOD Inspector General finds $900M stockpile of Stryker parts
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DOD Inspector General finds $900M stockpile of Stryker parts
TACOMA, Wash. — The Army program charged with keeping thousands of eight-wheeled Strykers running over the past decade had its eye so much on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that it neglected to keep i... (photo: US Army / Andrew Claire Baker)
Stars and Stripes
	Pentagon's unrealistic Afghan plan
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Pentagon's unrealistic Afghan plan
Claiming that Afghanistan is not ready to go it alone when U.S. forces pull out in 2014, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force [ISAF] Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. insisted t... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
The Examiner
People and security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Violence spikes in Iraq ahead of polls: March death toll highest since August 2012
BAGHDAD - March was the deadliest month in Iraq since August with 271 people killed in attacks, figures compiled showed on Monday, with violence spiking ahead of the country's first polls since 2010. ... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Middle East Online
Election   Iraq   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency  
Kashmiri mourners look on during a funeral of alleged Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba militant Mudasir Sheikh alias Mavia (L) a self styled 'district commander' and his Pakistani associate Tamim in Kulgam district of south Kashmir some 75kms from Srinagar on December 25, 2012. Security forces confronted the pair of rebels and in the ensuing gunbattle they and a policeman were killed. A police spokesman said that the two were implicated in an attack on The Silver Star Hotel in Srinagar and on an army convoy. Five police killed in Iraq blast
A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near a police station in central Iraq, killing five policemen. | The attack in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, also wounded 15, according to Iraqi he... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Belfast Telegraph
Iraq   Killing   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Iraq War  
Top Stories
In this May 31, 2009 file photo, an employee works at the Tawke oil fields in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Iraq becoming global oil power
Star-Telegram Washington bureau | WASHINGTON -- Ten years after the United States invaded and occupied Iraq, the country's oil industry is poised to boom and make the tro... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Star Telegram
Energy   Iraq   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: Iraq oil law (2007)  
Syrian rebels capture key town near Jordan Syrian rebels capture key town near Jordan
Associated Press | Posted: Saturday, March 30, 2013, 3:01 AM | BEIRUT - Syrian rebels on Friday captured a strategic town near the border with Jordan after a day of fierc... (photo: AP / Shaam News Network, SNN) Philadelphia Daily News
Jordan   Photos   Syria   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division exit a Stryker armored vehicle during Operation Southern Fist in the Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 29, 2012. The Afghan-led operation focused on denying the enemy freedom of movement and connecting area villagers with the Afghan government. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie/Released) Iraq and Afghan wars cost US $75,000 a family
The cost to America of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could now reach as much as $6 trillion - or $75,000 for every household in the country - a study from Harvard Univ... (photo: US Army / Brendan Mackie) DNA India
Afghanistan   Iraq   Photos   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Fire fighters extinguish a fire at the Great Prophet Shiite mosque after a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 29, 2013. Car bombs kill 18 at Iraq Shiite mosques
  BAGHDAD:  A series of car bombs near Shiite mosques  targeting worshippers attending weekly prayers killed at least 18 people on  Friday, the latest... (photo: AP / Emad Matti) New Straits/Business Times
Iraq   Photos   Shiite   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency  
Chemical weapons Chemical Weapons in Syria Will Be Worse Than We Can Know
Representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, recently told CNN there was a "high probability" that chemical weapons had been used in Syr... (photo: Creative Commons) Huffington Post
Chemical Weapons   Photos   Syria War   US   Wikipedia: Syria and weapons of mass destruction  
People inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Monday, July 23, 2012. String of attacks kills at least 23 in Iraq
A series of car bombings in Iraq struck five Shia mosques as worshippers were emerging from Friday prayers, killing at least 23 people, officials said. | The attacks &mda...; (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Khaleej Times
Car Bombings   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)  
Iraq, Afghan wars to cost US up to $6 trillion Iraq, Afghan wars to cost US up to $6 trillion
WASHINGTON ' The Iraq and Afghanistan wars will cost the United States between $4-6 trillion in the long term, constraining the government’s budget for decades to come, a... (photo: USMC / Anthony L. Ortiz) Khaleej Times
Afghanistan   Iraq   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Iraq's national football team, in green, in action against the Syria national football team, in red, during their international friendly soccer match at the al-Shaab stadium in Baghdad, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. For a Night at Least, Soccer Unites Iraqis and Syrians
BAGHDAD – Iraq's national soccer team played Syria on the greenest patch of grass in Baghdad the other night, under bright lights that mostly stayed lit, befor... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Iraq   Photos   Soccer   Syria   Wikipedia: Syria national football team  
File - U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Limon (right) and Sgt. Aaron Hestand, both from White Tank, 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, keep watch during a patrol near Combat Outpost Sangar, Zabul province, Afghanistan, on July 3, 2010. Hollowed out: US Army fights brain drain
During and after the Iraq war, many Army officers left because of the US military's gruelling pace. Now, officials are struggling with the consequences. | It is a Ma... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. William Tremblay) BBC News
Iraq   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: Iraq War  
President Barack Obama looks to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as he announces Kerry's nomination for the next secretary of state in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. Kerry heads home after Iraq, Afghanistan visits
MATTHEW LEE | Associated Press= PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed for home Wednesday after making clandestine journeys to Iraq and Afghanistan, whe... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) The Guardian
Afghanistan   Iraq   Photos   US   Wikipedia: John Kerry  
War Human Rights
Iraq War veteran found dead in Anacostia River, suspected mu
Only Iraq War winners were private contractors
Man found in Anacostia River was Iraq war veteran
Donald Kirk: War correspondent asks: Was Iraq war worth it?
War Stories All Americans Should Read
War Stories All Americans Should Read
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Christians in Holy Land, Mideast celebrate Easter
Christians in Holy Land, Mideast celebrate Easter
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Kuridistan Oil
Despite Challenges, Banks Look to Set Up Branches in Iraq
The Turkey-Israel rapprochement
Iran’s forgotten ethnic minorities
Donald Kirk: War correspondent asks: Was Iraq war worth it?
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian soldier, right, and citizens gather at an alley that was destroyed by two cars bombs, at Jaramana neighborhood, in the suburb of Damascus, Syria,
March 'deadliest month' in Syria's war
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Indonesia Signs Deal to Purchase Iraqi Oil
Suicide bomber in oil tanker kills 9 people in Iraq
Iraq becoming global oil power
Turkey’s thirst for Kurdistan oil raises tensions with Baghd
In this May 31, 2009 file photo, an employee works at the Tawke oil fields in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
Iraq becoming global oil power
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Iraq - UN Relations Arabic Headlines
AP Interview: UN nuke chief concerned about Iran
Iraq: UN officials condemn wave of attacks against media pro
UN envoy strongly condemns today's coordinated attacks i
Swede to lead UN Syria chemical weapons probe
Swede to lead UN Syria chemical weapons probe
Swede to lead UN Syria chemical weapons probe
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Growing up Arab in Australia
Alwaleed bin Talal: Revolutions of ‘Arab Chaos’ won’t reach
Arab-American artists, scholars featured at forum
Arab ministers agree to establish pan-Arab statistics center
Currency, Dirhams, money, economy, uae, fils,
UAE stock market tops Arab performers in Q1
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