Iraq – Iraq: Troops arrest 189 in security swoop (Adnkronos)
Iraq: Troops arrest 189 in security swoop (Adnkronos)
Iraq: Troops arrest 189 in security swoop (AKI) – Iraqi and US forces on Thursday arrested 189 people in a massive security operation targeting al-Qaeda in the northern province of Diyala, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. “Joint police and army forces arrested 155 wanted men, while Multi-National Forces captured 34 others during Bashaer al-Kheir (Promise of Good) operation in …
Al Qaeda’s Iraq chief now in Afghanistan: Report (New Kerala)
Washington, July 31 : The top leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq has left the country for Afghanistan, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
Violence in Iraq on downswing (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) — Military observers and independent experts say the Iraqi insurgency could be on the decline.
Sadr urges Iraq not to sign US troop pact (Middle East Times)
Iraqi demonstrators wave national flags and a banner of hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest on July 18, 2008. Sadr called on the government on Thursday not to sign an accord being negotiated with Washington that will govern the presence of US troops from next year.
Al-Qaeda leaving Iraq for Afghanistan: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Several Al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq have left the country for Afghanistan in a sign of weakness in the insurgent group, The Washington Post reported Thursday quoting Iraqi intelligence.
Violence in Iraq on downswing (Moldova.org)
Military observers and independent experts say the Iraqi insurgency could be on the decline.July could post the fewest U.S. troop fatalities in Iraq than any other month since the war began in March 2003, signaling the insurgency may be winding down, The Christian Scientist Monitor reported.This is the way insurgencies end, said Jack Keane, a retired four-star U.S. Army general who recently …
Suicide attack leaves 3 Iraqi policemen dead in Mosul (USA Today)
Iraqi police say a suicide car bomb attack has killed three policemen and wounded four others near the northern city of Mosul.
U.S. death toll in Iraq hits all-time low as month ends (The Pantagraph)
BAGHDAD — The monthly U.S. toll in Iraq fell to its lowest point since the war began, with at least 10 American deaths as July drew to a close Thursday after the departure of the last surge brigade.
Suicide Attack Targets Iraqi Police in Mosul (ABC News)
Suicide car bomb attack kills 3 Iraqi policemen, wounds 4 in Mosul.
Iraq’s Basra set for multibillion-dollar investment (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Most headlines about Basra, the port city in southern Iraq that is home to the bulk of the country’s vast oil wealth, tend to focus on death, destruction and wasted opportunity after five years of war.
Report: Al-Qaeda leaving Iraq for Afghanistan (Middle East Online)
US officials say Al-Qaeda may be sending new recruits to Afghanistan instead of Iraq.
July marks least-deadly month for American troops in Iraq (USA Today)
July 2008 was the least deadly month for Americans in Iraq since the war began more than five years ago.
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