Iraq – New Generation Of Iraqi Military Pilots Looks To Sky (NPR)

New Generation Of Iraqi Military Pilots Looks To Sky (NPR)
Iraq’s military pilots once enjoyed elite status in the country’s armed forces. But the Iraqi airforce hasn’t really flown for 18 years. At an American airbase outside the city of Kirkuk, a young generation of pilots is learning to fly again.

Saddam stayed in Baghdad until city fell – FBI (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the US-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed Iraqi dictator. Summarizing 27 interviews between January and June 2004, newly declassified FBI documents offer an unusual window on Saddam’s view of himself.

Saddam says Iran threat to Iraq, docs say (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) — Ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein told the FBI in 2004 he believed Iran was a greater threat to Iraq than to the United States, FBI documents indicate.

Anti-US protesters denounce Biden visit to Iraq (TVNZ)
Supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr paraded through a Baghdad slum, burning American flags and shouting anti-US slogans during a visit to Iraq by Joe Biden

Biden visits Iraq as takes new role in US exit (Khaleej Times)
BAGHDAD – US Vice President Joe Biden flew in to Baghdad on Thursday on a surprise visit just two days after a long-planned pullback of American troops from conflict-hit Iraq s towns and cities.

Saddam stayed in Baghdad until city fell: FBI (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the US-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed Iraqi dictator.

Saddam Stayed In Baghdad Until City Fell: FBI (Nasdaq)
WASHINGTON (AFP)–Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the U.S.-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed Iraqi dictator.

VP meeting with U.S., Iraqi leaders (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
BAGHDAD (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden is set to meet with Iraq’s leaders to discuss the future of the U.S. mission there. He’s expected to press Iraqi leaders to make more progress on reconciliation and other political issues.

Vice-President Biden presses Iraqi leaders to make political progress (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD – Vice-President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political progress is fueling violence in Iraq.

US labels Iraq-based Kataeb Hizbullah a ‘foreign terror group’ (The Daily Star Lebanon)
The US government has labeled the Iraq-based Kataeb Hizbullah a “foreign terrorist organization” and levied financial sanctions against the outfit, saying it poses a risk to Iraqi security and has received support and training from the Lebanese Hizbullah movement. The US departments of State and Treasury both blacklisted the group Thursday.

Saddam ‘was in Baghdad until the end’ (Herald Sun)
SADDAM Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall, according to newly released FBI interviews.

Michael Gerson: Success and failure in Iraq (Merced Sun-Star)
WASHINGTON — It may seem strange to Americans, so close to our independence celebration, that Iraqi

Biden presses Iraqi leaders for political reconciliation (Pioneer Press)
BAGHDAD U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq’s cities and towns. During his visit, Biden will meet with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. A White House statement said Biden will reiterate the U.S. commitment to …

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