U.S. hopeful of breakthrough in Iraq vote deadlock (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq’s leaders in a series of telephone calls on Saturday to break a deadlock that has stalled preparations for an election seen as critical for U.S. troops to withdraw, officials said.
Biden to Iraq leaders: Settle election law dispute (The Buffalo News)
Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq’s leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year.
Baghdad Garden Becomes Graveyard, Full of Grieving (MalaysiaNews.net)
the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. The dun-colored alleyways of the Adhamiya neighborhood here are deserted at this hour, everywhere except in the memorial garden behind the Abu Hanifa mosque, which is the…
US vice president urges Iraq to resolve vote issue (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Vice President Joseph Biden on Saturday contacted top Iraqi politicians to praise their efforts in seeking a compromise solution to their election scheduling problems.
Key senator wants focus on Afghanistan strategy – Navy News, news from Iraq – Navy Times (Navy Times)
WASHINGTON Postpone the health care overhaul until next year so Congress can concentrate on how to pay for President Barack Obama s expected plans for expanding military operations in Afghanistan, a leading Republican senator said Sunday.
Lost Gulf War Pilot Was Not Killed In Iraq (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul)
Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn’t believe him. So it took the most powerful military in the world 18 years to find the remains of the only U.S. Navy pilot shot down in an aerial battle in the 1991 Gulf War. Michael “Scott” Speicher’s bones lay 18 inches deep in Iraqi sand, more or less right where a group of Iraqis had led an American search team in …
Iraq’s Sunni VP played election poker and lost, experts say (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq’s Sunni vice president played political poker to help his community, still traumatised at losing control after 80 years of domination, thrive in a general election. But his bluff failed, experts say.
Appeal of amnesty dwindles for Taliban as insurgency grows in strength (Coast Reporter)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The appeal of amnesty has dwindled dramatically for Taliban thinking of giving up arms, hinting at an insurgency that is increasing its resolve and complicating President Hamid Karzai’s promise to reach out to insurgents.
Iraq’s Sunni VP played election poker and lost, experts say (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Iraq’s Sunni vice president played political poker to help his community, still traumatised at losing control after 80 years of domination, thrive in a general election.
Ex-British diplomat: Iraq invasion was of questionable legitimacy’ (Washington Post)
The March 2003 military invasion of Iraq was “legal but of questionable legitimacy” because the U.N. Security Council had not voted to support it, a former top British diplomat said last week at a parliamentary inquiry examining Britain’s role in the war.
