Iraqi soldier, policeman beheaded, gunmen shoot two in Mosul – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Baghdad – Armed men stopped two off-duty Iraqi security officers north of Baghdad, abducted them, and beheaded them, police told the German Press Agency dpa on Thursday. The two were among at least five people killed in fresh violence across Iraq Thu…
Chaos marks Iraq election vote tally (AP via Yahoo! News)
Dozens of Iraqi journalists waited hours for results in Iraq’s election. What they finally got was a single CD containing all the information and instructions to make copies themselves, prompting a mad dash to the nearest Internet cafe where they paid $1.20 each to find out who was ahead in the ballot count.
Chaos marks Iraq election vote tally (Manila Bulletin)
Iraqi journalists look at screens Tuesday, March 16, 2010, showing the partial preliminary results in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP) BAGHDAD (AP) Dozens of Iraqi journalists waited hours for results in Iraq’s election. What they finally got was a single CD containing all the information and instructions to make copies themselves, prompting a mad dash to the nearest Internet cafe where they paid $1.20 …
Maliki holds narrow lead in latest Iraq vote count (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki retained his narrow lead over secularist challenger Iyad Allawi Thursday as Iraq neared a final preliminary count of votes cast in a March 7 parliamentary election.
What next for US-Israel relations? (BBC News)
Diplomats from the US, Russia, EU and UN have called on Israel to stop building settlements. What are the chances of Israeli Palestinian talks starting?
Soldiers in Iraq aren t dying in vain (Bluffton Today)
By DAVID ROSENBLUM Last weekend, less than aweek after historic Iraqi Parliamentary elections, SP4 McLyman was walking to evening chow in the Diyala Province, Iraq, with two of her fellow soldiers and friends when an indirect fire round exploded next to her. She fought for her life for more than an hour before succumbing to her wounds.
Bringing Ossian to Iraq (Newspapers of Fayette County)
OSSIAN – Popcorn, Tootsie Rolls and flip flops might seem like mundane items to most people. But for Emily Adams, they are the highlight after a long day of work. Adams is currently stationed in Balad, Iraq, a town 70 miles north of Baghdad. She has been stationed there since Jan. 3, working as a critical care nurse in the Air Force Theater Hospital, treating both American and Iraqi patients.
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 19 (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters March 19 (Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Friday. *indicates a new or updated item. * MOSUL – Iraqi soldiers accompanied by U.S. advisers killed an alleged …
Militants declare campaign vs Iraqi political parties (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An al Qaeda-linked militant group that claimed responsibility for recent bombings in Baghdad has declared a new military campaign against Iraqi political parties, according to a group that monitors insurgents’ communications.
Militants declare campaign vs Iraqi political parties (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Islamic State of Iraq linked to al Qaeda * Group claimed responsibility for Baghdad bombings BAGHDAD, March 19 (Reuters) – An al Qaeda-linked militant group that claimed responsibility for …
Northwest’s top general optimistic about Iraq’s future (KING5 Seattle)
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD – For a year, 900 soldiers from what is now known as Joint Base Lewis-McChord ran what was the U.S. Army’s corporate headquarters in Iraq. Heading up that effort is corps commander Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby. Jacoby says the U.S. military is already beginning to draw down – from 150,000 troops when he arrived in 2009 down to about 96,000 at the beginning of March and …
Iraq on alert for transition violence after vote (World Tribune)
Officials said the Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry have ordered troop reinforcements in several Iraqi cities for the next few weeks.
Iraq War Enters Eighth Year (KARK Little Rock)
The Iraq War enters its eighth year today. It was March 19th, 2003 in the U.S. when an American-led military coalition invaded the Middle Eastern country amid allegations that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.
