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Iraq Oil Sales Rose 49% to $60.9 Billion Last Year, U.S. Says (Bloomberg) (bloomberg.com) - January 06, 2009
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq, holder of the world’s third- largest crude reserves, boosted income from oil sales by 49 percent last year as crude prices rose to a record in July, according to the U.S. S…

Huge U.S. Embassy ushers in new Iraq era (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) (post-gazette.com) - January 06, 2009
BAGHDAD -- The United States yesterday inaugurated its largest embassy ever, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone -- and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chap…

U.S. Embassy in Iraq Largest, Most Expensive Ever (Fox News) (foxnews.com) - January 05, 2009
After much delay the United States opened its new $700 million embassy in Iraq on Monday, inaugurating thd largest, and most expensive, embassy ever built.

Fewer reporters died in 2008; Iraq still deadliest (AP via Yahoo! News) (news.yahoo.com) - January 05, 2009
The Committee to Protect Journalists says Iraq remains the most lethal place for working media members despite a two-thirds decline in deaths there in 2008.

Mammoth new U.S. Embassy marks new stage for Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) (news.yahoo.com) - January 05, 2009
BAGHDAD — The U.S. flag was raised Monday over the mammoth new American Embassy in Iraq, symbolizing a new era of restored Iraqi sovereignty and reduced U.S. power, despite the fact that it's the bigg…

Turkey, Iran bombard Kurdish rebels in Iraq: PKK (AFP via Yahoo! News) (news.yahoo.com) - January 05, 2009
Turkish warplanes and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Monday, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said.

RNC Chair: Iraq conduct Bush's biggest failure (Politico via Yahoo! News) (news.yahoo.com) - January 05, 2009
The Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mike Duncan, said President Bush's early prosecution of the Iraq war was his biggest failure in two terms in office.

US inaugurates $700 million embassy in Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News) (news.yahoo.com) - January 05, 2009
The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone — and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relat…

Ohio.com - New Summit official gives back in Iraq (ohio.com) - January 05, 2009
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Strategic Agreement Has Mimimal Impact on Most Iraq Operations (globalsecurity.org) - January 05, 2009
GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source for reliable military news and military information, directed by John Pike.

Tom Ricks: Obama's War In Iraq May Last Longer Than Bush's (huffingtonpost.com) - January 05, 2009
So his promise to get "combat troops" out of Iraq in the next 16 months is a phrase that means much less than it appears to. At any rate, I bet Obama is wrong: I think we are going to have tens of tho…

RNC Chair: Iraq War Bush's Biggest Mistake (VIDEO) (huffingtonpost.com) - January 05, 2009
RNC Chair: Iraq War Bush's Biggest Mistake (VIDEO) - The Huffington Post.

Iraq Briefing: New Year’s Resolutions - Baghdad Bureau Blog ... (baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com) - January 05, 2009
Iraq has its own version of a financial crisis. Several provinces recently ran out of cash. “Some public-sector bank branches, mainly in Diyala, ran out of physical bank notes because of a combination…

Harry Reid Saved the Iraq War - Kathryn Jean Lopez - The Corner on ... (corner.nationalreview.com) - January 05, 2009
REID: David, I first met General David Petraeus in Iraq. He was training the Iraqi forces at that time. At that time, he knew it wasn't working. After he became the commander in Iraq, he and I sat dow…

PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » US Embassy in Iraq Opens (poliblogger.com) - January 05, 2009
With the turn-over of the Green Zone to Iraqi authorities (more or less), and the opening of the embassy, it does seem that we are moving into a new era in Iraq. What it will eventually evolve into, h…

Photojournalists On Working Iraq : CJR (cjr.org) - January 05, 2009
A slide show with some stunning photos accompanies the conversation. (On whether right now is the “best working environment” in Iraq to date, Pagetti says: “It’s like you’re watching the sea and follo…

IRAQ: Budget cuts threaten IDP housing projects http://jijr.com/dIt - January 06, 2009

Camels crucial to Iraqi drugs trafficking: The deserts of Iraq might not seem like the easiest route to smuggle .. http://twurl.nl/m2jshy - January 06, 2009

Updates: panetta cia, burrell (rays), waterford wedgwood, travolta death, iraq embassy, dui (shepard) http://rarestnews.com/fresh - January 06, 2009

@thetruthseekerz keep smoking dude, I don't have time to pull up the buried list of things we found in Iraq or explain why it does not m ... - January 06, 2009

Letter: The Psychological Casualties of the Iraq War http://tinyurl.com/7qypc9 - January 06, 2009

@DaMav cant make a BIG deal of 60,000 people being killed nah just statistics #iraq #usa #war - January 06, 2009

@aperiozar WP and DU - they tried to make that a big deal in Iraq but it didn't work. Same old groups saying the same old things #gaza - January 06, 2009

rt: World's largest US Embassy opens in Iraq - Houston Chronicle http://tinyurl.com/788yg8 http://tinyurl.com/9lmh74 - January 06, 2009

Who Gets U.S. Foreign Aid - January 02, 2009
The U.S. will give an estimated $26 billion in foreign aid in 2008—70% more than when President George W. Bush took office (the figure doesn’t include funds related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan…

Bob Herbert: Adding Up the Damage of the Past Eight Years - December 31, 2009
We don’t hear much from George W. Bush anymore. The last image most of us remember is of the president ducking a pair of size 10s that were hurled at him in Baghdad. We’re still at war in Iraq and Afg…

Cheney: ‘I Don’t Have Any Idea’ Why People Don’t Like Me - December 28, 2008
In addition to his well-documented abuse of power and disregard for the rule of law, Cheney’s public disapproval ratings might be explained in part by his own personal disregard for the public. When t…

Bush's Ultimate Legacy: A World at War. - December 27, 2008
In Iraq, today a car bomb killed at least 25, wounding 64. In Gaza, Israeli air strikes killed 200 and wounded several hundred. Afghanistan is in shamble, and unstable Pakistan is bringing troops near…

Iraqis hope to sue U.S. troops under new accord - December 23, 2008
The families of three men who were killed last week during a search of a grain warehouse want to press charges against American soldiers under the terms of a new security agreement between the U.S. an…

CBS: KBR Knowingly Exposed Troops To Deadly Toxic Materials - December 23, 2008
A CBS News investigation has obtained evidence that a subsidiary of Halliburton, the giant energy company formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, knowingly exposed United States soldiers to tox…

Troops in Iraq Allowed Two Beers During the Superbowl - December 22, 2008
Multi-National Division–Baghdad has received permission to let its units enjoy an honest-to-goodness beer on game day instead of the near-beer soldiers usually quaff in downrange DFACs. The approval c…

Bush Shoe Toss Games Go Viral - December 20, 2008
During President George W. Bush's valedictory visit to Iraq, an Iraqi journalist launched his shoes at Bush's head during a press conference. Since then, an assortment of games, animated GIF's, videos…

30Days - The catechism in a post-Christian world (30giorni.it) - January 06, 2009
Cardinal Ratzinger's statement against the Iraq War

IVAW Winter Soldier 2008 (peacenowcitruscounty.com) - January 06, 2009

FOXNews.com - U.S. Embassy in Iraq Largest, Most Expensive Ever - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News (foxnews.com) - January 05, 2009

What if a nuclear bomb is dropped in your city, will you feel it ... (barnabasnagy.net) - January 05, 2009
I found this great google map where you can try out which bomb would which kind of damage.

New American Embassy opens in Baghdad - CNN.com (cnn.com) - January 05, 2009
The new U.S. Embassy covers 104 acres and is the largest in the world, housing 1,200 U.S. diplomats, soldiers, and government staff from 14 federal agencies, according to a U.S. State Department news…

Opening Day for America's Enormous New Embassy in Iraq - TIME (time.com) - January 05, 2009

US Embassy in Iraq (pandagon.net) - January 05, 2009

Faster, Please! " Is Iran in Trouble? (pajamasmedia.com) - January 05, 2009