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Former Clinton military analyst Kenneth Pollack believes that it's inevitable that the West is going to have to adopt a long-term 'containment' strategy against a nuclear Iran. Full Article at Israel Matsav
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Global Warfare USA: The World is the Pentagon's Oyster On January 20, a changing of the guard occurred in the United States White House with two-term president George W. Bush being replaced by former freshman senator Barack Obama. Full Article at UK Indymedia Newswire
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Iraqi national policemen check weapons and armaments seized by Iraqi security forces during recent security operations, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. View Photo »
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Thus far, the oceanography community has deployed 30 members as individual augmentees to Iraq and Afghanistan three have returned with Bronze Stars and provided over 1300 products to DoD units deployed there.
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AFP - Iraq's parliament failed again on Sunday to break a stalemate over a key election law, raising fears that nationwide polls will have to be delayed beyond a constitutional deadline. Full Article at France 24
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Wynonna Judd will perform on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" next Tuesday, November 24 (check local listings). Oprah teamed up with People magazine and together they held a private celebration on the Ft. Full Article at News Blaze
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China's Sinopec Corp sought to pay participation fees to bid for oilfields on offer in Iraq's second bidding round but was rebuffed, an official with the Iraqi Oil Ministry said on Sunday. Full Article at TradeArabia
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Women's 400m gold winner Golestan Mahmud of Iraq holds up her national flag at the end of her race at the 16th Arab Atheltics Championships in Damascus on October 07, 2009. View Photo »
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This is one of the biggest battle cries around the country right now. Traditionally, we've seen a lot of Vietnam veterans on the streets. Now, we're starting to see our veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan out there.
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* Impasse threatening to delay election, time short * Delay could set dangerous precedent BAGHDAD, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could... Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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So now we are going to try the terrorists in civilian federal trials in New York City, just blocks away from the site of the former World Trade Center Twin Towers, where 3,000 innocents were murdered. Full Article at NewsByUs
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The Republic of Iraq (conventional short form: Iraq) (Arabic: العراق (help·info) translit: 'al-‘Irāq, Kurdish: عيَراق), is a country in Southwest Asia encompassing most of Mesopotamia as well as the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. Full Article
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Iraqi national policemen check weapons and armaments seized by Iraqi security forces during recent security operations, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. The weapons were seized during operations in Madain, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) southeast of Baghdad.
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Women's 400m gold winner Golestan Mahmud of Iraq holds up her national flag at the end of her race at the 16th Arab Atheltics Championships in Damascus on October 07, 2009.
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Women's 400m gold winner Golestan Mahmud of Iraq drapes her national flag over her shoulders at the end of her race at the 16th Arab Atheltics Championships in Damascus on October 07, 2009.
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Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (C) speaks during a meeting with Iraqi businessmen in Baghdad October 7, 2009.
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Salah al-Obaidi (L), spokesman of Iraq's Sadr movement, and Hazem al-Aaraji, aide to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, speak during a press conference to announce the start of the electoral campaign for the party's primary elections in Baghdad on October 7, 2009.
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Members of Iraq's Sadr movement hold a press conference to announce the start of the electoral campaign for the party's primary elections in Baghdad on October 7, 2009.
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Iraqi security forces inspect a damaged car after a car bomb tore through an open-air market on Tuesday in Fallujah, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Eight people were killed and 20 were wounded in the blast, police said.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks about Iraq and Afghanistan during an address before the Association of the United States Army 2009 Annual Meeting in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2: An Iraqi motorist waits for the start a car race on October 2, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi car enthusiasts gather once a month to hold a car race in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2: An Iraqi rides a jetski on a lake during car races on October 2, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi car enthusiasts gather once a month to hold a car race in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2: Iraqis change a flat before a car race on October 2, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi car enthusiasts gather once a month to hold a car race in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2: An Iraqi motorist gets ready before a car race on October 2, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi car enthusiasts gather once a month to hold a car race in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2: An Iraqi motorist races during a car race on October 2, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi car enthusiasts gather once a month to hold a car race in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2: An Iraqi motorist is stands near his car before a car race on October 2, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi car enthusiasts gather once a month to hold a car race in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 2: An Iraqi motorist races during a car race as the shadow of those watching is seen on October 2, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi car enthusiasts gather once a month to hold a car race in Baghdad.
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U.S. soldiers meet Iraqi boys during a patrol near the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad September 27, 2009. For a city under constant attack at the hands of a violent Sunni Arab insurgency, northern Iraq's Mosul looks in better shape than it has for many years.
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An Iraqi boy stands near a U.S. soldier standing guard during a patrol near the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad September 27, 2009.
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An Iraqi boy stands near a U.S. soldier standing guard during a patrol near the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad September 27, 2009.
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US commander in Iraq Ray Odierno speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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ARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 01: Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Multi-National Force-Iraq commanding general, briefs reporters at the Pentagon October 1, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Odierno briefed reporters on the current state of military affairs in Iraq.
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ARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 01: Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Multi-National Force-Iraq commanding general, briefs reporters at the Pentagon October 1, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Odierno briefed reporters on the current state of military affairs in Iraq.
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Women's 400m gold winner Golestan Mahmud of Iraq holds up her national flag at the end of her race at the 16th Arab Atheltics Championships in Damascus on October 07, 2009.
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Thus far, the oceanography community has deployed 30 members as individual augmentees to Iraq and Afghanistan three have returned with Bronze Stars and provided over 1300 products to DoD units deployed there.
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This is one of the biggest battle cries around the country right now. Traditionally, we've seen a lot of Vietnam veterans on the streets. Now, we're starting to see our veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan out there.
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Obama has lost the approval of a healthy percentage of Iowans in his handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Around 10 per cent of our products go to exports market. The growth is coming from the African market and Iran and Iraq. Dubai is facilitating growth in other markets
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the plan echoes a similar movement that unfolded in Iraq, beginning in late 2006, in which Sunni tribes turned against Islamist extremists.
– Dexter Filkins SOURCE: Power Line -
The peaks usually come about because people come into an environment like Iraq and Afghanistan, they're in unfamiliar territory. ... They (insurgents) are now dealing with someone who is more aware of their surroundings.
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Iraq has known many challenges, and in thepast several weeks we've seen that there are still those who would kill innocent men, women and children to deny the Iraqi people the future they deserve ... Today's step forward is another reminder that these enemies of the Iraqi people will fail.
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That's what this vet center does. This is a place where you can sit down — maybe with another veteran from Iraq or Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, World War II or peace time — and say, 'You know, I've been in that hole you're in. I'm going to climb in there with you because I know the way out and I'm gonna...
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When people ask me how long we should be in Afghanistan or Iraq, my response is 40 years
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In accordance with FIFA statutes, the clubs and representative teams of Iraq are no longer permitted to take part in international matches, whether friendly or competitive
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I was one of the leaders in our family readiness group, and I was constantly telling the families that you can't do anything about what happens over there (in Iraq); you can't control it
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The UH-1Y transition is significant because it's never been deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq - a definite milestone in Marine Corps aviation history
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To be quite honest, we've not received a lot of requests for nominations ... I think that probably has to do a lot with the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. … We are definitely going to be reaching out to the academies, seeing what we can do better.
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another blow in an area that has been beset by crime and violence since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began
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This project is one of Iraq's largest transportation projects and allows travelers navigating through Kirkuk from the north, east and south to bypass the city’s center ... It will have an enormous impact on relieving traffic congestion by redirecting automobile and truck traffic from using Kirkuk's down...
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I’ve started to ask the question, ‘Well, what’s after Iraq and Afghanistan?’
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This was a more rigorous and more complete evaluation than that of any other unmanned system ... With this historic accomplishment and more than 35,000 total flight hours, most of that time in combat support over the skies of Iraq and Afghanistan, Global Hawk continues to be a trailblazer in UAS certifi...
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In fact, tuberculosis (TB) is a bigger killer than a tsunami or the Iraq-Iran war
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that if Hasan deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, he might leak secret military information to Islamic extremists. Another official reportedly wondered aloud to colleagues whether Hasan might be capable of committing fratricide
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The Kurdistan Region showed the rest of Iraq and the world what we all knew: that we know how to take strong steps to make our country better -- that we know how to stand up for democracy
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Iraq is stuck in 1950, Afghanistan is stuck in 1310.
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It's disrespectful of our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq who are really in a war. It's just totally inappropriate.
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Seriously, this is Shock Doctrine lunacy of the most obvious kind. Conrad and Bayh are out there saying it right up front. The government has poured trillions into the economy to save the banks and run useless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the old people and the poor are going to have to pay the pric...
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We've been working with the Veterans Administration and part of the proceeds from this will go to homeless veterans ... I think it comes at a great time because the morale of the country is a little low because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, health care and the economy. This song speaks about how ...
SOURCE: BrothersJudd Blog
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