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Iraq War's Statistics Prove Fleeting
The U.S. war in Iraq enters its fifth year today. That, and 3,197 U.S. military deaths reported by the Pentagon as of 10 a.m. Friday, are among the few numerical certainties in a conflict characterized from the start by confusion and misuse of key data.
The Washington Post Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Military Is Ill-Prepared For Other Conflicts
Four years after the invasion of Iraq, the high and growing demand for U.S. troops there and in Afghanistan has left ground forces in the United States short of the training, personnel and equipment that would be vital to fight a major ground conflict elsewhere, senior U.S. military and government...
The Washington Post Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Egypt Shuts Door on Dissent As U.S. Officials Back Away
CAIRO -- On June 20, 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stepped onto the arabesque campus of the American University in Cairo, built around a former pasha's palace, and delivered a call to action that overturned decades of American policy in the Arab world.
The Washington Post Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Holocaust denial by Israel's Arabs shows gulf dividing communities
MORE than a quarter of Israel's Arab citizens believe the Holocaust never happened and nearly two-thirds of Israeli Jews avoid entering Arab towns, a poll showed yesterday.
Scotsman Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:36:30 GMT
Iraqi Army Post Destroyed By Bombs in Anbar Province
BAGHDAD, March 18 -- Insurgents disguised as mechanics slipped into car repair shops on the ground floor of a hotel used as an Iraqi army post in Anbar province, a hub of the Sunni insurgency, then furtively planted bombs before fleeing and blowing up the building on Sunday, police said.
The Washington Post Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT
Al-Qaeda attack on video
ALMOST casually and in broad daylight, the man walks up to a US armoured car, crawls underneath and plants a bomb. Moments later the vehicle is ripped apart by an explosion.
Scotsman Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:36:30 GMT
Security aide hits at Iraq withdrawal bid
GEORGE Bush's national security adviser yesterday attacked Democrat politicians for trying to pass legislation setting a deadline for the removal of US troops from Iraq.
Scotsman Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:36:30 GMT
Jewish grandmothers patrol West Bank checkpoints (Reuters)
Reuters - Hanna Barag remembers the day an Israeli soldier called her a Palestinian whore. She was 67 and had just joined Machsomwatch, an all-woman group set up to curb human rights abuses at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
yahoo.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:42:20 GMT
Pessimism 'growing among Iraqis'
Iraqis have little confidence in their own government and the US-led coalition forces, a major survey shows.
BBC Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:00:16 GMT
Palestinian government must renounce violence, accept Israel: US (AFP)
AFP - The United States on Sunday said it will deal with the new Palestinian government only if it agrees to forgo violence and fully recognize Israel.
yahoo.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:52:54 GMT |
