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United States Helps Reopen Iraqi Industrial Facilities
The U.S. Department of Defense, in partnership with the Iraqi government, is working to reopen idle Iraqi industrial facilities and connect them to international markets to create jobs and revitalize the country's economy, says a senior Defense Department official. The official, Paul Brinkley, tells reporters in Washington that under the initiative, teams of experts have identified some 200 idle Iraqi factories, 140 of which the United States believes are in good shape and could be put back into production.
USINFO.STATE.GOV Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:37:10 -0400
Bush Rejects Restrictions on Iraq Operations
President Bush says the United States is honoring its commitment to confront insurgent forces in Iraq and is standing by the Iraqi people as they build a democratic nation. "I believe people want to be free, and if given a chance, they will take the risks necessary to be free," Bush says in a speech in Washington. As U.S. troops continue deploying to the region to help Iraqi security forces carry out a new security operation, Bush criticizes members of the U.S. Congress for adding provisions to a pending emergency spending bill that would require most U.S. forces to leave Iraq in 2008.
USINFO.STATE.GOV Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:08:05 -0400
Yemen: From Nepotism to Internal Jihad
The Yemeni Ministry of Defense recently published a fatwa authorizing and obligating the use of deadly force against a small band of Shiite Zaidi rebels.
Worldpress Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:02:00 GMT
Politics Collide With Iraq Realities
There are two Iraq wars being waged, according to military officers on the ground and defense experts: the one fought in the streets of Baghdad, and the war as it is perceived in Washington.
The Washington Post
U.S. Fights Iraqi Militia in South
BAGHDAD, April 7 -- American and Iraqi troops engaged in fierce fighting with Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq on Saturday, the second day of clashes that have raised the specter of a resurgence by the Mahdi Army after weeks of lying low.
The Washington Post
Soldier Injured in Afghanistan Seeks Renewal in Iraq Mission
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq -- The soldier woke up at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in October 2004 with no memory of the ambush or his trip home from Afghanistan. Every bone in his face but one was shattered. He was drugged and delusional, eating and breathing through tubes. In four days, Army Lt. Drew Sloan had lost 17 pounds....
The Washington Post
Release of British Sailors Leaves Unanswered Questions
Many analysts believe heart of matter lies in struggle between Iran and US for influence in Iraq and Middle East
Voice Of America
Bush Tells Troops Congress Must Fund Iraq War
US president spent Wednesday with troops at Fort Irwin, California
Voice Of America
4 Injured After US Helicopter Crashes South of Baghdad
US military would not give exact location of crash, nor would it comment on reports that helicopter had been shot down, saying incident is under investigation
Voice Of America
Chlorine gas suicide bomber kills 27 as al-Qaeda steps up chemical attacks
A SUSPECTED al-Qaeda suicide bomber has smashed a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas into a police checkpoint in Ramadi, killing at least 27 people.
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