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    A flag is seen at the temporary marker for a mass grave in Section 60, an area largely used for those who died while serving in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, at Arlington National Cemetery May 24, 2012 in Washington, DC, ahead of Memorial Day to be...

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  4. After the collapse of the Saddam regime, there was a strong feeling that Iraq was going to grow and build a lot of projects ... But a year later there was a lot of sectarian conflict, and a lot of problems that caused a huge delay to all of the projects, in all of the ministries, for the reconstruction ...
    SOURCE: San Antonio Express 33 minutes ago
  5. Bradley Manning defence team says us army is withholding key evidence
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    Material from the trove was published by the Guardian and an alliance of other international newspapers. The leaks included video footage of a US helicopter attack on a group of civilians in Baghdad, war logs from Iraq and Afghanistan and hundreds of... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

  6. Millions in global aid for Iraq sits unspent
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    With the roughly $44 million that's been spent so far, Iraq's education ministry has built 37 new schools nationwide and upgraded 133 old ones. Thirteen more schools are under construction and are expected to be completed by June 2013. Another 30... Full Article at San Antonio Express

  7. Today's vets are most troubled in US history
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    Army Pfc. Kevin Trimble, 19, adjusts his myoelectric upper limb prosthetic for occupational therapy at the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. At 19, Kevin has lost both legs above the knee and an arm from a bomb in Afghanistan.

    A staggering 45 percent of the 1.6 million veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now seeking compensation for injuries they say are service-related. That is more than double the estimate of 21 percent who filed such claims after the Gulf... Full Article at New York Daily News

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    An Iraqi police officer covers the mouth of a handcuffed suspect to prevent him from talking to the press at the Baghdad police Terrorist and Organized Crime department at a photo opportunity for journalists in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 27, 2012.

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  9. They lied this great nation into the invasion of Iraq and played right into your hands, as Bush’s own anti-terrorism advisor, Richard Clarke wrote. I opposed this war but vowed to clear al-Qaeda out of Afghanistan by shifting our soldiers from Iraq. You know what happened to you all after that, don’t yo...
    SOURCE: The Register Citizen 2 weeks ago
  10. War Torn: An Iraq War Veteran's Story
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    OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. A staggering 45 percent of the... Full Article at Salt Lake Tribune

  12. New veterans fight new battles after coming home
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  1. An Iraqi police officer covers the mouth of a handcuffed suspect to prevent him from talking to the press at the Baghdad police Terrorist and Organized Crime department at a photo opportunity for journalists in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 27, 2012.
  2. Handcuffed suspects appear at the Baghdad police Terrorist and Organized Crime department at a photo opportunity for journalists in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 27, 2012.
  3. A handcuffed suspect speaks to reporters during a media opportunity at the Baghdad police Terrorist and Organized Crime department in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 27, 2012.
  4. US Air Force Major Terry Dutcher lays at the grave of her son, US Army Cpl. Michael Avery Pursell, who died from an IED attack while serving in Iraq, at Arlington National Cemetery May 24, 2012 in Washington, DC, ahead of Memorial Day to be marked on May 28, 2012. Members of the US...
  5. A soldier plants a flag at a grave in Section 60, an area largely used for those who died while serving in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, at Arlington National Cemetery May 24, 2012 in Washington, DC, ahead of Memorial Day to be marked on May 28, 2012. Members of the US Army's Old...
  6. Kurdish people hold pictures of victims killed in a Turkish air raid during a demonstration on May 26. 2012, in Istanbul. A recent Wall Street Journal report that said U.S. aerial vehicles provided the intelligence that precipitated the December 2011 Uludere massacre was 'made up,”...
  7. A soldier pants a flag at a grave in Section 60, an area largely used for those who died while serving in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, at Arlington National Cemetery May 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. American service members and others participated in the yearly event where small...
  8. EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton speaks to the media after the negotiation between the U.S. and five other world powers met with Iranian diplomats in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 24, 2012. Tough negotiations between Iran and world powers over Tehran's nuclear program ended...
  9. Russian bikers gather outside the Iraqi Embassy in Moscow, on May 24, 2012, as they demand to release their fellow bikers detained recently in Iraq. Four Russians decided to take a motorcycle trip in Iraq, but their adventure took a turn for the worse when they were arrested by security...

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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. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. Afghanistan Afghanistan
  2. Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda
  3. Barack Obama Barack Obama
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  6. Iran Iran
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  1. They lied this great nation into the invasion of Iraq and played right into your hands, as Bush’s own anti-terrorism advisor, Richard Clarke wrote. I opposed this war but vowed to clear al-Qaeda out of Afghanistan by shifting our soldiers from Iraq. You know what happened to you all after that, don’t yo...
    SOURCE: The Register Citizen 2 weeks ago
  2. Like all members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and around the world, I personally hope to have a chance to bear arms to confront the U.S. occupation in Iraq … This is a matter of religion, not of politics. When a Muslim land is occupied, jihad becomes an individual duty.
    SOURCE: Big Journalism 3 weeks ago
  3. For the first time in nine years, no American is fighting in Iraq ... Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to this country. Al-Qaida is on the path to defeat. And by 2014, the war in Afghanistan will be over.
    SOURCE: TwinCities.com 3 weeks ago
  4. readiness on part of Kuwait and Iraq to urge the United Nations to start implementing the plan.
    SOURCE: Middle East North Africa Financial Network 3 weeks ago
  5. For the first time in nine years, there are no Americans fighting in Iraq ... Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat to this country. Al Quida is on the path to defeat, and by 2014 the war in Afghanistan will be over.
    SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch 3 weeks ago
  6. A guy threw his shoes at President Bush while Bush was in Iraq. If you thought that was the end of it, you’re wrong. Iran has announced plans to develop a long-range loafer
    SOURCE: Late Show UK 3 weeks ago
  7. provided money and weapons to al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)...and negotiated prisoner releases of AQI operatives.
    SOURCE: The Long War Journal 3 weeks ago
  8. He wants to be a big international player. [In 2009] he genuinely believed he had a chance to become President of Europe–but he can’t see another opportunity coming up. Anything to do with the United Nations is tricky because of Iraq.
    SOURCE: The Daily Beast 3 weeks ago
  9. It will show them that they won’t be forgotten ... No matter where they’re from or what era, we honor those who serve whether it’s Vietnam, Korea, World War II, or the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    SOURCE: DVIDS 3 weeks ago
  10. Last time I checked, the United States Social Security Administration was not responsible for handing out social security numbers to people in Afghanistan or Iraq
    SOURCE: Russia Today 3 weeks ago
  11. was still part of Halliburton when it won a large share of Pentagon contracts to build and manage US military bases in Iraq after the 2003 invasion.
    SOURCE: Eurasia Review 3 weeks ago
  12. We have been alongside NATO, or NATO has been alongside us, for 10 years in Afghanistan and Iraq
    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Defense 3 weeks ago
  13. When Ayatollah Khomeini decided to end the [Iran-Iraq] war, he drank the 'poison,'
    SOURCE: MinnPost.com 3 weeks ago
  14. Al Qaeda has accepted Shabaab into the fold and, and any additional statements would only serve to draw international scrutiny ... Al Qaeda is applying lessons learned from Iraq, that an overexposure of the links between al Qaeda central leadership and its affiliates can cause some unwanted attention.
    SOURCE: The Long War Journal 3 weeks ago
  15. He was involved in trying to back off Al Qaeda in Iraq from killing a range of Muslims. ... In North Africa . . . he tried to back off al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb from killing some French hostages because he didn't want the full force of the French to come down on him.
    SOURCE: ABC News 3 weeks ago
  16. erroneous address to the United Nations about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction provides a lesson to business leaders on the importance of staying skeptical and following their intuition
    SOURCE: Taegan Goddard's Political Wire 3 weeks ago
  17. not one of the journalists dared to embarrass Obama by questioning him about the influence on the American budget and the national economy of spending the billions yearly on the two wars of Afghanistan and Iraq.
    SOURCE: Mother Jones 3 weeks ago
  18. There’s no way, with that amount of focus that you had in Iraq, that you can focus on the Al Qaeda threat ... Under Obama, what was important was the shift, the conclusion of Iraq, finalizing the draw down.
    SOURCE: Talking Points Memo 3 weeks ago
  19. There’s no way, with that amount of focus that you had in Iraq, that you can focus on the Al Qaeda threat ... Under Obama, what was important was the shift, the conclusion of Iraq, finalizing the draw down.
    SOURCE: Talking Points Memo 3 weeks ago
  20. I was an explosives handler in the U.S. Marine Corps, on assignment in Iraq. We'd taken over an insurgent stronghold right outside the city of Ramadi, about 65 miles west of Baghdad.
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 3 weeks ago
  21. Iraq, where there are also al Qaeda groups.
    SOURCE: Deutsche Welle 3 weeks ago
  22. will give Mr. Obama a new opportunity to make an election-year case that he has wound down two costly and now unpopular wars [in Afghanistan] and in Iraq.
    SOURCE: NPR 3 weeks ago
  23. is in an unusually strong position, thanks to keeping his promises on Afghanistan and Iraq, overseeing the killing of Osama bin Laden and otherwise keeping America strong and secure
    SOURCE: The Seattle Times 3 weeks ago
  24. It will be Obama unless there is a real or perceived failure between now and then. Romney has no record, and while one can question the results of the Obama administration, the fact remains we are off the ground in Iraq and [Osama bin Laden] and [Anwar] al-Awlaki are dead.
    SOURCE: National Journal 3 weeks ago
  25. US officials have rightly claimed many times that Al Qaeda has become weaker after the death of Osama bin Laden but they cannot deny the fact that bin Ladenism is still a source of inspiration for the militants fighting from Afghanistan to Yemen and from Iraq to Palestine
    SOURCE: Economic Times 3 weeks ago

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