By Ron Synovitz Iraq — Commander of the Multi-National Forces in Iraqi US General David H. Petraeus at his first press conference in Baghdad, 08Mar2007 U.S. General David Petraeus, in Baghdad last March (epa) September 28, 2007 (RFE/RL) — The U.S. military is launching an intensified effort to stop what it says is Iranian...
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Sep. 20 – The Iraqi PM is disputing the Blackwater version of a weekend shooting that left at least 11 people dead. Iraq and the U.S. are jointly investigating Sunday’s incident in Baghdad’s Nusor Square, but that hasn’t stopped the Iraqi prime minister from disputing the security contractor’s version of the shootings. Nuri al-Maliki...
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Sep. 19 – Pictures emerge of the aftermath of a deadly shootout in Iraq involving U.S. security contractors. Iraq’s Interior Ministry said guards of contracting firm Blackwater opened fire indiscriminately after mortar rounds landed near their convoy in western Baghdad. The Iraqi and U.S. governments have set up a joint committee to investigate the...
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By Andrew Tully The U.S. State Department has issued its annual report on how governments around the world are respecting the right of religious freedom. The report found problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, and little improvement in the world’s perennial trouble spots, from China to Belarus. WASHINGTON, September 14, 2007 (RFE/RL) — One day...
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According to United States officials at the White House, President George W. Bush will be cutting the amount of U.S. troops in Iraq by as much of 30,000, to “pre-surge” force levels, and the withdraw could take place as early as next Summer, but with certain “conditions” applying. The plans are expected to be...
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WASHINGTON, September 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) — Michael O’Hanlon is a senior fellow in foreign-policy studies at the Brookings Institution, a private Washington policy center. Since the war in Iraq began in March 2003, O’Hanlon has frequently criticized the strategy of U.S. President George W. Bush. But on July 30, O’Hanlon and a Brookings colleague,...
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WASHINGTON, September 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) — Over the past four-and-a-half years, Anthony Cordesman has not been reluctant to criticize U.S. President George W. Bush’s Iraq war policies, where he has seen deficiencies. Cordesman is a strategic analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a policy research center in Washington. But in a...
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By Heather Maher Iraq — New U.S. military commander in Iraq General David Petraeus speaks during the hand over ceremony at the U.S. military Camp Victory in Baghdad, 10Feb2007 General David Petraeus (file photo) (epa) WASHINGTON, September 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) – In front of a packed hearing room on Capitol Hill, the top U.S....
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Today on Capitol Hill, U.S. Army General David Petraeus presented a long awaited testimony. The number one U.S. commander in Iraq said 30,000 United States troops may be able to leave Iraq by the summer of 2008. The top U.S. diplomat in Iraq, Ambassador Ryan Crocker, also joined General Petraeus in the presentation to...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The government of Iraq has failed to meet 15 of 18 benchmarks contained in the US Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007. The Act requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the status of the achievement of these benchmarks. Consistent with GAO’s...
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Peace talks between between Sunnis and Iraqi Shi’ites in Finland aimed at ending sectarian violence in Iraq have ended. The talks, organized by Finnish non-profit NGO WCrisis Management Initiative (CMI), took place over four days in a secret location in Finland. The discussions were aimed at demonstrating to the two sides what lessons could...
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Talks aimed at negotiating peace between Iraqi Shi’ites and Sunni Muslims, the two largest population groups in Iraq, are set to take place in Finland within the next few days. The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) and the Finnish Foreign Ministry have both confirmed reports that the pre-arranged talks are scheduled to begin soon in...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Three US national strategies, developed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, directed US law enforcement agencies to focus on the prevention of terrorist attacks. The strategies called for agencies to intensify their efforts to help foreign nations identify, disrupt, and prosecute terrorists. Following the 9/11 attacks, the President issued...
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At least 14 United States troops, four crew and 10 passengers, were killed in Tikrit, Iraq when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed. The U.S. military in Iraq are blaming mechanical failure for the crash. One other helicopter was flying with the downed one on a mission the military calls Task Force Lightning. “There...
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Mediators will meet in Finland next week with the aim of ending violence in Iraq between Iraqi Shi’ites and Sunnis, two of the country’s largest population groups. The negotiations have been arranged by Finland’s Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded by former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari in 2000. Although it is...
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Mediators will meet in Finland next week with the aim of ending violence in Iraq between Iraqi Shi’ites and Sunnis, two of the country’s largest population groups. The negotiations have been arranged by Finland’s Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded by former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari in 2000. Although it is...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP The United States Army considers the current transformation its most extensive restructuring since World War II. The Army has estimated that restructuring units from a division-based force to a more agile and responsive modular brigade-based force will require a significant investment through fiscal year 2011. To facilitate this transformation, Public...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP WASHINGTON, DC – A third individual was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering arising from a scheme involving bribery, conspiracy and money laundering related to Department of Defense contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, according to a report released by Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Since 2001, Congress has provided the Department of Defense with hundreds of billions of dollars in supplemental and annual appropriations for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). DOD’s reported annual costs for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in fiscal year...
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