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Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:05 GMT
US soldiers: Afghan war more challenging than Iraq (AP)
In this Thursday Nov. 19, 2009, photo Sgt. Michael McCann from Enterprise. Ala., of the 118th Airborne MP Company, a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan wars, watches as a driver is stopped at a checkpoint near the town of Balisal Afghan, Logar province, Afghanistan. Soldiers and officers involved in combat operations all cite the more punishing geography and climate, those focused on development the bare-bones infrastructure, and intelligence specialists the even greater difficulties in identifying the insurgents as among the many sharp contrasts between Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)  AP - Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world.



Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:16 GMT
U.S. hopeful of breakthrough in Iraq vote deadlock (Reuters)
Residents demonstrate outside Nineveh governing council in Mosul, 390 km (242 miles) north of Baghdad, November 25, 2009. About 1,000 people gathered on Wednesday to protest against the reduction of seats in Nineveh province by the parliament for the upcoming January general election, local media reported. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousuly  Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq's leaders in a series of telephone calls on Saturday to break a deadlock that has stalled preparations for an election seen as critical for U.S. troops to withdraw, officials said.



Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:48 GMT
Blair was told Iraq war 'illegal': report (AFP)
Britain's then Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith arrives at 10 Downing Street in London in 2006. Goldsmith informed then prime minister Tony Blair in 2002 that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law, a newspaper reported on Sunday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)  AFP - The government's chief legal advisor informed then British prime minister Tony Blair in 2002 that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law, a newspaper reported on Sunday.



Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:11 GMT
US vice president urges Iraq to resolve vote issue (AFP)
US Vice President Joseph Biden, pictured in October 2009, on Saturday contacted top Iraqi politicians to praise their efforts in seeking a compromise solution to their election scheduling problems.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)  AFP - Vice President Joseph Biden on Saturday contacted top Iraqi politicians to praise their efforts in seeking a compromise solution to their election scheduling problems.



Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:48 GMT
Iraq resumes oil exports to Turkey after pipeline sabotage (AFP)
A 2004 picture of the Kirkuk-Turkey pipeline, Iraq's main oil export artery being repaired. Oil exports to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey resumed on Saturday after a week-long interruption because of sabotage to a pipeline in northern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)  AFP - Oil exports to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey resumed on Saturday after a week-long interruption because of sabotage to a pipeline in northern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said.



Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:25 GMT
Saddam was telling truth in missing Gulf War pilot (AP)
FILE - This Oct. 11, 2002 , file photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows Navy Capt. Michael 'Scott' Speicher, the F/A-18 'Hornet' pilot who was shot down over Iraq on the opening night of Operation Desert Storm Jan. 17, 1991. The Pentagon initially declared him killed, but uncertainty led officials over the years to change his official status a number of times to 'missing in action' and 'missing-captured.' (AP Photo/US Navy Photo, File)  AP - Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him.



Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:24 GMT
Hundreds mark Saddam death anniversary with tribute (AFP)
A young Iraqi uses a mobile phone to take a photograph at the grave of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein at a mausoleum in his home town of Awja, north of Baghdad. Hundreds of Iraqis gathered at the tomb of former dictator Saddam Hussein on Friday to commemorate the anniversary of his execution in 2006.(AFP/Mahmud Saleh)  AFP - Hundreds of Iraqis gathered at the tomb of former dictator Saddam Hussein on Friday to commemorate the anniversary of his execution in 2006.



Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:21 GMT
Iraq election likely in March: parliament speaker (AFP)
Iraqi Speaker of Parliament Iyad al-Samarrai (R) takes parts in the dawn prayers to mark the start of first day of Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice in Baghdad. Iraq's faltering election will likely be held in March, the speaker of the nation's parliament said on Friday, the latest date yet mooted by a senior official.(AFP/Khalil al-Murshidi)  AFP - Iraq's faltering election will likely be held in March, the speaker of the nation's parliament said on Friday, the latest date yet mooted by a senior official.



Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:19 GMT
Iraq invasion of 'questionable legitimacy': British diplomat (AFP)
Former British ambassador to the United Nations Sir Jeremy Greenstock arrives to give evidence on the fourth day of the Iraq inquiry in central London. The 2003 invasion of Iraq was   AFP - The 2003 invasion of Iraq was "of questionable legitimacy", Britain's then ambassador to the UN said Friday, adding he had wanted another six months of diplomacy before military action was launched.



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