longwarjournal.org - 10/27/2009
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Banner of the Islamic State of Iraq. Click to view.
The Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda's affiliate, took credit for last weekend's deadly dual suicide attacks in Baghdad that killed more than 155 people .
The statement was released on the Internet on Oct. 26, just one ...
in.reuters.com - 10/22/2009
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By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) -
Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens told Congress on Wednesday...
that U.S. energy companies are "entitled" to some of Iraq's crude because of the large number of American troops that lost their lives fighting in ...
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Pickens says U.S. firms 'entitled' to Iraqi oil
usatoday.com - 10/21/2009
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usatoday.com —
He was happy to discover when he arrived
in Iraq earlier this year that his war experience...
also would include salsa dancing, yoga and martial-arts classes. "When I signed up for the Army, I thought I was going to be a hero — go out and do some ...
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U.S. troops in Iraq have time on hands
themoderatevoice.com - 10/22/2009
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themoderatevoice.com —
If I hadn’t just used this formulation for
another post, I would have titled this one, “...
Dude, Where’s My Oil Contract? ” Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens told Congress on Wednesday that U.S. energy companies are “entitled” to some of Iraq’s crude ...
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We Invaded Iraq and All We Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
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Bill Roggio: Al Qaeda takes credit for Baghdad suicide bombings
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... Tuesday, 27 October 2009 Al Qaeda's front, the Islamic State in Iraq, said the attacks were against "the rejectionist Shi'ite state." The attacks are thought to have been executed from inside the International Zone. read ...
AfPak-Iraq: Wrong War, Wrong Thinking
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... its security forces (which are supplemented, despite the ending of full-scale American patrols in urban areas, by US troops in what amount to joint operations). It is in these circumstances that the insurgents have expanded their tactics by launching large-scale assaults against major government centres. In August 2009, these destroyed or inflicted serious damage on the foreign, finance and health ministries (with 102 people killed and more than 500 wounded); the 25 October attacks hit two more centres. An especially serious aspect of this approach is the suggestion that ...
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Banner of the Islamic State of Iraq.
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