latimes.com - 11/24/2008
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Whatever the reality, the quick release of a man whom the United States had described as a major catch suggests the ability of Iran to push buttons here, just as the U.S. prepares to diminish its role. Qorbani was detained at the Baghdad airport, but various U.S. and Iraqi officials have given ...
latimes.com - 11/28/2008
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Reporting from Washington -- Senior military leaders took
the exceptional step of briefing President Bush this week...
on a severe and widespread electronic attack on Defense Department computers that may have originated in Russia -- an incursion that ...
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Cyber-attack on Defense Department computers raises ...
mcclatchydc.com - 11/26/2008
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Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops or military
contractors who kill Iraqis on operations. The agreement calls...
for Iraq to prosecute U.S. troops according to court procedures that have yet to be worked out. Those negotiations, administration ...
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McClatchy Washington Bureau | 11/25/2008 | U.S. staying ...
nypost.com - 11/24/2008
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Last updated: 2:17 am November 24, 2008 Posted:
12:00 am November 24, 2008 BAGHDAD THE Iraq War...
is over. Flames still burst from various sources and wild cards remain, such as the potential that Muqtada al-Sadr might stomp his feet and encourage his ...
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Iraq and Afghanistan: Dual Fronts
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... this week that a portion of the estimated 3,500 additional U.S. troops expected to arrive in Afghanistan in January will be deployed to Logar and Wardak provinces. Neither has been a major center of U.S. or NATO military activity, even though both provinces are directly adjacent to Kabul and are home to critical transit routes. Schloesser, who spoke at his headquarters at Bagram air base, said he anticipates a rise in clashes with rebel Afghan fighters in Logar and Wardak.
Release of Iranian raises questions in Iraq
Was he an Iranian arms smuggler or did he ...
20 Killed in Baghdad Bombings; Al-Maliki New Strong Man?
Informed Comment —
... The LAT says that the quick release by the Iraqi government of an Iranian national arrested by the US military in Iraq shows Iran's clout with the Iraqi government. ...
Iraq Releases Alleged Quods Force Agent After Three days
Newshoggers.com —
... Media outlets and neocon bloggers made much of a US military announcement on November 18th about the arrest of an alleged senior Iranian Quods Force agent in Iraq, saying he had been detained by Iraqi authorities. However, Nader Qorbani is now back in Iran and his release raises questions about just how truthful the US military's announcement had been. ...
Reality Bites
Obsidian Wings —
... by Eric Martin
Despite efforts by the likes of Fred Kagan to portray the potential ratification of the SOFA as a great defeat for Iran (it isn't), reality is stubborn, uncoopearative and has a liberal bias: Was he an Iranian arms smuggler or did he restore religious sites? Was that white powder he had on him cocaine or salt? Who arrested him, and why was he freed? Those questions surround the detention of an Iranian man, Nader Qorbani, accused by U.S. officials of being a senior officer of Iran's Quds Force ...
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newshoggers.com 11/18/2008 — By Cernig
Periodically over the last year and a half, the Bush administration and the US military have promised to provide proof of Iranian meddling in Iraq in the form of Iranian-provided weaponry in the hands of terrorists insurgents special ...
Today in The Nation: Exit Strategy
thenation.com 11/17/2008 — Robert Dreyfuss By remaining neutral on the newly approved security pact, is Iran offering Obama a truce in Iraq?
SOFA Text?
mudvillegazette.com 11/26/2008 — Actually, McClatchy calls it an " unofficial translation from the Arabic ".
There are some bits that are more interesting than others ("Iraqi airspace control and monitoring will be transferred to the Iraqi authorities immediately as this ...
US forces detain senior Iranian Qods Force officer in Baghdad
longwarjournal.org 11/18/2008 — US forces detained a senior Iranian Qods Force officer as he attempted to flee Baghdad, according to a statement from the military.
The officer, who was not named, was captured today as he was attempting to leave Iraq. Security guards at Baghdad ...
Editors: Iraq Pact
article.nationalreview.com 11/18/2008 — Obama will have the chance to preside over a successful endgame in Iraq. This is the gift the surge has given him, if he doesnt throw it away.
US military defines Mahdi Army as "militia insurgency group"
longwarjournal.org 11/30/2008 —
Muqtada al Sadr.
The US military has begun to directly identify the Iranian-backed "Special Groups" Shia terror groups with Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army in press information issued in Baghdad.
The direct association between the ...
McCarthy: Agree to Worry
article.nationalreview.com 11/18/2008 — Todays Obama euphoria will not long mask that the Iran/American conflict, far from going away, is intensifying.
POLITICS: U.S. Task Force Found Few Iranian Arms in Iraq
ipsnews.net 11/16/2008 — WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (IPS) - Last April, top George W. Bush administration
officials, desperate to exploit any possible crack in the close
relationship between the Nouri al-Maliki government and Iran,
launched a new round of charges that Iran had ...
Doubting the Evidence Against Iran
time.com 11/16/2008 — American circles in Baghdad and Washington are probably not pleased with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's plan for a special panel to investigate allegations of Iranian interference in Iraq. Many U.S. officials are already convinced of the ...
Iraqi forces kill, capture Iranian agents
longwarjournal.org 10/24/2008 — Iraqi troops continue to encounter Iranian agents in eastern Iraq. One Iranian was killed and another was captured during a clash in Al Kut in Wasit province, an Iraqi Army officer told Voices of Iraq .
"The forces killed and detained the two ...
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