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Visser: The Sadrists, Bush Administration, and the Maysan Operations
Image: Governorate of Maysan, via historiae.org.
Rendering of proposed Maysan University facility.
Recent US-Iraqi operations in Maysan Province show that in its quest to challenge Iranian influence in Iraq, the Bush administration has identified the wrong proxies and allies of the Islamic Regime, Reider Visser of the Norwegian Institute for...
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Cut out of Contracts, Mahdi Bosses Grumble; Solar Streetlights Illuminate Area
Google Earth image/IraqSlogger.com.
Municipal authorities and Iraqi forces in Sadr City are completing a program to install lampposts in the district, under the guidance of US forces, residents say, noting that the militia forces that maintain a powerful presence in the district appear to be allowing the work to proceed unhindered.
The sprawling...
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Money in Exchange for Info on Launchers; Suspected Militia Informant Shot Dead
Google Earth image/IraqSlogger.com.
American forces in the northeastern Baghdad district of Sha'b offering 50,000 US dollars to anyone with information about rocket launchers hidden in the area, according to residents of the district. Locals report that American military patrols are announcing the reward offer on loudspeakers in the district....
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Locals See Wave of Attacks against Displaced As They Attempt to Regain Homes
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Outrage in Iraqi Cyberspace over Meeting Between Iraqi Pres, Israeli DM
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Council Raises Stakes over Demand for Dismissal of Provincial Police Chief
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Three-Day Recrutiment Period; Candidates Must Post a $2,500 Bond to Join Force
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Poor Weather or Poor Security? Anbar Turnover Also Postponed
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Embassy Threatens to "Prosecute" al-Dustour for anti-Iran Ads; Editors Defiant
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Alive in Baghdad Finds Cross-Sect Solidarity in Former Militant Stronghold
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Locals: Badr Militia Infiltrates Pro-US Forces, Politicizing Pro-US Forces
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Unfit Foodstuffs a Threat to Citizens' Health, Wasit Officials Say
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Top Cleric Will Not Allow Parties to Use His Name or Likeness in Upcoming Races
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Attacks Spark Fears of Infiltrators; Mutual Mistrust Between US & Iraqi Forces
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"Final List" to Be Submitted to Parliament as Leader Says Return to Gov't "Near"
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Allegations Are Motivated by Upcoming Elections, 'Isawi Says
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Rougly Even Distribution of Returnees Between East and West of Capital
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Ministry: 8,000 Physicians Fled Iraq after 2006 Samarra Bombing
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Suveges Studied at Johns Hopkins; Oxford Student Died in Afganistan in May
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New Solar Lamps for Main Road; Leaflets Oppose Repatriation of Displaced
