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StatCrunch:Studies

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Study: Iraq War Raised Terror Threat

Bergen and Cruickshank: "Flypaper Theory" Fails Test

The "flypaper" theory of the Iraq war, advanced by the Bush administration, holds that US military action in Iraq would draw radicals from around the world into Iraq where they could be confronted. We had a choice, we were told, between fighting "the terrorists" in Iraq, or fighting them outside of Iraq.

That theory is only half right, according to...

02/21/2007 05:49 AM ET

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Pentagon Spending Does Not Match Military Nee

New Report Examines Pentagon Review of Budgeting

David Isenberg, a research fellow at BASIC has dissected the latest Quadrennial Defense Review or QDR from the Pentagon and done impressive research on the problems in the Defense budget arena.

What he finds is a mismatch between the goals of the military and the needs. He also tallies up a staggering expenditure of $439 billion plus $21.8 billion for...

01/31/2007 11:40 PM ET

U.S.-Arab Rift Keeps Growing

Arab Attitudes to U.S. Worse

The Arab American Institute has released its five nation survey of the Middle East.

Results of the 2006 AAI/Zogby International poll in 5 Arab countries show:

• Overall Arab attitudes toward U.S. have worsened; negative attitudes have hardened.

• Attitudes toward U.S. policies in Iraq and Palestine are to blame. ...

12/17/2006 2:47 PM ET

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Iraq Papers Thur: When is the Withdrawal?

Sadrists Demand US Quit Southern City

Minister's Guards Beat Iraqi Journalist

Mosul Cops Free Hostage in Raid

Iraqi Police Sieze Weapons South of Kirkuk

US Papers Wed: Statements say Iraqis executed

Iraq Papers Wed: Arab-Kurdish Tensions

Fuel Retailers Fault Distribution Chain

Iraqi Forces on Alert for Ramadan

US Papers Tue: Maliki demands full 2011 pullout

Iraq Papers Tue: Confusion

Militiamen Hide in Najaf Cemetery, Rumor Says

IED Misses Cops, Kills Mosul Civilian

US Papers Mon: Bombing at celebration kills 25

Taliban Commander: My Forces Attacked US Base

US Papers Sun: Fear keeps Iraqis displaced

US Papers Sat: Maliki's demands affected SOFA

Iraq Papers Sun: How Propaganda Works

Diyala Detainees Top 800, Source Says

US Papers Fri: Goal set for 2011 Withdrawal

Kurdish Forces Depart Northern Diyala

Rice: SOFA Agreement "Very, Very Close"

Iraqi Cameraman Free After 26 Days in Custody

US Papers Thurs: Date set for US troop pullout?

Iraq Papers Thur: Government vs IAF

Street-Cleaning Militamen Plant IEDs: Witnesses

Rumors Tie Sniper Attacks to IDP Repatriation

US Papers Wed: Iraq Forces Raid Gov. Building

Kirkuk Opens Air Recruitment Office

Council Suspends Meetings in Protest

Iraq Papers Wed: Fiasco in Diyala?

US Papers Tues: Iraqi Army buying tanks from US

Iraqi Army Clashes with Militants in Mosul

Iraq Papers Tue: Lebanese PM in Baghdad

Five Unidentifed Bodies Found in Hawija

US Papers Mon: Contractors at Record Levels

US Papers Sun: More sectarian bombing

US Papers Sat: Shiite Pilgrims Targeted Again

Iraq Papers Sat: Iran Training "Death Squads"?

RAND: Future Role of USAF in Iraq & Afghanistan

Iran Threatens Iraqi Journos with Prison Terms

US Papers Fri: Female Suicide Bomber kills 18

US Papers Thu: City of Kirkuk Still a Powderkeg

Iraq Papers Thur: Scandal!

Video: Iraqi Children Bearing Arms

Smoke Plumes Rise over the Capital

US Papers Wed: Iraqi Air Force Set for Take Off

Iraq Papers Wed: Abdallah in Baghdad

Protesters Beat Kurdish Journalist in Kirkuk

Displacement and Security: A "Looming Crisis"

US Papers Tue: Jordan's King in Iraq for Talks

CRS: DoD Fuel Costs Rise Steadily in Iraq

Top Diyala Security Official Sacked

US Papers Mon: Troops Wield Money as Weapon

Iraq Papers Mon: Georgian Troops Depart

US Papers Sun: Sticking Points Remain on Accord

US Papers Sat: Sadr Bids a Farewell to Arms

Iraq Papers Sat: US Withdrawal in 2010?

US Papers Fri: Iraq's Rise of Regional Politics

Visser: Weaknesses Exposed in Ruling Coalition

Al-Qa'ida's Road in and out of Iraq

Arab Media Friday: the New Mahdi Army

US Papers Thu: Still No Deal on Provincial Vote

U.S. Surges $11 Billion in Arms Sales to Iraq

Iraq Papers Thur: Peshmerga Encircles Kirkuk

New Iraqi Sat Channel to Focus on Economics

Refugees Forced into Prostitution

US Papers Wed: Rich Iraq Still Letting U.S. Pay

CPJ to Barzani: Protect Journos in Kurdistan

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Iraq vets win offer to read letter to delegates (Rocky Mountain News via Yahoo! News)

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Iraq vet in Congress demands changes (Rocky Mountain News via Yahoo! News)

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Families of Nepalese workers killed in Iraq sue KBR (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Fewer Marines needed in Iraq's western province (AP via Yahoo! News)

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Iraq veterans endorse Obama (AP via Yahoo! News)

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SoCal jury gets case of ex-Marine in Iraq deaths (AP via Yahoo! News)

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Top U.S. Marine sees shift from Iraq to Afghanistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Iraq vets begin marching from coliseum (Rocky Mountain News via Yahoo! News)

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U.S. increases spending on contractors in Iraq (USA Today)

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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,148 (AP via Yahoo! News)

MNF-Iraq

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Pool reopening symbolizes return to normalcy in Beida

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Taji Level III Wheeled Vehicle Maintenance Facility celebrates early progress

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MND-B Soldiers find weapons cache in southeastern Baghdad

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Coalition forces capture senior Special Groups leader at BIAP

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MND-B Soldiers find weapons cache in southwestern Baghdad (Rashid)

NYTBaghdadBlog

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Q&A With Dexter Filkins

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Visiting Scheherazade in Baghdad

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Q&A: 'The Forever War'

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Overheard in Iraq

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No Water in the Land Between the Rivers

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The Awakening: Protectors or Predators?

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A House of Cards

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Iraq's Squeegee Men – In Your Face

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Dark Humor - Kirkuk

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One Man in Kirkuk: Kirkuk in One Man

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A Suicide Bombing and a Mob's Misplaced Wrath

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The More Things Change . . .

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Bad Moon Rising

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I'm Not That Heartthrob

McClatchyBaghdad

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stop wasting our money

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A Lesson from Beijing

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Breaking Promises

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The master statement

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THANK YOU KIRKUK

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The International Zone

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Please Mr. PM. be local patriotic

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Rafah, Gaza and West Bank in Iraq

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IraqBusiness

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The Ministry of Electricity has increased its production which matches only the half of energy demanded

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Um Qasir Port is rising the rate of seeds unloading

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Iraqi government will provide Lebanon with oil at preferential rates

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The Ministry of Transportation is studying the possibility to shuttle night trains between Baghdad and Basrah

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Iraqi businessman calling to review the paragraphs of investment law

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The Ministry of Industry has provided the cement plants with control systems of 1.5 Million Dollars

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Contacts between Iraq and Jordan to develop national gas fields

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Australia has allocated 100 scholarships in the agricultural field

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Iraqi Businessmen are welcoming ATM system in Baghdad and demanding to expand it all over Iraq

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BP announced that negotiations are continuing with Iraq to obtain a short–term contract

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The governor of Basrah: The city of Basrah requires 50 billion dollars to develop its oil and maritime sectors

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Al Maliki renewed his invitation to all international companies to work in Iraq

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The Iraqi Oil Minister announced that crude oil supplies may be more than globally demanded

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Royal Dutch Shell asserting that oil negotiations with Iraq are still continuing

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The Central Bank Of Iraq warning the citizens to deal with informal financial companies

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Ashur International Bank opened a new branch in Salahuddin province

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Iraq participates in Damascus International Fair

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D.N.O company expected to start exporting Iraqi oil during 2008

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Iraq has allocated 500 million dollars to support the construction industry

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A US diplomat stated in Baghdad that Iraq may abandon the short-term oil agreements

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