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...responsible for the large-scale displacement, but even if we don’t accept the blame and ensure the resettlement of all Iraqis, it seems morally obvious that we should look out for those employed by the U.S. government. Iraqis working for the U.S. face increased risk of attack according to Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. ambassador in Baghdad. He warned of the dangers Iraqi staff face, and of the likelihood that they would be forced to flee the country. His warnings echo truth, as nine Iraqis have died working for the U.S. Embassy in the last three years...
...reports that the main routes were laden with freshly planted EFPs and that at least 1,000 JAM reinforcements were on their way down from Baghdad's Sadr City, the massive JAM stronghold in the capital. The Americans knew whom they would apprehend in the event of a JAM attack: the lead JAM sheik in the negotiation said he would take full responsibility for any subsequent violence...
Dozens of Turkish military trucks rumbled towards the Iraqi border as Turks across the country took to the streets to demand retaliation for an attack by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) separatists based in north Iraq that killed 12 Turkish soldiers. It was the third large-scale attack in recent weeks. Eight Turkish soldiers are still missing after the incident. Sunday's attack may well prove the last straw for Turkey's hawkish military - NATO's second largest army after the U.S. - which has been readying to cross the border into north Iraq in pursuit of the PKK for several months...
...playoff mentality every time we play an Ivy League game.”For the Crimson, a win will retain first place and a spotless Ivy mark for the team, which currently shares the top league spot with Yale.Hanging on to first place will require stopping a Princeton attack that features a deep group of talented receivers and the running of athletic scrambling quarterback Bill Foran, who averages 54 yards per game, good enough for fifth in the Ivies. Foran’s scrambling ability was on display last season against Harvard, as he entered the game for a slightly...
Besides Sadr's Jaish al Mahdi and Hakim's Badr Corps, a new group has recently surfaced in the city called the Brigade of Hussein, named after the 7th Century Shi'ite martyr Imam Hussein, the central figure of Shi'a Islam. The group claimed responsibility for the recent attack on the Polish ambassador in Baghdad, a coordinated ambush that included a series of timed explosions and pre-planned gunfire that wounded the ambassador and killed one of his security guards. In Diwaniyah, locals say these armed groups may focus their attention on the local Polish base in the city...