British PM Brown Sets Iraq Pullout Date: May 31 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set the Iraq deadline for British troops to pull out of Iraq to May 31. More than 4,000 British troops are currently in Iraq. 178 have been killed during the war.
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Double Bombings Kill 18 in Baghdad
As US President George W Bush enters his final month in office, he is attempting to secure his legacy and make the case that the Iraq war was ultimately the right thing to do. Today’s double blast that killed 18 in Baghdad offers yet another chilling example that Bush was wrong. .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px;
Bush Dodges Reporter’s Flying Shoes
During a press conference in Iraq George Bush dodged two shoes that were thrown at him by an Iraqi journalist. Bush was on his farewell tour in Iraq and was holding a joint conference with President Maliki when the reporter stood up and hurled one shoe after the other.
Anti-Bush Protests Following Public Shoeing
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — Thousands of Iraqis marched in the streets today demanding the release of a reporter who hurled shoes at President George
UN Inspector Kicked Out of Israel for 9/11 Views
JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities on Monday expelled Richard Falk, a United Nations investigator of human rights in the No Comments • Read this story »
Baghdad Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 17
Baghdad was rocked by three explosions on Monday, killing at least 17 people two days before the Iraqi parliament is to vote on a controversial military pact which would require all US troops to leave Iraq by the end of 2011. The first attack killed 13 people when a roadside bomb exploded near a
Russia Hopes to Tame US Relations Under Obama
Moscow (AP)- Medvedev said he hopes Obama’s administration will scrap plans for missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic that have badly strained ties between Moscow and Washington under U.S. President George W. Bush. “There is a chance for that,” Medvedev said on a trip
Heavy Fighting in Democratic Republic of Congo
Al Jazeera reports Goma, a city that had become a haven for tens of thousands fleeing fighting, is now itself emptying in panic, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Reports are coming out of the city in turmoil, amid fears that Laurent Nkunda’s rebel fighters are closing in. DRC troops have been
Exploring the Afghanistan/Pakistan Drug Trade
In a discussion with security expert Sunil Ram, The Real News explores the drug trade running rampant in Central Asia. The U.S. military’s presence in the region seems to be no coincidence.