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Top Stories from War on Iraq at AlterNet
October 17th, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq
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CAMP BUCCA: IRAQ'S GUANTANAMO
By David Enders, The Nation
What will the United States do with the thousands of Iraqis
it is holding in legal limbo?
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/102839/
BACK FROM AFGHANISTAN, JOURNALIST NIR ROSEN SAYS TALIBAN TAKEOVER LOOKS
"IRREVERSIBLE"
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Rosen: "People no longer trust the government. People fear
the police at least as much as they fear the Taliban."
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/103301/
AMID WAVE OF VIOLENCE, IRAQI CHRISTIANS FLEEING MOSUL
By Jareer Mohammed, Azzaman
Attacks on Christian minorities in the otherwise peaceful
city of Mosul have led to an exodus of Iraqi Christians.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/102705/
FOLLOWING THREATS, DOCTORS IN KARBALA REFUSE TO WORK
Azzaman
Attacks against Iraqi doctors are on the rise.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/103146/
STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN U.S. AND IRAQ, ALMOST. (FOR REAL
THIS TIME.)
By Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK
The Bush administration will present the pact as a sign of
its success in Iraq, but in fact it is very different from
what it intended.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/103360/
IN BIGGEST OIL SALE EVER, IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO PUT 40 BILLION BARRELS OF
RESERVES UP FOR GRABS
By Terry Macalister, Nicholas Watt, The Guardian
BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are being given access to eight oil
fields, which represent some 40 percent of Iraq's oil
reserves.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/102707/
PORTRAIT OF AN ARMY CEMETERY: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTORS OF HBO'S "SECTION
60"
By Katie Halper, AlterNet
"When you stand there and see the rows of tombstones ... you
realize what the price of war can be."
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/103003/
PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS WRITING THE NEWS? THE PENTAGON'S PROPAGANDA AT ITS
WORST
By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
Months after the Pentagon pundits flap, the Department of
Defense continues to hand down contracts for propaganda in
Iraq and beyond.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/103345/
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IRAQI MINISTRY REOPENS CASES OF MURDERED JOURNALISTS
By Yaser Abbas, Azzaman
Police have started investigating some 49 files related to
Iraqi journalists killed or kidnapped since the 2003
invasion.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/102701/
OBAMA HONORS WOMEN IN COMBAT
By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville
"It's not a promise to allow women to serve equally, but the
recognition that women are already in serving in combat."
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/102865/
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