Iraq War Headlines, March 19, 2003 to December 31, 2009, Q Madp, IraqWarHeroes.org - Website by Q Madp

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Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran 7/18/2008, 5:14 p.m. PDT
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq (AP) — With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border. They aim to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press on Friday.

Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran 7/18/2008, 4:26 p.m. PDT
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq (AP) — With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border. They aim to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press on Friday.

US, Iraq seek 'general time horizon' on troop cuts 7/18/2008, 1:30 p.m. PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for deeper reductions in American combat troops in Iraq despite President Bush's once-inflexible opposition to talking about deadlines and timetables.

Iraqi troops put on show of strength in Sadr City 7/18/2008, 10:56 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers took up positions on rooftops and military helicopters hovered overhead Friday in a show of strength in a Baghdad district where Shiite militiamen once ruled the streets. There were no reports of violence.

Baghdad family's woes far from Obama spotlight 7/18/2008, 10:34 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — There is a Baghdad that Sen. Barack Obama probably won't see.

Rebels: Turkey bombs Kurd rebel targets in Iraq 7/18/2008, 9:20 a.m. PDT
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Kurdish rebels say Turkish warplanes have bombed abandoned guerrilla camps in northern Iraq. They say there were no casualties.

Iraqi prime minister to visit Germany, meet Merkel 7/18/2008, 8:33 a.m. PDT
BERLIN (AP) — A German official says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will visit Berlin next week and meet Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Group says displacement of Iraqis has slowed 7/18/2008, 8:32 a.m. PDT
GENEVA (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says the displacement of people in Iraq has slowed to a trickle this year and that some of the country's 2.8 million uprooted have been encouraged to go home.

Iraqi army patrols Sadr City 7/18/2008, 4:16 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops deployed in large numbers during Friday prayers in the Baghdad district of Sadr City, where Shiite militiamen used to control the streets. There were no reports of violence.

Report: Danger from electrical work in Iraq severe 7/18/2008, 4:00 a.m. PDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Inferior electrical work by private contractors on U.S. military bases in Iraq is more widespread than the Pentagon has acknowledged, according to a published report.

Analysis: Security transfer stalled in Iraq region 7/18/2008, 2:26 a.m. PDT
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's government hopes to bring the entire country under its security control by year's end. But one critical area stands in the way: the western province of Anbar, where the Sunni insurgency was born and later received its first blows from a civil uprising.

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