Suspected US missiles kill four http://bit.ly/dSTxrC # 1 dead, 57 injured in northern Iraq protests http://bit.ly/gAA5Nq # Suicide blasts kill 38 at Afghanistan bank as soldiers collect paychecks http://wapo.st/ijRTq9 #
Chalabi Daughter Memoir Documents Life in Iraq Before, After Saddam http://bit.ly/ganFG1 # Afghan President Hamid Karzai has little standing in his way. http://bit.ly/fFDJyp # Gates: GOP Spending Cuts Could Turn Iraq Into Afghanistan Circa 1990 http://bit.ly/fJMYcj # Why American troops in Afghanistan shouldn’t have to wear headscarves http://wapo.st/grjHhX # Russia…
Taliban gunmen and bombers storm bank in Afghanistan, kill 18 http://lat.ms/i87upL # 10 wounded in north Iraq demos http://bit.ly/g6FDvv # DOD Identifies Marine Casualty http://j.mp/eqOvye # DoD identifies casualties: http://bit.ly/eXpRTV http://bit.ly/eboRyU # Kiwi soldier’s body to arrive home http://bit.ly/hEa04z #
Iraq Roiled by Protests, 2 Killed in Sulaimaniya http://bit.ly/fLzfbS # Iraqi Officials Deny Hijab To Be Mandatory At Universities http://bit.ly/fhmBcS # Video: Deadly street clashes break out in Iraqi city http://bit.ly/e6n7dU # Expect a Longer Stay in Iraq, Says Democratic Congressman http://on.wsj.com/fQFAjD # Iraq police official charged in bomb device…
Two Iraqi protesters killed amid unrest in normally peaceful Kurdistan http://wapo.st/efaap1 # Violence erupts during anti-government protests in southern Iraq city http://wapo.st/dNtWMz # Iraq attack: Muqdadiyah car bomb blast kills 13 http://bbc.in/hW8t6V # Pregnant soldier on front line http://bit.ly/g9eaZ3 # IMF Recommends Troubled Kabul Bank Be Wound Down http://bit.ly/g7aoq7 #
Women’s Shelters in Afghanistan May be Seized by State http://bit.ly/hhSF6s # Afghan bank crisis clouds future European aid-EU http://reut.rs/gfiOPm # Some Afghans say insecurity persists despite surge http://wapo.st/iftI1V # Violence erupts during anti-government protests in southern Iraq city http://wapo.st/igAAUe # Rare-earth shortage? Afghans think they can help http://buswk.co/gOsvac #
Times Of London: US searches for Petraeus successor http://thetim.es/hwLQVm # The unnoticed surge in Afghan security http://bit.ly/gNokeJ # Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war http://bit.ly/hblbqN # NYT: Iraqi Protesters Seek Not a New Regime, but Jobs http://nyti.ms/dJC434 # Slate: The human rights community finally notices the Taliban’s…
Former enemies from Balkan wars unite in training mission for Afghanistan http://bit.ly/euubns # Death toll rises to 33 in Iraq’s suicide attack on Shiite pilgrims http://bit.ly/eKKMsx # Homeless US vets rise in number http://bit.ly/gNnn4W # AFGHANISTAN: Floods, heavy snow kill 25 in two weeks http://bit.ly/gGL2xz # Iraq Parliament votes on…
Iraq man dies of self-immolation to protest rising unemployment http://bit.ly/dVdRUg # Iraq Fills 10 Government Posts, Security Jobs Stay Vacant http://bit.ly/gQr1NM # For some troops, wide use of medications can be deadly http://bit.ly/gmPNYL # theatlantic: Doing Business In Iraq http://bit.ly/dMbNfv # In Kirkuk, Iraq, a test of U.S. peacekeepers’ lasting…
Pentagon unveils ‘Don’t Ask’ repeal plan http://bit.ly/esSGzS # Reuters: Iraq subsidises power after protests over services http://bit.ly/gcNt36 # Tribal clash kills three near Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk http://reut.rs/hz3IEl # Egypt’s revolution stirs protest movement in Iraq http://wapo.st/eoBVyu #