Iraqi Tension Built as U.S. Miscalculated (washingtonpost.com)

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A Stadium Built on Shaky Ground
(washingtonpost.com)

A Stadium Built on Shaky Ground
(washingtonpost.com) 06/26/2004 08:56 PM
An interesting first article in a series about the business of baseball

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Bomber Likely in Iraqi Uniform
(washingtonpost.com)

Bomber Likely in Iraqi Uniform
(washingtonpost.com) 12/24/2004 12:19 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Dec. 23 -- The suicide bomber believed to have blown himself up in a crowded dining hall on a U.S. Army base in Mosul, killing 22 people, was probably wearing an Iraqi military uniform, U.S. officials said Thursday, offering the first indication of how such an attack could have taken place.

At Least 80 Civilians Die in Iraqi
Violence (washingtonpost.com)

At Least 80 Civilians Die in Iraqi
Violence (washingtonpost.com) 09/12/2004 09:55 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Sept. 12 -- Car bombings, mortar attacks and clashes between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi security forces killed at least 80 civilians across the country Sunday, Iraqi officials said.

Iraqi Forces Kill 13 Insurgents
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Iraqi Forces Kill 13 Insurgents
(washingtonpost.com) 07/25/2004 09:10 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, July 25 -- Iraqi National Guard and police forces killed at least 13 insurgents Sunday after the forces were ambushed while providing security for U.S. troops conducting raids north of Baghdad.

Iraqi Body Pivots on U.S. Plan
(washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Body Pivots on U.S. Plan
(washingtonpost.com) 02/16/2004 10:50 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Feb. 16 -- Most members of Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council no longer support the Bush administration's plan to choose an interim government through caucuses and instead want the council to assume sovereignty until elections can be held, several members have said.

Militia Withdraws At Key Iraqi Sites
(washingtonpost.com)

Militia Withdraws At Key Iraqi Sites
(washingtonpost.com) 04/12/2004 08:48 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, April 12 -- A week after seizing control of Najaf, Iraq's holiest city, members of a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr relinquished their hold on police stations and government buildings Monday as hundreds of U.S. soldiers mobilized in preparation for an assault on the city.

26 Die in String of Attacks on Iraqi
Forces (washingtonpost.com)

26 Die in String of Attacks on Iraqi
Forces (washingtonpost.com) 12/28/2004 11:20 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Dec. 28 -- Insurgents launched a series of deadly attacks against Iraqi security forces Tuesday, killing at least 26 police officers and National Guardsmen and wounding 43, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

Iraqi Council's Leader Is Slain
(washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Council's Leader Is Slain
(washingtonpost.com) 05/17/2004 11:52 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, May 17 -- The president of the Iraqi Governing Council was killed in a suicide car bombing Monday as his motorcade waited to enter the headquarters of the U.S. occupation authority.

Iraqi Proposes Broader Amnesty
(washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Proposes Broader Amnesty
(washingtonpost.com) 04/10/2005 11:47 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, April 10 -- Iraq's new president called Sunday for extending amnesty to Iraqi insurgents who had killed combatants, possibly including U.S. and Iraqi troops, as part of a drive that he said could help end attacks within months.

Iraqi Bloggers, In the News And
Critiquing It (washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Bloggers, In the News And
Critiquing It (washingtonpost.com) 12/22/2004 01:06 AM
'Iraqi Bloggers, In the News And Critiquing It' .. Howard Kurtz .. INTERVIEWS

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Blasts at Iraqi Police Facilities Kill
68 (washingtonpost.com)

Blasts at Iraqi Police Facilities Kill
68 (washingtonpost.com) 04/22/2004 05:23 AM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, April 21 -- Five car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in suicide attacks outside four police facilities in the southern city of Basra on Wednesday, killing 68 people, including children being driven to school, and wounding at least 200, authorities said.

Iraqi Cleric Rejects Overture For Peace
(washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Cleric Rejects Overture For Peace
(washingtonpost.com) 08/17/2004 09:35 PM
washingtonpost.com - NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 17 -- Rebellious cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday rebuffed a delegation of Iraqi political leaders seeking a face-to-face meeting to persuade him to disband his militia and vacate a large Shiite shrine here, increasing chances of intensified U.S. and Iraqi military action to evict him and his followers.

Bush Was Surprised at Lack of Iraqi Arms
(washingtonpost.com)

Bush Was Surprised at Lack of Iraqi Arms
(washingtonpost.com) 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
washingtonpost.com - President Bush acknowledged that he was apparently wrong in stating on the eve of war with Iraq that there was "no doubt" that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

Demise of Iraqi Units Symbolic of U.S.
Errors (washingtonpost.com)

Demise of Iraqi Units Symbolic of U.S.
Errors (washingtonpost.com) 09/24/2004 10:24 PM
washingtonpost.com - SAQLAWIYA, Iraq -- The police outpost here is supposed to house 90 armed members of Iraq's National Guard. Their job is to keep watch over a stretch of six-lane highway, deterring insurgents from laying roadside bombs and trying to blow up a bridge over the nearby Tharthar Canal.

Iraqi Leader Vows Election Won't Be
Delayed (washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Leader Vows Election Won't Be
Delayed (washingtonpost.com) 09/23/2004 11:48 PM
washingtonpost.com - President Bush and Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, pledged yesterday that Iraq's elections would take place in January despite escalating violence, as U.S. officials began to suggest the first democratic poll might not take place in all parts of the country.

Influential Cleric Backs New Iraqi
Government (washingtonpost.com)

Influential Cleric Backs New Iraqi
Government (washingtonpost.com) 06/03/2004 08:33 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, June 3 -- The most influential leader of Iraq's Shiite Muslim majority, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, endorsed the country's new government Thursday and demanded it swiftly assume "full and unflawed" national sovereignty with power to end the U.S. military occupation.

'Final Call' for Rebel Iraqi Cleric
(washingtonpost.com)

'Final Call' for Rebel Iraqi Cleric
(washingtonpost.com) 08/19/2004 10:37 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 -- Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issued a "final call" on Thursday for Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr to end his rebellion by agreeing to a new set of conditions issued by the government. Sadr responded by rejecting one of the government's two key demands, increasing the prospect of an intensified military attack against his militia.

U.S. Forces Attack Iraqi Holy City
(washingtonpost.com)

U.S. Forces Attack Iraqi Holy City
(washingtonpost.com) 05/14/2004 10:32 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, May 14 -- U.S. tanks rumbled Friday into a vast cemetery in the southern city of Najaf, one of Shiite Islam's most sacred places, in pursuit of insurgents loyal to the rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr. The fighting, which coincided with skirmishes in the other major Shiite holy city, Karbala, demonstrated some of the most aggressive tactics yet employed by U.S. forces against Sadr's Shiite militia.

Iraqi Assembly Gets Off To Quiet but
Telling Start (washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Assembly Gets Off To Quiet but
Telling Start (washingtonpost.com) 03/17/2005 03:30 AM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, March 16 -- Dhari Fayad, temporary speaker of Iraq's newly elected National Assembly, stood before his fellow delegates for the first time Wednesday and recalled those "who sacrificed themselves . . . for the sake of the Iraqi people," including "the martyrs of the mass graves and the martyrs of the north of Iraq."

Fighting Halted in Embattled Iraqi City
(washingtonpost.com)

Fighting Halted in Embattled Iraqi City
(washingtonpost.com) 08/13/2004 09:40 PM
washingtonpost.com - NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 13 -- U.S. forces abruptly ceased offensive operations here against the militia of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr on Friday to create an opportunity for peace talks between representatives of Iraq's interim government and people close to Sadr, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

Book Names Iraqi in Alleged '99 Bid to
Buy Uranium (washingtonpost.com)

Book Names Iraqi in Alleged '99 Bid to
Buy Uranium (washingtonpost.com) 05/02/2004 03:40 PM

New Iraqi Flag Meets With Public
Disapproval (washingtonpost.com)

New Iraqi Flag Meets With Public
Disapproval (washingtonpost.com) 04/29/2004 09:09 AM

Iraqi Troops to Take Lead In Fighting
Sadr's Forces (washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Troops to Take Lead In Fighting
Sadr's Forces (washingtonpost.com) 08/14/2004 08:23 PM
washingtonpost.com - NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 14 -- Prime Minister Ayad Allawi will send Iraqi troops to Najaf to battle a Shiite Muslim militia, Iraqi officials and U.S. commanders said Saturday after peace talks collapsed between the interim government and rebellious cleric Moqtada Sadr.

Iraqi Alliance Seeks to Oust Top
Officials Of Hussein Era
(washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Alliance Seeks to Oust Top
Officials Of Hussein Era
(washingtonpost.com) 04/17/2005 11:50 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, April 17 -- The Shiite Muslim bloc leading the new Iraqi government will demand the removal of all top officials left over from the era of former president Saddam Hussein, a top official said. The move would be part of a purge that U.S. officials fear could oust thousands of the most capable Iraqis from military and intelligence forces the United States has spent more than $5 billion rebuilding.

In Iraqi Vote, White House Sees
Validation Of Its Course
(washingtonpost.com)

In Iraqi Vote, White House Sees
Validation Of Its Course
(washingtonpost.com) 02/01/2005 08:27 PM
washingtonpost.com - For President Bush, it was one of the biggest gambles of his presidency. The doubters said it was crazy to hold an election in the middle of a war zone. The skeptics feared a massive wave of violence. Bush ignored them and insisted on going forward.

NATO Partners Agree to Train Iraqi
Troops (washingtonpost.com)

NATO Partners Agree to Train Iraqi
Troops (washingtonpost.com) 06/27/2004 10:28 PM
washingtonpost.com - ISTANBUL, June 27 -- NATO countries will set aside their objections and agree Monday to provide emergency military training for the interim government of Iraq, White House officials said Sunday.

Truck Bomb Kills 50 on a Crowded Iraqi
Street (washingtonpost.com)

Truck Bomb Kills 50 on a Crowded Iraqi
Street (washingtonpost.com) 02/10/2004 10:42 PM
washingtonpost.com - ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq, Feb. 10 -- A truck bomb exploded Tuesday in this central Iraqi city about 30 miles south of Baghdad, ripping through a crowded street where dozens of people were waiting to be interviewed for jobs on the police force, killing at least 50, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.

Blasts Target Christian Churches in 2
Iraqi Cities (washingtonpost.com)

Blasts Target Christian Churches in 2
Iraqi Cities (washingtonpost.com) 08/01/2004 09:45 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Aug. 1 -- Car bombs exploded outside at least five Christian churches in two Iraqi cities during Sunday evening services in coordinated attacks that sent terrified and bleeding worshipers fleeing into the streets as stained-glass windows shattered and flames engulfed the buildings. At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the assaults, the first such large-scale violence against minority Christians who have long coexisted peacefully with Iraqi Muslims.

Decree Outlaws Iraqi Militias In Effort
to Increase Security
(washingtonpost.com)

Decree Outlaws Iraqi Militias In Effort
to Increase Security
(washingtonpost.com) 06/07/2004 10:24 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, June 7 -- The new Iraqi government and U.S. occupation authorities declared all militias illegal Monday and outlined a $200 million program to redirect their estimated 100,000 fighters into official security forces, retirement or civilian professions.

Iraqi Official Killed By Rebels in
North; Pipeline Sabotaged
(washingtonpost.com)

Iraqi Official Killed By Rebels in
North; Pipeline Sabotaged
(washingtonpost.com) 06/16/2004 10:34 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, June 16 -- Insurgents assassinated a senior Iraqi security official in the rich northern oilfields Wednesday and blew up another key pipeline in the south, closing the spigot of Iraq's vital petroleum exports through the Persian Gulf in attacks that could cost the country tens of millions of dollars a day in oil revenue.

The Tension was Electric

The Tension was Electric 03/25/2005 05:28 PM
Jon Stewart's first law of television: "As wonderful as any absolutely ridiculous clip would be, they're always better in slow-motion."

Racial tension warning to parties

Racial tension warning to parties 04/11/2005 11:05 PM
Britain's party leaders have been warned to "reduce the remperature" on race issues in the election run-up.

EU Defuses Tension with U.S. Over Middle
East

EU Defuses Tension with U.S. Over Middle
East 04/17/2004 12:46 PM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 17 2004 4:48PM GMT

Tension high after Karachi blast

Tension high after Karachi blast 05/08/2004 07:40 AM
Violence prompted by a suicide bombing at a mosque continues as the victims are buried.

Koreas agree tension-easing steps

Koreas agree tension-easing steps 06/12/2004 06:15 AM
North and South Korea sign a deal including specific measures to avoid armed clashes along their border.

Stamps and the Internet revive tension
over island

Stamps and the Internet revive tension
over island 01/11/2004 03:45 PM
Joon Ang Ilbo Jan 11 2004 1:43PM ET

In Falluja, Ceasefire Doesn't Reduce
Tension, or Danger

In Falluja, Ceasefire Doesn't Reduce
Tension, or Danger 04/13/2004 06:16 PM
It has been 4 days since the U.S. declared a "cessation of offensive operations," but in Falluja, that doesn't seem to matter.

Tokyo stocks lower amid tension with
China

Tokyo stocks lower amid tension with
China 04/12/2005 03:46 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Tue Apr 12, 06:01 am GMT

Israeli Missile Strike on Gaza Adds to
Tension

Israeli Missile Strike on Gaza Adds to
Tension 07/25/2004 10:46 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 25 2004 1:41PM GMT
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