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Iraq: a three trillion dollar war?
Washington (AFP) Mar 19, 2008The war in Iraq has already cost the United States more than 400 billion dollars by the most conservative tally, but the total bill could surpass three trillion dollars, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. By the Pentagon's count, 527 billion dollars were allocated from September 2001 through December 2007 to finance the war against terrorism, including 406 billion do ... more Commentary: Fox Fallon's fall 
Washington (UPI) Mar 19, 2008The abrupt resignation of Middle Eastern commander Adm. William J. "Fox" Fallon over a controversial interview and profile in Esquire magazine was a carefully choreographed exit for the 63-year-old Navy aviator. The first Navy man appointed to head the Central Command, which stretches from the Middle East to South Asia and includes Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, he is now one of three former ... more Five years on, Iraq still a nation at war 
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008Five years after US-led invasion troops swept through Iraq, feared dictator Saddam Hussein is dead and an elected government sits in Baghdad -- but Iraqis remain beset by rampant violence, political stalemate, economic woes and the humiliation of a foreign occupation. Saddam's regime was toppled in just three weeks in what US President George W. Bush declared as the first bombs dropped on Ba ... more The new Iraq at risk of sectarian rupture
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008The United States launched its war on Iraq saying it wanted to free the people from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein and bring on a new dawn of democracy. But five years on, ethnic and religious tensions threaten to tear the country apart. The rival factions which make up this diverse state, founded at the crossroads of the Arab, Persian and Ottoman worlds, lie at the roots of the violence that ... more Iraq's regional ambitions to take decades to recover 
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008Iraq's once-lofty ambition to be a major power lies in tatters five years after the US-led invasion, with Turkish forces crossing its northern border with impunity and former bitter foe Iran now the preeminent force in the region. What will it take for Iraq to recover is unknown but an end to ethnic strife and a sense of national unity are prerequisites. Observers say that can be best reache ... more |
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Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday he had seen significant security improvements in Iraq but warned that this would not automatically yield more American troop withdrawals after July. "No, it does not," Cheney said during a surprise visit to Baghdad, stressing that troop levels would be guided by "conditions on the ground in the months ahead". ... more Analysis: Iraq, 5 years and gaffes later 
Washington (UPI) Mar 19, 2008This Wednesday will mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Five years during which time America has been at war; make that wars, in the plural. While Iraq, due to the sheer scale of the conflict, seems to take center stage, there are two other wars being fought simultaneously. One is in Afghanistan against the resurgent Taliban who simply refuse to be beaten, and the other is the ... more Britain's Brown struggles to turn page on Iraq 
London (AFP) Mar 19, 2008British Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants to turn a page on Iraq by pulling out troops controversially sent in by his predecessor Tony Blair, but his hands are tied politically, experts say. Brown has increasingly put the focus on Afghanistan since succeeding Blair last year, repeatedly warning that fighting the Taliban is now the frontline in the US-led "war on terror" triggered by the Sept ... more Post-Saddam Iraq a new front for violent jihad 
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008US President George W. Bush's claim that Saddam Hussein was linked to Al-Qaeda has been debunked but Iraq after the invasion has become the new frontier for violent Islamist terrorism. The war has allowed Osama bin Laden's terror network to "gain a foothold in Iraq where it was totally absent before March 2003", said Jean-Pierre Filiu, an analyst at the Institute of Political Studies in Pari ... more Life goes on behind Baghdad's concrete walls 
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 19, 2008Baghdad, for centuries a beacon of culture in the Arab world, is today a capital under occupation divided by grim concrete walls. Yet life bustles on and the city's spirit refuses to die. Residents daily ignore the ever-present threat of bombs and gun attacks. They brave checkpoints, roadblocks and traffic gridlock to head to school or work, go shopping, frequent coffee and juice bars, play ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 19, 2008Rioters demanding Tibetan independence have attacked government buildings and burnt down shops in northern China's Gansu province in recent days, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. Xinhua news agency quoted a local government spokesman as discussing the unrest, in what appeared to be the first official reference to violence in provinces adjacent to riot-hit Tibet. Gansu government ... more US would welcome Tibet dialogue: State Department 
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2008The United States Wednesday called any potential dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama on Tibet "very positive." State Department Spokesman Tom Casey said the United States would "certainly encourage and call on the Chinese to engage directly in discussions with the Dalai Lama or his representatives." Asked about suggestions from Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown that Bejing woul ... more Dalai Lama asks world to help push for Tibet talks 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) March 19, 2008The Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders for help in resolving the dispute over Tibet through "dialogue" with China, according to a letter released by his office Wednesday. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader also asked the international community to press Beijing to show "restraint" in dealing with unrest in his Himalayan homeland. "We remain committed to... pursuing a process of ... more China sees 'life or death struggle' in Tibet 
Beijing (AFP) March 20, 2008China said Wednesday it was in a "life or death struggle" over Tibet as dramatic new footage emerged of Tibetans rampaging on horseback and destroying a Chinese flag. With China deploying a massive security force to quash the uprising and sealing off flashpoint areas from foreign media, activists and a rights group warned hundreds of Tibetans believed arrested could now be at risk of torture ... more China deploys huge troop numbers to quell unrest: activists 
Beijing (AFP) March 19, 2008China has deployed large numbers of troops in its westernmost provinces to suppress Tibetan unrest, a witness and activist groups said Wednesday. Troop movements seemed to be particularly big in southwest China's Sichuan province, bordering on the Tibetan Autonomous Region and home to several mainly Tibetan areas, according to one witness. A foreign reporter travelling in Sichuan reported ... more
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