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89 articles tagged "Iraq"
DEBKAfile
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March 31, 2004, 10:27 PM (GMT+02:00)
Nine Americans died in and around Fallujah 30 miles west of Baghdad in a particularly horrendous spasm of blood-letting Wednesday, March 31. Exactly one week after assuming responsibility for the most intractable town in Iraq in a troop rotation, the California-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force suffered the loss of five ...
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February 16, 2004, 10:28 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Washington-Jerusalem track has generated a sudden spurt of activity after several sluggish months. Three administration officials are heading for Jerusalem to examine the details of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's unilateral evacuation plans, indicating that cold US disapproval has made way for a spark of interest. Stephen Hadley, ...
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February 2, 2004, 12:21 AM (GMT+02:00)
Updated February 4:
Kurdish parties in northern Iraq later denied news reports claiming that Turkey was responsible for the double suicide attacks. In a joint statement, the KDP and the PUK, whose offices were attacked, conveyed sincere appreciation for the offer to treat the injured in Turkey. Turkish prime minister Recep ...
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January 23, 2004, 7:51 PM (GMT+02:00)
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There were no giveaways, balloons or barbecues, but business was booming this month at a bizarre Syrian bazaar - a used tank lot at al-Qamishli, located at the point where the borders of Syria, Iraq and Turkey meet. On sale: Russian T-72 tanks. No, not ... 
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October 27, 2003, 8:20 PM (GMT+02:00)
In the space of 48 hours, the Ramadan bombing offensive on Baghdad claimed upward of 40 dead - mostly Iraqis - and over 220 injured. It struck terror at the heart of the Iraqi capital, first targeting US administration and military headquarters at the heavily secured landmark al Rashid hotel, ...
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July 23, 2003, 1:16 AM (GMT+02:00)
Late Sunday night, July 20 - or early Monday morning - Qusay Hussein, his 14-year old son Mustafa and his brother Uday arrived at the spacious villa estate of their father's cousin three times removed in the northeastern al Falah district of Mosul. Qusay habitually took his teenage son everywhere ...
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July 12, 2003, 6:12 PM (GMT+02:00)
The US troop withdrawal from the Iraqi town of Falluja only 50 km west of Baghdad on Friday, July 1, is the first major American military retreat since going to war against Iraq on March 18, 2003. It comes amid spiraling attacks on US troops by "unidentified" snipers and ambushers ...
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June 21, 2003, 2:48 PM (GMT+02:00)
Although Iraq's first postwar exports are set to restart Sunday, June 22 - auctioning some 10 million barrels held in storage to coincide with resumed pumping - the outlook according to debkafile's energy experts is uncertain. Oil installations are far more dilapidated than thought, constant prey to organized ...
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April 8, 2002, 2:18 PM (GMT+02:00)
Saddam's announcement had the immediate effect of sending oil prices up by roughly 5 percent to above $27 a barrel. Because Iraq's fellow-producers will make haste to make up the difference, the price is not expected by debkafile 's oil experts to go beyond $30. The Iraqi ruler, ...
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