Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
The recommendation seems at odds with recent glowing reports from many fronts: al-Qaida in Iraq is on the run, the main Shiite militia has been pushed out of its strongholds in Baghdad, and Iraqi security forces have been handed control of Basra and Amarah and the former killing fields of Anbar province.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... out of its strongholds in Baghdad, and Iraqi security forces have been handed control of Basra and Amarah and the former killing fields of Anbar province.Meanwhile, U.S. military deaths are down to some of their lowest monthly levels since the war began in March 2003.But U.S. military officials have been frank in saying that security gains — though impressive — are fragile. Political progress...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... out of its strongholds in Baghdad, and Iraqi security forces have been handed control of Basra and Amarah and the former killing fields of Anbar province.
Meanwhile, U.S. military deaths are down to some of their lowest monthly levels since the war began in March 2003.
But U.S. military officials have been frank in saying that security gains - though impressive - are fragile....
Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
... on the Richter scale." He added: "The depth of 30 metres Jolt Its epicenter was north-east of Amarah (68 kilometers from the Centre for Architecture) in the area between the west and Dezvol Iran." He pointed out that the Jerk left some material damage in the quake's epicenter near the broken glass, some of it without any human casualties. He attributed the cause of the occurrence of earthquakes...
Alternet (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
... the Shia militiamen of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army by taking back control of Basra, Sadr City and Amarah. Then he refused to sign a new security accord with the U.S. which President George Bush wanted to see agreed by August 31st.
