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Andrew Levine: Deflate PetraeusThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:37AMA cult of personality around General David Petraeus was launched about three years ago when the Iraq War was going so poorly that Republicans feared...

IraqThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:27AMKey facts, figures and dates

Kuwait gets $650 million in Iraqi reparationThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:24AMPayment brings total sum of compensation paid to Kuwait to $30.15 billion, further $22.3 billion is due to emirate.

Kuwait gets 650 million dollars in Iraqi reparation: UNThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:13AMGENEVA, Jul 29, 2010 (AFP) - The United Nations released 650 million dollars in Iraqi compensation to Kuwait on Thursday, the latest payment of a war reparation scheme that began in 1994.

Al-Qaida-linked group claims TV bombing in BaghdadThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:29AMAn al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of a pan-Arab television station, describing the deadly attack that killed six people as a victory against a "corrupt channel."

Al Qaeda-linked group claims TV bombing in BaghdadThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:17AMAn al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of a pan-Arab television station, describing the deadly attack that killed six people as a victory against a "corrupt channel."

Why WikiLeaks turned to the pressThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:15AMThat WikiLeaks went to the press with the Afghanistan war logs shows old-fashioned news organisations still have a role to play Of all the questions raised by the Afghanistan war logs , perhaps the most intriguing is this: why would an organisation as independent-minded and disdainful of the traditional media as WikiLeaks seek out those very media as partners rather than going it alone? My ...

Official: Pentagon focusing on 'main suspect' in Afghanistan leakThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:13AMThe Pentagon is focusing on jailed Army Pfc. Bradley Manning as the main suspect in the leak of tens of thousands of secret U.S. military documents related to the war in Afghanistan, a senior Pentagon official told CNN Wednesday.

Al-Qaida-linked group claims TV bombing in BaghdadThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 4:05AMFILE - In July 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi army soldiers stand near a massive crater outside the office of the Al-Arabiya television station after a suicide bomber driving a minibus struck in Baghdad, Iraq. An al-Qaida-linked group is claiming responsibility for the bombing earlier this week targeting the Baghdad offices of the pan-Arab television station, Al-Arabiya.