http://iraq.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for iraq en Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2069012 unknown@ma.gnolia.com Some teens are flocking to MySpace. And some teens are flocking to Facebook. Which go where gets kinda sticky, because it seems to primarily have to do with socio-economic class. Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2069012photoslistoverviewonlinecolorDesigntoolsProgrammingutilitieswebtoolsweb applicationswebMusicinteretmyspaceWorkersiraq http://web2announcer.com/go/2065869 unknown@ma.gnolia.com Some teens are flocking to MySpace. And some teens are flocking to Facebook. Which go where gets kinda sticky, because it seems to primarily have to do with socio-economic class. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2065869photoslistoverviewonlinetravelwebsitesrecipespaginationpageuidesign elementscssDesignwebdevelopmentisocitypixelartpixelspixelartistsWindowsxwindowsimportedX sous Windowsxmingphotographypublic domainstillmotionofficeschoolCollegeajaxiphoneiphoneyApplemarketcircledjangocodeweb developmentinteretmyspaceWorkersiraq http://web2announcer.com/go/2047037 unknown@Netscape.com Vanity keeps people from admitting they've been wrong. Pride will not let them believe they have been. The President & his team, most in Congress, and some common people suffer from this refusal to be honest with themselves. This is how they protect their egos - and that is all those who ignore the truth have left at the end of the day. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:03:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2047037soldiersiraqwarcasualtiesdeathNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2047432 unknown@Netscape.com Three months into the new U.S. military strategy that has sent tens of thousands of additional troops into Iraq, overall levels of violence in the country have not decreased, as attacks have shifted away from Baghdad and Anbar, where American forces are concentrated, only to rise in most other provinces, according to a Pentagon report released yest Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:06:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2047432surgeiraqwarviolenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2046567 unknown@Netscape.com I was shocked to find out tonight that the United States was arming Sunni insurgents in Iraq so long as they promise to use them against the bad guys and not us. I was doubly shocked to find out that they've quietly been doing this for the last few months. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:01:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046567iraqwarinsurgentsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2046992 unknown@Netscape.com The long-awaited testimony of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former CIA Director George Tenet on prewar intelligence on Iraq has been postponed while the members continue to interview key players in the events leading up to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's infamous 2003 speech at the United Nations. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:27:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046992colinpowelliraqCongoleezzariceGeorgeTenetwarspeechbushadministrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2045045 unknown@Netscape.com The U.N. Security Council agreed Wednesday to an Iraqi request to extend the mandate of the U.S.-led multinational force after the country's foreign minister said the troops were "vitally necessary." Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:41:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045045U.N.supportsU.S.TroopsiniraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2044052 unknown@Netscape.com Militants blew up the two golden minarets of an important Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra today, evading tight security to again target a beloved site already damaged last year in a blast that unleashed fierce sectarian warfare. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:39:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044052SamarrashiiteshrinemuslimiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2045199 unknown@Netscape.com There is something surreal in all this. The U.S. government is warning Iran against meddling in Iraq. But the U.S. government is meddling in Iraq! Is there a clearer case of a pot calling a kettle black? Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:12:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2045199iraniraqinterventionismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2044278 unknown@Netscape.com A popular story currently on the Netscape homepage concerns Jake's Life, a blog written by Jake Wood, a Marine lance corporal serving in Iraq. In this email interview with sports blog Lion in Oil, the 24-year-old Wood says he started his own blog simply to stay in touch with his family and friends. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:06:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044278newsquakeJakeslifeMarinesiraqblogsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2043359 unknown@Netscape.com Insurgents blew up the remaining two minarets of the Askariya Mosque, a holy Shiite Muslim shrine in Samarra that was badly damaged in a similar attack in early 2006, a Samarra Police official told CNN. There was no immediate word on casualties. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:24:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2043359bombiraqshiiteshrineSamarraAlAskariNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2044099 unknown@Netscape.com * Fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill to include withdrawal date, Reid says * Second approach would cut off funding for the war in April 2008 * Debate will begin before end of June, majority leader says * Another proposal would mandate down time between deployments Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:39:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2044099democratsiraqwarTimetablesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042232 unknown@Netscape.com BALAD - Iraqi Army Soldiers conducted a maritime operation June 1 seizing explosives and weapons during a cache sweep of river banks and caves in the vicinity of Rawah on the Euphrates River. With Coalition Forces present as advisors, Iraqi Forces recovered more than 70 pounds of homemade explosives, one 57mm rocket and a sniper rifle. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:46:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042232iraqBaladRaqahEuphratesterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042283 unknown@Netscape.com MAHMUDIYAH, IRAQ - Iraqi Army Soldiers conducting a search of a suspected insurgent's home discovered a cache of propaganda and improvised explosive device materials, near Lutafiyah, Iraq at about 4:10 p.m., May 30. A patrol discovered anti-coalition/anti government books and CDs along with 42 rolls of copper wire, typically used to initiate IEDs. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:45:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042283iraqMuhmudiyahIEDterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042617 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD - Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team uncovered a weapons cache north of Sadr City, in the eastern portion of the Iraqi capital June 1. A tip from a local citizen led the Soldiers to the cache. It was found in an area known to locals as the "Jaish Al Mahdi Forbidden Zone," where some rocket at Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:44:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042617iraqbaghdadsadrcityJaishAlMahdiForbiddenzoneNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042179 unknown@Netscape.com CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Baghdad Soldiers captured two men attempting to emplace an improvised explosive device on a major road near Dubai, Iraq, north of Baghdad, May 31. Soldiers from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment were conducting a mounted patrol searching for insurgents responsible for IED attacks in the area when the incident occurred Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:43:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042179iraqbaghdadcampTajiterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042282 unknown@Netscape.com BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition Forces killed one terrorist and detained eight suspected terrorists, including an alleged senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, in operations Saturday targeting the terrorist network. Coalition Forces raided a building in Hit while tracking an al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist leader. The ground force detained three suspected terroris Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:43:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042282baghdadiraqAlQaedaterrorismanbarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042548 unknown@Netscape.com ERBIL, IRAQ -The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) took official control of three provinces from Multi-National Force - Iraq at a formal ceremony in Erbil, Iraq May 30. "Today's event nearly doubles the number of provinces under Iraqi control and marks the fifth, sixth and seventh provinces to assume security responsibility, demonstrating anot Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:42:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042548iraqKurdSecurityKRGHandoverNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2042013 unknown@Netscape.com In an audio report, Koppel points out that in a recent debate Senator Hillary Clinton said that her first priority if elected would be to "bring our troops home." She did not say ALL our troops, Koppel points out, and she does not mean ALL our troops. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:15:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042013ClintoniraqTroopsoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2041558 unknown@Netscape.com "Slow as a turtle" was how one Iraqi lawmaker on Tuesday described Iraq's faltering progress in meeting political benchmarks set by Washington to encourage national reconciliation and end sectarian violence. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:19:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2041558iraqMalikisectarianviolenceiraqigovernmentbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2040885 unknown@Netscape.com "This is a really bad idea, one that will only feed the image of the US as the occupier, the colonial power," says a former official with the American provisional authority. "There's no way long-term military bases are going to be acceptable to a majority of the Iraqi population." Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:17:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040885iraqfordecadespermanentbasesneoconoccupationwarcivilNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2040619 unknown@Netscape.com Profile on Iraqi hip hop artist, Narcy, who's Middle East conflict inspired lyrics are as hard hitting as his flow. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:39:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040619iraqhiphopNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2040089 unknown@Netscape.com The idea of fighting a war on behalf of U.S. credibility hasn't been debated since the height of the Vietnam War. Yet that is precisely what some Iraq war supporters are now advocating. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:07:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040089iraqwarwithdrawalcredibilityvietnamNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2039829 unknown@Netscape.com He writes that he is not trying make a political statement and requests that it not be turned into something it's not. Please respect those wishes. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:45:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2039829jakeblogsoldieriraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2039781 unknown@Netscape.com Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on the insurgency in Iraq, an example of how the U.S. has continued to cooperate with the Sudanese regime even while condemning its suspected role in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:37:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2039781sudandarfurciaGenocidebushadministrationiraqAfricaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2038898 unknown@Netscape.com Deep in a newly released 300-page report on the benefits system for the nation's veterans lies a first look at the dimensions of the disabilities the Iraq- and Afghanistan-war injured are suffering. Through March, more than 176,000 U.S. veterans of those ongoing conflicts had filed claims for disability compensation. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:12:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038898VairaqAfghanistandisabilityclaimsmilitarymedicalCareNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2038865 unknown@Netscape.com A FORMER US Army torturer has described the traumatic effects of American interrogation techniques in Iraq - on their victims and on the perpetrators themselves. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:48:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038865torturewarmilitaryinterrogationiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2038408 unknown@Netscape.com "As I sit here in DFW international airport and wait to return from leave, I am struck by the willful ignorance of those who support this war. These men and women, generally meaning the best, choose to ignore and discard any negative news coming from Iraq as biased against anything from the military, the war, or the President." Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:53:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038408bushiraqsoldierswarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2037993 unknown@Netscape.com On a winter day when bomb blasts at an Iraqi university killed dozens and the UN estimated that 34,000 civilians in Iraq had died in 2006, MSNBC spent nearly nine minutes on the stories during the 1 p.m. hour. A CNN correspondent in Iraq did a three-minute report about the bombings. Neither story merited a mention on Fox News Channel that hour. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:42:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037993FoxNewsiraqwar http://web2announcer.com/go/2037494 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout, but aims for a smaller, longer-term force that would remain in the country for years. One of the guiding principles is that the U.S. should leave Iraq more intellige Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:24:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037494iraqmilitarystrategytrooplevelsoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2037725 unknown@Netscape.com Across Iraq, millions of people are looking for safer places to live, and not finding them. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported last week that 4.2 million Iraqis have been forced out of their homes. There are also ominous signs that the 4-month-old US security plan for Baghdad is failing to reduce the level of violence. Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:04:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037725iraqRefugeesUNcommissiontroopsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036735 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush, denounced by tens of thousands of anti-American protesters on the streets of Rome, defended his humanitarian record on Saturday to Pope Benedict XVI, who expressed concern about "the worrisome situation in Iraq." Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:26:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036735bushpoperomebenedictiraqhumanitarianNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036772 unknown@Netscape.com Laconic statements from the White House and the Pentagon confirmed what had long been suspected - the US is planning a long-term military presence in Iraq. This is a geopolitical development of the first importance. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:15:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036772iraqoilwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2036771 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush , deeply unpopular here and met by boisterous protests, sought to impress Pope Benedict XVI and the Italian public on Saturday with his humanitarian record and downplayed differences with the Vatican over Iraq . Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:06:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2036771bushpopeDiscusswariraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035020 unknown@Netscape.com After enlisting in the Minnesota Army National Guard, the Kamunens had second thoughts and didn't return to basic training after Christmas. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:28:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035020BrothersiraqwarAWOLNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035711 unknown@Netscape.com In regards to the war in Iraq, over 3,500 of our soldiers have now died and I would like to know where the outrage of our congress in totality to end this war is. I would like to see coming from our congress a veto proof bill that will finally end this war and its bloodletting. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:40:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035711wariraqImmigrationcongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035573 unknown@Netscape.com It's a tale of wealth and power. Blackwater represents the very definition of what crony capitalism provides and how it provides it. It's the story of the founding and operation of a shadow army without military restrictions or laws. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:26:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035573wariraqmercenariesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035113 unknown@Netscape.com When George Bush announced that he favored keeping troops in Iraq for decades, the media apparently didn't think the opinion of Iraqis mattered. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:23:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035113bushiraqmediaoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033959 unknown@Netscape.com Nearly 200 people were victims of Baghdad's sectarian violence in the first week of June, with 32 bodies dumped around the capital on Thursday, an Iraq Interior Ministry official said. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:59:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033959iraqbaghdadsectarianviolencewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033850 unknown@Netscape.com American soldiers have been fighting and dying in Iraq since 2003, and Americans do not know why. All the reasons President Bush gave us for his war are false. Bush said he invaded Iraq "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people." Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:32:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033850bushiraqinvasionwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2035021 unknown@Netscape.com Samir Waleed, 39, said he is scared to go out into the streets of Baghdad after his brother was stopped at a road block, taken away and killed two weeks ago. The deteriorated security situation in the capital has given rise to an increasing number of checkpoints in the city, which, ironically, have become dangerous in themselves. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:29:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035021iraqbaghdadcheckpointkillingsdeterioratingSecuritykidnappingsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2034168 unknown@Netscape.com "We have one or two hours a day of electricity at best. Sometimes we have no electricity for two or three days. And it has become normal for us to wake up in the morning and find no water in the taps," Alwan, a father of three and government employee living in Baghdad, said. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:52:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2034168iraqelectricitywaterNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033154 unknown@Netscape.com A few months before America and Britain invaded Iraq, my colleague Aditya Sinha had an idea. In those days, Aditya was editor of the Sunday HT ΓΆβ;¬" he has since moved up in the world and become Editor-in-chief of the New Indian Express ΓΆβ;¬" and he was keen to commission an opinion Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:25:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033154indiairaqBlairbushopinionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2029139 unknown@Netscape.com Breaking a 211-year media silence, retired Army Gen. George Washington appeared on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday to speak out against many aspects of the way the Iraq war has been waged. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:42:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2029139bushGeorgewashingtoniraqwarMeetThepressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031124 unknown@Netscape.com Breaking a 211-year media silence, retired Army Gen. George Washington appeared on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday to speak out against many aspects of the way the Iraq war has been waged. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:42:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031124bushGeorgewashingtoniraqwarMeetThepressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2029021 unknown@Netscape.com We have managed in six years to destroy decades of international good will, alienate allies, embolden enemies and yet solve few of the major international problems we face. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:25:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2029021NewsweekbushzakariairaqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030907 unknown@Netscape.com We have managed in six years to destroy decades of international good will, alienate allies, embolden enemies and yet solve few of the major international problems we face. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:25:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030907NewsweekbushzakariairaqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030947 unknown@Netscape.com We have managed in six years to destroy decades of international good will, alienate allies, embolden enemies and yet solve few of the major international problems we face. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:25:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030947NewsweekbushzakariairaqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030983 unknown@Netscape.com We have managed in six years to destroy decades of international good will, alienate allies, embolden enemies and yet solve few of the major international problems we face. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:25:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030983NewsweekbushzakariairaqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2029493 unknown@Netscape.com Very funny video. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:56:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2029493irackiraqiranNews