Iraq News

Jan. 20 airpower summary:

Iraqi government sharply cuts its expenditures:

Iraq ready for early US withdrawal:

Combat injuries hobbling ability to deploy U.S.

Jan. 19 airpower summary:

Obama calls for halt to Gitmo prosecutions:

Iraq willing to see US troops leave early:

3 oil firms compete for Iraq field:

Basra autonomy referendum petition fails:

France unwilling to send more troops to Afghanistan:

Sunnis Plan To Flex Political Muscle In Iraqi Elections:

Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq await Obama’s moves:

Baghdad:
#1: A car bomb attack targeting a Sunni politician who heads a Baghdad Islamic university killed four students on Wednesday, underscoring a recent surge of violence here, officials said.

The DoD is reporting a new death previously unreported by the military. Staff Sergeant. Joshua died of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan on Friday, January 16th.

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The DoD is reporting a new death previously unreported by the military. Senior Airman Omar J. McKnight died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Balad, Iraq on Saturday, January 17th.

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Here’s one of my favorite maps of the neighborhoods in Baghdad. Click on it to enlarge it.

The British MoD is reporting the death of a British ISAF soldier from enemy fire close to the District Centre of Sangin, Helmand Province on Saturday, January 17th.

Xinhua is reporting the death of an American ISAF soldier from a helicopter crash in Kunar province, Afghanistan on Saturday, January 17th.