Iraq Election News Updates — March 18, 2010

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his main rival Ayad Allawi Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Iraqi Leader al-Maliki Reclaims Vote Lead — Washington Times

Pulls ahead of rival Allawi.

BAGHDAD — The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his political survival just as U.S.

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How US Drones Play An Important Part In President Obama’s War On Terror

An image of a potential target relayed by a US drone. Getty Images

Drones Are Lynchpin of Obama’s War on Terror — Spiegel Online

CIA drones are killing terrorists — and civilians — in Pakistan almost every day.

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Al Qaeda’s Lawyers Are Now In The US Justice Department

Chosen by Barack Obama to lead the Justice Department, Eric Holder tells reporters in Chicago, “We can and we must ensure that the American people remain secure.” By Scott Olson, Getty Images

The ‘Al-Qaeda Seven’ And Selective McCarthyism — Marc Thiessen, Washington Post

Would most Americans want to know if the Justice Department had hired a bunch of mob lawyers and put them in charge of mob cases?

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Iraqis Go To the Polls Today

A woman shows an ink-stained finger after voting in Mosul, north of Baghdad, on a day lacking the euphoria of 2005.

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Affirmative Action Gone Terribly Wrong In The U.S. Navy

Retired Navy rabbi Maurice Kaprow and the USS Winston Churchill
(l. to r.): US Navy; Getty Images

Complaints About Female ‘Captain Bligh’ Began Early, Says a Navy Chaplain — Time Magazine

Navy Cmdr.

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