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		<title>mercenary method:  one hundred million in payoffs to iraqi officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whistleblowers: Blackwater approved payoffs of Iraqi officials
To stifle criticism of civilian killings, the American mercenary group formerly known as Blackwater approved payoffs of up to $1 million for Iraqi politicians, according to former company officials who spoke to The New York Times.
&#8220;Blackwater approved the cash payments in December 2007, the officials said, as protests over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1039&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>halliburton and erka ltd. added to &#8220;burn pit&#8221; suit by veteran</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq “burn pits” suit over toxic smoke filed against Halliburton, KBR, by 2 Ky. men
By Brett Barrouquere, AP
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An Air Force veteran and a one-time contractor who served in Iraq are suing military contractors Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc., accusing the companies of exposing them to toxic fumes and ash from “burn pits” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1036&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>our soldiers and many civilians poisoned in iraq&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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KBR may have poisoned 100,000 people in Iraq: lawsuit


Defense contractor KBR may have exposed as many as 100,000 people, including US troops, to cancer-causing toxins by burning waste in open-air pits in Iraq, says a series of class-action lawsuits filed against the company.
At least 22 separate lawsuits claiming KBR poisoned American soldiers in Iraq have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1032&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>exxonmobil obtains rights to 8.7 billion barrels</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Group wins bid to develop west Qurna as baghdad signs up slew of big contracts
BAGHDAD: An ExxonMobil-led consortium has beaten rival Russian, French and Chinese groups to bag initial rights to develop Iraq’s West Qurna field, the Oil Ministry said, adding momentum to Iraq’s bid to unlock its oil riches. With reserves of 8.7 billion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1028&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iraqi officials face abuse scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allegations of mistreatment
Iraqi officials face prison-abuse scandal

Sunday,  July 19, 2009 3:53 AM


By Deb Riechmann and Bushra Juhi

ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD &#8212; Iraqi officials outraged by the abuse of prisoners at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison are trying to contain a scandal of their own as allegations continue to surface of mistreatment inside Iraqi jails.Accounts of Iraqis being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1026&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>kurds lay claim to land and oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kurds Defy Baghdad, Laying Claim to Land and Oil
Hadi Mizban/Associated Press:  Members of the Kurdish parliament read a draft of the proposed new constitution, which claims disputed natural resources, in Erbil on June 24.
By SAM DAGHER, Published: July 9, 2009
BAGHDAD — With little notice and almost no public debate, Iraq’s Kurdish leaders are pushing ahead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1021&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>u.s. troops leave baghdad</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Iraqis rejoice as US troops leave Baghdad
By Agence France-Presse
Published: June 29, 2009
Updated 5 hours ago
Iraq’s security forces were Monday on high alert in Baghdad as US troops finalised their withdrawal from the conflict-hit nation’s urban areas, an event to be marked by a massive party in the capital.
The US pullout, under a bilateral security accord [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1015&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>finding where the bodies are buried in the bush administration</title>
		<link>http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/finding-where-the-bodies-are-buried-in-the-bush-administration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 11:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush

By Frank Rich, May 16, 2009
To paraphrase Al Pacino in “Godfather III,” just when we thought we were out, the Bush mob keeps pulling us back in. And will keep doing so. No matter how hard President Obama tries to turn the page on the previous administration, he can’t. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1013&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>storm of violence</title>
		<link>http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/storm-of-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Storm of Violence in Iraq Strains Its Security Forces

Christoph Bangert for The New York Times
Above, a child at a hospital after the bombings on Friday.

By STEVEN LEE MYERS and SAM DAGHER
Published: April 24, 2009
BAGHDAD — A deadly outburst of violence appears to be overwhelming Iraq’s police and military forces as American troops hand over greater [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&blog=1362766&post=1010&subd=iraqupdate&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>pictures tell the story: change in iraq</title>
		<link>http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/pictures-tell-the-story-change-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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