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		<title>iraq timeline</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Timeline: Iraq 2003-2010Key dates and events in the conflict Haroon Siddique and Mark Tran The Guardian 2003 March The US launches air strikes on Baghdad after cruise missiles hit President Saddam Hussein&#8217;s bunkers in an assassination attempt. May The US &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/iraq-timeline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1053&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>out of iraq?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last US combat troops leave Iraq Operations officially end two weeks ahead of Barack Obama&#8217;s deadline, leaving 56,000 service personnel in the country Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian Link to this video The last American combat troops left Iraq today, seven-and-a-half &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/out-of-iraq/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1048&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>building rome&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top Defense Contractors Spent $27 Million Lobbying At Time Of Afghan Surge Announcement With Reporting By Julian Hattem from the Huffington Post The ten largest defense contractors in the nation spent more than $27 million lobbying the federal government in &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/building-rome/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ratcheting up in iraq:  violence escalates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THREE BOMBS KILL AT LEAST NINETY By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: December 8, 2009 Filed at 4:47 a.m. ET BAGHDAD (AP) &#8212; An official at Iraq&#8217;s Interior Ministry says at least 90 people have been killed and more than 115 &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/ratcheting-up-in-iraq-violence-escalates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1042&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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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 &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/mercenary-method-one-hundred-million-in-payoffs-to-iraqi-officials/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1039&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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. &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/halliburton-and-erka-ltd-added-to-burn-pit-suit-by-veteran/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1036&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/our-soldiers-and-many-civilians-poisoned-in-iraq/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1032&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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 &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/exxonmobil-obtains-rights-to-8-7-billion-barrels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1028&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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 &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/iraqi-officials-face-abuse-scandal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1026&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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 &#8230; <a href="http://iraqupdate.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/1021/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iraqupdate.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1362766&amp;post=1021&amp;subd=iraqupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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