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Iraq says it needs $100 billion in aid (AP)

October 31st, 2006 at 10:16pm Under Iraqi Dinar News


Head of US delegation to the Second Preparatory Group Meeting of the International Compact with Iraq, Robert Kimitt, Deputy Secretary of Treasury, talks to reporters at the end of the meeting, in Kuwait City. Iraq needs around 100 billion dollars in aid to develop its infrastructure, an official said, as the war-torn nation won new pledges from a donors' meeting in Kuwait.(AFP/Yasser al-Zayyat)AP - War-ravaged Iraq needs around $100 billion in the next four to five years to recover and rebuild its infrastructure, a government spokesman said Tuesday at the opening of an international aid meeting.


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Blair dodges defeat in vote on Iraq war inquiry (AFP)

October 31st, 2006 at 08:43pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government scraped through a potentially damaging vote in parliament on whether he should order an inquiry into how Britain joined the war in Iraq.(AFP/Pool/Fiona Hanson)AFP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government survived a potentially damaging vote in parliament on whether he should order an inquiry into how Britain joined the war in Iraq.


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U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 2,817 (AP)

October 31st, 2006 at 07:45pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami gives a press conference at Chatham House in London. A US troop pullout from Iraq would be a "major step" towards restoring stability there, Khatami has said, lamenting that US policies in the Middle East have fueled radicalism worldwide.(AFP/Leon Neal)AP - As of Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, at least 2,817 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,259 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.


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Bush blasts former rival’s Iraq comment (AFP)

October 31st, 2006 at 06:54pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

US President George W. Bush addresses 6,300 supporters at a Georgia Victory Rally for two Republican candidates at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, Georgia, one week ahead of the midterm elections.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President George W. Bush blasted Democratic Senator John Kerry for saying that those who neglect their education "get stuck in Iraq" and demanded Kerry apologize to US troops there.


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UK’s Blair defeats opposition call for Iraq probe (Reuters)

October 31st, 2006 at 06:41pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

Demonstrators from Stop the War Coalition stand outside the Houses of Parliament in London as members of Parliament debate a motion calling for an inquiry into the Iraq war, October 31, 2006. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)Reuters - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S.
President George W. Bush’s strongest ally in the Iraq war,
defeated an opposition bid in parliament on Tuesday to force an
inquiry into his handling of the conflict.


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Democrats, Republicans spar over Iraq as elections loom (AFP)

October 31st, 2006 at 05:58pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

US President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.  Leading Democrats and Republicans swapped charges that the other side lacks a plan for war-torn Iraq -- the issue that pundits predict will decide next week's critical midterm elections.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Leading Democrats and Republicans swapped charges that the other side lacks a plan for war-torn Iraq — the issue that pundits say will likely decide next week’s critical midterm elections.


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3rd U.S. Marine to plead guilty in Iraqi death (Reuters)

October 31st, 2006 at 05:37pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

U.S. Marines walk through a secure area of the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California August 30, 2006. A third U.S. soldier accused in the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania has reached a plea deal to reduced charges, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson, a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, California, will enter his plea next week but his lawyer Thomas Watt would not specify the reduced charges nor say whether the agreement includes testifying against the remaining five defendants. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)Reuters - A third U.S. soldier accused in the
kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania has
reached a plea deal to reduced charges, his lawyer said on
Tuesday.


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British lawmakers reject Iraq probe (AP)

October 31st, 2006 at 04:50pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

British Prime Minister Tony Blair leaves the Houses of Parliament in London after a voting in the House of Common on holding an inquiry into the Iraq war, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. Blair narrowly avoided a damaging defeat in Parliament on Tuesday as lawmakers rejected a proposal for an immediate inquiry into the role of coalition troops in Iraq.  (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - British lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly rejected a proposal for an immediate inquiry into the role of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government in the Iraq conflict.


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US says easing of Baghdad security cordon was joint decision (AFP)

October 31st, 2006 at 04:08pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

An Iraqi woman walks past shops shut down as part of a general strike in Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City neighbourhood.   The United States contested claims that it had been forced to lift a blockade around the flashpoint Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, saying the decision to ease checkpoints was taken jointly by Iraqi and US authorities.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The United States contested claims that it had been forced to lift a blockade around the flashpoint Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, saying the decision to ease checkpoints was taken jointly by Iraqi and US authorities.


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Ground prepared for Iran to discuss Iraq with US: Khatami (AFP)

October 31st, 2006 at 03:55pm Under Iraqi Dinar News

Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami arrives at St Andrews university where he is to receive an honorary degree. Khatami faced an angry reception from human rights campaigners during the first engagement of a visit to Britain.(AFP/POOL/Andrew Miligan)AFP - The "ground is prepared" for direct talks between Iran and the United States over the situation in war-ravaged Iraq, former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said on British television.


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