TIKRIT, Iraq - Tribal leaders in Diyala province, Iraq, have joined forces and are working together to fight terrorists in their homeland.
Eighteen paramount tribal leaders representing 14 major tribes in the province swore on the Koran and signed a peace agreement last week that unifies the tribes in the battle against terrorism.
“Let’s build this tent [...]

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The first SAS hero to be killed in action during the current Iraq war is to receive Britain’s second highest gallantry award.
Astonishingly, news of the posthumous award of the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross to Sgt Jonathan Hollingsworth was suppressed by a defence ministry obsessed with keeping details of operations.
It is unknown if even Sgt Hollingsworth’s closest [...]

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Army Eyes Helicopter Drone for Iraq
The Army is considering sending a revolutionary new kind of unmanned aerial vehicle to Iraq that can hover at 20,000 feet over the battlefield for more than eight hours, transmitting infrared and optical imagery to commanders on the ground. The Army may decide on the deployment by the end of [...]

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Forty people have been killed in a military raid and street fighting across Baghdad’s Sadr City, the capital’s volatile Shiite slum, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday.

U.S. Army Spec. Chad Owen of the 2nd Brigade 1st ID from Lynchburg, Virginia on night patrol in Baghdad
Iraqi and coalition troops overnight killed 32 [...]

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BASRA, Aug 8 (KUNA) — British forces in southern Iraq announced Wednesday the killing of one of its soldiers and the injury of several others in an attack in Basra.
Spokesmen of the forces said in a press release that the soldiers were attacked by unidentified militants using different weapons and missiles in Karma, north of [...]

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BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (KUNA) — The US army killed seven terrorists and one women during military operations carried out over the past two days targeting Al-Qaeda leaders in Al-Tarmiya north of Baghdad, the Multi-National Force (MNF) said on Wednesday.
The US forces received intelligence information that a senior leader and his associates were in a house [...]

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BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (KUNA) — The curfew on vehicles in the Iraqi capital, previously set for 10:00 p.m. (local time) Wednesday, was imposed this morning.
Citizens were taken by surprise by this change in timings, and army and police forces prevented the movement of all vehicles on Baghdad’s roads.
Authorities had said yesterday that a two-day curfew [...]

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This Week’s Soldier Was Suggested By Gary
Col. James W. Harrison Jr. 47 years old from Missouri U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan May 6, 2007 
Duty, Honor, Country. Col. James Harrison Jr. embodied that ethos, said his family. He was committed to the mission of the United States in Afghanistan [...]

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The conclusion to Bread and a Circus is published on the website. 
In addition to photographs, this dispatch is loaded with video clips that I hope you’ll find the time to watch, using either the video player embedded in the dispatch, or going directly to my page on YouTube where all the clips from recent dispatches are [...]

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