Basra Calm as al-Sadr Pulls in Militia
Relative calm was returning to Baghdad and Basra March 31 after radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army off the streets. The move heralded an end to six days of fighting with government troops and led authorities to lift a three-day curfew in Baghdad..
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BAGHDAD, March 31 (KUNA) — The Iraqi Interior istry announced on Monday that some 215 militants were killed during the past week in the clashes that erupted in the southern city of Basra within the framework of the “Charge of the Knights” operation supervised by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.
According to medical sources, some 109 [...]

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LONDON, March 31 (KUNA) — Two British soldiers have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.
The two members of 40 Commando, Royal Marines, were on a routine patrol yesterday when they were hit by what is thought to be a roadside bomb. Their death in Helmand province brings the [...]

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BAGHDAD, March 31 (KUNA) — A US marine lost his life in a bomb blast in Al-Anbar province in Western Iraq, the US Army said on Tuesday.
It said in a statement that the soldier was seriously wounded in the explosion that occurred close to his vehicle during a patrol mission in the province on Saturday, [...]

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DNA analysis has confirmed that human remains found in an unspecified region of Iraq are those of missing Army Staff Sergeant Matt Maupin.
In a Sunday evening press conference, Staff Sergeant Maupin’s parents Keith and Carolyn said they were told of the news around around 1 p.m. Sunday.
“My heart sinks, but I know they can’t hurt [...]

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KABUL, March 31 (KUNA) — Four NATO soldiers narrowly escaped a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan on Monday, the military and local officials said.
The soldiers were on their way to a village, along with a doctor in Baghlan province when the bomb exploded. None of them was killed or injured, said a military spokesman.
He said [...]

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BAGHDAD, March 30 (KUNA) — A US soldier died of wounds he sustained from a bomb blast in northern Baghdad on Sunday, bringing to 35 number of American forces killed in March this year.
The US army said the soldier, fighting with the MNF-Baghdad division, suffered from serious wounds he sustained when a bomb exploded near [...]

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BAGHDAD, March 30 (KUNA) — The Iraqi government decided to lift the curfew in Baghdad as of Monday morning, the operations command of Baghdad Law Enforcement Plan said this evening.
The decision takes effect as of 6:00 am Monday, a senior police officer told KUNA here.
However, the curfew will remain in place as per vehicles only [...]

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BAD VOODOO`S WAR
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 9 P.M. (check local listings)
In June 2007, as the American military surge reached its peak, a band of National Guard infantrymen who call themselves “The Bad Voodoo Platoon” was deployed to Iraq. To capture a vivid, first-person account of the new realities of war in Iraq for FRONTLINE [...]

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The Czech Republic is very close to reaching agreement with the United States on increasing its military presence in Afghanistan, Czech Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova told reporters.  The deployment of around 100 elite Czech troops would come on top of missions approved by the Czech Parliament last autumn, under which over 400 Czech soldiers were [...]

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