World-News

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lind/lind132.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/lind

http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0109-06.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=contractors

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/09/6275/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil

http://ga3.org/ct/n120pgF1MSMW/


From TomPaine.com



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bill+Boyarsky

The Associated Press reports, "Nearly half of US diplomats unwilling to volunteer to work in Iraq say one reason for their refusal is they don't agree with Bush administration's policies in the country, according to a survey released Tuesday."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010908M.shtml

Sunni Muslims in Iraq who once supported Saddam Hussein and later al-Qaida are becoming loyal to U.S. forces and getting arms in return, a report said Tuesday.

http://snipurl.com/1wxxu



Baghdad armed volunteers seized

It is the latest in a number of attacks on the armed volunteer forces, known as Awakening Councils, which are backed by the Americans and oppose Al-Qaeda.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7176820.stm


From Information Clearing House

Bahnt sich im Irak eine neue Katastrophe an?
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/27/27005/1.html

An analysis shows that the bulk of them come from countries allied with the US.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0107/p02s01-usmi.html


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+fighters

The death rate in Iraq in the past 12 months has been the second highest in any year since the invasion, according to figures that appear to contradict American claims that the troop "surge" has dramatically reduced the level of violence across the country.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article3315022.ece


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/07/6226/



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+children