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Baghdad nights: evaluating the US military `surge' using nighttime light signatures (www.envplan.com)

Geographers and social scientists find it increasingly difficult to intervene in debates about vital matters of public interest, such as the Iraq war, because of the ideological polarization and... More

Tags: us military,iraq, iraq war,baghdad,nighttime light signatures,environment

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$13 Billion in Iraq Aid Wasted Or Stolen, Ex-Investigator Says (www.washingtonpost.com)

A former Iraqi official estimated yesterday that more than $13 billion meant for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen through elaborate fraud schemes.

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USATODAY Photo Gallery - The Long Haul (www.usatoday.com)

Troops from the longest-serving unit of the Iraq war remember the combat zone.

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Iraq War Vets Transforming Trauma (www.antiwar.com)

By using the written word and art, veterans of the US occupation of Iraq are transforming their trauma into a message of both healing and resistance to the failed US adventure.

Tags: iraq, iraq war,veterans,us troops,trauma

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National Guard unit headed to Iraq (www.pittsburghlive.com)

Some 100 members of a Pennsylvania National Guard brigade combat team will leave Mt. Pleasant on Friday for deployment to Iraq.

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