'Big Oil' Returns To Redevelop Iraq's Oil Fields
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Iraq
Election Law Passes In Iraq, Setting Up National Vote
()Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal.
Dissident Iranians Live In Limbo In Iraq()
November 2, 2009 A group of Iranian dissidents living in Iraq since the 1980s poses a dilemma for the U.S. government. The Mujahedeen-e Khalq organization was given U.S. military protection in 2003 after the American-led invasion of Iraq, but now the Iraqi government wants it out. The trouble is that the Iranians don't want to leave.
Iraqis Fear New Enemy: H1N1 Virus()
October 31, 2009 Fewer than 500 cases of H1N1 have been reported in Iraq, but it's not uncommon to see schoolchildren walking home wearing surgical masks. Fear of the virus has caused a rash of school closures, and is even preventing some Iraqis from making this year's pilgrimage to Mecca.
The Impact of War
Battle Against IEDs Spreads From Iraq To Afghanistan()
October 28, 2009 Homemade bombs are the biggest killer of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq, one idea that has worked to protect troops from the bombs is called Task Force ODIN. Now, that strategy, which relies on aerial surveillance video, is heading to Afghanistan.
