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| Aug.1 |
 Texas |
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Iraq contractor bans cell phones KBR Inc., a major defense contractor, has ordered its employees in Iraq to turn in their personal cell phones because of a safety
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| Aug.5 |
U.S. Congress |
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Iraq's projected $80b surplus stirs anger| U.S. auditors: Iraq is raking in more money from oil exports than it is spending, amassing a projected 4-year budget surplus of up to $80 billion | |
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| Aug.6 |
 Baghdad |
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Lawmaker: Surplus 'not real money' Shiite lawmaker Haidre al-Abadi: Iraq's government is pulling its weight to reconstruct its war-torn country
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| Aug.7 |
Baghdad |
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 U.S. troops may leave by 2011| Iraqi officials: Iraq and the U.S. are close to reaching a deal under which U.S. combat troops would leave by December 2010 and the rest by 2011 | |
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| Aug.11 |
Baghdad |
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 Iraq to revive oil deal with China Iraq says it's going to revive a $1.2 billion oil deal that was canceled after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion
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| Aug.12 |
Iraq |
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U.S. spent $85 billion on contracts in Iraq The United States in the last four years of the war is relying on contract employees at a greater rate than in any other war
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| Aug.14 |
Iraq |
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Shiite pilgrims killed suicide blast  Map of Iskandariya Iraq The woman's attack took place in the Iskandariya district south of Baghdad. Pilgrims traveled to a festival
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| Aug.15 |
Iraq |
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 U.S.: Iran training assassination squads Iraqi Shiite fighters are now been trained inside Iran as assassination squads, the U.S. military has told the Iraqi government
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| Aug.17 |
Baghdad |
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Suicide blast hits Awakening Council| A bombing killed 15 people, including a leader of a U.S.-backed militia, and wounded nearly 30 others in a Sunni Arab district | |
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| Aug.20 |
Baghdad |
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Draft of deal for Iraq pullout reached U.S. official: U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have agreed to a preliminary draft of an agreement on the future of U.S. troops in Iraq
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| Aug.22 |
Baghdad |
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Deal would have U.S. troops out by 2012 U.S. and Iraqi have reached agreement on a proposal calling for a complete U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq by 2012
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| Aug.23 |
Baghdad |
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Former Iraq minister sentenced to death Assad Kamal al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death for ordering the murder of a Sunni politician's two sons
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| Aug.25 |
Baghdad |
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Iraq 'deal' on 2011 troop pullout| The PM Nouri Maliki has said agreement has been reached with the US to end the foreign troop presence in the country by 2011 | |
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Baghdad |
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PM demands 'specific' U.S. pullout timeline Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said there will be no agreement on a withdrawal from Iraq unless it includes a 'specific' timeline and is not 'open-ended'
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| Aug.30 |
Baghdad |
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Iraq signs $3B oil deal with China| Iraq has signed its first major oil deal with a foreign company(China National Petroleum Corporation) since the fall of Saddam's regime | |
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