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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43805043&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraqis offered varying reactions Friday to President Barack Obama's plan to remove U.S. combat forces by August 2010 — some applauding the withdrawal, but others questioning whether Iraq's security forces were up to the task alone.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43802672&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif warned in an interview Friday that political chaos could embolden Islamist militants threatening nuclear-armed Pakistan, as his supporters battled police following a court ruling barring him from elected office.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43802429&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK International companies have waited years to tap into Iraq's vast oil wealth and now Iraqi officials are working feverishly to make that happen.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43801416&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The military now says enemy fire caused two U.S. Army helicopters to collide in Iraq last month, killing four American pilots.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43801061&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of people blocked roads and fought with police in southern Afghanistan on Friday over unconfirmed reports that Polish troops fired guns in a village mosque, in a protest underscoring Afghans' growing mistrust of international forces.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43798993&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama's Iraq withdrawal announcement Friday was likely to stoke a painful debate: With thousands of US dead, countless Iraqis killed, and nearly one trillion dollars spent, was the war worth it?

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43795777&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Iraq Friday that the United States pursues no claim on its territory, seeking to reassure Iraqis concerned about a lengthy U.S. military presence there.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43793128&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A U.N. tribunal convicted a former Rwandan military chaplain Friday of attempted rape and genocide for crimes that included killing people who had sought refuge in a seminary.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43792425&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama has called former President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to brief them on his plans to withdraw troops from Iraq.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=43790637&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama confirms that Christopher Hill is becoming the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq.