US troops ‘to quit Iraq by 2011′

US combat troops could leave Iraq by 2011 under the terms of a deal awaiting approval by Iraq’s parliament and presidency, an Iraqi official has said.
The draft security agreement also calls for US forces to withdraw from all Iraqi urban areas by June 2009.
The 27-point agreement reportedly includes a compromise allowing US soldiers some immunity [...]

Obama warns US president can’t solve Mideast crisis alone

By Agence France Presse (AFP)

Stephen Collinson
Agence France Presse
AMMAN: White House hopeful Barack Obama stepped into the maelstrom of the Middle East Tuesday, warning the next US president could not just snap his fingers and make peace, as fresh violence rocked the region. The Democratic senator’s high-risk tour to prove his commander in chief mettle [...]

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq War Hits 4,000

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq War Hits 4,000
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and ANDREW W. LEHREN
By the time Specialist Jerry Ryen King decided to write about his experiences in Iraq, the teen-age paratrooper had more to share than most other soldiers.
In two operations to clear the outskirts of the village of Turki in the [...]

Did mourning Mughniyeh awaken sectarianism in Kuwait ?

Did mourning Mughniyeh awaken sectarianism in Kuwait ?
Sunday, 2 March, 2008 @ 7:48 PM
Kuwait- Hundreds of Shiite activists including Bahrainis , Iranians , Kuwaitis and Lebanese took part in a rally last month to mourn slain Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh. This caused an uproar in this nation

where one third of the citizens are [...]