| Wed, 10 Mar 2010  Editorial: Iraq's purple revolution
| The remnants of Iraq's insurgency, on the run since the U.S. surge in 2007, tried to frighten Iraqis away from casting ballots Sunday, with about 100 mortar and suicide attacks in Baghdad. In spite of that, Iraq had perhaps the most robust electoral turnout in its bri... | Lenoir City, Bristol guardsmen leaving March 28 to train in N.J., then to Iraq
| They've had time to get ready. | Now the goodbyes are almost here. | Nearly 200 East Tennessee soldiers leave home later this month on their way to Iraq. Members of the 253rd Military Police Company, based in Lenoir City with a detachment in Bristol, will head out Mar... | It's Up to Iraqis Now. Good Luck.
| Of all the pictures I saw from the Iraqi elections last weekend, my favorite was on nytimes.com: an Iraqi mother holding up her son to let him stuff her ballot into the box. I loved that picture. Being able to freely cast a ballot for the candidate of your choice is s... | Mission accomplished, indeed
| RONALD REAGAN liked to say that there was no limit to what a man could accomplish if he didn't mind who got the credit. The transformation of Iraq from a hellish tyranny into a functioning democracy will be recorded as a signal accomplishment of George W. Bush's presi... | Now what happens?
| SUNDAY'S ELECTION turnout in Iraq approached 62 percent and there were few instances of fraud, both hopeful signs for my country. | But the question is what's next. Parliamentary governments always require substantial coalition-building and compromise. However, the po... | Substance over style
| It was evident from the start that this year's Oscar awards were going to be a two-horse race for best picture and best director. Gratifyingly, Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opted for Katherine Bigelow's The Hurt Locker over James Cameron's A... | Taskforce to investigate Iraqi civilians' 'torture'
| One of the country's former top policemen is to head a team of investigators who will travel to Iraq to interview witnesses of the alleged murder and torture of civilians by the British Army. | The taskforce will report to a retired High Court judge who is chairing th... | |
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