Saturday, May 23, 2009

Iraq War News Updates -- May 23, 2009


How The Economy Could Crush Iraq's Hopes -- Time Magazine

Ahmed Basim Mohammed al-Abaje is understanding about slow salary payments from the Iraqi government. He and other citizens of Baghdad are beginning to realize that the Iraqi government is running low on cash owing to the global financial crisis. "There have been some delays, but we did not have to wait too long for pay," says Abaje, a member of the volunteer Sunni watchmen-fighters known as the Awakening in the Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour. But Abaje, like scores of other Awakening members across Iraq, worries that the pay may dry up altogether. "If the government wanted to end the Awakening program, no one could stop them."

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More News On Iraq

Baghdad has new security layer: street gates -- Breitbart/AP
2 Americans die separately in Baghdad Green Zone -- AP
2 US Civilians Killed in Baghdad's Green Zone -- Voice of America
Christians flee Iraq's violence -- AP
Iraq Tribes Are Upset by Sentence Given to G.I. -- New York Times
A Legacy of Stability in Northern Iraq? -- Real Clear Politics
Acts of heroism -- Army Times
Iraq "best" in Mideast for press freedom: Maliki -- AFP
Turkey lets more water out of dams to Iraq - MP -- Reuters
Iran-Iraq alcohol smugglers risk death or jail to supply banned drink -- Times Online

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