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Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel

Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad—the latest in a string of lavish proposals painting the capital as a leisure friendly city.

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US, Iraq have draft to pull US troops out

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq and the U.S. have reached preliminary agreement to withdraw American forces from Iraqi cities by next June

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My Way News - Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave

Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that,

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Both Iraqi and American officials agreed that the deal is not final and that a major unresolved issue is the U.S. demand for immunity for U.S. soldiers from prosecution under Iraqi law.
Iraq's Shiite-led government has been holding firm for some sort of withdrawal schedule - a move the Iraqis said was essential to win parliamentary approval.
Nangtongo said the negotiations were taking place "in a constructive spirit" based on respect for Iraqi sovereignty.
David Satterfield told him that immunity for soldiers was a "red line" for the United States.
As the talks drag on, American officials said the Bush administration is losing patience with the Iraqis over the negotiations, which both sides had hoped to wrap up by the end of July.
Iraq's position in the U.S. talks hardened after a series of Iraqi military successes against Shiite and Sunni extremists in Basra, Baghdad, Mosul and other major cities and after the rise in world oil prices flooded the country with petrodollars.
On Thursday, a spokesman for Muqtada al-Sadr said the Shiite cleric will call on his fighters to maintain a cease-fire against American troops - but may lift the order if the security agreement fails to contain a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal

Baghdad Bureau - Iraq From the Inside

Use this link to have a continuous update from reporters in Iraq.

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UAE waives billions of Iraqi debt

More good news that indicates progress toward peace is forthcoming in the Arab world

The United Arab Emirates has cancelled the entire debt owed to it by Iraq - a sum of almost $7bn (£3.5bn) including interest and arrears.

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VIDEO -- CHENEY: "IRAQ WAR A QUAGMIRE" IN 1994

Chenney's views on the war on terrorism

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Construction of U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Completed; State Department Accepts Work After Rigorous Inspections

A neew US embassy in Baghdad

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Iraq is moving forward on their pursuit of peace.

The movment by the Iraq government toward peace and reconciliation in Iraq is moving forward and it's a matter of opinion how fast the government has achieved establishing its control on the country.

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U.S. and Iraqis Battle Militias to End Attacks - New York Times

War is hell but when diplomacy can't be used to solve problems then weapons will always replace pens and pencils. The question is NOT how many are dying it is how many have beens saved from the DICTATOR who killed ovr 5,000,000 Iraqi in ten years. Now there are 3,5000,000 Iraqi who are alive because the coalition removed the DICTATOR and his evil sons.

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Looking for the New Baghdad -- Printout -- TIME

Let's hope that the Iraqi will achieve their peace with the help of America.

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The Baghdadis caught between these extremes know that the only thing standing in the way of another sectarian conflagration is the U.S. military. This may explain why every Iraqi who offers me a view on American politics seems to be praying for a McCain victory. A 100-year American military presence, of which McCain once spoke, may seem a bit much; I suspect most Iraqis would be happy with five.
Now, says Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, all the credit for the decline in violence is going to the U.S. military: "People think the Americans are like Superman, who can do anything."
Many are former insurgents who are happy to accept salaries ($300 per month, paid by the U.S., not the Iraqi government)
from the men they once hoped to kill.
. But colleagues recently embedded with U.S. troops in Baghdad tell stories of soldiers being received with smiles and waves, even cups of tea. Driving through the city,
in the Jadriyah district, we get four to six hours of electricity a day, up from just two hours.