Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
There are the pop ish ballads with an edge, the hard rock tracks to pump your fist to, and the gentle acoustic numbers that build to an Audemars piguet t3 and. S a huge honor to be here with Neil Young, quot. Lead singer Ben Gibbard said, introducing his solo acoustic version of [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Influence wanes for followers of Iraq's Sadr A boy cycles in front of Mehdi Army's constitution bulletin board outside an Iraqi army base at a giant square in Baghdad's Sadr City, November 15, 2008. (REUTERS/Erik de Castro) By Peter Graff November 24, 2008 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Much of the giant square where followers of Moqtada al-Sadr gather in their thousands on Fridays to pray is now...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Monday, November 17, 2008 It's a bit late and somewhat immaterial at this point, but it's still worth observing that President Bush today did something he said he'd never do: Agree to a firm timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. Peter Graff writes for Reuters: "Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari and U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker...
Good Read (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Peter Graff BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq and the United States signed a long-awaited accord on Monday requiring Washington to withdraw its forces by the end of 2011, eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. The pact, which must still be passed by the Iraqi parliament, was signed by Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari and U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker at a ceremony ending...
Mercy Politics (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
By Peter Graff BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded in central Baghdad on Monday and a suicide bomber blew himself up among police and civilians who rushed to help the wounded, a triple strike that killed 28 people and wounded 68. It is time for President-elect Obama to put together an orderly US troops exit strategy from Iraq. read more | digg story Full
Mercy Politics (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
By Peter Graff and Mariam Karouny BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior Iraqi official on Thursday explicitly backed U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's plans to withdraw combat troops from the country by mid-2010, Baghdad's clearest endorsement yet of... read more | digg story Full
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
By Peter Graff and Mariam KarounyBAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior Iraqi official on Thursday explicitly backed U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's plans to withdraw combat troops from the country by mid-2010, Baghdad's clearest endorsement yet of Obama's exit strategy.The outgoing administration of President George W. Bush presented Iraq with a "final text" of a pact accepting Baghdad's demand...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
By Peter Graff and Mariam KarounyBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Amendments sought by Iraq to a security pact with the United States would ban U.S. forces from striking neighboring countries from Iraqi territory, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Wednesday.U.S. negotiators began on Wednesday to scrutinize the changes demanded by Iraq to the stalled security pact which sets the conditions...
Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
These are my old stomping grounds. Based on my experience as a US law enforcement officer, I spent a year there training Iraqi police recruits, and got to see a lot of history. From Yahoo! News: U.S. hands “triangle of death” to Iraqi troops By Peter Graff Peter Graff – Thu Oct 23, 4:43 am [...]
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
... my effort into releasing the innocent brother detainees."(Reporting by Waleed Ibrahim; writing by Peter Graff; editing by Andrew Roche)
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
U.S. hands "triangle of death" to Iraqi troops Residents walk past U.S. soldiers patrolling a street in Baghdad October 22, 2008. Picture taken October 22, 2008. (REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen) By Peter Graff BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces declared an area once known as the "triangle of death" safe enough for Iraqi troops to take charge on Thursday, handing over responsibility for security...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
By PETER GRAFF, ReutersBAGHDAD - A landmark pact to allow US troops to stay in Iraq until 2011 hit its first major political obstacle yesterday, with Iraq's ruling Shiite parties calling for changes just days after a "final draft" was unveiled. The draft of the pact was agreed upon last week after months of negotiations between Baghdad and Washington. But the Shiite alliance, which includes...
