FresnoBee.com: War in Iraq http://www.fresnobee.com/605/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from FresnoBee.com in California's Central Valley en-us Copyright 2006 FresnoBee.com War in Iraq 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:56:48 PDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy's PubSys jward@fresnobee.com US general: al-Qaida may be easing effort in Iraq http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/739317.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/739317.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:30:02 PDT After intense U.S. assaults, al-Qaida may be considering shifting focus to its original home base in Afghanistan, where American casualties are running higher than in Iraq, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday. As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/739447.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/739447.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:30:02 PDT Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help. Iraqi PM says US should leave as soon as possible http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/739422.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/739422.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:34:59 PDT Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says U.S. troops should leave Iraq "as soon as possible," according to a magazine report, and he called presidential candidate Barack Obama's suggestion of 16 months "the right timeframe for a withdrawal." Iraqi Sunni bloc rejoins government http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737523.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737523.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:23:07 PDT Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political bloc ended a nearly yearlong boycott of the Shiite-led government Saturday in another step toward healing the sectarian rifts that once brought almost daily bloodshed. British prime minister meets with Iraqi leaders http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/739221.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/739221.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:42:59 PDT British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held talks Saturday with Iraqi leaders less than a week after the announcement of expected British troop cuts in southern Iraq. Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737421.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737421.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:58:25 PDT President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more U.S. troops home from the war, a dramatic shift from the administration's once-ironclad unwillingness to talk about any kind of deadline or timetable. Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737427.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737427.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:28:12 PDT With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border. They aim to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press on Friday. Baghdad family's woes far from Obama spotlight http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737588.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737588.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:28:34 PDT There is a Baghdad that Sen. Barack Obama probably won't see. Iraqi opinions on Obama's planned visit http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737589.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737589.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:28:34 PDT Some comments from around Iraq on Sen. Barack Obama's expected visit: Group says displacement of Iraqis has slowed http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737440.html http://www.fresnobee.com/605/story/737440.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:28:33 PDT The International Organization for Migration says the displacement of people in Iraq has slowed to a trickle this year and that some of the country's 2.8 million uprooted have been encouraged to go home.