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...aftermath of the battle for Basra, the mood was quieter in Iraq as the two main contenders took pains to maintain the relative calm since the fighting stopped. The government forces of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Mahdi Army of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr kept gingerly away from each other. Throughout Baghdad and Basra on Friday, there was only sporadic violence, with attacks targeting Iraqi military units and the police...
...even on a quiet Friday, Maliki may again be buckling to Mahdi Army pressure. The Prime Minister called for a halt on military raids against militants in Basra and other areas of southern Iraq and in the Mahdi Army strongholds of Baghdad, effectively ending - for the time being - the largest Iraqi government military offensive to date. "All pursuits and raids in all areas will be stopped. Those who take up arms will face the law," Maliki said in a statement...
...stated that it is “extremely important” for the next president of the United States to address rising college costs. The issue was deemed the most important in higher education, above the quality of education. But out of the nine major issues presented, including the Iraq war and the economy, higher education was the lowest in priority for those polled. The survey asked respondents which presidential candidate they expected would do most to help families deal with increasing tuition costs. Barack Obama came out on top, with 32 percent of Americans rating him first...
...affidavit in federal court, Brown variously told the FBI that he planned to bomb a tree stump back home in Jamaica and that he wanted to show friends how to build explosive devices like the ones he saw while he says he was in the U.S. military in Iraq. Initial record checks by the FBI indicate Brown was in the U.S. legally, but have not yet confirmed that he was a military veteran. Brown has been charged with knowingly and willfully attempting to place or attempt to have placed on an aircraft an explosive or incendiary device. His lawyer...
...events to define McCain in advance of open combat of the general election. Having already traveled overseas last month and burnished his biography this week, he is set to return to Washington, D.C., next week for the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus, who is commanding the military effort in Iraq. That will be followed by a continued tour of parts of the country not often visited by Republican candidates, like New Orleans and Appalachia, as a way of displaying McCain's maverick character and hope for expanding his party's base of voters...