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...only marine currently in the fellows program, Lieutenant Colonel Michael D. Robinson, has served all over the world, from the Balkans to Mosul, Iraq to New Orleans, Louisiana as part of the post-Katrina relief efforts there. He notes that the educational value of having officers at HKS is a two-way street. “I think it’s a great program. A lot of professors have studied things their whole life but we help educate them also to some degree,” he says. “As Security Fellows we’re able...
...lowest figure since 2003, according to government statistics. On Thursday a car bombing at a livestock market in Hilla, south of Baghdad, left 12 people dead. Meanwhile, American and Iraqi security forces continue to try to rout out the remnants of Al-Qaeda in the restive northern city of Mosul and in the northeastern Diyala province...
...Next came a Washington Post investigation into the life and death of Abdallah Saleh al-Ajmi. Upon his release in November 2005 after four years at Gitmo, al-Ajmi became a suicide bomber, eventually driving an explosive-laden truck into an Iraqi army base near Mosul last March, killing 13 Iraqi soldiers and injuring many more. This, exclaimed the pro-Gitmo group, was proof positive that detainees should not be released. (See pictures of prison life inside Baghdad's Camp Cropper...
...some U.S. soldiers in Iraq, however, the prospect of leaving sooner rather than later within the established withdrawal timeline is welcome. "Good," said Army Captain Matt van Stavern, whose unit is serving in Mosul, where U.S. and Iraqi security forces continue to battle insurgents who've remained active in the city for the past year despite an overall drop in violence across the country. "My boys are ready to go home. And the Iraqi people will be ready...
...With reporting by Mazin Ezzat / Baghdad and Nick McDonell / Mosul...