THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN IRAQ!

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09/22/12 AP: Iraq bars plane Iraq has banned a North Korean plane from its airspace on suspicion it was carrying weapons for Syria, a government spokesman says. US officials have accused Baghdad of allowing Iran to fly weapons to Syrian forces through Iraqi airspace, a charge Iraq has denied. North Korea and Iran are allies of Bashar al-Assad whose military is fighting rebels trying to topple him.

09/22/12 tampabay.com: Soldier keeps alive the memory of old friend killed in Baghdad Two-hundred soldiers stood in formation, ready to meet their new commanding officer. Friends and family filled the chairs for the ceremony. All but one. Capt. Erik Anthes reserved it for a fellow soldier, a man he hadn't seen since high school back in New Port Richey, but promised he would never forget.

09/22/12 Agencies: 5 soldiers among 6 dead in Iraq blasts Roadside bombs in Iraq killed six people, among them five soldiers, and wounded 10 on Saturday, security and medical officials said. In the deadliest attack, a roadside bomb killed five Iraqi soldiers when it exploded near their Humvee armoured vehicle in Dhuluiyah north of Baghdad, an army captain and a medical source from a hospital in Balad said.

09/14/12 Reuters: Iraqi militia threatens U.S. interests over film An Iraqi militia that carried out some of the most prominent attacks on foreigners during the Iraq war on Thursday threatened U.S. interests in the country over a film that has triggered protests in Libya, Egypt and Yemen.

09/14/12 Reuters: Turkish jets, soldiers pound Kurdish rebel bases Turkish armed forces have killed 75 Kurdish militants near the border with Iran and Iraq over the past week, a provincial governor said on Friday, as a major offensive involving air strikes and several thousand ground troops intensifies.