| Assassination and Candidate Prohibitions Roil Iraq A newly elected member of Iraq’s Parliament was shot and killed on Monday night, an ominous development that has fueled fears of renewed violence. nytimes.com |
CNN Fires Editor After Hezbollah Twitter Message Octavia Nasr, senior editor of Middle East affairs, was fired after publishing a Twitter message saying she respected a Hezbollah leader. feeds.nytimes.com |
Win Wars? Today’s Generals Must Also Politick and Do P.R. Top officers are now expected to be managers, ambassadors and public relations whizzes in dealing with multiple missions. nytimes.com |
U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq The Department of Defense has identified 4,411 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. nytimes.com |
At War: Video: Ezekiel's Tomb In Iraq In the center of Kifl - and in the middle of a dispute - is the tomb of Ezekiel, the biblical prophet who preached to the Jews in captivity under Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C. feeds.nytimes.com |