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3 South Korean soldiers convicted of bribery in Iraq

» by May 5th, 2009 at 7:59 am » Comments (0)

From AP- Three South Korean army personnel have been convicted of accepting or seeking bribes while serving as part of a U.S.-led alliance aimed at rebuilding Iraq, an official said Tuesday. One ...more »

Korea Barred From Oil Contracts in Iraq

» by April 7th, 2009 at 4:51 pm » Comments (2)

This is a huge blunder by the Korean oil industry that signed a contract with the Kurdish regional government last year to drill oil without the consent of the Iraqi ...more »

American Soldiers Pictured Partying in Iraqi Juicy Bars

» by March 10th, 2009 at 9:04 am » Comments (6)

As One Free Korea points out, you know it is time to start downsizing in Iraq when juicy bars are opening up outside US military installations: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="American ...more »

Chris Hill to Be Nominated as US Ambassador to Iraq

» by February 3rd, 2009 at 6:35 pm » Comments (7)

Via the Marmot's Hole comes news that the Barack Obama administration is planning to nominate the failed North Korean nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill to be the US Ambassador to Iraq: News ...more »

Iraqi President Scheduled to Come to Korea this Month

» by February 3rd, 2009 at 10:42 am » Comments (0)

It looks like Korea's involvement in Iraq's oilfields will expand from the North and all the way to the country's South: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will visit Seoul Feb. 23 to ...more »

October Deaths in Iraq Lowest of the War

» by November 2nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm » Comments (16)

Here is a headline you will not see talked about much in the mainstream media: October’s U.S. death toll in Iraq matched the lowest monthly total of the war, with ...more »

Time Line to Abuse: The Real Story of Abu Graib

» by October 30th, 2008 at 8:51 pm » Comments (73)

I have been meaning to compile this list for some time to post here because the story of the Abu Graib prison abuse is an issued filled with so ...more »

Korea Signs Oil Contracts with Iraq

» by September 27th, 2008 at 2:53 am » Comments (0)

Like have always said, 2,300 Korean businessmen would do more for Iraq then the 2,300 Korean soldiers they sent: South Korea, Asia's third-biggest oil buyer, agreed to explore for petroleum ...more »

ROK Army to Complete Withdrawal from Iraq this Year

» by September 23rd, 2008 at 2:49 pm » Comments (5)

I was against the deployment of the ROK Army to Iraq from the very beginning and was glad to see the news that the ROK Army was going to finally ...more »

Woodward vs Franks….

» by September 18th, 2008 at 3:18 am » Comments (15)

I wasn't sure whether to post this here or at my blog, but I decided on here. I started reading Bob Woodward's Bush at War and something he said about the ...more »

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