Iraq War News Updates -- May 1, 2008

Iraqi Team Seeks Halt To Suspected Iranian Aid To Militias -- Yahoo News

Official: Iraqis To Confront Iran About Arming Militants -- CNN News

Iran's Involvement In Iraq -- Belmont Club

Ir** vs Ir** -- Belmont Club

Iraqi Delegation Arrives In Iran With Evidence Of Militant Aid -- International Herald Tribune

CIA Director Hayden Says Iran Wants Americans in Iraq Killed -- FOX News

Media Ignores Record Progress: Finds Reason to Slam Iraq -- Gateway Pundit

About Those Casualty Statistics From Iraq -- Strata Sphere

Iraq: US Deaths Hit 7-Month High -- Time Magazine

US Troop Deaths Hit 7-Month High In Iraq -- Yahoo News

U.S. Troop Deaths Hit 7-Month High In Iraq -- MSNBC

Tariq Aziz, The Public Face Of Saddam's Tyranny, Goes On Trial -- Independent

35 Die, Dozens Injured In Iraq Wedding Attack -- MSNBC

At Least 28 Killed In Sadr City Fighting -- San Francisco Chronicle

US Troops Kill 28 Mahdi Fighters In Sadr City -- Long War Journal

Maliki Vows To Pursue Militias -- Long War Journal

Unsafe Haven -- Newsweek

Is Iran The Biggest Problem In Iraq? -- MSNBC World Blog

Congress Urged Not To Slash Iraq Funding -- CBS News

Bush Pays Price For 'Mission Accomplished' Sign -- MSNBC

Clinton Says There’s Nothing Left to Achieve in Iraq -- FOX News

My Comment: Low level conflict still continuing. Reconciliation with Sadr's militia's continuing. Iran actively involved in the conflict. Al Qaeda still on the run. In otherwords .... everything is still the same.

Iraq War Updates -- April 23, 2008

Petraeus Picked To Lead Mideast Command -- Yahoo News

No. 2 US Commander Hopes al-Sadr Will Stop Attacks -- Yahoo News

Two Marines Killed In Suicide Bombing -- Washington Times

Baghdad Militia Clashes Kill 19 -- Yahoo News

Iraqi PM Wants to Secure Borders -- Time Magazine

Arab States Reluctant To Forgive Iraq Debt -- Washington Post

Iraq Continues Towards Reconciliation -- Hot Air

'Disneyland' Planned For Baghdad War Zone -- Times Online

Iraqis Turning In Mahdi Army Fighters -- Strata-Sphere

Why The Campaign Against Sadr? -- Belmont Club

Its Sucks To Be Sadr -- Strata Sphere

Rising Female Bombers in Iraq: An Alarming Trend -- Counter Terrorism Blog

Deep Background: Iraq Five Years On -- Austin Bay

The Real Surge Continues: Iraqi Army Corps Formation -- Long war Journal

Al Qaeda Decapitated in Iraq -- Strategy Page

al-Qaeda Cries For Help In Iraq -- Strata Sphere

Al-Qaeda Speaks -- Belmont Club

Iraq War News Updates -- April 21, 2008

Iraq To Confront Militias After Sadr Threat -- Reuters

Fear In Sadr City As Cleric Threatens War -- Times Online

Sadr Threatens New Uprising; Iraqi And US Forces Press Attack -- Long War Journal

Sadr Threatens 'Open War' As Iraqi Army Attacks Base -- Independent

Sadr Balks Again - Not Sure When He Will Decide On Open War -- Strata Sphere

U.S. Risks Deepening Role In Iraqi Shi'ite Feud -- Reuters

Iraqi PM Urges Arab States To Open Embassies In Baghdad -- Yahoo News

Arab Nations Non-Committal On Iraq Debt, Embassies -- Reuters

Rice: Arab Neighbors Taking 'Step Forward' To Support Iraq -- Yahoo News

America's Allies In Iraq Under Pressure As Civil War Breaks Out Among Sunni -- The Independent

Trying to Hold Together Iraq's Army -- Time Magazine

A Gun in One Hand, A Pen in the Other -- Newsweek

12 Dead As U.S. Troops Battle Al-Sadr's Militia -- MSNBC

Under Attack, Al-Sadr Threatens To 'Declare War' -- CNN

Iraqi Forces Launch New Attacks In Basra -- LA Times

Al-Sadr Threatens Uprising in Iraq if Crackdown Continues -- FOX News

Iran Denounces Operations In Sadr City -- CBS News

Concrete Walls For Sadr City -- Captain's Journal

Iran, al Sadr, And The Endgame? -- Tigerhawk

Al-Qaeda in Iraq: Determined But Desperate -- Pajamas Media

Al-Qaeda In Iraq: Determined But Losing -- Iraq The Model

Thousands March in Brussels to Protest Attacks on Christians in Iraq -- FOX News

Commentary: Barak Obama And Iraq -- Reason Online

Commentary: The Iraqi Army Can Hold, Too -- Western Standard

My Comment: It is interesting to see the difference in reporting from the main stream media and the bloggers who are actually in Iraq.