2) The two countries ( Iran & Iraq ) agreed on Saturday to form a joint commission to oversee border issues and keep "saboteurs" out of Iraq. ( New York Times )
3) Iraq's presidency has urged the government to send a high-level delegation with wide-ranging powers to the southern city of Basra, in the grip of a Shi'ite power struggle that threatens oil exports. ( Reuters via Yahoo! News )
May 28, 2006:
1) As Iraq's brutal summer heat sends temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), a dire shortage of petroleum products is damaging the economy and cutting electricity supplies in Baghdad to new lows. ( AFP via Yahoo! News )
2) At least 1,000 troops have "deserted" the armed forces since the US-led war was launched in Iraq three years ago, the BBC reported. ( AFP via Yahoo! News )
3) It's time for President Bush either to chart a course that can actually be followed in Iraq, or admit that there is none. ( International Herald Tribune )
Regards,
angelfalls!!
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