• A Week in History: MTV, Calvin Coolidge, and Hiroshima
  
  Saddam Hussein's Iraq invades oil-rich Kuwait and Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th U.S. president.
  U. S. News & World Report.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:00:00 -0400.
• Wounded soldier is new poster boy for Operation Welcome Home
  
  WASHINGTON — Lance Iunker needed plenty of help after fighting in the Iraq war.
  McClatchy.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:26 EDT.
• Iraq's Garden of Eden: Restoring the Paradise that Saddam Destroyed
  
  Saddam Hussein drained the unique wetlands of southern Iraq as a punishment to the region's Marsh Arabs who had backed an uprising. Two decades later, one courageous US Iraqi is leading efforts to restore the marshes. ...
  Spiegel Online.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:21:29 +0200.
• 'Video leaker' moved to US base
  
  A US soldier accused of leaking video of a deadly 2007 Iraq helicopter attack to the Wikileaks website is transferred to a Virginia base pending trial.
  BBC News.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:30:37 +0000.
• Grand finale
  
  Lord Prescott brings curtain down on Iraq hearings in style.
  BBC News.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:54:09 +0000.
• Mothers of US Hikers Held in Iran Renew Call for Release
  
  The hikers, Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal, were arrested on July 31, 2009, along the Iran-Iraq border.
  Voa News.  Voice of America.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:09:37 GMT.
• Iraqi Insurgents Plant Their Flag in Baghdad
  
  The group, which has claimed a series of attacks, raised its flag after attacks on police Thursday.
  By Tim Arango.  International Herald Tribune.  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:20:34 GMT.
• Spain Reissues Warrants for US Soldiers in Iraq Artillery Deaths
  
  Three U.S. tank soldiers are wanted in Spain for firing at Baghdad's Palestine Hotel on April 8, 2003; shelling killed Spanish cameraman.
  Voa News.  Voice of America.  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:11:14 GMT.
• Over 650 travellers from Sweden stranded in Iraq
  
  More than 600 travellers from Sweden are stranded in Iraq after tour operator Flyhome declared bankruptcy on Wednesday. According to the company's trustee, no help is available from the bankruptcy estate.
  The Local.  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:14:00 +0200.
• Movie Review | 'The Dry Land': Telling a Soldier’s Tale
  
  Ryan Piers Williams directs a story of a soldier who returns from Iraq.
  By Jeannette Catsoulis.  International Herald Tribune.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:13:01 GMT.

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