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Demonstrators in Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, chant slogans in support of the Arab Summit scheduled to start Thursday in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo)

Arab ministers want Syria to halt crackdown

By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

War surplus sought for U.S. security

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) attends a meeting of Arab economic, finance and trade ministers as part of the Arab League summit in Baghdad on Tuesday. Economic ministers from across the Arab world are looking at ways to develop tourism and ensure access to increasingly strapped water supplies in the region to boost economic stability in their countries. (Associated Press)

Arab League economic leaders discuss water woes, tourism

By Lara Jakes and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Economy Briefs: Abu Dhabi seeks bidders for planned Louvre branch

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (Associated Press)

Allawi cites ‘dictatorship,’ Iranian control in Iraq

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Family members of Ahmed Mohammed, 34, who was killed in a car bombing, load his coffin onto a vehicle before burial in Najaf, Iraq, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq attacks

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

People inspect the scene of a car-bomb attack in Kirkuk on Tuesday. Bombings and shootings in eight cities across Iraq killed 46 and wounded more than 200 as Baghdad prepared to host this year's summit of the Arab world's top leaders. (Associated Press)

Attacks that killed 46 in 8 Iraqi cities before summit appear connected

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Troops in Afghanistan have few opportunities to rest, according to an Army report that provides a stark look at post-traumatic stress disorder and its risk of irrational acts. Fighting forces have endured frequent stressful deployments and compressed time back home. (Associated Press)

Troops stressed to breaking point

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A man stands at the scene of a car-bomb attack in Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Officials say attacks across Iraq have killed and wounded scores of people in a spate of violence that was expected in the days before Baghdad hosts the Arab world's top leaders. (AP Photo)

Attacks in 8 Iraq cities kill 46 ahead of summit

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

An Army commander weighs in

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U.S. consults Iraq about Iranian arms flights to Syria

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney listens to a question during a campaign stop on Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Collinsville, Ill. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Romney lambastes Obama over military decisions

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

This image taken from TV Saturday, March 17, 2012, shows a man identified as Randy Michael, who is purported to be an American contractor, in Baghdad, Iraq, after he was released from captivity and handed over to the United Nations by Shiite lawmakers representing the hardline followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. (AP Photo/MASAR TV)

U.S. man captured by militia in Iraq released to U.N.

By Lara Jakes and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

In this Aug. 23, 2011, Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System photo, soldiers from Blackhorse Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, including Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, take part in exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Five days after an attack on Afghan villagers killed 16 civilians, a senior U.S. official identified Bales as the suspect in that attack. (AP Photo/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock)

Money, career woes plagued suspect in Afghan civilian killings

By Dan Sewell and Donna Gordon Blankinship - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Iranian aid supplies are seen unloaded from a plane at a Damascus airport in Syria on March 15, 2012. The Arabic words on the Iranian flags which attached on the boxes read: "Tribute of love and loyalty from the people of Iran to the dear Syrian people, left, and A gift from Islamic Iran to lofty Syria, right." (Associated Press/SANA)

U.S. talking to Iraq about Iranian arms flights to Syria

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Iranian aid supplies are seen unloaded from a plane at a Damascus airport in Syria on March 15, 2012. (Associated Press/SANA)

Iraq’s premier denies Iranian arms flown to Syria

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Attorneys John Henry Browne, right, and Emma Scanlan, second from right, talk to reporters, Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Seattle. Browne and Scanlan will be representing a U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Suspect in killing of Afghan civilians identified

By Adam Geller - Associated Press

**FILE** Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) speaks at a ceremony marking Police Day at the police academy in Baghdad on Jan. 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

Iraq lets Iran fly arms to Syria despite U.S. protests

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

An Israeli air force F-16I fighter plane sits at the ready in a hangar at Ramon Air Force Base in southern Israel. The F-16I, which is equipped with external fuel tanks, is reportedly capable of reaching Iranian airspace without refueling. It could carry U.S.-made bunker-busting bombs that drill below ground before exploding. (Associated Press)

Plotting against Iranian nuke sites

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times