Two Americans have been deported from Namibia. They were said to be recruiting Namibians as guards for United States operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. News reports said that the two were accused of violating Namibian law by trying to enlist Namibians as mercenaries in foreign conflicts without the government’s written permission

Iran stated again that it is willing to help the U.S. withdraw troops from Iraq if they choose to do so.

Iraq’s Vice President, Tareq al-Hashemi, arrived in Turkey to try and convince them not to stage a cross-border offensive to fight the Kurd militants.

A mother of a soldier in Iraq has found a way to get 80,000 cans of Silly String shipped to the soldiers after her son told her soldiers can shoot Silly String, which travels about 10-12 feet, across a room before entering. If it hangs in the air, that indicates a possible trip wire.

Since yesterday’s report that we’ve all but defeated al-Qaeda in Iraq, who will the hawks say is the next enemy there?

In an interview with Radio Free Europe, Kamran al-Karadaghi, a former chief of staff for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, says that Iraq’s political climate will not improve until the country’s leaders find the political determination to make “very hard decisions.”

NPR reviews a new crop of memoirs from soldiers in Iraq, which highlights stories from the front lines, the complications of leadership, and the terrible choices that war presents.

Security developments in Iraq, 10/16/07

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