adquarters Company, 2nd Bat- talion, based in Fort Hood, TX, died on April 10, 2011. Sergeant Xaysana was serving in support of Operation New Dawn in Kirkuk, Iraq. He was 30 years old. A native of Westminster, CO, Ser- geant Xaysana enlisted in the Army in 2005. During over 6 years of service, he disting

urds and Arabs. The peshmerga had come down south of the Green Line to surround the HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023510 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2D disputed city of Kirkuk. The Iraqi army was moving troops to the area. Shooting could have broken out were it not for the presence of the U.S. army in the middle. Peshmerga

ve higher again. While Syria's crude oil exports already dropped to near zero due to international sanctions, the oil market's concerns relate to the Kirkuk—Ceyhan oil pipeline (Iraq-Turkey — capacity of 0.4mbpd) and the crude exports from the Turkish port of Ceyhan, around 70km from the Syrian border. e

following a 10-day standoff between Iraqi army units and Kurdish pesh merga troops in October, after Maliki sent the army toward the disputed city of Kirkuk. That move followed a series of skirmishes and mobilizations along the “Green Line” separating Kurdistan from Arab Iraq and a series of attacks in th

following a 10-day standoff between Iraqi army units and Kurdish pesh merga troops in October, after Maliki sent the army toward the disputed city of Kirkuk. That move followed a series of skirmishes and mobilizations along the "Green Line" separating Kurdistan from Arab Iraq and a series of attacks in th