Baghdad

The Couch Surfer: 'Matt Damon's Green Zone is Bourne again, but this time in Baghdad'

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

Matt Damon has either the best taste in Hollywood, or the best agent.

Watermelons Replace Bombs on Road to Baghdad

Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | yesterday

Recent journey along infamous highway invites comparisons with edgier passage at height of insurgency. By Ayub Nuri in Uzem (ICR No. 311, 9-Nov-09)

• Watermelons Replace Bombs on Road to Baghdad - Gorillas Guides

Reading Saddam's Biography in Baghdad

New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Readers in Iraq are eager to read a new biography of Saddam Hussein, but the government is less than enthusiastic about making it available to them.

• Reading Saddam's Biography in Baghdad - Baghdad Bureau

DC Protest Warrior: Baghdad Bob Gibbs Minister of Propaganda

United Conservatives of Virginia (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Baghdad Bob Gibbs Minister of Propaganda ...how in James Madison's name have we reached the point that Congress can so much as contemplate telling you, and you, and you, and all of us that we'll buy health insurance, like it or not, Buster?

Reuters: Baghdad-Paris flights to resume after 20-year hiatus

Today In the Sky (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Nonstop commercial flights connecting Baghdad and Paris are set to resume for the first time in nearly 20 years, according to Reuters. The news agency says officials at state-owned Iraqi Airways have been "prompted by demand following a drop in...

IRAQ Baghdad approves electoral law, the issue of Kirkuk remains

Gorillas Guides (Free subscription) | yesterday

Baghdad approves electoral law, the issue of Kirkuk remains The agreement reached yesterday by 141 votes out of 196 deputies present for the vote. The elections will be held in January 2010, but January 16, the date originally planned, remains uncertain. A decision on Kirkuk, oil-rich region and the centre of a dispute [...]

The Hammer Is Dropped on Baghdad Bob Gibbs

United Conservatives of Virginia (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

Baghdad Bob Gibbs, the current Minister of Propaganda, bemoans the use of fascist images, because no one has ever done that before. Its so gauche. I've seen much worse than Hitler images in the streets over the past 4 years. February 2006 Washington DC World Cant Wait Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?!? The Hammer Drops: Let's help Gibbs out with this...

Democracy Kirkuk-style: solving Iraq's thorniest electoral impasse

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Parliament will supervise ethnic carve-up of power in oil-rich enclave to bring it into national elections For the first time in post-war Iraq, a national consensus has been reached on one of the country's thorniest sectarian problems – Kirkuk. The oil-rich and culturally contested enclave 110 miles north of Baghdad is to be included in a general election sometime in January – a landmark...

Iraq's election hopes | Ranj Alaaldin

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

The new law paving the way for national elections, including participation in Kirkuk, is welcome – but don't call it a milestone Yesterday Iraqi parliamentarians finally voted on and passed the much-debated new election law that paves the way for national elections to be held in January. The passing of the new law comes at a critical point for Iraq. The country is slowly recovering from the...

A Better Understanding of the Vietnam War

SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

A Better Understanding of the Vietnam War by Colonel Gian Gentile Download the full article: A Better Understanding of the Vietnam War Thanks to Senator Kerry for his excellent and very accurate article in Newsweek, “Beware the Revisionists,” on the serious flaws of a certain strain of Vietnam War history. This flawed history coalesces around a number of highly problematic assumptions like...

Two U.S. pilots killed in helicopter crash in Iraq

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Two U.S. pilots were killed in a helicopter crash north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Monday. The two pilots were killed on Sunday during a hard landing in the province of Salahudin, a military statement said without giving further details about the incident. An investigation about the incident is underway, the statement said. The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification...

• Two US pilots killed in helicopter crash in Iraq - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• Two US military pilots die in Iraq - The Age
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Iraq election set for January 21 after new law passes

Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis will vote in a general election on January 21 now that parliament has passed a law needed for a vote to take place, the head of the country's electoral commission said on Monday.

• Deal on Kirkuk sets stage for Iraqi elections - The Guardian
• Obama hails Baghdad milestone - IOL
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Iraqis Pass Election Law Crucial to US Withdrawal Plans

CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday

by Warren P. Strobel and Sahar Issa BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability. Approval of the law eases a growing source of concern for the Obama administration. President Barack Obama...

• Key election law passed - Miami Herald
• Iraq's Parliament quells ethnic dispute, sets elections for Jan. 23 - News: Iraq -- KansasCity.com
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Iraqi elections to be delayed for a week

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Baghdad - Iraq is now scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on January 21, the country's electoral commission announced Monday, five days later than originally scheduled. The delay followed weeks of tense negotiations among parliamentarians over ...

New Iraq going 'soft on Israel'

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday

The ten-day Baghdad International Fair opened its doors for the 36th time on November 1. Featuring exhibits from major international companies, the trade fair was held annually from 1964 until the 2003 US-led invasion. It resumed in 2007. However, a change to the fair's charter this year has angered many Iraqis. The Iraqi government has dropped an article from the charter which obliges participating...

Few US-led terror Forces Quit Iraq, at Last! By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal

abdulruff | 10/07/2009

Few US-led terror Forces Quit Iraq, at Last! By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal ----- Global media with a sense of “democratic pride announced that on 2009 30 June Tuesday, US troops have withdrawn from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion ostensibly to locate Osama and his hidden nukes, having formally handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces. A public holiday - National Sovereignty...