Escape from Baghdad: First Time Was for the Money, This Time it's Personal
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
In Iraq today the opening of the Chilcot inquiry was dismissed as "aimless soul searching". British troops left Iraq in April and were seen rarely for two years before that. To most Iraqis their legacy is far less significant than that of the US troops who continue to occupy the country almost seven years after the 2003 invasion. A straw poll in Baghdad revealed all to be puzzled as to why...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The long-awaited inquiry into one of the most contentious decisions taken by a British government in modern times opens tomorrow, with the task of uncovering how and why the country went to war against Iraq. The former Whitehall mandarin Sir John Chilcot faces a formidable test as chairman of a five-member team appointed by the prime minister. The government did not want the inquiry and when Gordon...
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Britain's involvement in the Iraq War is the subject of a special investigation that begins this week.
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | yesterday
Illinois' own Sen. Roland "Mr. Magoo" Burris is presently on a taxpayer-funded junket to Iraq. Only, he doesn't seem to know that. During a conference call with reporters, Burris said he "had landed in Beirut", and underestimated the distance, commenting...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Baghdad - An Iraqi lawmaker, in remarks published Monday, threatened to cut economic ties with Syria if Damascus does not extradite men Iraq accuses of involvement in attacks in Baghdad. Baghdad may have to reconsider its economic relations with Syr...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Reuters: Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artefacts at Iraq’s National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq. [Snip] Google employees have taken more than 14,000 pictures of the antiquities and aim to put them online in early 2010. “I can [...]
CNN (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Iraqi government has aired videos showing three men, who claim to be members of the ousted Baath Party, saying they were involved in last month's devastating Baghdad attacks.
The Birdcouple (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Warren has been filing quick posts during his six-week reporting assignment in Iraq.... I'm actually not in Baghdad (or Kansas) anymore. Am spending three to four days in northern Iraq, the primarily Kurdish region of the country. Today, we were in the cities of Kirkuk and Irbil , from where I'm now posting. I've added a couple of new birds to my slowly growing Iraq list in the last couple of days....
People Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A total of 11 people were wounded in five roadside bomb explosions across the Iraqi capital on Monday, an Interior Ministry police source said. Four people were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion near a fuel station in the al-Nidhal Street in Baghdad's central district of Karrada, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Two more civilians were wounded in Karrada when another roadside bomb...
WAAY - WAAY News and Home (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Associated Press - November 22, 2009 10:55 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - When a Memphis resident working overseas was kidnapped in Iraq his family at first refused to believe the reports.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Iraqi authorities broadcasted on Sunday a video showing three of Saddam Hussein's Baath party members confessing to have planned massive truck blasts that killed and wounded more than 600 people in central Baghdad last month. Qassim Atta, spokesman of Baghdad Operation Command, told reporters at a press conference aired by the official channel of Iraqia that the three confessed their role in committing...
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
~ RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCE OF INSANITY ~~ UNDERREPORTED NEWS AND UNCENSORED OPINION ~~ DISMANTLING THE PROPAGANDA MATRIX ~Monday, November 23, 2009 In 1979, Nabeel Yasin fled his homeland with his wife Nada and three-year-old son because he had published poetry that did not conform to the views of Saddam Hussein and his regime, including the work The Poet Satirizes the King.Branded an 'enemy of...
:: www.darrenlock.com :: (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I guess you could call this my anti-war song, except there's no words. The eastern flavour and staccato, almost bolero beats, put in mind fighter jets firing on Baghdad and bombs going off left, right and centre. Ideal music for...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File Just as Senate Dems secured enough votes to open up President Obama's Health Care plan for debate, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris is headed for an early-week visit to troops in Iraq. Sen. Burris, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is part of a delegation that will, as an aide told the Tribune , "examine security and political developments in the region."...
The Guardian Technology blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
CEO Eric Schmidt announced that the search engine will feature 14,000 pictures of the museum's artefacts It spread across the web like a wildfire: Google chief Eric Schmidt visited Baghdad today. Yes, just like a statesman. He attended a ceremony with the US Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, at Iraq's national museum, where he announced that the search giant would post photographs of the museum's...
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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...
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