Baghdad

U.S. Troops and the Wounds of War in Baghdad

US News (Free subscription) | yesterday

David Finkel discusses The Good Soldiers .

Baghdad Four - wives attack SSS

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

Emotions ran high as the wives of Baghdad Four blasted their husbands' former employers and accused them of lying and abandoning them and their partners.

The sectarian segregation of Baghdad

Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | yesterday

Baghdad has been increasingly segregated by sect over the last six years as a result of the conflict. I read Joel Wng's post in which he mentioned that Amriya was listed as Shiite-majority in 2003, which struck me as odd. My uncles moved to Amriya with my grandparents in the late 60s and my impression was that Amriya was always a Sunni majroity neighborhood, especially after my uncles were evicted...

Caption This: The Governator in Baghdad

Wired: Danger Room (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Caption contest! Here’s California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visiting the gym at Camp Victory, Iraq. Tell us what’s really going on… [PHOTO: U.S. Department of Defense]

Postwar Baghdad Zoo thrives

Scientific American (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Nearly all destroyed in the war and subsequent violence, animals at Baghdad Zoo are now thriving and drawing more visitors than ever before.

DOJ drops Blackwater prosecution

Prairie Weather (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Charges against one of the Blackwater contractors accused in September 2oo7, shootings in Baghdad will be dropped, according to NPR and USA Today.It's not yet clear why the Justice Department is dropping its case against former soldier Nicholas Slatten of...

• Justice Department to Drop Charges Against Blackwater Security Guard - Fox News
• US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard - Seattle Times
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War News for Saturday, November 21, 2009

Iraq Today (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The DoD is reporting a new death previously unreported by the military. Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Patton died in a non-combat accident in an undisclosed location in Kuwait on Thursday, November 19th. He was supporting OIF. U.S. fears its aid to rebuild Iraq is often wasted: Gates Says U.S. Could Withhold Aid if Afghanistan Cannot Curb Corruption: US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard:...

U.S. to drop case against Blackwater guard

MSNBC.com: Middle East and North Af (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting. Blackwater Worldwide - Security guard - Baghdad - Iraq - United States

Detainees in Iraq asking for a good waterboarding

Ace of Spades (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

This is just plain wrong.BAGHDAD - It seems that the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga is such a worldwide phenomenon that it's being used by detainees in American military camps. According to a military official, detainees at a Wisconsin National...

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday....

U.S. to drop case against Blackwater guard

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

• Charges to be dropped against Blackwater guard - Military Times - News
• U.S. to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard - USA Today
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Charges against one Blackwater guard dropped

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

Court respite for Blackwater guard

The Cult of the Dead Fish (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The US justice department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide (now Xe Corp) security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, according to court documents. A one-paragraph notice filed on Friday says only that prosecutors have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten be dropped. The government's detailed request to the court was filed...

Iraq Cleric's Aide Urges End to Political Crisis

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | yesterday

BAGHDAD — A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to solve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Sheik Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalaie , the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Karbala, told worshippers during his regular Friday sermon that failure to break...

• Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis - San Diego Union
• Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis - Seattle Times

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...