US Coalition forces in Iraq have captured and detained nine suspected terrorists including a senior Mr. Fixit based in Abu Ghraib and five "Wanted" men , it has been revealed within the last hour. " Coalition forces in Iraq detained nine suspected terrorists,...
Although it does seem that things are calming down a bit in Iraq, there are still many instances like this. Reports are in that a car bomb has killed 25 people in an attack that the United States military blames on...
There has been another car bomb attack in Iraq and it has reportedly killed more than 18 people. Further details are expected. " A car bomb in a vegetable market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar killed 18 people and wounded 25 on Friday, police said. The town, 420 km...
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Iraq postponed their provincial elections that were due to be in October, today, after the MPs failed to agree to the necessary legislation in time. This was a blow to the US as they had backed efforts to reconcile the country."Iraq was due to go to the polls on October 1 but...
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Some so-called “patriots” or “laicists” have plotted against the Republic of Turkey in “Ergenekon”. Two days after their indictment is accepted two bombs explode in Instanbul. Today 11 people died in oil-rich Kirkuk. And next month Irans President Ahmadinejad is...
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Gunmen ambushed Shiite pilgrims in the a Sunni town south of Baghdad Monday. The pilgrims were marching to a major shrine there for a religious holiday.The area is a former stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq and was touted as one of the success stories of the US military surge,...
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When innocent civilians die without justification in the name of democracy, it's heartbreaking that the only thing we can do is just report it in the news like this: " 25th July, 2008. BAGHDAD — The U.S. military...
The hand shaking between the Iraqi president (and Kurdish) Jalal Talabani, and Israel defence minister Ehud Barak is interesting historically because of the Israeli connections with the Kurds in the past, see...
One US soldier has been killed and 18 other Americans wounded in a suicide truck attack in Northern Iraq. " A suicide truck bomber who concealed his explosives under tanned animal hides struck a U.S. patrol base Sunday in northern Iraq, killing one U.S....
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"Most of northern Iraq is without lights as two major power plants have been idled due to lack of fuel, a statement by the electricity ministry said.
The source said the plants feeding the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk are out of...
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Kurdistan, somewhere: Someone is, indeed, supplying the PKK militia
with weapons and so-called "intelligence". It is highly unlikely that a
simple, isolated terrorist organisation could kill and abduct dozens...
highlighted by Daniel Neun | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 694 views | 6 comments | 27 recommendations
Part TWO of a FIVE-part series on Iraq's ethnic minorities. • Go to Part One: Iraq's Yazidis -- A Minority within a Minority • See Part Three: Iraq's Assyrians -- Four Beleaguered Christian Minorities• See Part...
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Another problem that Iraq now has to deal with. How much more can these people take?? ----------------------------------------------"An Iraqi Kurdish woman suffering from cholera lies in a hospital in...
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The WHO has confimed a case of cholera in Baghdad today."BAGHDAD - The World Health Organization confirmed on Thursday the first cholera case in Baghdad since 2003, raising fears the disease is spreading from the...
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The ongoing cholera outbreak has been downplayed by US Central Command in Iraq, although the World Health Organization issued an epidemic alert."Between 23 August and 6 September 2007, the cumulative number of cases...
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