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"The government hushed up the results of the investigation" says Iraq VP

13 hours ago ago from The Common Ills

"The government hushed up the results of the investigation" says Iraq VP As their superiors inspected a car mangled by one of three blasts that rocked Baghdad's government center Tuesday, two Iraqi soldiers nearby scoffed at the military's shortcomings in protecting the capital. For one thing, they said, checkpoints don't stop those who are -- or appear to be -- influential. The soldiers, who declined to provide their names because they ...

U.S. Creates Its Antithesis in Iraq

14 hours ago ago from nicolanasser

By Nicola Nasser* Nowhere it is more obvious than in Iraq that the existence of an election law, elections themselves and the constitution they are based on are not indicators of democracy or legitimacy, because these mechanisms are merely symbols of the antithesis of the mechanisms of democracy as practiced back home by the U.S. occupying power. An editorial of The Washington Post on December 8 hailed the passing two days earlier of an ...

Part 8 - Activism - Return of Weapons' Inspectors Con't.

22 hours ago ago from Donn to Dusk

In August 2002, Scott Ritter went to South Africa to meet with the Tariq Aziz of Iraq, Mr. Pahad, the Deputy Foreign Minister of South Africa, and the Belgium Foreign Minister. During these meetings it was agreed that Scott would go to Baghdad to address the Iraq National Assembly on September 8th, and during the presentation would discuss the return of the inspectors. South Africa and Belgium agreed to cooperate with Canada, if Canada would ...

Refugees of Iraq

21 hours ago ago from Indian Holocaust My Father`s Life and Time

Refugees of Iraq From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Iraqi refugees ) Jump to: navigation , search Throughout the past 100 years, there have been a growing number of refugees fleeing Iraq and settling throughout the world, peaking recently with the latest Iraq War . The Iran–Iraq War from 1980 to 1988, the 1990 Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait , the first Gulf War and subsequent conflicts all generated hundreds of ...

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Coleen Rowley: "American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi", a documentary that counters Rice's new job of revising history

23 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

American Faust makes the case that the correct word to be spelling Condoleezza Rice is probably 'torturer'... The film paints a chilling picture of Rice's role in the administrations of the Bush family, and also in our lives... This film is really very good... I really appreciated, on behalf of everybody I think, that you're taking a look at Condoleezza today, not just letting her disappear into the sands of history.... Torture is at the ...

Iraq PM implicates security in Baghdad blasts

4 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Iraq PM implicates security in Baghdad blasts BAGHDAD (AP) -- Dozens of suspected plotters in last week's deadly suicide bombings that killed 127 people in Baghdad were linked to security forces, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday. The revelation came as the Shiite prime minister, who is running for re-election in March, sought to assure Iraqis that he has security under control. But repeated security lapses attracted ...

December 2009: Michael Bronner on Al-Qaeda Terrorists | vanityfair.com

22 hours ago ago from Vanity Fair

T he desert had turned frigid with nightfall. There were American helicopters overhead and the constant fear of ground patrols. Abu Khalid, a 32-year-old school teacher from Lebanon, had spent the last several nights following spur trails down from the Syrian border into Western Iraq. Now he was alone, hiding. The Iraqi smuggler he d paid $500 to deliver him to the insurgency had temporarily left him, slipping into a small town nearby to try ...

U.S.-Allied Sunni Groups Struggle Under Iraqi Control : NPR

6 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast U.S.-Allied Sunni Groups Struggle Under Iraqi Control Enlarge STR / AFP/Getty Images Iraqis in the northeastern town of Baqouba protest the arrest of a member of the ...

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