Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
Iraq Resists Pleas by U.S. to Placate Baath Party
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| Christoph Bangert for The New York Times
Mohammed Salman al-Saady, the Iraqi prime minister’s adviser for reconciliation, acknowledged “fundamental differences” with the United States over policy toward the Baathists. |
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| NY Times | Apr 25, 2009 | By SAM DAGHER |
| BAGHDAD — On April 18, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of Saddam Hussein’s top generals — the commander of the final defense of Baghdad in 2003 — to return home to resume efforts to make peace with the new Iraq. read more |
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Storm of Violence in Iraq Strains Its Security Forces
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A relative of a victim of a suicide bombing outside the Kazimiyah hospital in Baghdad on Friday. |
| Storm of Violence in Iraq Strains Its Security Forces |
| New York Times | Apr 25, 2009 | By STEVEN LEE MYERS and SAM DAGHER |
| BAGHDAD — A deadly outburst of violence appears to be overwhelming Iraq’s police and military forces as American troops hand over greater control of cities across the country to them. On Friday, twin suicide bombings killed at least 60 people outside Baghdad’s most revered Shiite shrine, pushing the death toll in one 24-hour period to nearly 150. read more |
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COLUMN-Killer robots and a revolution in warfare:Bernd Debusmann
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| AlertNet — Reuters | Apr 22, 2009 | By Bernd Debusmann |
| WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) – They have no fear, they never tire, they are not upset when the soldier next to them gets blown to pieces. Their morale doesn’t suffer by having to do, again and again, the jobs known in the military as the Three Ds – dull, dirty and dangerous.
They are military robots and their rapidly increasing numbers and growing sophistication may herald the end of thousands of years of human monopoly on fighting war. “Science fiction is moving to the battlefield. The fut |
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Iraq takes control of Green Zone
US Col. Steven Ferrari, a commander of the Joint Area Support Group Baghdad shakes hands with Brigadier Emad Yaseen, commander of the Iraqi Army’s Baghdad Brigade, during a hand-over ceremony at the ‘Green Zone’ in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009. Iraqis took control over the ‘Green Zone’ Thursday. Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the handover of the heavily fortified Green Zone and the presidential palace is the most visible sign his country has regained its sovereignty. (AP Ph
Iraq takes control of Green Zone
BBC, 1 January 2009, Iraq has taken control of security in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone after a UN mandate for troops expired. The end of the UN mandate – put into place soon after the invasion in March 2003 – means Iraq will now take greater control of its own security.
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Arab world hails shoe attack as Bush’s farewell gift
‘You dog!’ An image grab taken from footage broadcast by the Al-Arabiya news channel shows US President George W. Bush (L) reacting as an Iraqi journalist hurls one of his shoes at him during a joint press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) in Baghdad on December 14, 2008. Muntazer al-Zaidi from Al-Baghdadia channel hurled his shoes and an insult at Bush, without hitting him, as the US president was shaking hands with the Iraqi premier at his Baghdad office today. Zaidi jumped up, shouting: ‘It is the farewell kiss, you dog,’ and threw his shoes one after the other towards Bush. Maliki made a protective gesture towards the US president, who ducked and was not hit. (AFP/Getty Images)
Arab world hails shoe attack as Bush’s farewell gift
AFP, Dec 15 08:17 AM US/Eastern
Iraq faced mounting calls on Monday to release the journalist who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush, an action branded shameful by the government but hailed by many in the Arab world as an ideal parting gift to the unpopular US president.
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Activists want to make Portland a sanctuary for AWOL servicement
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Activists want to make Portland a sanctuary for AWOL servicement
by Mark Larabee, The Oregonian Tuesday December 02, 2008, 8:11 PM Activists from several peace groups will go before the Portland City Council today seeking support for making Portland a sanctuary for military resisters — service members who have gone AWOL to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama’s White House
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This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama’s White House
By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. Posted November 20, 2008.
A who’s who guide to the people poised to shape Obama’s foreign policy.
U.S. policy is not about one individual, and no matter how much faith people place in President-elect Barack Obama, the policies he enacts will be fruit of a tree with many roots. Among them: his personal politics and views, the disastrous realities his administration will inherit, and, of course, unpredictable future crises. But the best immediate indicator of what an Obama administration might look like can be found in the people he surrounds himself with and who he appoints to his Cabinet. And, frankly, when it comes to foreign policy, it is not looking good.
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In secret agreement, Shell nets 25-year monopoly on S. Iraq’s gas
Shell says the arrangement gives it exclusive rights to all natural gas runoff produced by oil exploration operations in the southern portion of the country.
In secret agreement, Shell nets 25-year monopoly on S. Iraq’s gas
Stephen C. Webster Published: Saturday November 8, 2008
Royal Dutch Shell oil company and the Iraqi Oil Ministry have struck a secret, as-of-yet non-binding agreement that gives a monopoly over southern Iraq’s natural gas to the energy giant. It marks the first time in over 35 years a Western oil company has played a major role in the country’s most lucrative industry.
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New intelligence report says Pakistan is ‘on the edge’
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