| Obama Gives National Security and Iraq Speech | | 2008-07-16 11:16:00 | | On Tuesday, Barack Obama gave an important speech on national security and the war in Iraq. Tuesday’s speech called for two more troop brigades to be sent to Afghanistan. John McCain was forced to follow suit Tuesday afternoon as Obama led the way on national security. Obama said on Tuesday, “imagine, for a moment, what we could have done in those days, and months, and years after 9/11. “We could have deployed the full force of American power to hunt down and destroy Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and all of the terrorists responsible for 9/11, while supporting real security in Afghanistan,” Obama added. Obama went on to say, “we could have secured loose nuclear materials around the world, and updated a 20th century non-proliferation framework to meet the challenges of the 21st. Instead, we have lost thousands of American lives, spent nearly a trillion dollars, alienated allies and neglected emerging threats - all in the cause of fighting a war for w | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| Iraq denies reports of Israeli Air Force using its airspace | | 2008-07-16 07:34:00 | | "As the Ministry of Defense, we haven't observed any IAF warplanes practicing in Iraqi airspace," said Major-General Mohammad al-Askari, spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry.On Friday, sources in the Iraqi Defense Ministry told a local news network that Israel Air Force (IAF) war planes are practicing in Iraqi airspace and land on US airbases in the country as a preparation for a potential strike on Iran. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Vietnam rice-prices to fall despite Iraq shipment | | 2008-07-16 02:20:00 | | Viet Nam has sold 10,000 tonnes of rice to a European trading firm for shipment to Iraq, traders said, in a deal that would signal further price cuts in one of the world's largest grain exporting nations.
Two traders said they did not know the actual contracted price because quotations for the 5-percent broken grade were now already below the floor price, hovering at between US$650 and US$670 a | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
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| Getting Out of Iraq, by US Rep. Ron Paul | | 2008-07-14 12:48:00 | | What will it take to get our troops out of Iraq? The roughly 70 percent of Americans who are firmly against the war often ask this question. Those in power are reluctant to give conditions, but when they do and those conditions are met, the goal post is quietly moved.
Voters were promised, passionately and vehemently, that the new Congress would bring our troops home. Many were explicitly elected in 2006 under that banner. But our troops are still overseas, funding has been increased even beyond the administration's wish list, and troop withdrawal has been negotiated away.
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| Iraq: Troop withdrawal plans flawed | | 2008-07-12 08:09:00 | | "Obama is beginning to flop and its going to drive the Liberals crazy"...In the first place I urge readers to watch this, I was unable to successfully embed the video so check out "Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Plan" clip.Last week, there was a small dustup when Barack Obama said at a press conference in North Dakota that he would "refine" his Iraq policy after meeting with commanders on the ground later this month. That same afternoon, Obama called another press conference to reiterate that his position in Iraq had not changed: "My first day in office I will bring the Joint Chiefs of Staff in and I will give them a new mission and that is to end this war – responsibly, deliberately, but decisively."Obama has always said he will rely on the judgment of commanders on the ground in Iraq before he implements his 16-month withdrawal timetable. As you noticed on the clip, Martha Raddatz of ABC News reports that some commanders on the ground are skeptical of Obama's plan.Here's what it says on O | | By: American Interests | | |
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| (NBC/NEFA) - Voices from the Iraqi Insurgency: An Exclusive Interview with the Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI) | | 2008-07-08 09:20:14 | | (See also - MSNBC Deep Background: "Iraqi insurgents weigh in on American election" ) In an effort to help Americans better understand the evolving dynamics behind the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, I have begun conducting a series of exclusive interviews with prominent Sunni insurgent organizations. The third group to accept my invitation was the Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI), a dominant Sunni faction that has come into frequent conflict with Al-Qaida over the past year. From MSNBC's Deep Background: A...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| "Green Zone" a Iraq tras la saga Bourne. | | 2008-07-07 06:00:00 | |
"Green Zone" (La zona verde) es la adaptación cinematografica del best seller "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone" de Ranjiv Chandresakaran. Sumándose al reparto Greg Kinnear ("Pequeña Miss Sunshine") y Amy Ryan ("Adiós pequeña, adiós"), la película vuelve a reunir al director británico Paul Greengrass y Matt Damon después de la saga Bourne.
El film tiene guión de Brian Helgeland ("L.A. Confidencial", "Mistyc River", "Conspiración"), y se inicio su rodaje en Murcia.
La historia, centrada en Bagdad, sige los pasos de un oficial americano (Damon) debe aliarse con un agente de la CIA (Kinnear) para segir el supuesto rastro de armas de destrucción masiva, que dierón excusa para iniciar la invasión en la ciudad árabe.
Articulo de Lago de Barro.
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| Obama says he's 'been very consistent' on Iraq | | 2008-07-05 19:07:00 | | ST. LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama, speaking on board his campaign plane as it headed to St. Louis on Saturday, continued to defend his position on Iraq -- and questioned reporters' parsing of his words."I am surprised at how ... the press ... I'm not trying to dump on you guys, but I'm surprised at how finely calibrated every single word was measured," Obama said."I wasn't saying anything that I hadn't said before. That I didn't say a year ago. Or when I was a U.S. senator. If you look at our position, it's been very consistent. The notion that we have to get out carefully has been a consistent position," he said."The belief that we have a national security interest in making sure Iraq is secure, I've been saying consistently," he added. Noting "the worst-case scenarios and the parade of horribles that has been trotted out by [Sen.] John McCain and others about genocide if we left," he said he has always reserved "the right to protect people from genocide.""So a lot of the | | By: Tingplik Express | | |
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| After 5 Years Music Returns to al Kut, Iraq | | 2008-07-05 15:07:36 | | Following the magnificent security gains there is music again in al Kut, Iraq.Approximately 900 people attended a two-day performance by two famous Iraqi singers organized by the Wasit Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson, Multi-National Division-Center.)
The assembled crowd cheered when the Iraqi constitution was read that outlined the rights and [...] | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| Barack Obama to “Refine” His Iraq War Withdrawal Promise | | 2008-07-04 15:22:02 | | Oh the ever changing positions of Barack Obama, they will make your head spin. Barack Obama promised the far left that he would begin withdrawing troops from Iraq immediately upon his inauguration and that all troops would be home within 16 months after he became president.
Now he is saying that he will “refine” his [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| 15 Out of the 18 Iraq War Benchmarks are Satisfactory | | 2008-07-01 20:33:27 | | SSHHH. Don’t tell anyone. It’s a secret. The Iraq war has slinked off into a dark corner of the American mind and is hiding. There is one reason and one reason only for this. There isn’t enough bad news to report, so there is no report. Without the media harping on the war day [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| Car bomb kills seven policemen in Iraq | | 2008-06-29 18:06:17 | | BAGHDAD: A car bomb in the central Iraqi town of Dhuluiya on Sunday killed at least seven policemen and wounded two more, the town’’s police chief told AFP.Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Khalid of Dhuluiya police said the car bomb went off at in the town 70 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad in Salaheddin province.”The police [...] | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| Iraq: Police say al-Qaeda has infiltrated force | | 2008-06-27 06:20:00 | | "Now we have the proof that al-Qaeda terrorists have managed to infiltrate the Iraqi security forces," said the head of police in Falluja, Faysal al-Zubei in an interview with the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper. Al-Zubei was speaking about Thursday's suicide attack in which at least 20 people were killed at a local council meeting in the town of Karma, east of Falluja, in Anbar province.The suicide bomber detonated the explosives during a meeting between the town's administrator and the local Awakening Council in Karma. Awakening Councils are US-allied Sunni militia movements fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq.Among those killed were 11 members of the local Awakening Council and the mayor of the town. The suicide bomber managed to enter the municipal government building where the meeting was being held because he was wearing a police uniform. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| News: Iraq no longer news-worthy... | | 2008-06-26 03:13:35 | |
Here is some news: Iraq is no longer news-worthy for US media.
News about the 1 million killed, and the 5 million displaced Iraqis, are not worth more than two minutes per week on US television....
More articles on the Road about Iraq.
Video via The Real News
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| Dangerous Times in Colombia and Iraq | | 2008-06-25 11:53:18 | | Among the most dangerous times in a counter-insurgency campaign, inherent in asymmetrical warfare, is when the insurgency is close to being defeated. Desperate to remain relevant and to motivate its followers as the situation becomes more trying, the groups grasp for a spectacular action that will give it a new lease on life. In both Iraq, where al Qaeda in Iraq seems to be in deep trouble, and in Colombia, where the FARC is on the ropes, public statements by officials give hints of a premature sense...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Iraq Will Take Control of 2 More Provinces in Coming Days | | 2008-06-24 16:06:54 | | Updated and Bumped—
**Mudville Gazette, via Instapundit, reported this morning that the U.S. military will transfer control of security in Iraq’s Anbar province to Iraqi forces on Saturday.Qadisiya (Diwaniya) Province is scheduled to be transferred to the Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC).
Iraqi officials will take over security responsibility of two more provinces.Already, the Iraqi democracy [...] | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| Two US soldiers killed in Iraq attack | | 2008-06-24 15:06:12 | | BAGHDAD: Small-arms fire killed two US soldiers and wounded three south of Baghdad, the American military said. The soldiers were killed as they were leaving the Madain town council office at around 1:00 pm (1000 GMT), the military said.Three other soldiers and an interpreter were wounded in the attack, while the troops killed [...] | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| Free Video Conferencing Calls Iraq, US Military Families | | 2008-06-24 11:09:25 | | www.tandberg.com
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The US Independence Day: July 4th, will be a private free 30 minutes hotline video conferencing calls day to Iraq for the families and friends of the US...
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| News: In case you still doubt the Iraq war was pre-planned | | 2008-06-24 08:09:24 | |
The full 2004 CBS "60 Minutes" interview of Paul O'Neil (the former Secretary Of Treasury) and reporter Ron Suskind discussing Bush's politics.
Specifically interesting is the mention of "the Commander in Chief" asking his National Security Council to "find a way" to invade Iraq during their first meeting in January 2001. That is 8 months before 9/11.
More articles on the Road about Iraq.
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| Two New Reports on Progress and Continuing Instability in Iraq | | 2008-06-23 16:24:39 | | Two reports released today continue the "more good news but remaining bad news" pattern that we've seen in the past year, since the surge in U.S. troops was fully implemented. In "Iraq Report 9: The Battle For Basra," published by the Institute for the Study of War in conjunction with The Weekly Standard , Marisa Cochrane (no relation) discusses the forces that enabled militias to control Basra, why Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki initiated "Operation Knight's Charge" to secure Basra, and the continuing...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Iraq Exit Strategy - Defer to Honda | | 2008-06-21 22:18:45 | | While Hillary and Obama are cat-fighting over which one says dumber things and John McCain is investing in Kimberly Clark (maker of Depends) stock, I'm continuing to think outside the box to solve our country's dilemmas. Two weeks ago I proposed my plan to improve America's health. Now it's time for an Iraq exit strategy.
Better yet, true to the spirit of American laziness, let's hire someone | | By: Humor Hero | | |
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| Rothman votes againt further Iraq War spending | | 2008-06-20 14:28:00 | | U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman, D-Fairlawn, a vocal member of the Out of Iraq Caucus, opposed further funding for the war in Iraq if it is not linked to the safe redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq. The congressman issued the following statement about his vote:“Tonight, I voted against a $165.4 billion funding bill for the war in Iraq. At a time when Americans are facing rising food costs, higher prices at the pump, home foreclosures and failing roads, sewers and bridges, it is irresponsible to continue to misuse our military forces, and misspend our finite U.S. tax dollars to continue to police the Iraq civil war. With no clear end in sight, estimates show that the war in Iraq could ultimately cost the United States up to $3 trillion. The Department of Defense is spending an estimated $10.3 billion a month on operating costs in Iraq — while here at home our economic resources are exhausted.“I will only support funding for the Iraq war if it is linked to beginning the immediate r | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| Deals With Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back | | 2008-06-19 04:45:51 | | By ANDREW E. KRAMER : BAGHDAD — Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.
Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP — the original partners in the Iraq [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
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| (NBC/NEFA) - Voices From the Iraqi Insurgency: Exclusive Interviews with Hamas al-Iraq and the Al-Rashideen Army | | 2008-06-18 15:26:16 | | (See also - MSNBC Deep Background: "Exclusive Interviews with Iraqi Insurgents" ) In an effort to help Americans better understand the evolving dynamics behind the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, I have begun conducting a series of exclusive interviews with prominent Sunni insurgent organizations. The first groups to accept my invitation were Hamas al-Iraq and the Al-Rashideen Army--arguably two of the most influential Sunni insurgent factions fighting in Iraq . Both groups have insisted that they are...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| News: No WMD in Iraq? No problem, the US will use its own... | | 2008-06-15 10:47:49 | | Babies born in Fallujah (Iraq) are showing illnesses and deformities on a scale never seen before, doctors and residents say. The new cases, and the number of deaths among children, have risen after "special weaponry" was used in the two massive bombing campaigns in Fallujah in 2004.After denying at first, the Pentagon admitted in November 2005 that white phosphorous, a restricted incendiary weapon, was used a year earlier in Fallujah. In addition, depleted uranium (DU) munitions, which contain low-level radioactive waste, were used heavily in Fallujah.The Pentagon admits to having used 1,200 tonnes of DU in Iraq thus far. Many doctors believe "DU" to be the cause of a severe increase in the incidence of cancer in Iraq, as well as among U.S. veterans who served in the 1991 Gulf War and through the current occupation. (More)Pictures of babies deformed after the parents' exposure to ammunition using Depleted Uranium can be found here. WARNING: the pictures are very graphic.The use of Whi | | By: The Road to the Horizon | | |
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| Trio of Homegrown Jihadis Convicted of Plotting to Kill U.S. Soldiers in Iraq | | 2008-06-13 19:35:56 | | This afternoon, a federal jury in Toledo, Ohio has convicted three local men--Mohammad Amawi, Marwan El-Hindi, and Wassim Mazloum--of all criminal charges filed against them, including plotting attacks against U.S. troops fighting in Iraq. The jury took less than two days to render a resounding verdict in the case, which involved one of the largest collections of terrorist propaganda ever to be seized by the FBI on U.S. soil. During the investigation of the three men—Mohammed Amawi, Marwan...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Iraq Spies | | 2008-06-13 13:08:55 | | Two Iraqi spies met in a busy restaurant after they had successfully slipped into the U.S.The first spy starts speaking in Arabic.The second spy shushes him quickly and whispers: "Don't blow our cover. You're in America now. Speak Spanish.From really funny jokes
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| Secret al-Qaida, Iraq files found on British train | | 2008-06-12 05:36:00 | | The documents belonged to a senior intelligence official in the Cabinet office and were found by a passenger on a London commuter train Tuesday. The envelope was then passed to the British Broadcasting Corp.Seven pages stamped "UK Top Secret" included the latest government intelligence assessment on al-Qaida and Iraq's security forces, the BBC said. The documents were also stamped "for UK/US/Canadian and Australian eyes only." The first page was dated June 5, the BBC reported.Two of the assessments were made by the British government's Joint Intelligence Committee. The report on Iraq was commissioned by the Ministry of Defence. The al-Qaida report was commissioned by the Foreign and the Home Offices.The assessments often include intelligence material gathered from agents on the ground."Two documents which are marked as secret were left on a train and have subsequently been handed to the BBC," according to a Cabinet office spokesman. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Iraq isn’t like Vietnam - it’s much worse | | 2008-06-12 00:50:22 | | photo credit: debaird
Forget all the talk about Iraq being as bad as the Vietnam War because its far worse.
The US was able to walk away from Vietnam with relative impunity because Vietnam was essentially a peripheral country. Iraq, by contrast, is a key factor, in global oil supplies, so an American withdrawal would be [...] | | By: learn about lean & six-sigma | | |
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| US captures top Hezbollah commander in Iraq | | 2008-06-09 04:45:00 | | the unidentified Hizbullah commander was responsible for training the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army in the Baghdad area. “The arrest is a major achievement and could provide an intelligence bonanza,” an Iraqi source said.The U.S.-led coalition has reported the capture of a senior Iranian operative south of Baghdad. In a coalition statement, the operative was described as a “primary weapons smuggler and financier for Iranian-backed enemy fighters.”Via Infidels are cool | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Report accuses Bush of misrepresenting Iraq intel | | 2008-06-05 23:21:48 | | WASHINGTON (AP) - A new Senate report gives a fresh shot of adrenaline to the election-year debate over the Iraq war. President Bush and his top officials deliberately misrepresented secret intelligence to make the case to invade Iraq, according to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The panel put a new spin on old charges, comparing claims made [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| Lautenberg to Andrews: You deserve the credit and you deserve the blame for the mess we're in in Iraq | | 2008-05-30 20:49:00 | | Did you read the headline to this post?Yup! You're not misreading things. U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg said U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews deserves the credit and the blame for the "mess we're in in Iraq" in a debate Thursday night on New Jersey 101.5 radio.We're listening to the entire debate right now, and we'll have more on the testy exchanges that ensued between Andrews and Lautenberg, and we'll also share the audio of the debate in case you haven't heard it.More to come later. | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| Opposition mounts to US-Iraq security deal | | 2008-05-30 18:51:06 | | BAGHDAD (AP) - Tens of thousands rallied in several cities Friday against a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, raising doubts that negotiators can meet a July target to finalize a pact to keep U.S. troops in Iraq after the current U.N. mandate expires.
Although U.S. officials insist they are not seeking permanent bases, suspicion runs deep among [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| Politics: Bush knew damn well there were no WMD’s in Iraq | | 2008-05-30 08:33:53 | | Sept. 6, 2007 | On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam’s inner [...] | | By: What a Weenie! | | |
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| FIFA Gives Green Light To Iraq | | 2008-05-30 00:06:19 | | Iraq's World Cup qualifier against Australia will go ahead as planned this weekend after FIFA agreed to temporarily lift its suspension. The match had been in doubt after FIFA announced on Monday it was suspending the reigning Asian champion in response to its government's decision to dissolve its National Olympic Committee.However, FIFA agreed to revoke the ban after the Iraqi government provided written assurances that it had not dissolved the Iraqi Football Association. The lifting of the ban has Australia worried. Pim Verbeek, the Dutch coach of Australia, was happy the match would be played but warned his players Iraq will go in as more dangerous opponents now they have won their fight to play. "This is definitely not to our advantage what has happened," Verbeek said. "They will want to show everybody they deserve to be in the World Cup and we have to be alert on that. "It was not going to be an easy game already and it will be more difficult now."Australia, which leads Group 1 wi | | By: Beijing 2008 Olympics Blog | | |
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| Diplomats eyed for Iraq duty | | 2008-05-28 07:29:19 | | Diplomats eyed for Iraq duty next year
WASHINGTON - The State Department has begun to identify diplomats who could be forced to serve in Iraq next year unless enough volunteers come forward to fill about 300 positions, The Associated Press has learned.
A department-wide notice issued Tuesday says officials have looked through the files of all foreign [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| Iraq: Al-Qaeda releases video of teenage terror cell | | 2008-05-28 06:39:00 | | The Islamic State of Iraq, the umbrella name adopted by al-Qaeda groups in the country, has released the first video of the group's new teenage terror cell for those under 16 years of age. The video of the terror cell known as "Youths of Heaven" is produced by al-Furqan, the media production arm of the Islamic State of Iraq. The video was aired for the first time on Tuesday on the Arabic satellite television channel Al-Arabiya. It shows a group of young aspiring suicide bombers brandishing Kalashnikovs and promising to blow themselves up against "the crusaders and apostates." More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Looking for Enemies in Iraq | | 2008-05-28 03:56:00 | | A Kiowa helicopter crew searches for possible enemy activity along the Zaghytun Chay river in northern Iraq, Nov. 20http://strategypage.com/military_photos/military_photos_200811902040.aspx | | By: Military Enthusiast | | |
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| No End in Sight | how and what went wrong in Iraq War | | 2008-05-28 01:56:06 | | The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking1.honestly when i read the stereotyped media reports on the violence in Iraq or Afghanistan where the suicide bombing, killing and all sorts of violence is somehow tried to be portrayed as something linked with religious extremism ... i don't get it. with all my somewhat familiarity with islam and islamic teachings, it absolutely makes no sense how such act of violence can be sanctioned or even brain-washed through any kind of religious connection, no matter how extreme or how fanatic it can be pushed to.there is this notion in the media where using religious classification like Islamic Militia, Exteremist, Shia, Sunni, Mahdi Army it gives a whole picture as if all the violence is totally linked to religion of islam. but only if we look beyond the surface and what appears, we can easily see the truth of the matter and surprisingly it has very little to do with religion but more to do wit | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
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| Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani will not allow US-Iraq deal | | 2008-05-27 13:28:00 | | Iraq’s most revered Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly objected to a ’security accord’ between the US and Iraq.
The Grand Ayatollah has reiterated that he would not allow Iraq to sign such a deal with “the US occupiers” as long as he was alive, a source close to Ayatollah Sistani said.
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| Iraq football team out of Olympics | | 2008-05-27 03:48:25 | | It is unfortunate but Iraq’s football team won’t be able to compete in the Beijing Olympics after FIFA suspended them from their football federation.
The decision to ban the team comes after Iraq’s government dissolved the country’s National Olympic Committee (NOC).
“We have asked the government to withdraw its decision against the Iraq Football Association and we [...] | | By: Beijing Olympics 2008 | | |
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| McCain says he and Obama should visit Iraq together | | 2008-05-27 02:28:07 | | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together.
“Look at what happened in the last two years since Senator Obama visited and declared the war lost,” the GOP presidential nominee-in-waiting told The [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| U.S, Iran, Neighbors Meet Over Iraq | | 2008-05-26 15:52:37 | | Reuters: U.S., Iran and Arab neighbors to meet on IraqThis will be the first time Iranian and American negotiators will (publicly) be in the same room since talks over Iraqi security have been suspended. The U.S. should take this chance to publicly say:1. That a peaceful Iraq will not be possible without Iran2. Iran should stop arming Shiite militias3. A stable Iraq is in the interests of Iran and the Sunni countries of the region
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| Success in Iraq | | 2008-05-22 10:31:00 | | Do we still have troops in Iraq? Is there still a conflict over there? If you rely on the so-called mainstream media, you may have difficulty answering those questions these days. As Iraqi and Coalition forces pile up one success after another, Iraq has magically vanished from the headlines. Want a real "inconvenient truth?" Progress in Iraq is powerful and accelerating.But that fact isn't helpful to elite media commissars and cadres determined to decide the presidential race over our heads. How dare our troops win? Even worse, Iraqi troops are winning. Daily. You won't see that above the fold in The New York Times. And forget the Obama-intoxicated news networks - they've adopted his story line that the clock stopped back in 2003.To be fair to the quit-Iraq-and-save-the-terrorists media, they have covered a few recent stories from Iraq:* When a rogue US soldier used a Koran for target practice, journalists pulled out all the stops to turn it into "Abu Ghraib, The Sequel."Unforgivably, | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| U.S. Detains About 500 'Enemy Combatant' Children in Iraq, 10 in Afghanistan | | 2008-05-20 10:03:00 | | A total of 2,500 youths under the age of 18 have been detained, almost all in Iraq, for periods up to a year or more in President George W. Bush's anti-terrorism campaign since 2002, the United States reported last week to the U.N.'s Committee on the Rights of the Child.Civil liberties groups such as the International Justice Network and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) denounced the detentions as abhorrent, and a violation of U.S. treaty obligations."The juveniles that the United States has detained have been captured engaging in anti-coalition activity, such as planting Improvised Explosive Devices, operating as lookouts for insurgents, or actively engaged in fighting against U.S. and Coalition forces," the U.S. report said. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Bush apologizes to Iraq over Quran shooting | | 2008-05-20 09:57:18 | | BAGHDAD - President Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the Quran for target practice, Iraq said on Tuesday.
Bush apologized in a telephone call on Monday with Maliki, who told him the incident had humiliated and angered Iraq’s largely Muslim [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| Iraq for sale: Irak en venta | | 2008-05-19 06:14:33 | | «Iraq for sale - The war profiteers» es un documental de 75 minutos de duración dirigido por Robert Greenwald que trata el aspecto del enriquecimiento de corporaciones estadounidenses gracias a los jugosos contratos que acuerdan con la administración de ese país.
Blackwater, CACI, Halliburton, KBR son algunas de las corporaciones concesionarias que aparecen en el documental [...] | | By: Documentales Tv-ON | | |
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| US House Approves $10 Million in Aid for Iraq's Christians | | 2008-05-18 06:34:00 | | This is a tremendous victory for the advocacy efforts of the newly formed Chaldean Assyrian Syriac Council of America (CASCA). Representative Anna Eshoo, co-chair of the House Caucus said: "I'm pleased that the amendment contains $10 million for vulnerable Iraqi minorities. The needs of the Assyrians could not be greater…These families desperately need security, housing, jobs, schools and the chance to live in a sustainable community where they can openly practice their faith."Representative Joe Knollenberg, Caucus Member and Member of the House Appropriations Committee said: "I am proud to have helped deliver this needed assistance to our friends in Iraq. Together with the Iraqi-American community, we're making an important difference in the lives of Iraqi minorities who need our help." More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| McCain outlines vision of Iraq victory | | 2008-05-15 15:17:51 | | COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamoring for full-scale troop withdrawals.
The Republican presidential contender, in a mystical speech that also [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| You think Iraq is costing America? [part 3] | | 2008-05-14 13:00:05 | | The final four we'll look at...(for part 1 go here, and part 2 here)11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern border.http://www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/publications.php?b=deportation13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States."http://www.drdsk.com/articles.html
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| Al-Qaeda is Dwindling in Afghanistan and Iraq | | 2008-05-14 10:20:00 | | The most interesting discovery during a visit to Jalalabad, where Osama bin Laden planted his flag in 1996, is that Al-Qaeda seems to have all but disappeared. The group is on the run, too, in Iraq, and that raises some interesting questions about how to pursue this terrorist enemy in the future."Al-Qaeda is not a topic of conversation here," says Colonel Mark Johnstone, the deputy commander of Task Force Bayonet, which oversees four provinces surrounding Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan. Lieutenant Colonel Pete Benchoff agrees: "We're not seeing a lot of Al-Qaeda fighters. They've shifted here to facilitation and support." More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| President gives up golf in solidarity with U.S. dead in Iraq War | | 2008-05-14 07:01:19 | | I'm tempted to let this headline to stand for itself-- but I can't. Supposedly Bush gave up golf in 2003 (but we're just now hearing about it) after being notified, while on the golf course, that a truck bomb had killed 22 soldiers.And this is supposed to show his compassion and understanding of the depth of suffering that U.S. military and their families have experienced? And what will he give up for the rest of us, who are getting poorer and poorer in this three trillion dollar war? Chocolate bars?Atom
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| You think Iraq is costing America? [part 2] | | 2008-05-13 13:00:50 | | Continuing on...(if you missed part 1 go here)6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US.http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.htmlStay tuned for the final part tomorrow...
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| Assessing the Risks of Turkish Raids in Northern Iraq | | 2008-05-13 08:21:48 | | Turkey has just launched a fresh set of air raids against PKK targets in northern Iraq, continuing from last weekend into this week, following a series of PKK attacks in Turkey that killed four civilians and six soldiers. The New Anatolian reported yesterday that after the PKK's attacks, "The Turkish military retaliated with artillery strikes against the PKK hideouts in northern Iraq while the terrorists who attacked the military outpost were cornered as they fled back into northern Iraq and were...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| You think Iraq is costing America? [part 1] | | 2008-05-12 13:00:04 | | This will be the first of a three part series of things I think you will be shocked to find out. If you think that the war is costing us money, check these out. Below most of these is a website you can go to for verification. For the others, I'm sure you can google...1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd82. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 5. $17 Billion d | | By: Right on Conservative | | |
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| Just War and Endgame Objectives in Iraq | | 2008-05-12 06:09:00 | | The just war theory connects the use of military force to politics, reminding statesmen that war and politics serve the same goals—namely, justice, order, and peace. Every activity within war must be scrutinized for its capacity to create a more just reorganization of power. Robust analysis should attend not only to questions about whether war is justified, but also to broader political questions about the dynamics that lead to war and strategies for achieving peace....(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Those who go to fight in Iraq 'are preachers of evil' | | 2008-05-10 06:23:00 | | Gulf News - Prominent Saudi Islamic scholar and member of the Senior Scholars' Commission Shaikh Saleh Bin Fauzan Al Fauzan has warned Saudi youths against going to Iraq to fight in the war-torn country. "If they are obstinate and insist on going, then security officials should be given a tip-off about such people," he said. Shaikh Fauzan warned of an outfit called "Jamaat Tableegh" saying the Muslim Ummah was not in need of them. The scholar also called on the university professors to be vigilant and safeguard their students from deviant thoughts and extreme ideologies. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Iraq: making it out alive but not for long | | 2008-05-06 19:03:00 | | The war in Iraq may be off the radar screen for many of us, but not for U.S. military personnel and their families.In the month of April, 51 servicepeople died in Iraq, the highest number since last September. April injury numbers aren't out yet, and we know the military bigwigs do the best they can to obscure the real numbers, but documented physical injuries, serious enough to cause evacuation from Iraq, stand at at 29,395. Emotional injuries accompany the physical also, but you don't have to be bleeding on the outside to be in a world of trouble and pain.Suicide is the final symptom of emotional distress, and apparently the Department of Veterans Affairs and its Secretary James Peake have been deliberately underplaying just how high veterans' suicide rate, especially Iraq veterans, really is.. Today Peake testified at the House Veterans' Affairs Committee where he was accused of criminal negligence in the cover-up of the suicide crisis.One age group among veteran suicides really | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
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| U.S. Fighter Pilots Navigating Crowded Airspace in Iraq | | 2008-05-04 14:34:00 | | ABOARD THE USS HARRY S. TRUMAN -- U.S. pilots flying missions over Iraq come to the region expecting a host of challenges, including swirling sandstorms and urban battlefields filled with a mix of enemies and civilians.But Naval aviators flying off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman said one of the newest difficulties has been the least expected: navigating increasingly crowded airspace in a region that has experienced the world's fastest airline growth in recent years. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Bush 2003: Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended | | 2008-05-01 23:15:15 | | 5 years ago today Bush stood on the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Under the now infamous “Mission Accomplished” banner, he pridefully declared:
“Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed…
In the images of falling statues, we have witnessed the arrival of [...]
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| Journalist tells of Iraq kidnap | | 2008-04-29 23:04:00 | | British journalist Richard Butler describes for the first time the terrifying moment he was captured by Iraqi militia.
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| A look at life in Iraq through the eyes of a former student of mine | | 2008-04-28 19:44:00 | | The Canessa CornerBy Kevin Canessa Jr.When he was a student, Iban Goicoechea was a real smartass. He had a comeback for every line anyone — student or teacher — ever threw his way. And his comebacks were strong, funny and usually right on the money. He had an incredible sense of humor, loved to laugh — and he loved to make people laugh. He did a great job of that.When it comes time for ranking my all-time favorite students, Iban will be close to the very top of the list. He always had a way to make a boring, crappy day more delightful. Everyone who knows him loves him.Yet some months ago, I learned he was going into the United States Marines. And, as fate would have it, he’d wind up heading to Iraq shortly after his training ended. I have to admit: I never expected him to enlist. Yet, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise, because whenever we’d talk about Sept. 11, 2001 in class discussions, he’d spark up, and would have deep, sound thoughts about the events of that terrible | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| MIDDLE EAST: Iraq boosts oil export to Turkey | | 2008-04-28 19:18:07 | | Iraq is pumping 430,000 barrels of oil per day from Kirkuk to Turkey through pipelines in the north of the country, an Iraqi official says.
Iraq has been pumping this volume of oil to Turkey since March 17, the unnamed Iraqi official was quoted by Reuters as saying. Oil exports to Turkey via the...
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| Britons kidnapped in Iraq are ‘held by Iran’ | | 2008-04-28 11:35:00 | | Five British hostages who were kidnapped in Iraq almost a year ago are being held inside Iran by Revolutionary Guards, according to two separate sources in the Middle East and London.The hostages were handed over to the Revolutionary Guards by their Iraqi kidnappers last November, the sources believe. One of the sources said they were being held in the western Iranian city of Hamadan.If confirmed, the involvement of Revolutionary Guards would be seen as evidence that senior figures in the Iranian government had backed the decision to hold them in the country. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Iraq mass graves yield 100 bodies | | 2008-04-28 11:30:00 | | Iraqi security forces have found more than 100 bodies in two mass graves, military officials said on Sunday. Most of the bodies had their hands bound and gunshot wounds in the head. Some were decomposed, according to the military source, who declined to be named. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Iraq Veterans Against the War | | 2008-04-27 11:36:00 | | Today, at noon, I sat down to watch a little television, and as I usually do, I stopped at Channel 7's noon staple, "Like it Is." The show was showing testimony from members of a group known as IVAW — Iraq Veterans Against the War. Now, perhaps I've been really absent-minded, because this group has apparently been around for some time. But truth be told, I was stunned by what I was hearing. And I was equally as stunned by what I saw.During their testimony, the veterans of the war backed up their stories by using photographs and videos.I am going to share one of the videos with you. Pay close mind to this veterans comments about what life would be like if a foreign government were to invade our country.Also, if you feel so inclined, you can click here to see the group's Web site. I think for the sake of not getting too fired up, I'll say no more — for now. | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| Iraq militias ‘recruit child bombers’ | | 2008-04-25 09:04:09 | | Insurgent groups in Iraq are recruiting children for suicide attacks, according to a senior UN official.
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| Christian Assyrians Face Extinction in Northern Iraq | | 2008-04-25 04:36:00 | | Thousands of Christians fleeing persecution in other parts of Iraq have returned since 2004 to ancestral lands in the Nineveh Plain, just north and east of Mosul.While they have escaped the Islamic militias who slaughtered family members and burned down their houses and churches in Baghdad and Mosul, now they face a new battle. Today's enemies are poverty, joblessness, and despair.Jamal Dinha, mayor of Bartella, a large Christian village east of Mosul, painted a dire picture of the life these persecuted Christians now face in this Kurdish-controlled safe haven."The situation in our region is critical. Our young people are unemployed. We have IDPs [internally-displaced people] from everywhere. Our infrastructure is bad. Our cultural and scientific institutions don't exist. We have no electricity, bad water, broken streets."The despair is driving many families to emigrate a second time to Syria and Jordan. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. The International Oil Companies qualify for bid round | | 2008-04-24 13:17:31 | | Iraq's oil ministry has qualified thirty five international oil companies (IOCs) to bid for its first post-war licensing round, which it hopes to launch in May 2008.
The list of IOCs, compiled by the oil ministry's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate and obtained by Platts, includes US...
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| MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. Security environment the key element | | 2008-04-24 13:08:47 | | While the lack of a settled fiscal and legal regime governing oil contracts in Iraq represents a major uncertainty, as does the ability to improve internal infrastructure, the security environment remains the key element in whether technical service agreements can be translated into real action on...
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| MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. The year of transfer? | | 2008-04-24 13:02:57 | | Iraqi oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani said April 23 that the recent government crackdown in the southern oil hub of Basra had been a success and had created a safer environment for the oil industry.
Shahristani, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum in Rome,...
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| Rising Female Bombers in Iraq: An Alarming Trend | | 2008-04-22 20:22:35 | | The rise of female bombers in Iraq is now garnering greater media attention. The wow-factor of Muslim women strapping on the bomb is important today because these women pose a security threat to U.S. coalition forces in Iraq as well as Iraqi civilians and security forces. This dangerous trend should not surprise us. The latest television report of this phenomenon appeared tonight on FOX News with Britt Hume's Special Report at 6pm and will air again at 10pm. While an alarming trend, it is worth noting...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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