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US escalates siege in Baghdad's Sadr City Wednesday, April 30, 2008 :US forces continued their siege against Baghdads Sadr City neighborhood on Tuesday, leaving dozens dead. The US military said a four-hour firefight broke out around 9:30 a.m. between US forces and militiamen as a US soldier injured by small-arms fire was being evacuated....
Posted: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 7:38am PDT
2 US Troops Killed, 21 Wounded; 37 Iraqis Killed in Baghdad Clashes; From a Wednesday, April 30, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 7:37am PDT
Adam Kokesh: Winter Soldier West ADAM KOKESH, Iraq vet, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and an organizer of WINTER SOLDIER comes to the Bay Area Tuesday May 6 and Wednesday May 7.
Tuesday: Kokesh speaks at the Oakland Federal Building, College of Marin; Visits East Bay High Schools.
Wednesday: He appears at SFSU, Delivers Stop-Loss Orders to Pelosi, Boxer and Feinstein, and appears at Veterans Memorial Bldg....
Posted: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 1:19pm PDT
Mortar, Rocket attacks in Baghdad; in aftermath of Militia Campaign From a Tuesday, April 29, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 7:33am PDT
Sadr Rejects al-Maliki's Terms; Green Zone hit by Mortar Barrage; Turkish Military Strikes at PKK From a Sunday, April 27, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 7:17pm PDT
UN: Tell US to End Illegal Detention Practices in Iraq (New York, April 28, 2008) The United Nations Security Council should address serious concerns about the detention practices of the US-led Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF) in its debate on Iraq, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to council members. The United States invokes Security Council resolutions to justify holding thousands of Iraqis for indefinite periods, without judicial review, and under military processes that do not meet international standards....
Posted: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 7:16pm PDT
A reincarnation of the Baghdad Pact The Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has completed the first phase of negotiations with the US over the long-term strategic agreement that will govern relations between the occupying power and occupied Iraq for decades to come. It will be supplemented by a "status of forces" agreement outlining the privileges and immunities of the 50,000-strong US military force that will be stationed in Iraq well beyond the formal withdrawal of the occupation army. Iraq will thus b...
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 10:30am PDT
New dawn for Sunnis? America is cultivating new allies among Iraq's disaffected, reports Saad Abdel-Wahab...
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 10:27am PDT
Iraq Olympic Nightmare BAGHDAD — For any athlete playing in the Olympic is a lifetime dream, but to Iraqi players, invited to the Games without even having had to qualify, this has become part of a nightmare....
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 10:22am PDT
Mullen Rattles Sabres at Iran; Muqtada Reaffirms Truce From a Saturday, April 26, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sat, Apr 26, 2008 8:44am PDT
Siege continues in Iraq as US escalates threats against Iran Saturday, April 26, 2008 :The United States militarys brutal offensive in Sadr City continued this week, with overnight raids killing dozens of people, including many civilians. The US offensive against the impoverished Baghdad neighborhood of 2 million people is entering its second month....
Posted: Sat, Apr 26, 2008 8:42am PDT
US-backed crackdown in Basra paves way for opening up Iraq's oil and gas Friday, April 25, 2008 :The Iraqi government is following up its US-backed campaign of terror against the Shiite Sadrist movement and its Madhi Army militia in Basra with moves to open up the countrys oil and gas resources for exploitation by transnational conglomerates....
Posted: Fri, Apr 25, 2008 7:56am PDT
Iraqi Kids Dream of Artificial Limbs ANBAR — While children elsewhere dream of a bright future and a good career, Mohammad Mukhaled, 10, has a far simpler dream.
"More than three years I have been without a leg. I'm forced to go to school by my parents. I don’t like it. I’m ashamed."...
Posted: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 7:07am PDT
5 US Troops Killed; Turkey Bombs N. Iraq; Iran Backs al-Maliki against Mahdi Army From a Thursday, April 24, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 7:04am PDT
Middle Eastern regimes line up behind US military crackdown in Baghdad and Basra Thursday, April 24, 2008 :Tuesdays international conference on Iraq has highlighted the venal character of all the Middle Eastern regimes in tacitly endorsing Washingtons neo-colonial occupation. Despite their occasional criticisms of the quagmire in Iraq and, in the case of Syria and Iran, pro forma calls for the withdrawal of foreign troops, the foreign ministers of Iraqs neighbours, along with Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf States, all dutifully turned up at the summit in Kuwait to discuss sta...
Posted: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 7:03am PDT
Broken Iraqi Marriages BAGHDAD — Economic hardship and sectarian pressures are ripping Iraqi families apart and the divorce rate has nearly doubled since the US-led invasion in 2003.
"From two to four couples come everyday asking for divorce, a rare scene seen five years ago," Judge Ayad Mohammad, from family affairs department, told IslamOnline.net....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 7:14am PDT
2 US Troops Killed, Others Wounded; Sadr City Fighting; Bombing, Kidnappings in Baquba From a Tuesday, April 22, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 7:07am PDT
Rice, US generals signal stepped-up bloodletting in Iraq Tuesday, April 22, 2008 :In a series of bellicose statements, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and US military commanders have signaled that there will be no letup in the bloodletting and terror that have been unleashed against Baghdads crowded and impoverished slum neighborhood of Sadr City....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 7:06am PDT
Northern Iraq is fragile, so Turkey should be careful Tuesday, April 22, 2008 : With all the attention in Iraq over the last five years focused on the fate of Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the conflict between Sunnis and Shiites, the role of Iran, the security of Anbar Province, the "surge" and, most recently, the further deterioration of Basra, the situation in northern Iraq has only received sporadic attention....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 7:03am PDT
Rice: Muqtada a Coward; Najaf Tense; Veterans Depressed, Unemployed From a Monday, April 21, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 8:12am PDT
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