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26 Killed in 2 Baghdad Bombings; Ahmadinejad calls for US Withdrawal; Public Rues Economic Cost of Iraq War From a Tuesday, March 4, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Mar 4, 2008 7:07am PST
Dozens die in Baghdad bombings Monday, March 3, 2008 : At least 25 people are killed despite tight security over Iranian president's visit....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2008 7:14am PST
Ahmadinejad in Baghdad, Day II From a Monday, March 3, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2008 7:04am PST
The Struggle for Kirkuk Monday, March 3, 2008 : By Oliver Poole Oliver Poole Former Iraq Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph His new book, Red Zone: Five Bloody Years in Baghdad, is to be published by Reportage Press in March. You might have missed it as in most of the world it was not front page news but a NATO member attacked a sovereign state last week....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2008 7:01am PST
Iraq: Search Continues for Kidnapped Archbishop Monday, March 3, 2008 : In northern Iraq, there is no word on the fate of Paulos Faraj Raho, the Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was kidnapped on Friday. A group of gunmen ambushed him as he drove away from the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul, where he had just celebrated Mass....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2008 7:00am PST
After Mosque Bombing, Samarra Sunnis Remain Alienated Monday, March 3, 2008 : Two years ago, insurgents blew up a sacred Shiite mosque in Samarra, Iraq. Rather than counter the insurgency, the U.S. military and the Iraqi government shut the city down. Now, the mosque is being rebuilt, but residents complain that they have yet to see real change in their city....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2008 6:59am PST
Ahmadinejad Touts 'New Chapter' in Iran-Iraq Relations Monday, March 3, 2008 : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wraps up a historic trip to Iraq Monday, seeking tighter bonds between the two countries. Ahmadinejad's two-day visit is the first by an Iranian president since former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein launched an eight-year war on Iran in 1980....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2008 6:59am PST
Ahmadinejad in Baghdad; Iraqi Death Toll up 33% in February; Sadrists Protest Veto of Provinces Law From a Sunday, March 2, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sun, Mar 2, 2008 7:53am PST
Iraq violence jumps in February Saturday, March 1, 2008 : The number of violent deaths in Iraq jumps by at least 30% in February, mostly due to three suicide bombings....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 10:50am PST
Turkish troops could re-enter Iraq Saturday, March 1, 2008 : Turkish officials have said that troops may launch another incursion into northern Iraq to battle fighters belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 10:49am PST
Librarians and archivists demand US return of stolen Iraqi documents Friday, February 29, 2008 :The removal of millions of pages of Interior Ministry documents from Iraq by the American military has prompted calls from organizations and individuals in the library and archives community for their return to the Iraqi people. These documents, many of which detail the crimes of the regime of Saddam Hussein and his predecessors, are now in the United States in the hands of the military and intelligence agencies....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 10:40am PST
Imperilled US Allies among the 4 Million Iraqi Refugees From a Saturday, March 1, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 10:36am PST
Turkish troops move out of Iraq Friday, February 29, 2008 : Turkey's military says it has withdrawn troops from Iraq after a controversial operation against Kurdish rebels....
Posted: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 7:07am PST
Iraq council approves 'Chemical Ali' hanging Friday, February 29, 2008 : The long-delayed execution of 'Chemical Ali', a cousin of Saddam Hussein and once one of the most feared men in Iraq, is to go ahead after the last legal obstacle was removed, Iraqi officials said today....
Posted: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 7:04am PST
Fact Check on McCain and Political Progress in Iraq From a Friday, February 29, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 7:02am PST
Turkey rejects timetable to end invasion of northern Iraq Friday, February 29, 2008 :Turkey has rejected out-of-hand the demands of the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to end the invasion of northern Iraq, which it launched on February 21 on the pretext of destroying the mountain bases of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The PKK has conducted a guerilla war for a separate state in the Kurdish-populated regions of southern Turkey since 1984....
Posted: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 6:54am PST
Anfal Widows Get Little Relief Friday, February 29, 2008 : Women widowed by Saddam’s ruthless Anfal campaign continue to struggle 20 years on. By Barham Omar in Shorsh (ICR No. 247, 29-Feb-08) Sabri Fatah has struggled to keep her head above water since 1988, when her husband disappeared after being arrested by Iraqi troops during Saddam’s Anfal campaign....
Posted: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 6:54am PST
Iraq Veterans Against the War - Winter Soldier video Link to a video describing, and soliciting donations for, a gathering of Iraq War veterans who will speak out in Washington, D.C. in March 2008 about what they witnessed in Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 9:00pm PST
The Shortwave Report 2/29/08 Listen Globally! A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 4:49pm PST
Jeremy Scahill: Despite Anti-War Rhetoric, Clinton-Obama Plans Would Keep U.S. Mercenaries, Troops in Iraq for Years to Come Thursday, February 28, 2008 :Jeremy Scahill reports Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will not "rule out" using private military companies like Blackwater Worldwide in Iraq. Obama also has no plans to sign on to legislation that seeks to ban the use of these forces in US war zones by January 2009. Despite their anti-war rhetoric, both Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton have adopted the Congressional Democratic position that would leave open the option of keeping tens of thousands ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 7:56am PST
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