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Iraq: Al-Hakim Seeks Constraints on Awakening Councils From a Sunday, December 23, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sun, Dec 23, 2007 9:20am PST
Iraq vows to disband Sunni groups Iraq's government has declared that it will disband Sunni groups battling al-Qaeda in Iraq after violence-wracked areas are calmed because it does not want them to become a separate military force....
Posted: Sun, Dec 23, 2007 9:08am PST
Iraq resistance still in operation Al Jazeera has obtained video footage that appears to show that Iraq's resistance movements are very much in operation, despite the US administration's claims....
Posted: Sun, Dec 23, 2007 9:07am PST
UN issues Iraqi children aid plea Saturday, December 22, 2007 : Unicef says millions suffer from poor nutrition, education, disease and violence....
Posted: Sat, Dec 22, 2007 12:54pm PST
Turkish aircraft 'bomb PKK bases' Saturday, December 22, 2007 : Artillery fire follows air attacks in latest Turkish incursion into Iraqi airspace....
Posted: Sat, Dec 22, 2007 12:50pm PST
Clinton: Troops Perhaps out in a Year; Al-Hakim Slams Awakening Councils; Rice Bunkers Down From a Saturday, December 22, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sat, Dec 22, 2007 12:41pm PST
Iraq 'torture chamber' discovered Friday, December 21, 2007 : Nine mass graves are also found near detention facilities in Diyala province....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 9:15am PST
Woman accuses US contractors in Iraq of rape as Justice Department shuns hearing Friday, December 21, 2007 :A woman testified before a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, charging that she was drugged and brutally raped by co-workers at a contracting firm in Iraq two years ago. After the attack she says she was held by her employer, contractor KBR, under armed guard without access to food, water or a phone, to prevent her from reporting the attack....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 9:11am PST
Suicide Bombings in Diyala, Baghdad From a Friday, December 21, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 9:07am PST
U.S. Soldiers Stage Mutiny, Refuse Orders in Iraq Fearing They Would Commit Massacre in Revenge For IED Attack Friday, December 21, 2007 :We speak with a reporter from the Army Times who gives an inside account of how an army unit committed mutiny and refused to carry out orders in Iraq. After an IED attack killed five more members of Charlie 1-26, members of 2nd Platoon gathered for a meeting and determined they could no longer function professionally, several platoon members were afraid their anger could set loose a massacre....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 8:57am PST
The Shortwave Report 12/21/07 ¡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, Dec 20, 2007 4:26pm PST
Turkish Ambassador: US was Helpful; 600 attacks a week in Iraq; Surge Exiled One Million Iraqis to Syria where they Face St From a Thursday, December 20, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 9:51am PST
Iraq: Nov 2007 Thursday, December 20, 2007 : A member of the European parliament cited IWPR’s Iraqi Crisis Reports in November as evidence of the persecution of Iraqi religious minorities following a European parliamentary debate....
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 9:50am PST
Moqtada Al-Sadr Pursues Education for Ayatollah Status Moqtada Al-Sadr, leader of the Mahdi Army and peacemaker between rival Shia/Sunni factions, is returning to seminary. He wishes to study further and gain status of Ayatollah, needed to gain credibility outside his hometown region of Sadr City....
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 3:52pm PST
Military Contractor CACI Accused of Widespread Abuse in Suit Brought By 256 Prisoners Held in Iraqi Jails Wednesday, December 19, 2007 :256 prisoners held at prisons in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the private military contractor, CACI. The suit alleges the prisoners were repeatedly sodomized, threatened with rape, kept naked in their cells, subjected to electric shock, attacked by unmuzzled dogs and subjected to serious pain inflicted on sensitive body parts. The suit alleges that employees of CACI directed soldiers to mistreat the prisoners....
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 7:16am PST
Blackwater Sued Again For Sept. 9th Attack, 5 Iraqis Dead, 10 Wounded Wednesday, December 19, 2007 :The Center for Constitutional Rights is filing another lawsuit today against the private military firm Blackwater -- this time for a shooting in Baghdad on September 9th that left five people dead and ten injured. The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of the family members of one those killed in the shooting. We speak with attorney Susan Burke....
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 7:16am PST
Was Rice's trip to Iraqi Kurdistan Deliberately Sabotaged? From a Wednesday, December 19, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 7:13am PST
US backs Turkish military attacks on northern Iraq Wednesday, December 19, 2007 :With the backing and assistance of the Bush administration, the Turkish military has launched two attacks in the past three days on Kurdish villages in northern Iraq. While targetted against the guerrilla forces of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the operations are threatening to provoke a broader conflict involving Turkey and Iraq....
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 7:12am PST
Turkish soldiers cross into Iraq Tuesday, December 18, 2007 : Some 300 Turkish troops enter northern Iraq, local officials say, stepping up pressure on Kurdish rebels....
Posted: Tue, Dec 18, 2007 7:41am PST
US Provided Real Time Intelligence for Turkish Strikes on Iraq From a Tuesday, December 18, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Tue, Dec 18, 2007 7:04am PST
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