Iraq Death Penalty Reconsiderations Dismissed Huffington Post BAGHDAD -- Iraq has executed nearly 100 people so far this year, a big increase over previous years that has intensified concern about whether defendants are receiving fair trials in a country where the United States has spent billions of dollars ... |
Iraq, Afghanistan … Iran? We've Been Here Before. New York Times (blog) “Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised,” he told Americans on the eve of the invasion. The day before, Vice President Dick ... |
New York Times | In US Exit From Iraq, Failed Efforts and Challenges New York Times In the case of Iraq, the American goal has been to leave a stable and representative government, avoid a power vacuum that neighboring states and terrorists could exploit and maintain sufficient influence so that Iraq would be a partner or, at a ... Lost chances of America's last months in Iraq Lost chances in final days in Iraq Is the party over for Iraq? Mysterious agents put end to nightlife |
ABC News (blog) | US Iraq War Resister Transferred to Lewis County Jail on International Day of ... U.S. Politics Today Iraq War veteran and resister Kimberly Rivera, who complied with the Canadian government's order that she leave the country on Thursday, was transferred to the Lewis County jail in Lowville, New York late on Friday. "Kim Rivera's refusal to participate ... Army Deserter Arrested at Border; Opposed Iraq War US soldier who refused to go back to Iraq arrested on return from Canada Iraq War defector held at Fort Drum after arrest |
The Daily Star | Iraq aims to unite with new national anthem, flag The Daily Star BAGHDAD: Iraq is seeking to replace its national anthem and flag in a move aimed at providing unifying national symbols and putting decades of conflict and hardship in the country behind it. “We are determined to finish the new flag and anthem this ... |
The Associated Press | Iraq blocks Syria-bound North Korean plane, suspects weapons cargo Chicago Tribune BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Friday it has denied permission to a North Korean plane bound for Syria to pass through Iraqi airspace on suspicion it could be carrying weapons, and the United States stressed the need to prevent any such arms transfers. Iraq bans Syria-bound NKorea plane with suspected arms load, potentially ... Iraq bars passage of N. Korean flight to Syria |
Seeking justice for the Iraq war Examiner.com They said that they had weapons of mass destruction. Nearly a decade ago, the Bush administration told the American public that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that we needed to go to war with them. The horrors of 9/11 were still fresh in ... |
Iraq Chooses Jeongshin, Archirodon for List to Build Breakwater Bloomberg Iraq placed Jeongshin Engineering & Construction Co. and Archirodon Construction Co. on a shortlist of two to build a breakwater for the $6 billion first phase of its Grand Fao port development. Archirodon submitted the lowest bid of 204 billion dinars ... |
On the Wrong Side New York Times Leaders of Iraq's Shiite-led government have often advised the United States not to worry about their ties with Iran, where Shiites are also in the majority. But the assurances are getting harder to swallow. Baghdad is showing a distressing willingness ... |
Iraq shrugs off calls to reconsider death penalty BlueRidgeNow.com Iraq has executed nearly 100 people so far this year, a big increase over previous years that has intensified concern about whether defendants are receiving fair trials in a country where the United States has spent billions of dollars trying to reform ... |