Jews fight US, Iraq, Obama over stolen Torahs WND.com Jews worldwide are mobilizing to fight a plan by the U.S. National Archives under the Obama administration to hand over to the Muslim government in Iraq thousands of mostly priceless treasures, including ancient Torahs, that had been stolen by Saddam ... |
Aljazeera.com | Blackwater faces new charges in Iraq killings Aljazeera.com The vast majority of the US contractors who served in Iraq did so with honour and integrity, but, as alleged today, these defendants abused their power through a relentless attack on unarmed civilians that recklessly exceeded any possible justification. Ex-Blackwater contractors face fresh charges in Iraq attack Privatising security in Iraq was always a recipe for disaster Blackwater faces new charges for Iraq killing |
Al Jazeera America | Shia death toll rises in latest wave of Iraq attacks Al Jazeera America Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday. A barrage of car bomb and suicide bomb blasts rocked Baghdad and two northern Iraqi communities Thursday, killing dozens of people during a major holiday period and ... |
Deseret News | Iraq bomb attacks mar end of Eid festival euronews Elsewhere on Friday, insurgents in northern Iraq killed a mother and her three sons who belonged to a minority Kurdish group. At Baquba north of Baghdad, two members of the same family were killed and five others wounded in a bomb explosion. Thursday ... Iraq: Wave of car, suicide blasts kill at least 51 Iraq: Blasts Kill at Least 61 People Scores killed in Iraq bombings |
Nature World News | Iraq War Killed Half-a-Million People, Study Finds Nature World News The Iraq war claimed nearly 500,000 lives between 2003 and 2011, a new study by researchers at University of Washington and colleagues found. The study also claimed that for every three people killed during the U.S-led invasion, two more died due to ... Our country has suffered from the effects of the Iraq War |
Press TV | Iraq's Moment to Rise or Burn - by Marc Lynch Foreign Policy (blog) Iraq is facing a rising death toll, with more than 5,000 recorded deaths from a horrific wave of car bombs, and attacks by a reinvigorated insurgency driven by Syria's war and by Maliki's obstinately sectarian and autocratic politics. Washington needs ... Obama to meet Iraq prime minister Iraq's al-Maliki to meet with Obama November 1: White House 'Russia begins shipping arms to Iraq' |
Al Qaeda strikes fear into Iraq's government-backed Sunni militia Reuters Ahmed, who did not want his full name used, was targeted for belonging to a government-backed Sunni Muslim militia formed at the height of Iraq's sectarian conflict in late 2006, when Sunni tribesmen joined forces with U.S. troops and rebelled against ... |
New York Times (blog) | Insight Into How Insurgents Fought in Iraq New York Times (blog) This kind of attack occurred many times in Iraq, often with fatal consequences. Yet the weapon and tactic were not often discussed publicly. Relatively small and easily concealed, the RKG-3 is a peculiar type of grenade, another relic of the Soviet ... |
Suicide truck bomber kills 15 in northern Iraq Reuters MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives blew himself up in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least 15 members of the country's Shabak minority early on Thursday, police said. It was not immediately clear who ... |
The Most Lethal Weapon Americans Faced in Iraq New York Times (blog) In the first part of this series, At War explored the various conventional weapons used by insurgents in Iraq, as evidenced by reports, called “storyboards,” written by United States forces detailing the contents of captured weapons caches. Often times ... |