DAWN.com | Dozens killed in Iraq violence CNN International (CNN) -- At least 60 people were killed and dozens more injured in Iraq on Wednesday during a wave of bombings and shootings, police told CNN. Most of the deaths occurred in Baghdad, where eight car bombs and two roadside bombs detonated in mostly ... Baghdad bears brunt as Iraq car bombs, shootings kill 33 Spate of explsions kill 33 in Iraq Over 30 people killed in Iraq terrorist attacks |
Aljazeera.com | Iraq Kurds to Pump Oil to Turkey in Truce With Baghdad Bloomberg Iraq's Kurds plan to start pumping oil to Turkey next month via a pipeline controlled by the central government in Baghdad, signaling an easing of their dispute over resources, according to two people familiar with the plan. The new line will take ... Oil shipment from Iraq 'not to raise oil prices' |
Washington Post | Why Obamacare May Be Obama's Katrina, Iraq National Journal Imperfect but instructive—so, too, are comparisons between Presidents Bush and Obama, and specifically, the causes and effects of their political crises, Katrina and Iraq for No. 43, Obamacare for No. 44. In a well-argued analysis last week, Michael ... Doubling Down: Healthcare Site Isn't Obama's Katrina–It's His Iraq War Obamacare is Obama's Obamacare. (Not his Katrina.) |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Actually, some of us still care a lot about Iraq and we are working to ... Foreign Policy (blog) I served twice as an enlisted paratrooper in Iraq and it was that experience, of being in a country we knew so little about, which led me to separate from the Army and go to school for Middle East Studies. I studied Arabic in Morocco and Egypt while an ... |
Media Matters for America (blog) | WMD Guilt? With Obamacare, The Press Keeps Trying To Minimize Iraq War Media Matters for America (blog) Not once but twice in recent days Meet The Press host David Gregory announced that the troubled launch of President Obama's new health care law is roughly the equivalent to President Bush's badly bungled war with Iraq. The NBC anchor was quick to point ... |
RT | 'Attacks against Shia in Iraq directly linked to situation Syria' RT The only way to stop increasing Middle East violence requires the United States to force Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to stop funding and arming Sunni fundamentalists, John Wight, a journalist who has been extensively covering the issue, told RT. |
Iraq hangs 12 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges Fox News Iraq has so far executed 144 people this year, compared to 129 in 2012. Human rights groups have long criticized trial procedures in Iraqi courts, arguing that some verdicts are based on testimony obtained by torture or forced statements. The ... |
Odierno still hopeful about Iraq USA TODAY Few U.S. commanders have spent as much time in Iraq as Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army's chief of staff. As a division commander Odierno led soldiers in the days immediately following the 2003 invasion, when the seeds of an insurgency were taking hold. |
The Independent (blog) | Iraq & Afghanistan: who was in charge, politicians or generals? The Independent (blog) US UK Sangin2007 300x198 Iraq & Afghanistan: who was in charge, politicians or generals Everyone knows that crazed warmonger Tony Blair “took us to war” in Afghanistan and Iraq, and that professional British soldiers did the best they could to carry ... U.K. Army Pushed Blair for Role in 2003 Iraq War, Study Finds |
Belfast Telegraph | Bombardier planes are winging their way to Iraq in £240m deal Belfast Telegraph Planes part-made in Belfast will be flying off to Iraq in the latest of a series of multi-million pound deals for planemaker Bombardier at Dubai Air Show. Related Articles. Northern Ireland's food and aerospace firms in Arabian Gulf on trade mission ... Bombardier in line to sell five CSeries planes to Iraq Bombardier Signs CSeries Deal With Iraq Bombardier signs CSeries deal with Iraq, first new commitment since test flight |