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Eyes Wide Shut on the Iraq War - Consortium News Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:04:45 GMT

Consortium News

Eyes Wide Shut on the Iraq War Consortium News Exclusive: As the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War approaches, it's worth recalling one moment when the curtain was prematurely lifted on the lies justifying the invasion – and how quickly government officials and the complicit mainstream press pulled ... and more »

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Iraq president's health improving, can now talk: doctor - Reuters Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:47:30 GMT

Iraq president's health improving, can now talk: doctor Reuters KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is now able to talk, his doctor said, adding he was hopeful the Kurdish statesman would soon be fit to return to Iraq from Germany, where he has been receiving medical treatment for a stroke. and more »

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Iraq, Afghanistan war veterans take on challenge of ice climbing - The Missoulian Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:32:15 GMT

Iraq, Afghanistan war veterans take on challenge of ice climbing The Missoulian Brandon served three tours in Iraq with the U.S. Army. He fought in the violent Sadr City, a district of Baghdad formerly known as Saddam City, where he said one day a group of locals would be your allies and the next day they'd become your enemies. and more »

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Tepid approach to North Korea ends debate of past Iraq invasion - Daily 49er Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:55:52 GMT

Tepid approach to North Korea ends debate of past Iraq invasion Daily 49er Anyone following international news lately knows North Korea is playing its crazy cards all at once. Kim Jong Un, North Korea's ruler, oversees a regime that has conducted nuclear tests in direct violation of U.N. sanctions, threatened South Korea and ...

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Revealed:The SAS secret mission to kill in Iraq BEFORE MPs voted to invade - Daily Mail Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:26:42 GMT

Daily Mail

Revealed:The SAS secret mission to kill in Iraq BEFORE MPs voted to invade Daily Mail The SAS were involved in fierce fighting inside Iraq the day before the crucial Commons vote in 2003 that approved military action against Saddam Hussein's regime, The Mail on Sunday can reveal today. As the tenth anniversary of the start of the Iraq ... and more »

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Agent tries to lure Indian workers to banned Iraq via UAE - Emirates 24/7 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:38:14 GMT

Agent tries to lure Indian workers to banned Iraq via UAE Emirates 24/7 It appears that recruiting agents are trying to circumvent the Indian government's ban on sending workers to Iraq by bringing them first to the Gulf region and then sending them to Iraq or Afghanistan. That is perhaps why Indian workers are continuing ...

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Iraq: Governor of Diyala province escapes assassination bid - Middle East Online Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:27:35 GMT

Middle East Online

Iraq: Governor of Diyala province escapes assassination bid Middle East Online BAQUBA (Iraq) - The governor of Iraq's restive Diyala province was wounded in a suicide car bombing on Saturday, while a provincial elections candidate was killed in another attack, police said. The suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle ... Provincial Governor Among Wounded in Iraq Violence; 16 Killed Across CountryAntiwar.com Iraq governor wounded by suicide bomberGlobalPost Provincial governor escapes suicide bombing in Iraq's DiyalaNzweek all 6 news articles »

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Iraq President Talabani Reportedly Off Death Bed And Speaking - Eurasia Review Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:21:19 GMT

Eurasia Review

Iraq President Talabani Reportedly Off Death Bed And Speaking Eurasia Review Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, who was hospitalized after suffering a stroke in December last year, is reportedly now able to speak and understand other people, according to his doctor. AP reported on Sunday that the Arab leader is on the road to ... Iraq President recovering from stroke, says doctorFirstpost Ailing Iraqi President Talabani can speak, understand others after stroke, his ...The Republic Iraqi president Jalal Talabani recovering from his stroke, doctors sayGlobalPost all 6 news articles »

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Protests in Iraq continue amid new killings - Aljazeera.com Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:54:26 GMT

Washington Post

Protests in Iraq continue amid new killings Aljazeera.com The rallies were sparked by the arrest on December 20 of bodyguards of Iraq's finance minister, a Sunni, and have spurred allegations that the government was using anti-terror legislation to target the Sunni minority. Sunni demands. Many demonstrators ... Gunmen kill 7 Sunni anti-Qaida fighters in Iraq, Iraq officials sayWashington Post Gunmen Kill 7 Pro-Government Militiamen in IraqVoice of America Gunmen kill seven anti-Qaeda militiamen in northern IraqPress TV Yahoo! News (blog) -The Hindu -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty all 19 news articles »

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Saudi Arabia And Qatar Ratcheting Up Sectarian And Ethnic Tensions In Iraq ... - Eurasia Review Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:10:08 GMT

Eurasia Review

Saudi Arabia And Qatar Ratcheting Up Sectarian And Ethnic Tensions In Iraq ... Eurasia Review Iraq, nearly a decade after the U.S. led invasion and one year after the end of the U.S. occupation is undeniably grappling with not merely an escalating sectarian crisis between the Shia-led partnership government and an increasingly disaffected Sunni ...