CBS News | Series of explosions in Iraq kill at least 22 CBS News There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but car bombings in Shiite areas are a favorite tactic of Sunni extremists such as al-Qaida's local affiliate. The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, considers Shiites to be heretics and accuses ... |
The Economist | Iraq ten years on The slow road back The Economist MESOPOTAMIA, the ancient name for Iraq, means “land between the rivers”. Today, though, the lines which divide the country, not those which circumscribe it, matter most. In the north and south people are emerging from the deepest of traumas into a ... Iraq PM warns of Syria crisis spillover Iraq's media in the crossfire US official: Iraq continues to allow Iranian overflights to Syria |
Aljazeera.com | Middle East Iraq hit by series of deadly attacks Aljazeera.com With the latest violence, more than 200 people have been killed and over 550 wounded in attacks in Iraq February, according to an AFP news agency toll based on security and medical sources. Violence in Iraq is down significantly from its peak in 2006 ... Iraq Car Bomb Strikes Baghdad Eatery, Killing 10 Iraq attacks kill 26 people More Than 20 Killed In Iraq Blasts |
FRANCE 24 | Iranian exiles ask UN, US protection in Iraq after rocket hit Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - An Iranian exile leader called on Thursday for swift U.N. and U.S. action to prevent further attacks on Iranian dissidents in a transit camp in Iraq following a rocket strike in which at least five people were killed and many wounded. Iran exiles demand UN guarantee safety in Iraq |
The Guardian | Don't mention the Iraq war, William Hague tells cabinet The Guardian William Hague has provoked a bitter row within the coalition by privately writing to other members of the cabinet urging them not to discuss the case for, or the legality of, the Iraq war in the runup to the 10th anniversary of the invasion later this ... |
War veteran tries out for Dodgers FOXSports.com MLB. War veteran tries out for Dodgers. Share This Story. Tweet. Updated Feb 28, 2013 9:44 PM ET. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP). A war veteran from Iraq who lost part of his leg in an explosion has tried out for the Los Angeles Dodgers. MLB · MILITARY MISSION ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | The lesson of the Iraq war is that benign intervention can work Telegraph.co.uk Ten years after the start of the Iraq war, it is often overlooked that Britain's participation in the highly complex military operation to overthrow Saddam Hussein's dictatorial regime was deemed to be an unqualified success. Because of the bitter ... |
The Guardian | Iraq must not blind us to Blair's skill and seriousness The Guardian The 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion has inevitably thrust Blair briefly back into the national conversation. Even so, his Newsnight interview on Iraq this week felt an oddly ghostly affair, with Blair going through the motions of the old ... Watch Tony Blair Defend the Iraq War to a Skeptical Journalist Blair on Iraq on Newsnight in full Ten Years Since the War in Iraq, Blair Is Still a Warmonger |
Newsworks.org | Iraq War veteran from Cape May County replaces Democrat Milam in New ... Press of Atlantic City VINELAND — Democrat Matt Milam stepped down Thursday night from the 1st Legislative District Assembly seat he has held since 2008 and was replaced by an Iraq war hero from Cape May County. Milam told party members gathered at the Cosmopolitan ... Iraq War vet joins Van Drew ticket Dems nominate Iraq war veteran to replace Milam |
The Guardian | Guardian readers: Iraq war was not justified The Guardian Guardian readers responded with vigor to Ambassador John Bolton's column yesterday, which defended the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Nearly everyone who took the time to comment disagreed with the war, its motives and many of Bolton's claims. As the 10th ... |