<< Back


Escaped Inmates From Iraq Fuel Syria Insurgency - New York Times Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:14:38 GMT

Big News Network.com

Escaped Inmates From Iraq Fuel Syria Insurgency
New York Times
BAGHDAD β€” A series of daring but little noticed breakouts from Iraqi prisons has freed hundreds of hardened militants who are now among the leaders and foot soldiers of the radical Sunni groups operating in neighboring Syria and, increasingly, in Iraq ...
Abu Ghraib culture in 'liberated' Iraq continuesAl-Arabiya
Thousands of women being tortured in jails in IraqBig News Network.com
Perpetuating the Abu Ghraib Culture: The Harrowing Abuse of Iraqi WomenToward Freedom
CounterPunch
all 9 news articles »

UN: Clashes in Iraq's Anbar displaced 300000 - Aljazeera.com Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:24:34 GMT

Aljazeera.com

UN: Clashes in Iraq's Anbar displaced 300000
Aljazeera.com
Violence in Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province, where armed groups fully control one city and parts of another, has displaced up to 300,000 people in six weeks, the United Nations has said. The province has been hit by a surge in fighting between ...
Violence in Iraq's Anbar province 'displaces 300000'BBC News
Displacement from Iraq's Anbar provinceUNHCR (press release)
Iraq PM pledges jobs for allies as 300000 displacedgulfnews.com
SBS
all 57 news articles »

Bombs kill at least 17 across Iraq: police and medics - Reuters Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:55:46 GMT

Press TV

Bombs kill at least 17 across Iraq: police and medics
Reuters
No group claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but Sunni Islamists and other insurgents have been regaining ground in a violent campaign to destabilize Iraq's Shi'ite-led government. More than 1,000 people were killed in attacks across the ...
Controversy surrounds alleged Iraq-Iran arms dealAl-Monitor
Day of violence leaves 17 dead across Iraq: SourcesPress TV

all 32 news articles »

Iraq: Suicide bombing tutor kills himself and 20 pupils in training camp gaffe - euronews Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:02:41 GMT

euronews

Iraq: Suicide bombing tutor kills himself and 20 pupils in training camp gaffe
euronews
A suicide bombing instructor killed himself and 20 of his pupils in Iraq when he accidentally set off explosives during a training session, it's emerged. The incident happened at an insurgents' camp near Samarra, around 100km north-west of the capital ...
Al-Qaeda Splinter Faction Shows How Not to Be a TerroristTIME
Iraq: 21 Die as Militants Accidently Blow Themselves UpABC News
Iraq car bomb instructor blows up 21 of his studentsWashington Times
New York Times -CNN -Boston Globe
all 560 news articles »

We Did Not 'Lose' Iraq - Foreign Policy (blog) Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:37:27 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

We Did Not 'Lose' Iraq
Foreign Policy (blog)
In late December, the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) seized considerable territory in the predominantly Sunni Anbar province. Its gains included neighborhoods in the city of Fallujah, the site of an epic U.S. battle against al ...
New terror in IraqGlobal Times
Iraq: The High Cost of RetreatAINA
Focus: Iraq Near Implosion (2-2)Sudan Vision
MWC News -Fabius Maximus (blog) -Gulf Today
all 7 news articles »

Iraq speaker escapes assassination bid - Aljazeera.com Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:31:12 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Iraq speaker escapes assassination bid
Aljazeera.com
Mosul and surrounding Nineveh province, where al-Nujaifi's brother Atheel is governor, are two of Iraq's most violent areas, with attacks regularly targeting security forces, government officials as well as civilians. In another blast, at least 21 ...


These are the 9 weapons the US is selling Iraq - GlobalPost Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:10:52 GMT

These are the 9 weapons the US is selling Iraq
GlobalPost
Now, Iraqi security forces and pro-government tribesmen are fighting Al Qaeda-linked militant groups in the same cities that saw some of the highest casualties among US troops during the Iraq war. But their efforts have been hampered by their lack of ...
9 weapons the US is selling IraqSan Bernardino Sun

all 3 news articles »

Iraq war veterans back home after 2400-mile walk to raise awareness - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:18:51 GMT

Iraq war veterans back home after 2400-mile walk to raise awareness
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Iraq war veterans Anthony Anderson (left) and Tom Voss are shown on their walk from Milwaukee to Los Angeles to raise money and awareness of Veterans' issues. By Meg Jones of the Journal Sentinel. Feb. 12, 2014 10:57 a.m.. Tweet. Email; Print.


Al Qaeda-Linked Group Reportedly Started Printing Its Own Currency in Iraq ... - TheBlaze.com Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:25:09 GMT

TheBlaze.com

Al Qaeda-Linked Group Reportedly Started Printing Its Own Currency in Iraq ...
TheBlaze.com
A tribal leader in western Iraq's Anbar Province showed the media a photo of one of the bills issued by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) printed in the amount of β€œone Islamic hundred pounds.” This photo was posted on several Arabic ...
Anatomy of militant groups reveals Iraq's different challengesThe National
Al Qaeda-linked Group Printing Currency in Iraq With Osama, WTC ImagesAINA
Al-Qaeda-ISIL Split: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly – AnalysisEurasia Review

all 9 news articles »

UK floods: Iraq war veteran Maj Gen Patrick Sanders leads military flood response - Telegraph.co.uk Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:04:03 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

UK floods: Iraq war veteran Maj Gen Patrick Sanders leads military flood response
Telegraph.co.uk
The general leading military efforts to deal with flooding commanded troops in one of the toughest periods of the Iraq war, and has since proved willing to hold his political masters to account for equipment shortages. As Assistant Chief of Defence ...