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Moqtada al-Sadr Warns U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq
NYT: “They will be treated as anyone who stays in Iraq, as a tyrannical occupier that must be resisted by military means,†Mr. Sadr said in his statement, partly aimed at Iraqi political leaders. “The government which agrees to them … Continue reading
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Iran and Iraq: History’s Timeline
This is a good timeline of relations between Iran and Iraqafter ’79 but it’s only a history in terms of diplomatic relations. The people of the two countries have a long history that predates the modern era. In fact, hundreds … Continue reading
Iranian exiles ‘must leave Iraq’ by years end
BBC: Iraq’s government has said members of an Iranian exile group must leave the country by the end of the year, after deadly clashes with security forces. The People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) would be forced out of its … Continue reading
Iraq’s Maliki says Bahrain may ignite sectarian war
Reuters: We did not move to support the Shi’ites in Bahrain but we called for interference in Bahraini affairs to be stopped and don’t want to make it a sectarian issue. Because if it happens, it will be like a … Continue reading
Iraqis Protest Saudi Intervention of Bahrain
Bahrain’s most influential cleric said Gulf troops would have been better off helping Palestinians in Gaza than entering Bahrain. Washington Post: BASRA, Iraq — Protesters in Iraq are jeering Saudi Arabia’s king as a slave of America and Israel for … Continue reading
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Ominous deja vu as Saddam’s victims watch Gaddafi
al-Arabiya: When he sees reports from Libya of a euphoric youth rebellion crushed in a brutal armed crackdown by an Arab ruler, Ahmed al-Saidi is overcome with an ominous sense of deja vu. A survivor of the failed 1991 uprising … Continue reading
Wikileaks Exposes Iran’s Secret Revenge on Iraqi Pilots For 1980s War
ABC News: A brief paragraph in the mountain of Wikileaks documents shed a sliver of light on what officials claim is a viscious and coldly efficient Iranian campaign of revenge on Iraqi air force pilots who bombed Iran during the … Continue reading
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“Growing Use of Contractors Added to War’s Chaos in Iraq”
NY Times – Excerpt: The mayhem cropped up around Iraq, notably in one episode reported in March 2005 in which a small battle erupted involving three separate security companies. At a notoriously dangerous checkpoint on the main road to the … Continue reading
“Is Iran Pulling the Strings in Iraq? Not Quite”
Time.com – Excerpts: The fact that Iran has blessed a second term of office for Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki — support that could help get him re-elected — is being treated in some corners as a grim and unexpected … Continue reading
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Iran and Iraq remember war that cost more than a million lives
The Guardian: Nostalgia is not the right word to describe how Iranians and Iraqis feel when they look back at the epic war they fought – one of the longest and bloodiest of the 20th century. It began 30 years … Continue reading
An Iraq War Veteran Speaks…
in a must see youtube video.
The King of Iraq
Foreign Policy:Â Sadr — feared by some, reviled by others and revered by a broad swath of Iraq’s urban poor — is now a kingmaker in Iraqi politics. It’s a role that Sadr, the scion of a prominent clerical family, … Continue reading
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Black Iraqis Speak
Just another reason why al-Jazeera is awesome.
Angry Iraqi throws shoes at President Bush in Baghdad
Wow. I can’t believe Bush had shoes thrown at him. Wow. See the video here. Bush was in Iraq for a farewell visit and the shoe-throwing journalist yelled: “This is a farewell … you dog!” It’s so embarrassing that I’m … Continue reading
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