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US Using UN Backdoor to Get Iraqi SOFA*
Iraqi women pass U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tony Carter, 34,from Cross, S.C. as he patrols in Mosul.U.S. weighs U.N. option to remain in Iraq: Shifts strategy after Baghdad crosses ‘red lines’ in proposalBy Nicholas Kralev / November 3, 2008 The … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Iraq Withdrawal, United Nations
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Profound Elements of Instability Characterize Iraq
An Iraqi police officer guards passengers recently at a central Baghdad railway station. Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP.Iraq smolders even as it cools as voter issueBy Liz Sly / November 2, 2008 War’s pull at U.S. polls is lessened, even as Iraqis … Continue reading
Most Basic Iraqi Infrastructure Doesn’t Function
A woman collects an aid package from the Iraqi Red Crescent in Baghdad. The Red Cross says it cannot provide basic services indefinitely.Warning on ‘dire’ Iraq conditionsBy Imogen Foulkes / October 29, 2008 The Red Cross is warning that despite … Continue reading
Fallujah: Another Failure of Bush’s Iraq Promises
Iraqi workers place concrete for a small clarifier tank for a waste water treatment plant as part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to rebuild the Fallujah sewer system. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Travis Edwards.$100-million … Continue reading
Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Languishes
Iraq’s prime minister won’t sign U.S. troop dealBy Roy Gutman / October 24, 2008 BAGHDAD — Fearing political division in the parliament and in his country, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki won’t sign the just-completed agreement on the status … Continue reading
The Nonexistent Good News from Baghdad
Electrical wires span the streets in Baghdad, fed by private generators that provide backup for districts without power from the central grid. Photo: Marko Georgiev for The New York Times.Wrecked Iraq: What the Good News from Iraq Really MeansBy Michael … Continue reading
McCain on Iraq : Ignorant and Contradictory
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, tells a crowd in Columbus, Ohio on May 15, 2008, that the Iraq War can still be “won.” Photo by AP.A Confused McCain Lunges About on Iraq and the OccupationBy Sherman De Brosse / … Continue reading
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Tagged History, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, McCain, McCain Mistakes, Presidential Campaign
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Ethnic Cleansing of Iraq Is Not Yet Finished
A car bomb damaged this Chaldean church in west Mosul on January 17, 2008. Photo: Elizabeth Valgiusti.3,000 Christians flee Mosul raidsOctober 12, 2008 MOSUL — Militants blew up three empty Christian homes yesterday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, … Continue reading
Cholera in Iraq: A Result of Government Corruption
Children fill water containers in a former Baghdad army base, now a slum. Cholera has infected many supplies. Photo: AFP/GETTY IMAGESCorruption blamed as cholera rips through IraqBy Patrick Cockburn / October 10, 2008 BAGHDAD — A deadly outbreak of cholera … Continue reading
Despite the Surge, the Iraqi Brain-Drain Continues
Women carry rice and flour rations that the Iraqi army distributed to returning families in Khan Bani Saad in Diyala province. “We just want people to go back to their normal lives,” said Col. Ali Mahmoud, an Iraqi commander in … Continue reading
Austin : Demonstrators Oppose Military Recruitment for Iraq War
Demonstrators protesting the continuing occupation of Iraq gathered on Friday, September 19 at Dobie Mall adjacent to the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. Dobie Mall houses a military recruitment center and has been the site of anti-war … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Demonstration, Austin, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Military Recruiting, Peace Activists, Peace Movement
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And They Turned the Lights Off When They Left
Satellite image of night lights in Baghdad. By tracking the amount of light emitted by Baghdad neighborhoods at night, a team of UCLA geographers has uncovered fresh evidence that last year’s U.S. troop surge in Iraq may not have been … Continue reading
