Violence in Baghdad is increasing as US and Iraqi forces fight militants loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. Intense fighting began Sunday after militia members attacked coalition positions during a sandstorm."More than 400 people have been killed in fighting over the last...
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The Death Squads in iraq Shia politicians.
With the Help of American?
By: Channel 4 UK.
The torture and slaughter of Iraqi civilians is reaching unprecedented heights with estimates of up to...
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"A female suicide bomber has attacked Shia worshippers in the city of Karbala, killing 49 of them on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques.
An Iraqi police officer and a witness said that Monday's bombing was carried out by a...
Another suicide bombing in Iraq, this time targeting pilgrims."An official told the BBC that a bomber wearing a suicide vest had detonated his device in a crowd. At least 60 people were injured in the attack.The blast happened on a main route to the Shia city of Karbala,...
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"MIDEAST: U.S. Seen in Policy Retreat
Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO, Jan 10 (IPS) - Recent months have witnessed several notable political reorientations in the Middle East, involving Iran, the Gulf states, Egypt and Lebanon. Several experts say...
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Here’s a story from the Washington Post that tells of some more good news coming out of Iraq.
"The drop in violence caused by the U.S. troop increase
in Iraq has prompted refugees to begin returning to their...
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Well at least he wasn't driving. Update: We have mug shot"Shia LaBeouf was arrested in downtown Chicago early Sunday morning outside a Walgreens, after repeatedly being told to leave the store.
Chicago police...
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LESSON ONE: The Big PictureMost Muslims the world over follow the Sunni branch of Islam.BUT: About 10%-15% of Muslims belong to the Shi'ite (also known as Shiite, Shi'a, Shi'ah or Shia) sect. The majority of...
It seems that the insugents, freedom fighters or folks sick and tired of being occupied that decided to do what the Bush administration does not want to do, stop, regroup, get back in the fight. When...
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"· Guerrillas in clashes with Revolutionary Guards
· Conflict threatens stability of Kurdistan regio
Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards participate in military training at an undisclosed location near...
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"I wrote yesterday about Time’s Joe Klein, and his assertion that even though things might be looking better in Iraq, it’s still a hopeless cause. “Anyone who says “victory” is possible in Iraq is lying...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates trip to the Middle East and the subsequent and substantial $63 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and a handful of smaller Arab states...
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"As a result, Hersh implies, the Bush administration is no longer acting rationally in its policy. "We're in the business of supporting the Sunnis anywhere we can against the Shia. ... "We're in the business of...
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Ewen MacAskill in WashingtonSaturday April 21, 2007The Guardian
The
US military is building a three-mile concrete wall in the centre of
Baghdad along the most murderous faultline between Sunni and...
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Although their sources seem less reliable than the U.S. and Iraqi ones who have been providing more or less the same information for weeks now. This is perhaps evidence of editorial caution: when Washington launches several dozen cruise missiles into the Iranian...
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