The following is my commentary concerning, "UN Official Demands Torture Accountability," (by Edger. Antemedius.com. July 2, 2009) and specifically Edger's comment at the end of that post as follows, "Where is the...
opinion by TomUsher | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago 143 views | 0 recommendations | 6 comments
Reported BAGHDAD by AP– Iraqis vote Saturday in the first nationwide election in three years, choosing provincial leaders in what amounts to a test of Iraq's stability as the U.S. plans to remove its troops. In contrast to Iraq's three previous ballots since the U.S.-led...
created by djsblack | 43 wks ago 208 views | 4 recommendations | 16 comments
When change occurs there are problems. In Iraq there have been big changes in the past year and more changes areoccurring.With luck Iraq will survive."There is talk of a coup to oust the prime minister. The...
The prime minister of Iraq has said that British troops should withdraw from Southern Iraq because they are no longer needed there, according to reports today."British troops should leave Iraq because they are no longer needed to maintain security, Iraq's prime minister has...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 79 views | 6 recommendations | 3 comments
Named source - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki - says negotiations with U.S. over Iraq withdrawal seemed suspect, even political."Last July, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said U.S. troops should be out of Iraq “as soon as possible” and endorsed Sen....
Doesn't this take away a major plank from Barack Obama's platform?"Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday....
created by BigT | 1 year ago 158 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
UPDATE: Fox News 8 July 2008"BAGHDAD — Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains specific dates for the...
Tune in to CNN, NBC or your local paper to see if you see this story. Good news from Iraq not good for the media. The Prime Minister of Iraq says, The Terrorists have been...
Things are improving in Iraq. The Iraqi government is gearing up to go into the southern city of Amara, which borders Iran. "Iraq's security forces tightened their grip on the southern city of Amara on Monday and...
created by BigT | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 212 views | 17 recommendations | 4 comments
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki on Sunday tried to allay Iranian fears over a planned
U.S.-Iraq security pact, saying his government would not allow Iraq to
become a launching pad for an attack on its neighbor.
“Iraq today doesn’t...
created by VLOGZ | 1 year ago 146 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Here's some progress."The U.S. ambassador to Iraq praisedPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday for cracking down onShi'ite militias and Sunni Arab militants and said al Qaeda inIraq had never been closer to defeat."You are not going to hear me say that al Qaeda...
created by BigT | 1 year ago 251 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
After mass desertions during the Basra operation, conducted by the Iraqi government with little cooordination with the Americans, the Iraqi army has dismissed almost 1500 soldiers."The Iraqi government has...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 2145 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
16 militants have been killed today after Iraqi troops came under heavy fire from a US warplane in the city of Basra. "Iraqi police earlier claimed eight civilians, including two women and a child, had been killed in a predawn airstrike in the Hananiyah neighborhood, a known...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 223 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments