Iranian Television: Surge of Violence in Iraq The USG Open Source Center translates an Iranian program discussing the increase of political violence in Iraq. Iranian Al-Alam TV ‘Iraq Today’ Program on Surge of ViolenceAl-Alam TelevisionMonday, April 2, 2007 Tehran Al-Alam Television in Arabic at 1330 GMT on 1 April broadcast its “Iraq Today” program which […]
Hope Is Not Plan Thomas Mowles Edited
Hope is not A Plan Thomas Mowle’s edited book, Hope is not a Plan, is now available. Below is the amazon.com blurb. I have heard Mowle speak at a conference and his insights are invaluable. Book DescriptionFrom the outset, the war in Iraq was directed from Washington and executed by troops on the ground. Between […]
15 Percent Increase In Iraq Deaths
Increase in Iraq Deaths Despite Surge 6 US GIs killed over weekend McCain Continues Magical Mystery Tour For all those journalists and politicians who keep insisting that there are new “glimmers” of “hope” in Iraq because of the new security plan started 6 weeks ago, here is a sobering statistic from the Iraqi government. (I’m […]
Justice Minister Resigns Over Political
Justice Minister Resigns over Political Deadlock; Talabani: Success in Talks with Sunni Guerrillas Iraqi Justice Minister Hashem al-Shibli, has resigned. A Sunni, he represented the Iraqi National List of Iyad Allawi. The BBC suggests that one of his motives was the contradiction between his constitutional duty to oversee the upcoming referendum in Kirkuk Province concerning […]
25 Dead In Sectarian Killings In Mosul
25 Dead in Sectarian Killings in Mosul; Muqtada Calls for Massive Demonstrations; Talabani admits that US is Occupying Iraq The sectarian killings in the northern city of Tal Afar appear to have spilled over onto another northern city, that of Mosul, where police found 25 bodies Thursday according to Reuters. Amer Mohsen at Iraqslogger summarizes […]
Bombers Kill Over 130 Wounding Over Two
Bombers kill over 130, wounding over two Hundred US Embassy Orders Personal Armor in Green Zone Oh, yeah. Those rightwing Iraqi bloggers that Bush depends on for his news about the country have sure imposed security on Iraq by their sunny faces. Reuters reports on the horrific and massive bombings carried out by Sunni Arab […]
Shiite Fighters Kill 70 Sunnis In Tal
Shiite Fighters Kill 70 Sunnis in Tal Afar Saudi King Abdullah Condemns Illegitimate US Occupation of Iraq Kim Gamel of AP reports that Shiite militants and some Shiite policemen went on a rampage in the northern Turkmen city of Tal Afar on Wednesday, killing 70 Sunnis indiscriminately, injuring another 30, and kidnapping 40 others. The […]
Al Dhari On Year 4 Of American Iraq Us
Al-Dhari on Year 4 of American Iraq The US government Open Source Center translates an interview with Sunni fundamentalist leader Harith al-Dhari, a leader of the Association of Muslim Scholars, printed by al-Safir newspaper in Lebanon. ‘ Head of Iraqi Muslim Scholars Interviewed on 4th Anniversary of ‘Invasion’: Interview with Shaykh Harith al-Dari, head of […]
Mccain Checks Into Cloud Cuckooland 116
McCain Checks into Cloud Cuckooland 116 Iraqis Killed in Day of Carnage Senator John McCain has contracted Rumsfeld’s Disease. This malady consists of a combination of bad temper, misuse of language to obfuscate reality, and a Panglossian optimism in the face of stubborn, sanguinary facts on the ground. McCain, for instance, hailed that deployment of […]
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