News Iraq Carnage: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded As VP Condemned to Death
09-10-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, Margaret Griffis
Sunday: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded; Hashemi Condemned to Death
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News Iraqi leader to Obama: ‘Why did you leave Iraq to Iran?’
09-06-2012
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The Daily Caller
President Obama is expected to tout the end of American military involvement in Iraq, but a prominent tribal leader who helped end the Iraq War is now asking Obama, “Why did you leave Iraq to Iran?”
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News Iran Supplying Syrian Military via Iraqi Airspace
09-04-2012
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New York Times
Iran has resumed shipping military equipment to Syria over Iraqi airspace in a new effort to bolster the embattled government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, according to senior American officials.
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News Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Bush and Blair Should Be Sent to The Hague
09-03-2012
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http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff
South African Nobel Peace Prize Winner says former leaders should face international criminal court for war crimes
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News Iraq to Receive First Batch of F-16s in 2014
08-23-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Washington is desperately supporting the Iraqi dictatorship in a bid to maintain its influence
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News A Strategic Trade-Up
08-23-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
Condoleezza Rice was asked if the war in Iraq was worth it? .... [Iraq] "becoming for instance the fourth-largest purchaser of American military equipment in the Middle East. That’s called a strategic trade-up....."
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News Gun crazy in America / Priest expelled from Syria / Fleeing to Iraq
07-27-2012
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http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com
The latest full-length edition of Amanpour is now online: Part 1 Gun crazy in America:
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Opinion Ray McGovern: My Take
Will Downing St. Memo Recur on Iran?
07-25-2012 Ray McGovern
Recent remarks by Sir John Sawers, who heads Britain’s MI6 (the Secret Intelligence Service that is Britain’s CIA counterpart), leave us wondering if Sawers is preparing to “fix” intelligence on Iran, as his immediate predecessor, Sir John Scarlett,
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News Iraqi death toll rises to 89 in the worst wave of attacks this year
07-23-2012
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http://www.rt.com
A series of blasts and shootings has brought the single-day death toll for brutal attacks across Iraq to 89 victims, including 13 Iraqi soldiers.
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Opinion Oracle of Reason
Fixing Iraq, Winning the War
07-15-2012 Mike Renzulli
Since pragmatism and compromise is used for foreign relations and has been an unmitigated disaster, the best strategy to reassert the U.S.'s role in Iraq and a long term strategy to win the War on Terrorism can be drawn from a lesson from the past.
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News US gone, Iraq starts to improve economically
07-01-2012
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New York Times
One has a designated prayer room. Another frisks patrons at the entrance, requiring them to check their pistols, like coats in a fancy restaurant. They are good places to escape the desert heat, and in a conservative Islamic culture, they are one of
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News When History Didn't Vindicate
06-24-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
“History will vindicate us” — UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, at George W. Bush’s side, 2003.
Blair is "a leader of conviction of passion of moral clarity and eloquence" — Bush, immediately afterwards.
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News Turkey hits Kurdish rebels deep inside Iraq
06-24-2012
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AP
Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts deep inside northern Iraq, and Kurdish rebels killed one policeman and wounded three others in a roadside bomb attack inside Turkey on Sunday, authorities said.
The military said on its website
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News Iraqi press crackdown: Police to close media agencies
06-23-2012
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http://www.rt.com
Iraqi police are under orders to shut down a number of foreign and local media outlets across the country, reports Iraqi journalist rights group.
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News Iraq PM warns of 'wars' over Exxon deal with Kurds
06-19-2012
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AFP
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki believes a contract between US oil giant ExxonMobil and Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is dangerous and could lead to "wars," his spokesman told AFP. ExxonMobil signed an oil exploration deal with the Kurdistan regi
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News U.S. warns Iran dissidents they must close Iraq camp
06-18-2012
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Reuters
The United States warned an Iranian dissident group on Monday to follow through on plans to close a base in Iraq founded under Saddam Hussein, saying it was "gravely mistaken" to believe there was any other option.
The State Department urged the g
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News Former aide says Tony Blair was pressured by Murdoch not to delay Iraq invasion
06-17-2012
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Rawstory
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch telephoned then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair on March 11, 2003 — 8 days before the U.S. invasion of Iraq — and urged him not to do anything that could delay the start of the conflict.
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News Car bombs kill 26 on last day of Iraq pilgrimage
06-16-2012
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http://www.usatoday.com,
Two car bombs in Iraq's capital killed at least 26 people Saturday on the last day of a Shiite pilgrimage already hit by multiple bombings.
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News Wave of Bombings in Iraq Kills 83
06-14-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by John Glaser
Iraq is unstable with a brutal dictatorship and bloody sectarianism
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News Bomb Attacks Around Iraq Target Shiites, Killing Dozens
06-13-2012
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New York Times
Then, reports of other attacks flooded in from around the country — Samarra, Kirkuk, Mosul, Falluja, Ramadi, Hilla — and by midday officials said more than 90 people were dead and at least 260 were wounded.
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News U.S. asks Iraq to extradite Hezbollah suspect
06-01-2012
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Reuters
The fate of Ali Mussa Daqduq has been vexing American officials since last December, when the United States was forced to hand him over to Baghdad after failing to secure a custody deal ahead of the U.S. military's withdrawal from the country.
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News Finally, an American Is Jailed for Actions Toward Iraq
05-24-2012
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Lew Rockwell blog
But not an actual criminal. Presidents Reagan and H. W. Bush gave $ billions to prop up the corrupt Hussein dictatorship. Clinton imposed crippling sanctions, killing thousands — probably tens of thousands — of civilians. W. Bush tried to bomb Baghda
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News Bush and Blair’s pre-Iraq conversation must be disclosed, U.K. tribunal rules
05-23-2012
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The Guardian
The Foreign Office lost an appeal against an order by the information commissioner, Christopher Graham, to disclose records of the conversation between the two leaders on 12 March 2003. Graham’s order was made in response to a freedom of information
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News Iraqi military to buy unmanned US drones to monitor oil fields
05-21-2012
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The Hill
American military drones are returning to the skies above Iraq more than five months after U.S. troops withdrew from the country.
But this time, the drones will be operated by members of the Iraqi navy and will provide overwatch for the country's
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News Media Freedom in Iraq Continues to Worsen
05-03-2012
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http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz
More Arbitrary Arrests, Security Forces Attacking Media Workers
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News ‘Fallujah: A Lost Generation’
04-23-2012
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http://www.truthdig.com
The U.S. government used depleted uranium, a known carcinogen and cause of birth defects, during strikes on Fallujah during the 2003 Iraq War, and generations of Iraqis and the families of American servicemen are living with the devastating consequen
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News Iraq Carnage: 69 Killed, 176 Wounded
04-20-2012
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http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret Griffis
Iraq suffered significant bomb attacks in multiple cities today, leaving at least 69 dead and 176 more wounded.
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News Iraq parliament tells cabinet not to meddle in central bank policy
04-11-2012
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Reuters
Iraq's parliament sent a letter to the cabinet telling it not to interfere in monetary policy, in a skirmish over central bank independence that reflects concerns over the extent of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's influence.
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News IRAQ. MASSACRE OF A COUNTRY. "A War on Terror" when you are the Terrorist
04-11-2012
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http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Felicity Arbuthno
“How can you make a war on terror when you are actually the terrorist?” (Unknown.)
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News Man Who Lied About WMDs to Justify Iraq War Confesses
04-10-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Madison Ruppert
The individual codenamed “Curveball,” who lied about Saddam Hussein having Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), has now come clean on British television.
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Headlines: Man Who Lied About WMDs to Justify Iraq War Confesses -- IRAQ. MASSACRE OF A COUNTRY. "A War on Terror" when you are the Terrorist -- Iraq parliament tells cabinet not to meddle in central bank policy -- Iraq Carnage: 69 Killed, 176 Wounded -- ‘Fallujah: A Lost Generation’
-- Media Freedom in Iraq Continues to Worsen
-- Iraqi military to buy unmanned US drones to monitor oil fields -- Bush and Blair’s pre-Iraq conversation must be disclosed, U.K. tribunal rules -- Finally, an American Is Jailed for Actions Toward Iraq -- U.S. asks Iraq to extradite Hezbollah suspect -- Bomb Attacks Around Iraq Target Shiites, Killing Dozens -- Wave of Bombings in Iraq Kills 83 -- Car bombs kill 26 on last day of Iraq pilgrimage -- Former aide says Tony Blair was pressured by Murdoch not to delay Iraq invasion -- U.S. warns Iran dissidents they must close Iraq camp -- Iraq PM warns of 'wars' over Exxon deal with Kurds -- Iraqi press crackdown: Police to close media agencies -- Turkey hits Kurdish rebels deep inside Iraq -- When History Didn't Vindicate -- US gone, Iraq starts to improve economically -- Fixing Iraq, Winning the War -- Iraqi death toll rises to 89 in the worst wave of attacks this year -- Will Downing St. Memo Recur on Iran? -- Gun crazy in America / Priest expelled from Syria / Fleeing to Iraq -- A Strategic Trade-Up -- Iraq to Receive First Batch of F-16s in 2014
-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Bush and Blair Should Be Sent to The Hague -- Iran Supplying Syrian Military via Iraqi Airspace -- Iraqi leader to Obama: ‘Why did you leave Iraq to Iran?’ -- Iraq Carnage: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded As VP Condemned to Death --