The Price of Staying in Iraq
Region: Iraq
By Zaineb Naji in Baghdad Every morning before taking my children to school, I drill them on how to stay safe. My boys are just nine and five, so to get them to remember these directives, I often make it into a game complete with prizes. In the car, they must not sit near the window. If they hear shootings or a bombing, they have to drop to the car floor immediately. I tell them they should never talk to strang... more
Views: 949Iraq: A Defining Moment?
Region: Iraq
- by Salam Adil War in Basra… curfews in Baghdad… airstrikes on city centres… then a ceasefire… what on earth happened? As a BBC report said, the Basra operation is an empty vessel - it can be filled with any interpretation you choose. And fill it I will, with interpretations of Iraqi bloggers. Some polarised, some contradictory, but a selection that can fill th... more
Views: 1244No Consensus Over Who’s Winning Contest for Shia Strongholds in Iraq
Region: Iraq
By an IWPR-trained journalist in Baghdad. Analysts are split over whether firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr or the Iraqi government has the upper hand in their battle for control in Basra and parts of Baghdad. In a press conference on April 3, Maliki claimed victory following a one-week military operation against Sadr’s Mahdi army militia in the southern city of Basra. He vowed to provide jobs and aid to... more
Views: 1664Iraq: Five Long Years … Most of Them in Tears
Region: Iraq
by Salam Adil For me the whole story of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war can be summed up one post. One post that says nothing about the past five years but implies everything as well. We can talk about the lack of security, the number of deaths, the failure of the occupation, but all this talk has become as meaningless as glib phrases like “Collateral Damage.” What really matters is how the war is ... more
Views: 1147Iraq at Five: The World Reacts
Region: Iraq
by Jillian York Today, March 19, marks five years of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Initially a plan to oust Saddam Hussein and “end the war before it started,” the war in Iraq continues to this day, much to the dismay of many ordinary citizens around the globe. In that vein, Global Voices Online will post reactions today from bloggers in Iraq, the Middle East and North Africa, and elsewhere. Jord... more
Views: 883Cost of Iraq War $391,389,961,607 and climbing by the second!!!!!
Region: IraqI stumbled upon the website, www.currentstateofaffairs.org and it was at this site that I learned the cost of the Iraq war in terms of dollars. But in terms of human suffering the cost is not possible to calculate. At this website it is possible to view the Iraq war pictures that President George W. Bush does not want the American voters to see. At the website there are photos of the flag draped coff... more
Views: 1936151,000 Iraqis Dead According To New Study
Region: IraqThe number of Iraqi deaths due to nationwide violence is about twenty-five percent of the figures given by the Lancet article which is being disputed at the moment. But, this number is three times higher than the number taken by the Iraq Body Count campaigning group. These figures are from the results based on interviews with more than 9,000 Iraqi families. This was carried out by the health ministry of the World H... more
Views: 872Massive clash killed 25 Al-Qaeda militants.
Region: IraqIn an abrupt operation in Iraq, the troops claim that they have killed 25 Al-Qaeda militants and arrested 21. A news paper reports the armed forces took two days operations sixty kilometers from Baghdad in the northern region of Tarmia town to take-over the Al-Qaeda militants. From Tarmia, one of the major provinces of the Al-Qaeda operations, the troops arrested 21 equipped militants. more
Views: 1084Chemical Ali's fate unclear
Region: IraqA raging legal debate and reconciliation politics have further delayed the scheduled executions in Iraq of three Saddam Hussein-era officials and the whole episode is causing an uproar among Iraqi officials. Ali Hassan al-Majeed, also known as Chemical Ali; Sultan Hashem Ahmed, and Hussein Rashid, all from the Sunni-dominated Hussein government, were found guilty of war crimes during the bloody Anfal offensive during t... more
Views: 1133US accused of introducing sharks in Iraqi canals
Region: IraqA 2m shark was pulled by a Iraqi fisherman from the mouth of an irrigation canal that joins the Euphrates River while he was out fishing with his sons. The Euphrates joins the Tigris River further east to form the Shatt al-Arab waterway, which flows south past Basra into the Gulf. Dr Mohamed Ajah, assistant dean of the college of science at Thi Qar University in Nassiriya, said barriers in river est... more
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