Iran's Green Movement Spreads Despite Crackdown

IWPR 3 days ago Region: Iraq

  Government violence reduced number of street protests, but movement has become more difficult to control. By Behzad Yaghmaian (MR No 16, 13-Nov-09) The presidential election of June 12, which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared to have won, gave birth to a grassroots movement that has been evolving politically, embracing broader segments of the population, discovering new methods of struggle, and refusin... more

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Is Ahmadinejad A Jew? Israel Discusses

Global Voices a month ago Region: Iraq

On Saturday, October 3rd, Britain's Telegraph published a story claiming that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's family may have Jewish roots. The assertion is based on a photograph taken during the elections where President Ahmadinejad is seen holding up his identity card. Upon close examination, the card reveals that Ahmadinejad's family name was changed from Sabourjian in the early 1950s. Sabourjian is a Jewish... more

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Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets

ProPublica 2 months ago Region: Iraq

EDT Last spring, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Iraq got a makeover,replacing the scandal-plagued Blackwater private security company with a firm named Triple Canopy. The new $1 billion contract cemented Triple Canopy's status as the pre-eminent provider of private security services in Iraq, with its heavily armed employees appearing side by side with senior State Department diplomats. But the company... more

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In Iraq, a Shoeshine Boy’s Brush With Danger

IWPR 2 months ago Region: Iraq

Iraqi teenager’s story of survival on the mean streets of Shia city. By Wisam Tahir in Nasiriya (ICR No. 304, 07-Sep-09) Shining shoes for a living outside government offices, Ali knows more than most 13-year-olds about the mysteries of Iraqi bureaucracy. “On their way into the building, people ask me which political party the top officials belong to - and whether they accept bribes,” he sai... more

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Kargil - as I remember it

Proloy Bagchi 3 months ago Region: Iraq

  The Tenth Anniversary of the victory in “Kargil War” somehow got soggy in controversy. Instead of commemorating a crisp, well-fought and spectacular victory achieved at great human costs against the Pakistani intruders on the snowy heights of Ladakh, India’s northern-most territory, the ruling coalition in India headed by the Indian National Congress quite unwisely happened to politicise it. R... more

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New Wave of Violence Against Iraqi Gays

IWPR 4 months ago Region: Iraq

Rights advocate speaks of an "extraordinarily brutal campaign", saying hundreds may have been killed in last few months. By IWPR trainees in Baghdad (ICR No. 295, 3-July-09) Iraqi gays are being targeted and killed in what rights campaigners say is some of the worst violence against the community in recent years. At least 68 gay and transgendered men have been killed over the last four months, according to th... more

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Iraq: Ideology a must for independence

Mohan Nepali 4 months ago Region: Iraq

The withdrawal of US troops from cities—not a bad thing in general—has for the time being pleased many in Iraq and USA. Ordinary civilians in Iraq want an end to the foreign occupation of their land on the one hand while they also want to get rid of the ongoing senseless civil war on the other. Similarly, Americans do not want their tax to be embezzled in the name of this or that war. They feel America woul... more

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Iraqi suicide bombing claims five US soldiers

Imran Shah 7 months ago Region: Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq: In the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, five US soldiers were killed in a suicide attack.   An explosive-laden truck breached the outer security barrier of Iraqi National Police headquarters and the attacker detonated the explosives, killing eight people and wounding 60 others, an Iraqi security official told the media.   The ministry said that those who were killed include 5 US troops, 2 Iraq... more

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Gay men killed by tribe members in Iraq

Imran Shah 7 months ago Region: Iraq

Some six gay men were shot to death by their tribes, according to media reports.   Six gay men were killed by the members of their tribes in two separate incidents in the past 2 weeks.   These gay men were disowned by their families and their shooting came after a tribal meeting.   Later on, a popular café among gays in Sadr city was also set on fire by some unknown people, according to repo... more

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Bush Shoe-Thrower Trial Begins in Baghdad

Imran Shah 9 months ago Region: Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq: The journalist said,” this is the farewell kiss you dog” and then he said “This is from the widows, orphans and those who were killed in Iraq by the Americans.   Yeah! Muntazar Al-Zaidi, who emerged as a hero in the Muslim world, after hurling his shoes at a farewell visit of the greatest tyrant of the history, George W. Bush, who turned a historical country into the graveyard of... more

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