Iraq Carnage: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded As VP Condemned to Death
• http://original.antiwar.com, Margaret GriffisSunday: 107 Killed, 484 Wounded; Hashemi Condemned to Death
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Iraqi leader to Obama: ‘Why did you leave Iraq to Iran?’
• The Daily CallerPresident 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?”
Iran Supplying Syrian Military via Iraqi Airspace
• New York TimesIran 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.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Bush and Blair Should Be Sent to The Hague
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffSouth African Nobel Peace Prize Winner says former leaders should face international criminal court for war crimes
Iraq to Receive First Batch of F-16s in 2014
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserWashington is desperately supporting the Iraqi dictatorship in a bid to maintain its influence
A Strategic Trade-Up
• Lew Rockwell blogCondoleezza 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....."
Gun crazy in America / Priest expelled from Syria / Fleeing to Iraq
• http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.comThe latest full-length edition of Amanpour is now online: Part 1 Gun crazy in America:
Ray McGovern: My Take
Will Downing St. Memo Recur on Iran?
Ray McGovernRecent 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,
Iraqi death toll rises to 89 in the worst wave of attacks this year
• http://www.rt.comA series of blasts and shootings has brought the single-day death toll for brutal attacks across Iraq to 89 victims, including 13 Iraqi soldiers.
Fixing Iraq, Winning the War
Mike RenzulliSince 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.
US gone, Iraq starts to improve economically
• New York TimesOne 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
When History Didn't Vindicate
• 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.
Turkey hits Kurdish rebels deep inside Iraq
• APTurkish 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
Iraqi press crackdown: Police to close media agencies
• http://www.rt.comIraqi police are under orders to shut down a number of foreign and local media outlets across the country, reports Iraqi journalist rights group.
Iraq PM warns of 'wars' over Exxon deal with Kurds
• AFPPrime 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
U.S. warns Iran dissidents they must close Iraq camp
• ReutersThe 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
Former aide says Tony Blair was pressured by Murdoch not to delay Iraq invasion
• RawstoryMedia 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.
Car bombs kill 26 on last day of Iraq pilgrimage
• 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.
Wave of Bombings in Iraq Kills 83
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserIraq is unstable with a brutal dictatorship and bloody sectarianism
Bomb Attacks Around Iraq Target Shiites, Killing Dozens
• New York TimesThen, 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.
U.S. asks Iraq to extradite Hezbollah suspect
• ReutersThe 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.
Finally, an American Is Jailed for Actions Toward Iraq
• Lew Rockwell blogBut 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
Bush and Blair’s pre-Iraq conversation must be disclosed, U.K. tribunal rules
• The GuardianThe 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
Iraqi military to buy unmanned US drones to monitor oil fields
• The HillAmerican 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
Media Freedom in Iraq Continues to Worsen
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzMore Arbitrary Arrests, Security Forces Attacking Media Workers
‘Fallujah: A Lost Generation’
• http://www.truthdig.comThe 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
Iraq Carnage: 69 Killed, 176 Wounded
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret GriffisIraq suffered significant bomb attacks in multiple cities today, leaving at least 69 dead and 176 more wounded.
Iraq parliament tells cabinet not to meddle in central bank policy
• ReutersIraq'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.
IRAQ. MASSACRE OF A COUNTRY. "A War on Terror" when you are the Terrorist
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Felicity Arbuthno“How can you make a war on terror when you are actually the terrorist?” (Unknown.)
Man Who Lied About WMDs to Justify Iraq War Confesses
• http://wakeup-world.com, By Madison RuppertThe 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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