“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
Aswataliraq (Voices of Iraq) is two years old today. It’s the first place we check for news of Iraq. It’s independent, thoroughly professional, and does it’s best to be impartial. They cover not only security and political events but such vital matters as the cost of fool and of fuel.
Here’s what, with their usual truthfulness […]
I’ve written about Jameelah Market before. Today it was bombed again.
The photograph above is of the aftermath. Mercifully the casualty toll was relatively small. “Only” three people were killed and “only” five people were sufficiently badly wounded to require hospitalisation. That doesn’t mean that the aftermath wasn’t grim. It was grim - as the photogaph […]
American politician to American people:
McCain, a front-running GOP presidential hopeful for 2008, said the U.S. must send an overwhelming number of troops to stabilize Iraq or face more attacks in the region and possibly on American soil.
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Iraqi people to American people:
We have nothing left to lose but you do — Bring ‘em on
Laith
No tag for […]
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Even when our foreign policy is benevolent, it appears condescending and exploitative
In many ways, I am a captive of my history, as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are of theirs
Published: 20 November 2006
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown take up the white man’s burden, one in Pakistan, the other in Iraq. How they […]
Iraq’s Islamic army defends Baghdad
Hoda Abdel-Hamid in Iraq
Born out of occupation, the soldiers of the Islamic Army, a Sunni organisation, pride themselves on being Iraqis, and say that their main aim is to expell foreign influences from Iraq, reports Hoda Abdel-Hamid, Aljazeera’s correspondent in Iraq.
Three years on since the invasion and the fighters are […]
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