Summary:
Al-Sadr cancels the march to Samarra, the situation between the Americans, the green zone government and Turkey took a sharp turn for the worse. The pipeline north of Hilla was bombed as part of the continuing campaign to fragment the electricity grid,
The main purely domestic story of the day in Irak is that Al-Sadr has...
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Al-Sadr has canceled the march to Samarra. Aswat Al Iraq’s report is below:
Al-Sadr cancels march to Samarra
Najaf – Voices of Iraq Friday , 29 /06 /2007 Time 4:12:55
Najaf, June 29, (VOI) – The Imam of al-Kufa mosque said on Friday that Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr decided to cancel his call to visit the...
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Updated — see “Late Reports” underneath this section. – Khaled
There are several major incidents in Baghdad today.
Bai’aa Bus Pickup Point Bombing
The rush hour (8:30 am) car bomb explosion in the crowded parking lot in the Bai’aa bus pickup point in south Baghdad is so far known to have killed at least 25 people and wounded...
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Tony Blair as envoy to the Middle East. God have pity on us all. Tony Blair whose hands drip with the blood of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Tony Blair who co-sponsored Israel’s savagely murderous attack on Lebanon. Tony Blair who tried to cover up one crooked arms deal after another to the Saudis. Tony Blair who’ll...
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The campaign of bombings of sites of major religious significance continued with the bombing in Kadhimiya in Baghdad.
The bridge bombing campaign in Baghdad continued with a suicide attack on one of the checkpoints at Jadriya bridge this evening that killed one policeman, wounded three others, and damaged the bridge.
The shockwaves of Monday’s bombing of the Mansour...
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DAMASCUS/BAGHDAD, 27 June 2007 (IRIN) – The plight of Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in Iraq and stranded in camps on the Syrian-Iraqi border is continuing to deteriorate as the summer heat intensifies and a solution remains elusive.
There is currently one camp on the Syrian side of the border, one in no-man’s land and...
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From Al Zaman yesterday:
There is fury and anger in the rebellious Province of Anbar where tribes and politicians blame the government of Nouri al-Maliki for the killing of five of the province’s most senior tribal chiefs.
Five sheiks were among 12 people killed when an explosion ripped through the conference hall where they...
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BAGHDAD, 26 June 2007 (IRIN) – The delivery of humanitarian aid in war-torn Iraq is being hampered as bridges and key transportation arteries come under attack from insurgents, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on 26 June.
“Our humanitarian work has been hampered since the main bridges and highway overpasses in Baghdad and...
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Tribal leaders in al-Anbar discussing the bombing of their meeting in the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad yesterday said that the attack betrays either complacency by the security forces charged with protecting the hotel or that the bombing was premeditated and prepared in advance by Iraki political or foreign intelligence bodies. Sheikh Adnan Al-Dulaimi indicated that he suspected American involvement...
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So this platoon’s advance was held up for a day while they waited for artillery or an airstrike to clear the houses for them. The next day, finally, an M1 tank appeared and blew the houses with its main gun.
The insurgents/Sunnis/Mahdi Army death squads/resistance/ militants/Ba’athist dead enders are going to make the...
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