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Reports From Irak June 15 2007 Summarised From Arabic

There were two major developments in Irak today. We lead first with the sermon in Karbala by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's representative Sheikh Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalaie. He made it clear that he had reliable information that the authorities new an attack was planned and denounced the complacency. He also raised the sovereignty issue ...

Uprooted Iraqis move into "atrocious" camps - UN

GENEVA, June 15 (Reuters) - People fleeing violence in Iraq have begun to move into atrocious makeshift camps on the fringes of cities such as Najaf, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. Andrew Harper, coordinator of the UNHCR's Iraq Support Unit, said the sites were a result ...

Five cities in Anbar still without electricity

Five cities in Anbar: Ramadi Hit Kubaysah Haditha Fallujah are without electricity for the third (fourth I have just checked) consecutive day because of the bombing of three towers for transmission of electricity. This means they are also without water as the purification plants depend ...