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The reports in English from Mosul Observer are below:
Most of the news in Al-Mosul Observer are sent to them by Iraqiyoun News Agency (INA)  in Mosul.. English translation is provided by Al-Mosul Website, UK.
Saturday 20 October 2007        

Child killed in Mosul following armed clashes
Via Sounds of Iraq: An official spokesman in Nineveh Police stated that […]

Posted on October 28th, 2007 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: bomb, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Turcomen, Turkmen. Comments: None

It is not difficult for any analyst to find out how the U.S. tried to ally itself with almost all Iraqi factions with their different hues in the past five years.
The alliance with these parties has usually come as they were seen by the U.S. to be at the apex of their power. The […]

Posted on October 28th, 2007 under Analysis Briefings Commentary, Iraq. Comments: 2

29 casualties until Sunday afternoon
Sunday , 28 /10 /2007 Time 7:06:36
Baghdad, Oct 28, (VOI) – Nine people were killed, 20 others wounded while 13 persons, including 10 tribal chiefs from Diala, were kidnapped within acts of violence in different areas of Iraq during the past 24 hours, security sources said on Sunday. […]

Posted on October 28th, 2007 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: al-Zubair (Basrah mixed area), Badr Brigade, Baghdad, Basrah, Car bomb, Death Squads, Disputed Areas, Diyala, Karbala, Kidnappings, Kirkuk, Mahdi Army, Ninawa (Governorate), Turkmen, Wasit. Comments: None

Pupils looking out their classroom window Nasiriyah.
Indexed under: Children, Dhi Qar (Governorate), Education Crisis (Iraq), Nasiriyah, Photo Series,, Photos, Poverty, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood, Women and Children

Posted on October 28th, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Photos, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Children, Dhi Qar (Governorate), Education Crisis (Iraq), Nasiriyah, Photo Series,, Photos, Poverty, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood, Women and Children. Comments: None

  أعربت المنظمات غير الحكومية في العراق عن قلقها حيال وضع الأطفال في السجون المحلية، مشيرة إلى أنهم يتعرضون للإساءة والتعذيب خلال التحقيقات التي تُجرى معهم.
وقال خالد ربيعة، الناطق باسم جمعية العدالة للسجناء: "يتم التعامل مع الأطفال داخل السجون العراقية كأنهم راشدون. وقد أظهرت التحقيقات التي شرعنا فيها عقب إحضار بعض الأسر لخمسة أولاد إلى […]

Posted on October 28th, 2007 under Children, Human Rights, Iraq, Photos, War Crimes, Women and Children. Tags: Child Rape, Children, Follow Up, Human Rights, Torture, Women and Children. Comments: 1

Kirkuk, Oct 28, (VOI) – A group of armed men kidnapped a journalist working for the Turcoman magazine al-Ikhaa (Fraternity) in central Kirkuk, a media source said on Sunday. "Gunmen attacked the vehicle of Muhammad Sari Kahya, the assistant editor of the Turcoman al-Ikhaa magazine, and transferred him to […]

Posted on October 28th, 2007 under Human Rights, Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: al-Ikhaa, Disputed Areas, Ethnic Cleansing, Journalists Attacked, Kidnappings, Kirkuk, Turcomen, Turkmen. Comments: None