Archive for February, 2008

Gunmen kidnap Iraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishop | مسلحون يخطفون كبير اساقفة كلدانيا كاثوليكيا في العراق

February 29, 2008
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Gunmen kidnap Iraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishop | مسلحون يخطفون كبير اساقفة كلدانيا كاثوليكيا في العراق

MOSUL, Iraq, Feb 29 (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul on Friday in the northern Iraqi city and killed his driver and two guards, police said. In Rome, Pope Benedict deplored the kidnapping of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho as a “despicable” crime and urged the gunmen to free the...
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تركيا تعلن وقف عملياتها العسكرية شمالي العراق

February 29, 2008
By Editors

اعلنت احدى القنوات التلفازية التركية عن وقف العمليات العسكرية التي يقوم بها الجيش التركي في بعض من المناطق الحدودية بشمالي العراق.وقال تلفزيون (ان.تي.في) الخاص اليوم الجمعة ان الهجوم البري الكبير الذي تقوم به تركيا ضد متمردي حزب العمال الكردستاني في شمالي العراق قد انتهى دون الاشارة الى الاسباب الداعية الى اتخاذ مثل هذا القرار...
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Falluja women, painful stories of struggle | نساء الفلوجة أكثر من تحمل عبء الحروب

February 29, 2008
By Editors

Falluja, Feb. 28, (VOI) – Abu Waleed had a bad rendezvous with destiny; he lost his two legs in an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) attack in Falluja, and his wife – Um Waleed, suddenly found herself responsible for providing her family’s daily requirements. She worked hard toward her education degree during afternoon classes at...
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POLITICS-US: Vets Break Silence on War Crimes

February 29, 2008
By Editors

These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. The Crisis | Thomas Paine | 1776 The majority of the American people are very dissatisfied...
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In Which The Gorilla Ponders Bewilderment

February 29, 2008
By markfromireland

There’s nothing bewildering, not even slightly, about why America is loathed throughout the Middle East. When a nation is busy waging genocide against an entire group of peoples it is completely unreasonable, but very typically American, not to expect them to detest you for it. America is detested throughout the Middle East not because...
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2008/02/28

February 28, 2008
By Editors
2008/02/28

قائد عمليات كربلاء يعلن نجاح خطتها الأمنية لزيارة الأربعين كربلاء – اصوات العراق أعلن قائد عمليات كربلاء ومدير شرطتها إن الخطة التي نفذتها الأجهزة الأمنية خلال زيارة أربعينية الإمام الحسين نجحت دون حدوث أي خرق امني وتمكنت الأجهزة الأمنية خلالها من القبض على العشرات من المشتبه بهم وضبط كميات كبيرة من الاسلحة والذخائر. وأوضح اللواء...
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العراق: القطاع الصحي يعاني من ضغط كبير-العراق-إنذار مبكر-صحة وتغذية

February 28, 2008
By Editors

أفاد مسؤول في وزارة الصحة في 26 فبراير/شباط أن قطاع الصحة في العراق يعاني من ضغط شديد بسبب تعرض العديد من الأطباء للقتل خلال السنوات القليلة الماضية ومغادرة عدد كبير من العاملين في مجال الصحة للبلاد وتدهور البنية التحتية للقطاع الصحي ونقص الأدوية. وجاء في قول هذا المسؤول الذي طلب عدم الكشف عن...
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IRAQ: Mahdi Army ceasefire announcement boosts peace, security

February 28, 2008
By Editors

BAGHDAD, 28 February 2008 (IRIN) – The security situation in Iraq is set to improve further after powerful Shia political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced a six-month extension to his militia’s unilateral ceasefire on 22 February, analysts said. This bodes well for the economy, ordinary civilians, some two million internally displaced persons, and over two...
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The Mahdi Army Freeze – Between The Hammer of A Commitment and The Anvil Of Harassment

February 28, 2008
By Nur Hussein Ghazali

I perceive that it is necessary to include a condition that cancels the freeze decision in case the U.S. army or Iraqi security forces commit an act of aggression against us, especially if it is an unprovoked attack. We should hold our weapons against those who carry weapons to commit aggression against us; otherwise,...
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