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Ali Ibn Laith. Born December 14 1999 - Killed March 27 2008
Son of our much missed colleague Laith and his wife, last remaining brother to our greatly loved colleague Mohammed Ibn Laith and his sister.
O God! Pardon our living and our dead, the present and the absent, the young and the old, the males […]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Iraq, Site News, Team Members. Tags: American air attacks on civilian areas, Child Killing, Team Members. Comments: 1

Overview:
Parts of Basra were relatively quiet in the morning following the withdrawal of some fighters to the outskirts of the city however much of the city is seeing intensifying armed clashes. Eyewitness reports say that groups of Mahdi Army withdrew to the outskirts of the city after GZG forces backed by British tanks and US […]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Comments: 4

March 27 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1530 GMT on Thursday.
* BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped Tahseen al-Sheikhli, a civilian spokesman for the Baghdad security plan, designed to make the capital safer, from his home in Baghdad, police said.
* BAGHDAD - The Green Zone diplomatic and government compound in […]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Baquba, Basrah, Basrah "surge", Disputed Areas, Green Zone "Government", Green Zone Attacks, Hit, Kirkuk, Kut, mahaweel, Militia, Peshmerga, Reuters, Sadr City, Surge Failure, Wasit, Zubair. Comments: None

فرضت القوات الامنية اليوم الخميس حظرا للتجوال في عدد من مناطق العاصمة بغداد بجانبي الكرخ والرصافة بعد تجدد الاشتباكات المسلحة فيها .وقال شهود عيان لراديو دجلة” ان القوات الامنية اعلنت الحظر عن طريق مكبرات الصوت في منطقة الشرطة الرابعة اعتبارا من الساعة الرابعة عصر اليوم وحتى الرابعة من عصر غد الجمعة وطلبت من المواطنيين عدم […]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Baghdad, Basrah "surge", Curfews, Mahdi Army, Surge Failure. Comments: 1

قامت قوات الامن في مدينة البصرة اليوم الخميس إخلاء طلبة الأقسام الداخلية الدارسين في جامعة البصرة وترحيلهم إلى محافظاتهم بعد أن بقوا طوال فترة المواجهات محتجزين فيها يعانون من نقص الغذاء والخدمات الأخرى. وقال مصدر في الجامعة “انه تم إخلاء طلبة الأقسام الداخلية الدارسين في كليات جامعة البصرة إلى محافظاتهم على متن حافلات تابعة للجامعة […]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Basrah "surge", Basrah evacuation of university students. Comments: None

Crude oil prices surged above $107 a barrel on Thursday after saboteurs attacked a key export pipeline in Iraq, reversing most of last week’s losses.
read in full FT.com / MARKETS / Commodities - Crude oil prices rise after Iraq attack
Indexed under: Economic disruption

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Iraq. Tags: Economic disruption. Comments: None

AMMAN, 27 March 2008 (IRIN) - The high cost of drugs and medical care in Jordan is a major problem for impoverished Iraqi asylum-seekers, according to a survey by the International Medical Corps (IMC) and the US Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) released on 26 March.
Only four percent of respondents said […]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Early Warning, Health, Iraq, Middle East, Society And Economy. Tags: Early Warning, International Medical Corps, Iraq, IRIN, Jordan, Poverty, Refugees, WHO. Comments: 3

Boy wounded in American airstrike on central Hilla being treated for his wounds in Hilla hospital.

Indexed under: American air attacks on civilian areas, American War Crimes, Babil (Governorate), Children, Hilla, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Children, Iraq, Photos, Politics and Security, War Crimes, Women and Children. Tags: American air attacks on civilian areas, American War Crimes, Babil (Governorate), Children, Hilla, Scenes From An Iraki Childhood. Comments: None

قال مصدر في مكتب السيد الشهيد الصدر في الكوت، الخميس ، إن جيش المهدي وأتباع التيار الصدري يقفون ضد المحتل، ولا توجد بينهم وبين القوات العراقية أية خلافات تستدعي القتال، مستنكرا ما وصفه بالهجمة الشرسة التي يتعرض لها التيار الصدري.وأضاف المصدر، الذي طلب عدم ذكر اسمه، للوكالة المستقلة للأنباء (أصوات العراق) أن “جيش المهدي وجميع […]

Posted on March 27th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Basrah "surge", Kut, Wasit. Comments: None