قررت الحكومة العراقية انشاء مجالس اسناد في 12 من قطاعات مدينة الصدر شرقي العاصمة بغداد معقل التيار الصدري التي تفرض القوات العراقية سيطرتها على قسم منها بدعم من الجيش الامريكي.وقال الناطق باسم خطة فرض القانون اللواء قاسم عطا ان القوات الامنية ستقوم بانشاء مراكز امنية مشتركة داخل تلك المناطق ...
He doesn't write nearly often enough. Go there read it, and then tell him Haleema said so :-) "We came to power on a CIA train," said Ali Saleh Sa'adi, the Ba'ath Party interior minister in the 1960s. One of the passengers on that train was an up-and-coming ...
WASHINGTON, Apr 17 (IPS) - There are an estimated 2.7 million Iraqis who have been displaced within their own country. No house; no food; no security. Who do they turn to for help? The international community's humanitarian organisations? The occupying United States government? The central Iraqi government based in Baghdad?
According ...
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The lines between Sadr and the Iraqi government are now clearly marked, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti Baghdad marked the fifth anniversary of the onset of occupation with gloom, curfew and mortar fire. Turbulent events in Basra and the south were far from reassuring. Reports spoke of bloody clashes between government ...
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Shifting dynamics leave Sadrists the occupation's chief foe, reports Saad Abdel-Wahab from Baghdad The strife in Iraq has become not only Shia- Sunni, but Shia-Shia and Sunni-Sunni. The Shia parties are fighting for their personal interests, especially in Basra, to gain seats in the provincial elections due to be ...
اتفق مسؤولون ومحللون عراقيون على أن تأخير الحملة العسكرية في مدينة الموصل أعطى المسلحين فرصة للتصعيد، فيما يقول مسؤولو قيادة عمليات شرطة محافظة نينوى أنهم حققوا تحسنا نسبيا في الوضع الأمني. ويصف هشام الحمداني، رئيس مجلس محافظة نينوى، في تصريح للوكالة المستقلة للأنباء( أصوات العراق) الوضع الأمني بأنه ...
Uprooted and Unstable: Meeting Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Iraq describes a vacuum of humanitarian assistance created by the failure of the Iraqi government and the international community to administer aid to civilians. During a mission inside Iraq, researchers for Refugees International found that Iraqi militias are creating a Hezbollah-like ...
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قال مصدر طبي بمحافظة الانبار، ان نحو(120) شخصا دخلوا المستشفيات بعد اصابتهم بضيق تنفس حاد جراء العاصفة الترابية التي شهدتها المحافظة منذ صباح الخميس.واوضح الدكتور احمد العاني، للوكالة المستقلة للأنباء(اصوات العراق) ان "نحو (120) شخصا دخلوا مستشفيات الانبار بعد اصابتهم بضيق تنفس حاد، جراء تعرضهم لاثار العاصفة الترابية التي ...
