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Posted on May 28th, 2008 under Iraq, Photos. Tags: Photos, Samarra. Comments: None

التوافق تعلق مفاوضاتها مع الحكومة بشأن عودة وزرائها
قررت جبهة التوافق اليوم الاربعاء تعليق محادثاتها بشأن عودة وزرائها الى الحكومة. وقال المتحدث باسم الجبهة سليم الجبوري انه تم تعليق المفاوضات مع الحكومة وسحب مرشحي جبهة التوافق ، مضيفا ان القرار قد تم اتخاذه بعد ان اعترض رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي على أحد المرشحين الذين اقترحتهم الجبهة […]

Posted on May 28th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Assassination attempts, audio reports, Bombings, Daily Summary, Disputed Areas, Diyala, drought, Journalists Attacked, Khanaqin, Kirkuk, Ninawa (Governorate), Tal Afar. Comments: None

English speaking readers can read a report of al-Sadr’s statement published by the independent Iraki newsagency Aswat Al Iraq (Voices of Iraq) at the following link: Muqtada al-Sadr urges demonstrations to protest long-term U.S.-Iraq agreement the weblog “Missing Links” has an English translation of the statement athe following link: Text of Sadr’s statement on mobilizing […]

Posted on May 28th, 2008 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Mahdi Army Standdown, Muqtada al-Sadr, Sadrist Bloc, Sadrist Protest Campaigns. Comments: None

‘We are dancing on a volcano.’ Comte de Salvandy (1795-1856) Just before the 1830 revolution.
‘Let them eat cake.’ Marie Antoinette.

Iraq, before the holocaustal thirteen year embargo, the 2003 illegal invasion and subsequent countrywide massacre and reign of terror over its population - not by a ‘few bad apples’ of the US and British […]

Posted on May 28th, 2008 under Features, Iraq. Tags: Baghdad, Health, Looting. Comments: None

اعلن الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد رفضه مطالب اسرائيل بتخلى دمشق عن تحالفها مع ايران كشرط للتوصل الى اتفاق سلام بين سوريا واسرائيل . واعلنت مصادر اعلامية ان الاسد ابلغ وفدا برلمانيا بريطانيا امس الثلاثاء ان بلاده تعتزم الاحتفاظ بعلاقات طبيعية مع ايران بينما تجري محادثات غير مباشرة مع اسرائيل لاستعادة مرتفعات الجولان ، كما بين […]

Posted on May 28th, 2008 under Middle East, Politics and Security. Tags: Iran, Israel, Syria. Comments: None

“I dream of a playground in which I and my friends can play freely and at any time,” 11-year-old Luay Amjad told IPS. Children are not allowed to play just anywhere for fear of unexploded bombs, haphazard firing, and a general fear of the Iraqi military. Many children in Baquba and other districts of Diyala […]

Posted on May 28th, 2008 under Features, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Baqubah, Children, Diyala, Features, IPS, IPS Reports. Comments: None