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Working for Reuters as an Iraqi in Baghdad – The Editor responds – Reuters Blogs: Working for Reuters as an Iraqi in Baghdad –...
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As Iraq Deteriorates, Iraqis Get More Blame – washingtonpost.com: As Iraq Deteriorates, Iraqis Get More Blame U.S. Officials, Lawmakers Change Tone By Thomas E. Ricks and Robin Wright Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, November 29, 2006; A01 From troops on the ground to members of Congress, Americans increasingly blame the continuing violence and destruction in Iraq on the...
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Some of the bodies found in Baquoba today. Note the bound hands of the man whose body the morgue worker is attending to. What that means is that the poor man knew he was going to be killed. What that means is that the poor man knew he was going to be one of the victims...
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The young man whose body you are looking at was violently removed from his home in Ramadi last Sunday night. His captors were a mix of armed foreigners from the USA and their collaborators from Iraq. The term used for such groupings is “Death Squad.” The American army in Iraq openly acts as a...
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American politician to American people: McCain, a front-running GOP presidential hopeful for 2008, said the U.S. must send an overwhelming number of troops to stabilize Iraq or face more attacks in the region and possibly on American soil. Source Iraqi people to American people: We have nothing left to lose but you do — Bring ‘em on Laith
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This is what Mark and Declan wrote on July 6th of this year. First Mark: “These two boys are Ahmed Qassim Hamza and Mohammed Qassim Hamza. Ahmed is the boy on the left he’s aged 9. His brother Mohammed is 11. They’re what’s left of the the family of the 14 year old girl raped and...
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One of the things about doing this that makes me clench my fists is going to the Western news sites and the western bloggs. This lady is the mother of the murderer Jodka. I feel no pity for her. Her son is one the four American soldiers who murdered an inncent Iraqi civilian....
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Today another backery was attacked in Baghdad. This time it was the al-Rafidayn bakery in Zayonah (East Baghdad). People need bread they gather to buy it – particularly early in the mornings. Therefore bakeries are often attacked. That is one reason why bakeries are attacked. There is another. Traditionally being a baker was a...
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