al-Shurta al-Rabia | Gorilla’s Guides

29-04-2010 Selected English Language Coverage

April 30, 2010

By Harith

"All the ingredients that led to the creation of Hezbollah in Lebanon in 1982 exist in Iraq today. There are Shi’ites, plenty of arms available for everyone, political and security chaos, a weak central government and occupation to justify the carrying of arms." Source: Sami Moubayed on Muqtada al-Sadr...
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Tags: Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Al Qaeda, al rasheed hotel, Al-Ahrar Party (Sadrists), al-Gatoon (west Baqubah), Al-Iraqiya, al-Mashtal (southeas Baghdad), al-shab, Al-Shabaab, Al-Sharqiya, al-Shurta al-Rabia, alcohol shops - bombings of, Amil, Analysis, Arms Trade, Asia Times, BAE, Baquba, Car bomb, christian minority, commentary, Dawa Party vs. Sadrists, DeBa'athification laws - abuse of, Diyala, election results, election results - recounts scheduling of, Electoral Commission, Faraj Haidari, foreign embassies, german press agency, green zone, GZG Arms purchases, Hawija, Hazim al-Araji, Health, Hilla, Hillary Clinton, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Human Rights, Iran, iranian border, Iraqi Airways, iraqi parliament, Iraqiya - threats to withdraw from political process, Iraqiya list, Iraqiya list - threats of civil disobedience, Iyad Allawi, Jaish al-Mahdi, Jaish al-Mahdi temporary ceasefire, Kirkuk, KUNA, kuwait, Lebanon, Mahdi Army, Mahdi Army Standdown, monsters and critics, Munaf Abdul Rahim Al Rawi, Muqtada al-Sadr, Nasrallah, Police Colonel Salah al-Din Taha, political coverage, Red Crescent, Red Crescent Hospital for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Reuters, Saddam Hussein, Sadrist Bloc, Sadrists vs. Maliki, Salah al-Din, Saleh al-Mutlaq, Sami Moubayed, security situation, Shirwan Ubaid - murder of, Somalia, State of Law Coalition, State of Law Coalition vs. Iraqiya list, street violence, Summaries, Syria, Tikrit, Wajihiya, Wajihiyah, Xinhua
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العراق: تفجيرات دموية توقع 400 قتيل وجريح

August 11, 2009

By Editors

بغداد/ قتل 78 شخصاً وأصيب نحو 327 آخرون بجروح أمس، في موجة من التفجيرات الدموية هزت مدينة الموصل المضطربة والعاصمة بغداد، أبرزها هجوم بشاحنتين مفخختين دمر 35 منزلاً وألحق أضراراً بجميع منازل قرية الخزنة وشبهه الجرحى بيوم القيامة نظراً لضخامته. وأفادت مصادر أمنية أن شاحنتين ملغومتين انفجرتا في قرية...
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Tags: Adhamiya, al-Amil, al-Hamraa, al-Shula, al-Shurta al-Rabia, Attacks on green zone government police, Bartala district east Mosul, Bombing campaigns, Bombings, Ethnic Cleansing, Ghadeer, Hamra, Karrada, Kazhimiyah, Khazna (Mosul), Kirkuk, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Saidiya (south Baghdad), Shabaki, Shurta al-Rabeea, Summaries, Tikrit, الموصل
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Is Baghdad Facing Renewed Sectarian Threat?

June 12, 2009

By Editors

Recent bombings spark fears of return to the blood-letting that used to plague the capital. A spate of attacks largely directed at Shia neighbourhoods and citizens in Baghdad has fuelled concerns that sectarian and political violence is returning to the capital. While Shias have not been the sole victims of recent outrages in Baghdad,...
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Tags: Abdulmunam al-Asam, Al-Radhwaniyah, al-Shurta al-Rabia, car bombings, Christians, Dora, Jasim al-Mandalawi, Kadhimiya, Maliki - Nouri al-, Militia, Militias, Muqtada al-Sadr, reconciliation, Samarra
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استشهاد 9 اشخاص في انفجار قنبلة زرعت في مقهى في حي شعبي جنوب غرب العاصمة بغداد

June 4, 2009

By Editors

في الامن ، استشهد تسعة اشخاص وجرح اكثر من ثلاثين في انفجار قنبلة زرعت في مقهى في حي شعبي جنوب غرب العاصمة بغداد. يوم امس .وقال سكان محليون ان المقهى كان يرتاده لاعبو البوكر.
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Tags: al-Shurta al-Rabia, Baghdad, Bombings, Civilian casualties, بغداد
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