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انفجرت عبوة ناسفة الأربعاء على سيارة احد المسؤولين الحكوميين غرب مدينة الموصل. وذكر مصدر أمني في تصريح نشرته شبكة أخبار العراق أن عبوة ناسفة انفجرت على سيارة احد المسؤولين في ناحية حمام العليل غرب مدينة الموصل، مضيفا أن الانفجار أسفر عن إلحاق أضرار مادية بالسيارة المستهدفة، ولم يكشف المصدر عن اسم...
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• Greater rates of cancer and birth defects near sites • Depleted uranium among poisons revealed in report Areas in and near Iraq’s largest towns and cities, including Najaf, Basra and ­Falluja, account for around 25% of the contaminated sites, which appear to coincide with communities that have seen increased rates of cancer...
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Forget about oil, occupation, terrorism or even Al Qaeda. The real hazard for Iraqis these days is cancer. Cancer is spreading like wildfire in Iraq. Thousands of infants are being born with deformities. Doctors say they are struggling to cope with the rise of cancer and birth defects, especially in cities subjected to heavy...
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The Iraqi Ba’ath party was formed in 1954 by anti-communist and reactionary nationalist Shiite and Sunni Arabs. From the beginning, the party was anti-democratic and soon after its formation it turned into a fascist organisation, with an Arab nationalist ideology that believed in attaining political power through non-democratic means,...
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BAGHDAD, 14 October 2009 (IRIN) – In the late 1990s 22-year-old Manal Sabir Abdullah from Basra was diagnosed with lung cancer, from which she eventually died in 2004. "Her cancer was bizarre as none of our relatives had cancer before and she had never had bad health or harmful habits," said her husband, Hassan...
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“Many Americans who voted for Barack Obama last November continue to believe he will do the right thing in Iraq. The reality is that, unless forced to do so from below, there will be none of the promised "change" in US foreign policy. Those on the receiving end of US policy in the Middle...
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“As early as November of 2003 the US National Intelligence Council produced a National Intelligence Estimate that reported the resistance to occupation in Iraq as being nationalist in motivation with deep roots in the society. Department of Defense reports to Congress have shown that for the duration of the war 73 percent of significant...
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UN chief demands investigation into Israeli attack on Gaza headquarters Ban Ki-Moon visibly angry at sight of burned-out buildings Palestinians estimate property damage at £1.3bn UN refugee agency headquarters hit by Israeli artillery fire damaging thousands of tonnes of food, medical supplies – and the Reuters building Link to this video The secretary general of the...
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Hospital has 500 patients. Ban Ki-moon slams Israel’s actions. Ehud Barak apologises for “grave mistake.” Death toll tops a thousand. Gaza (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Gaza’s Al-Quds Hospital was engulfed in flames after being hit by fire during fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas forces. The hospital has about 500 patients but it is not known if...
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A family of nine is among the latest Palestinian civilian casualties as the fighting continues. Ibrahim Barzak, Kim Sengupta, Geoffrey Lean and David Randall report Israeli forces yesterday pounded dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip and dropped leaflets warning of an escalation in attacks, as southern Israel came under renewed Palestinian rocket fire. Last...
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