This is the video mentioned by Nuri Kino in his report on the persecution of Assyrian Christians in Irak and on the ongoing campaign by the Swedish authorities to deport refugees back to the place the they fled from in fear of their lives.
YouTube – Attacks on Assyrian Christians – Bus Bombings in...
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The Day In Quotes:
Hussein al Shahristani on bringing the Akkas, Mansouriya and Siba gasfields on stream
“Once these fields are put on stream, the production will be used to meet Iraq’s growing energy needs as well as possibly exporting to neighbouring countries or the European Union,” ...
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Human Rights
France, Germany top EU asylum table as requests rise to 260,000 < French news | Expatica France:
Germany received the second largest amount of asylum claims in Europe, with more than 31,000, over 7,000 of whom were Iraqis. However it topped the table of positive decisions on those aslum applications, allowing in 9,765...
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A convoy of buses bringing Christian university students to their classes in Mosul university from Handaniyah was bombed twice in rapid succession this morning.
Editor’s Note: Students from Christian enclave towns around Mosul such al-Hamdaniyah are bussed in convoys to their lectures in the university for safety sake as students travelling alone or in small...
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لقي شخص مصرعه واصيب تسعون اخرون بجروح مختلفة اليوم الاحد اثر انفجار سيارة مفخخة استهدفت حافلات لنقل طلبة مسيحيين شرقي الموصل. وقال مصدر في شرطة محافظة نينوى إن "سيارة مفخخة انفجرت على حافلة كانت تقل طلبة مسيحيين كانوا متوجهين الى جامعة الموصل في تقاطع منطقة الكرامة جنوبي احدى النقاط المشتركة شرقي...
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"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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Update: Hospital spokesmen are now giving the combined toll as:
27 people killed.
111 wounded
Fatima
Local medical sources say that 15 people have been killed and more than sixty others were wounded in a series of bombings in the holy city of Najaf.
Two bombs exploded in Jumla market near the old city, and a car...
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انفجرت صباح الاحد سيارة مفخخة كانت مركونة على احد الشوراع الرئيسة في منطقة حي سومر شرقي مدينة الموصل. وذكر مصدر أمني حسب ما نشرته وكالة انباء الإعلام العراقي ان انفجار السيارة اسفر عن اصابة 4 مدنيين بجروح متفرقة فضلا عن الحاق اضرار مادية بالمحال التجارية والمباني المجاورة للحادث.
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Tags: Bombing campaigns, Car bomb, Civilian casualties, Mosul, Politics and Security, Sumer district (East Mosul)
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لقي متطوع مصرعه واصيب 19 اخرون بجروح مختلفة اليوم الاحد اثر انفجار سيارة مفخخة بالقرب من مركز تطوع للجيش العراقي شرقي الموصل. وقال مصدر امني ان سيارة مفخخة كانت مركونة على جانب احدى الطرق انفجرت اليوم الاحد بالقرب من مركز تطوع للجيش العراقي في منطقة الكوكجلي شرقي الموصل. ...
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Tags: Attacks on green zone government forces, Bombings, Car bomb, Mosul, Ninawa (Governorate), Politics and Security, الموصل
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شهدت العاصمة بغداد وعدد من المحافظات العراقية اعمال عنف متفرقة راح ضحيتها عدد من العراقيين بين شهيد وجريح كما نفذت القوات الامنية عمليات عسكرية في مناطق مختلفة استهدفت الارهابيين والخارجين عن القانون ففي بغداد انفجرت ظهر اليوم عبوة من النوع اللاصق كانت موضوعة في سيارة مدنية بمنطقة الاعظمية شمالي العاصمة بغداد . وذكر مصدر...
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