One of the world's oldest Christian communities is being forced to flee the Iraqi city in their thousands, writes Patrick Cockburn The Iraqi government was yesterday rushing 1,000 police to Mosul to try to stop a murderous campaign against Christians which has forced thousands to flee the northern city. ...
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يواصل مصح الرشاد للامراض العقلية شرقي بغداد عمله رغم الصعوبات اذ انه يقع وسط احياء فقيرة جدا تحولت الى خط المواجهات بين القوات الاميركية والجماعات المسلحة . وقرر المسؤولون العام 1950 ان يكون مكانه بعيدا جدا عن بغداد فخصصت السلطات مساحة 19 هكتارا من الاراضي الصحراوية قرب منطقة العبيدي ...
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The usual kidnapping style is for armed militants to drive up with their faces covered to the victim's house, office or shop, or sometimes corner him on the street. The victim is overpowered, and dumped into the boot. The kidnappers then demand ransom, usually making video films of the ...
A U.S. army soldier from Fox Troop, Sabre Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, sets a mud hut on fire in a deserted village on the outskirts of Balad Ruz, in Diyala province, some 75 kilometers ( 46.6 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Soldiers from Fox ...
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خلاصة الاخبار News Summary أفادت مصادر عراقية وأمريكية أن ثمانية أشخاص قتلوا بينهم جنديان أمريكيان وأصيب (61) بجروح في أعمال عنف وقعت بمناطق متفرقة من العراق، منذ ظهر (الثلاثاء) وحتى قبيل منتصف الليل. فيما اعتقلت القوات الأمنية (29) شخصا، لترتفع بذلك حصيلة العنف إلى (16) ...
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The leaked manual*, which has been verified with military sources, is the official US Special Forces doctrine for Foreign Internal Defense or FID. FID operations are designed to prop up "friendly" governments facing popular revolution or guerilla insurgency. FID interventions are often covert or quasi-covert due to ...
خلاصة الاخبار أفادت مصادر امنية، ان سبعة مدنيين قتلوا، واصيب آخر بجروح، فيما اعتقلت القوات الامنية عشرة اشخاص في اطار اعمال عنف وقعت في مناطق متفرقة من العراق، منذ الساعة الثانية ظهرا وحتى الساعة التاسعة من مساء اليوم الخميس، لترتفع بذلك حصيلة اعمال العنف الى تسعة قتلى وجرح مدني ...
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بعقوبة - ، د ب أ - أفادت مصادر أمنية وطبية وشهود عيان أن سبعة أشخاص قتلوا اليوم وجرح ستة آخرون في سلسلة اعمال عنف متفرقة في عدد من مناطق مدينة بعقوبة (60 كم شمال شرقي بغداد). Al Quds are reporting security, medical sources, and eyewitnesses as ...
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I take any job I can. We need the money. I sometimes start at six in the morning and do not get back home until eight or nine at night. I have worked as a labourer, selling chai, cleaning shoes. We come from Ramadi, and I used to ...
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Tens of thousands of detained Iraqis have never been found on any U.S. military records. Their families still do not know whether they are dead or alive. "All Iraqi poetry under occupation is now about death and separation."
IRAQ: The Love Stories Are Gone By Ali al-Fadhily. by ...
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