Posts Tagged ‘ Mc Clatchy reports ’

BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces passed their first big test minus American troops with flying colors — and with veil-to-sandal searches of an estimated 2 million pilgrims at one of Shiite Islam’s most sacred shrines. Only one death and 48 injuries were reported Thursday through Saturday in incidents authorities tied to the pilgrimage to...
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MISHKHAB, Iraq — Once the cradle of agriculture for civilization, the Land Between Two Rivers — the Tigris and Euphrates — has become a basket case for its farmers. Just ask Naji Habeeb, 85. His family has been growing rice in this village 135 miles southeast of Baghdad for generations. Thin green shoots stick...
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reversed his decision to release detainee abuse photos from Iraq and Afghanistan after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki warned that Iraq would erupt into violence and that Iraqis would demand that U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq a year earlier than planned, two U.S. military officers, a senior defense...
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Dr. Zinah Jawad leans over her patient and peers into his glazed eyes. It doesn’t look good, she said, shaking her head. The man had arrived at Baghdad Teaching Hospital’s emergency department a few hours earlier with a high fever and dizziness. Now he lies shaking, sweat soaking his dirty clothes. The Teaching Hospital’s emergency room...
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BAGHDAD — The stench of human waste is enough to tell Falah abu Hasan that his drinking water is bad. His infant daughter Fatma’s continuous illnesses and his own constant nausea confirm it. "We are the poor. No one cares if we get sick and die," he said. "But someone should do something about...
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