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جعفر الموسوي ينتقد طريقة وتوقيت تنفيذ اعدام صدام

انتقد رئيس هيئة الادعاء العام السابق جعفر الموسوي طريقة وتوقيت تنفيذ حكم الإعدام في الرئيس السابق صدام حسين. وقال الموسوي في تصريح (للشرق الأوسط) انه لما أعلن عن تحديد موعد محاكمة أركان النظام السابق في قضية الدجيل وهي محاكمة مهمة يتابعها الرأي العام العالمي والتي فيها عدد كبير من ...

Who persecutes Christians in Iraq?

With the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Kurdish militias occupied Yazidi, Christian and Shebek areas and moved their control as far as the left bank of Mosul.Kurdish leaders do not hide their claims to these areas and their insistence that their inhabitants are ethnic Kurds. Kurdish leaders’ tactics have ...

Police pour into Mosul to protect Christians from sectarian killings

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. ...

‘Collateral damage’ or targeted killing, the effect is much the same - Robert Fisk

The patriarchal lineage – wherein all males carry their father's, grandfather's, and great-grandfather's names, sometimes back eight generations – enabled the secret police to trace the male line of entire families and thus to liquidate them all. Their womenfolk were tortured, many of them raped. The men were butchered. ...

IRAQ: Is Kurdish-Arab "Honeymoon" Over?

For the first time, the Shia-led government of Maliki is militarily challenging Kurds who are partners in his coalition government. Since the overthrow of Hussein, Shias and Kurds have given the appearance of a political alliance. When several Shia, Sunni and secular groups withdrew from Maliki's government in 2006, ...

Iraq: Violence is down – but not because of America’s ’surge’ - Middle East, World - The Independent

It is very noticeable that in recent weeks the US has largely ceased its criticism of Iran. This is partly because of American preoccupation with Russia since the fighting began in Georgia in August, but it is also an implicit recognition that US security in Iraq is highly dependant ...

White House ‘buried British intelligence on Iraq WMDs’ - Times Online

Mr Tenet called him to his office in September 2003 and showed him the White House instructions to forge the letter. "Even five years later, Richer remembers looking down at the creamy White House stationary on which the assignment was written" Tony Blair was told by MI6 ...

Saddam’ clan chief killed in Tikrit | مقتل شيخ عشيرة البو ناصر والذي تسلم جثة صدام بانفجار ناسفة في تكريت

ل مصدر امني في عمليات شرطة صلاح الدين، الثلاثاء، إن شيخ عشيرة البو ناصر الذي تسلم جثة الرئيس الأسبق صدام حسين بعد إعدامه، قتل بانفجار عبوة ناسفة وسط مدينة تكريت. وأوضح المصدر الذي طلب عدم الكشف اسمه للوكالة المستقلة للأنباء (أصوات العراق) أن "عبوة ناسفة من النوع اللاصق ...