Asia Times (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
As anger intensifies over last week's double bombing in Baghdad, Iraqis are making it clear they blame Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. But despite widespread acknowledgement that the latest violence will affect voter turnout at January's polls, Maliki still fancies his re-election chances. - Ali Karim (Nov 3, '09)
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours for meddling in its internal affairs as he met with a UN special envoy. The Iraqi premier also said three people behind twin suicide bombings in central Baghdad last week that killed more than 150 people had confessed to receiving help from Syria. He made the comments during talks with UN Assistant...
IraqPundit (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The news is that the UN envoy arrived in Baghdad to discuss with Nour Al Maliki the bombing attacks of Oct. 25. A man today told me that he could save the envoy a lot of trouble because he knows who was behind the attacks. The man said it was not al-Qaeda, and it was not Iran, it wasn't even the Israelis. Who was it? The man says the private security companies. That's right. Remember Blackwater? The...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
BAGHDAD — A man being questioned in connection with this week's deadly double bombings in Iraq's capital was able to seize a gun and kill an investigative officer during an interrogation, before being shot himself, the government said Saturday. The man, who was not identified, snatched a gun from a guard and wounded the guard, then killed the investigative officer during the interrogation in...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Syria this year has been in diplomatic high gear, holding more than six high-level meetings with the new administration of U.S. President Barack Obama and working to mend regional relations as well. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah paid a visit to Damascus in early October, prompting analysts to predict a potential turning point in regional stability (GulfNews). CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Mohamad Bazzi...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Ahmed Wali Karzai , brother of the Afghan president, “a go-between between the Americans and the Taliban,” and “a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade,” the New York Times informs us, “gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years.” This unsavory news has many negative implications...
Cedric's Big Mix (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL-AID TABLE CELEBRITY IN CHIEF BARRY O LEARNED TODAY THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WANTS TO HOUSE HIS LIBRARY . HE TOLD THESE REPORTERS THAT HE'D LOVE TO SEE SHELVES AND SHELVES "OF THE TWO BOOKS I WROTE ABOUT ME AND THE NEXT 57 I'M PLANNING TO." BUT ISN'T IT A LITTLE EARLY FOR A PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY? "WELL," BARRY O SAID, "IT...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
[JURIST] Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Monday renewed calls for a formal UN inquiry to investigate those responsible for bombings in the country following twin suicide bombings in Baghdad Sunday, which are believed to have killed more than 150. Zebari asked the UN General Assembly and the Security Council to appoint a special envoy to probe possible sources that are targeting the country's...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
BAGHDAD Al-Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving a day-care center. The al-Qaeda branch, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted on the Internet late Monday that its "martyrs ... targeted the dens of infidelity." Massive...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Monday, October 26, 2009 : In Baghdad, the death toll from Sunday's synchronized suicide car bombings has risen to 155. More than 500 people were also injured. It was the deadliest bombing in Iraq in two years. The blasts targeted the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Public Works and the Baghdad provincial government. Dozens of civil servants were among the dead. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The dead body of a man is carried away from the blast scene after being killed by a massive bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Monday, October 26, 2009 23:40 Mecca time, 20:40 GMT World leaders condemn Iraq attacks Sunday's double bombing in Baghdad was the country's deadliest attack in two years World leaders have joined their...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
CNN: The death toll from twin car bombings in Baghdad climbed to 160, with hundreds more wounded in the deadliest attack in the capital in more than two years, the Interior Ministry said Monday. At least 540 people were wounded in Sunday's attacks. One of the bombs exploded outside Baghdad's governorate building, the other outside the justice ministry. The bombs detonated in quick succession about...
IraqPundit (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Iraqis are frustrated. Everyone is sick of the terror. The general feeling is that we must move on, don't let the attacks stop us. And everyone is fed up with the do-nothing parliament. Nobody knows for certain who is responsible for Sunday's attacks that killed at least 155 people and injured more than 500 near the justice ministry. Of course people speculate, and those theories include that it was...
The Reaction (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
By Michael J.W. Stickings Yes, things have gotten better in Iraq. Perhaps even a lot better, if the lack of media coverage is any indication that the bloodshed has subsided. Indeed, we haven't done a "Just another day" post since the end of April , if I remember correctly. Not that this blog is the definitive word on the situation in Iraq, of course, but it's telling, I think, that there...
God's Politics (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Health Care. With a growing sense that Democrats may have the votes to pass health-care reform, many participants are now attempting to shape the components of landmark legislation rather than to defeat it. Faith. “Pope Benedict XVI ended a three-week Vatican meeting on Africa on Sunday with a call for peace and reconciliation among all people on the continent, regardless of ethnic and religious...
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WASHINGTON – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year to colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program. Al-Maliki said the country's education system has suffered after years of war and dictatorship. "Today with the stability and the security...
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