BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
U.S. Army Sgt. Kevin Dodson, right, leads the way as Spc. Fout is escorted by a young Iraqi boy through the Muhalla 511 neighborhood in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to...
U.S. Torture and Atrocities (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Photo Credit: Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young Spc. Fout is escorted by a young Iraqi boy through the Muhalla 511 neighborhood in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Personal Security Detail. tags : Republican ... Democrat .... Conservative .... Liberal .... Hillary ..... Clinton .... Barack .... Barak ..... Obama .... US Torture --- US Atrocities...
U.S. Torture and Atrocities (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Photo Credit: Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young U.S. Army Staff Sgt Allan Triplett tests his muscles during an arm wrestling competition while bonding with local Iraqis outside an eatery in Ula Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq. Triplett is assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment. tags : Republican ... Democrat .... Conservative .... Liberal .... Hillary ..... Clinton .... Barack ....
Iraq Oil Report (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Plus: *Petrel also says Oil Ministry agrees to payment, ditches Kurdish partner *Confirmation and details of KRG-South Korea oil investment *Fields in second oil and gas bidding round discussed *Kanaqin residents say fight is over oil, future in Iraq *Alive in Baghdad: Sadr City vs. the Walls *Food rations to be cut *Election rules ban some religious images Iraqi oil and gas deals [...]
The Satirical Political Report (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
“LET ME CLARIFY MY STATEMENT. IT WAS THE SUNNIS WHO THREATENED THE ‘SECURITIES’ OF THE UNDESERVING BORROWERS IN SADR CITY.”
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
U.S. Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander, Multinational Force Iraq, answers questions from 60 Minutes reporter Lesley Stahl during his visit to the People's Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 18, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young WAR/TERRORISM NEWS SUMMARIES AROUND THE WORLD United States Central Command Global Security Briefs -- In Homeland Security...
Alive In Baghdad (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
VIDEO - Iraq, Baghdad/Sadr City – After the failure of many security plans proposed by the Iraqi government and US military strategists, a recent plan, hand-in-hand with the so-called “Surge,” was designed. It was a desperate attempt by the US and Iraqi military forces to control the Sunni-Shia militia. At the suggestion of military leaders, [...]
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Staff Sgt. William Clawson, a Flemington, N.J., native, communicates with other members of the Command Security Detachment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, during a patrol in the Jamilla market of the Sadr City District of Baghdad, Sept. 18, 2008. Clawson serves as the platoon sergeant for the CSD, 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div. (Photographer: Sgt. Zachary...
The Air Force Pundit (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Iraqi girls line up at their school in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. Iraqi children begun the new school year Sunday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) By KIM GAMEL Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD -- Boys and girls in navy blue and white uniforms giggled and held hands Sunday as they filed into dusty and often rundown classrooms for the first day of school in Iraq....
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
A Spring, Texas, native who's serving his second tour in Iraq has seen Baghdad's Sadr City district as the scene of heavy fighting and as a community with a promising future.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Sadr City slowly comes back to life after conflict
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
The streets of Sadr City are slowly coming back to life, the BBC's Mike Sergeant in Baghdad says.
Iraq Oil Report (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Plus: *DNO nearer to export oil *IMF gives Iraq marks on economy *Basra power plant up and running *Rumors over Maliki future *Alive in Baghdad: Sadr City *Much more Norway’s DNO will expand its successful Tawke project in northern Iraq, moving closer to being able to export oil via pipeline, Ben Lando reports for United Press International. Exporting the Kurdistan region oil [...]
Department of Defense (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
The soldiers of Earth Movers Platoon, Company B, 46th Engineer Combat Battalion visit about 120 construction sites each week to provide quality control for coalition forces-funded projects being carried out by Iraqi contractors.
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
BBC US troops talk to Newsnight's Andrew North about not wanting to be in Iraq and how the effort is hurting the US economy and reputation. Guardian photographer and film-maker Sean Smith spent two months with the US 101st airborne division over the summer, in the Shia strongholds of Sadr City and Shu'la, where peace still seems a long way off. Video here.
