Contributor ReportsIraqi journalists worry about media crackdown
Source: Reuters
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Thu Nov 26 01:30:39 -0800 2009 | political-news
Lawsuits, rules that allow the government to shut TV stations that promote violence and other signs of creeping censorship are raising fears of a crackdown on Iraq's often partisan media ahead of an election next year. Lawsuits have been filed...
Inquiry told Iraqi WMDs 'unusable'
Source: Press TV
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Thu Nov 26 01:20:31 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Speaking on the second day of a public inquiry into Britain's role in the orchestration of the Iraq war, senior civil servant William Ehrman said that "in the very final days before military action", Britain knew that some Iraqi weapons...
Inquiry announced into 'Battle of Danny Boy' Iraq abuse claims
Source: Times Online
Basra :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 21:23:48 -0800 2009 | travel-news
It was launched as a result of a High Court legal battle against the MoD by Mr Al Sweady’s uncle and five Iraqis who say they were abused by British troops after the battle. The MoD was severely criticised by...
In Iraq, 2 Attacks Raise Fears of Sectarianism
Source: The New York Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 12:47:03 -0800 2009 | travel-news
During the darkest days of the sectarian bloodletting that swept Iraq several years ago, few terrors equaled the rise of the death squads men in the guise of the Iraqi security forces who killed with impunity. The death squad...
U.S., U.N. present proposals to end Iraq vote impasse
Source: Reuters
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 06:18:43 -0800 2009 | political-news
U.S. and U.N. officials have proposed solutions to Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president to stop him vetoing for a second time a law needed for an election to take place next year, an official said on Wednesday. Seen as a...
'V': The way of the gun
Source: Los Angeles Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 06:04:54 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news
But, yes, you're going to have to wait until March to find out just what will happen next to our favorite reptilian aliens and the human resistance movement, now that the ABC sci-fi series goes into hiatus following tonight's episode....
US offers $5M reward for Palestinian bomb-maker
Source: Associated Press
Mosul :: Iraq | updated Tue Nov 24 11:59:39 -0800 2009 | travel-news
State Department announced Tuesday that it is now offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency. Abu Ibrahim, whose real name is Husayn Muhammed...
Tony Blair backs Guardian Iraq appeal and calls for press freedom
Source: The Guardian
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 15:25:40 -0800 2009 | political-news
Tony Blair called for the Baghdad government to uphold press freedoms "we fought for" in Iraq today following a wave of complaints that independent media were being harassed. The former prime minister, whose role in the Iraq war is the...
U.S. Policy on Soldier Suicide Challenged
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 17:03:50 -0800 2009 | political-news
The Keesling family is mounting a lobbying effort to get that policy overturned. With the military being hit by a record number of suicides, the Keeslings -- backed by a bipartisan array of lawmakers from their home state of Indiana...
Iraq on cusp of foreign investment flood
Source: The Daily Star
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated Wed Nov 25 07:38:46 -0800 2009 | political-news
Iraq is on the verge of a boom in project finance as power plants, shopping malls and general infrastructure investment starts to kick in and violence continues to subside, the country’s trade bank said. Increasing numbers of foreign bankers have...
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