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US 'neglected' southern Iraq, inquiry hears
Basra :: Iraq | about 3 hours ago
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US 'neglected' southern Iraq, ambassador tells Chilcot inquiry Edward Chaplin tells inquiry that despite billions of dollars being poured into Iraq by the US, little went to the main UK area of operations around Basra Press Association America failed...
Tags: Iraq, southern iraq, Basra Press Association America, Basra, Fertile Crescent, Post-invasion Iraq 2003￢ﾀﾓpresent, Politics, Saddam Hussein, Iraq War, Iraq ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations
Marsh Arab 'Mudhif' Built at COB Adder in Iraq
Muncie :: IN :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Iraq – Local architecture plays an important role in understanding the culture of the marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq and no structure captures the lifestyle and traditions of the region more than the 'mudhif.' First constructed in the marshes of what is...
Tags: Southern Iraq, Muncie, Fertile Crescent, Mudhif, Maysan Governorate, Dhi Qar Governorate, Pathfinder, Marsh Arabs, Iraq
Iraq oil deal puts pressure on Opec
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 1 month ago
Credibility ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell , the two biggest western oil companies, on Thursday won the right to develop Iraq’s giant West Qurna oilfield, raising the prospect of a big jump in Iraqi oil supplies. The agreement is the third such deal this year and...
Tags: Iraqi Oil Ministry, Iraqi Parliament, Exxon Mobil Wins Iraq, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, West Qurna Stage, Exxon Mobil Corp., Exxon-Shell, southern iraq, iraq oil, led consortium
Baha Mousa inquiry: soldiers 'routinely used banned interrogation methods'
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility The British soldiers responsible for the death of an Iraqi detainee were not just "a few bad apples", a public inquiry heard today. Hotel receptionist Baha Mousa , 26, died in UK military custody in Basra, southern Iraq , in September 2003 after being...
Tags: Iraq, southern iraq, Baha Mousa, Basra, lawyer says, United Kingdom, London
US military closes largest detention camp in Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 months ago
Credibility The U.S. military on Wednesday closed Camp Bucca, an isolated desert prison that was once its largest lockup in Iraq, as it moves to release thousands of detainees or transfer them to Iraqi custody before the end of the year. Sunni insurgents, Shiite...
Tags: Iraqi, U.S, Camp Bucca, military closes, southern iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad Tightens Security Ahead of Shi'ite Pilgrimage
Baghdad :: Iraq | 4 months ago
Credibility Iraqi authorities have tightened security in Baghdad in an effort to prevent attacks on Shi'ite pilgrims as they make their way to the capital to commemorate the death of a revered imam. The pilgrims are often targets as they journey to a shrine in honor...
Tags: Baghdad, Shiite Muslim, Shiite-Sunni, Iraqi, shiite pilgrims, Kazimiyah, roadside bomb, revered imam, northern baghdad, southern iraq
Curfew in Mosul localities
Baghdad :: Iraq | 4 months ago
Credibility The ethnically mixed Iraqi city of Mosul imposed a curfew on vehicles in Christian neighbourhoods yesterday, responding to a spate of bomb attacks targeting churches in Baghdad, police said. The curfew, mostly affecting suburbs on the outskirts, was to...
Tags: Iraqi, U.S, Baghdad Chris Hill, roadside bombs, southern iraq, Christopher R. Hill, bombs exploded, Dhi Qar Province, convoy carrying, Dhi Qar province
Inquiry opens into Iraqi's death
Basra :: Iraq | 4 months ago
Credibility A public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian in British military custody six years ago is due to open. Baha Mousa, 26, died during detention by soldiers from the former Queen's Lancashire Regiment after his arrest at a Basra hotel with nine other...
Tags: Iraqi, Baha Mousa, British, public inquiry, iraqis civilians, Basra, soldiers screaming, southern iraq, hotel receptionist
Insufficient force in Afghanistan | Richard Norton-Taylor
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility British forces are now out of Iraq and defence chiefs can concentrate on Afghanistan . This week they are taking part in one of their largest operations against the Taliban in Helmand province with the backing of US air power. Today, General Sir Richard...
Tags: Iraq, Afghanistan, Richard Dannatt, Britain, army chiefs, sir richard, southern iraq, general sir
Bombers attack soft target in southern Iraq
Baghdad :: Iraq | 6 months ago
Credibility June 10 — A car bomb tore through a crowded market Wednesday in a remote town in a part of southern Iraq that has been relatively peaceful in past months, officials said. At least 29 people were killed, with dozens more wounded, overwhelming the nearby...
Tags: car bomb, South-Eastern Iraq, southern iraq, Nasiriyah, Shabka Nassiriya, crowded market, Bathaa, Baghdad, bomb tore, bomb killing
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