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Al-Qaida terrorist threats and South African World Cup readiness
Terrorism threats have led to a tightening of security measures ahead of the the World Cup scheduled to take place in less than a...
Tony Blair at the Iraq Inquiry
In a speech in May 1997 newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair stated “ine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that...
United Kingdom-Iraq: Pride and Shame
Days before Tony Blair is due to testify before the Iraq Inquiry in London, Stefan Simanowitz comments on the performance of Alistair Campbell, one...
Barack Obama to visit Iraq ?
Iraq has surged back towards the top of the presidential campaign agenda as attention shifts from the closing stages of the Democratic nomination race...
Former White House press secretary blasts President Bush on Iraq and reveals secrets in a new book.
Scott McClellan, former white house press secretary has written a book in which he blasts President bush and his advisors for orchestrating a war...
Iraq: Iranian embassy convoy attacked
According to Al Jazeera an Iranian embassy convoy was ambushed on Thursday. Armed men attacked the convoy when it approached a bridge that links...
Short lived ceasefire in Baghdad
The ceasefire that was signed by Iraqi officials and Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr was short lived as clashes between militiamen and US troops erupted...
Al Qaeda Iraq leader captured, say Iraqi officials
According to CNN Iraqi officials claim to have captured Abu Ayyub al-Masri Al Qaedas leader in Iraq. However the announcement of the capture caused...
Iraq : 22 militia fighters killed
According to CNN 22 Shiite militiamen were killed in Sadr City, Baghdad, on Sunday afternoon. US military and Iraqi soldiers indicated that a large...
Deadly overnight clashes in Baghdad.
At least 11 people were killed and 32 wounded during last nights clashes between Shiite militia and US soldiers in Baghdad. In March the...
Former Saddam regime leaders to be tried.
A prosecutor announced that Tariq Aziz the former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister has been called to court in a case involving the killing of...
Petraeus to be chief of US central command.
The current top US commander in Iraq, general David Petraeus, will be the next chief of US Central Command according to CNN. Petraeus will...
Air strike kills two in Baghdad.
A US military drone killed two gunmen in Sadr City district in Baghdad this Tuesday according to AP. The military statement on the incident...
Al Qaeda N°2: Iraq to become a “fortress of Islam”.
For the fifth anniversary of the US invasion in Iraq, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaedas N°2 made public an audio tape claiming that the US...
Over 60 Iraqi mourners killed in suicide attack.
According to Al Jazeera at least 60 people will killed in a suicide attack earlier today. The attack took place in the village of...
Dozens killed in city bombing in Iraq.
Yesterday bombs detonated in at least three cities in Iraq including Baghdad. The reported terrorist attack and violent clashes between Shiite militia and US...
EGYPT: High rates of trauma, sickness among Iraqi refugees
Many of the estimated 70,000-150,000 Iraqi refugees in Egypt have developed serious psychological and stress-related illnesses, including cardiac problems, according to Ahlam Tobia, a...
Aid agencies struggle to support over two million displaced Iraqis
As violence continues to force an average of 60,000 Iraqis from their homes every month, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), aid agencies...