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Karbala

Cement and Al Noura industries workers protest

Cement and Al Noura industries workers affiliated to cement Southern company in Karbala demonstrated in order to protest against not being included in the new salary scale. The demonstrators branded slogans calling the...

Iraq: 2 new refinery deals close

Iraq's Oil Ministry said Thursday that it is close to signing contracts to build two new oil refineries in southern Iraq.The ministry is expected to sign one contract for a 300,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Nasiriyah province...

Iraqi government accuses al-Jazeera

Baghdad - The Iraqi government Friday accused al-Jazeera news channel of falsely describing scenes of a public execution that it said took place in the southern Iraqi province of Karbala. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabagh said...

Aljazeera Footage Fabricated, Iraqi Govt. To Sue Channel

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 04 /07 /2008 BAGHDAD, July 4 (VOI) – An Iraqi government spokesman said on Friday that the footage televised by the Qatari Aljazeera news channel showing an overt execution allegedly carried...

U.S. Special Forces Kill Maliki Relative

U.S. Special Forces Kill Maliki Relative in a Raid McClatchy NewspapersJune 28, 2008 Senior Iraqi government officials said Saturday that a U.S. Special Forces counterterrorism unit conducted the raid that reportedly killed a...

Kahruba’ team meets with Dahuk

On Al Shaab international Stadium Al Kahruba’ team that lost its first match against Naft Al Janoub, will meet Dahuk team that lost against Karbala. This game is a chance for both teams to get back to competition or to give up...

Bomb kills six Iraqi police officers

A truck bomb detonated Sunday by remote control north of Baghdad killed six police officers and a member of a local group of Sunni volunteers who have turned against the insurgents, the police said. The truck was parked on a...

Suicide Bomber Gunned Down In Iraq

Iraqi guards opened fire on a female suicide bomber and triggered her explosives belt before she reached their headquarters, foiling the latest of more than 20 suicide missions by women this year, military officials said.

Sovereignty … Again

Karbala, a city held sacred by millions of Iraqis, a city certified able to keep its own security by the powers that be – the Americans, wakes up to a very strange story. Strange even to the Iraqi authorities, even to the Iraqi...

Status updates

If my day in Baghdad were described through Facebook status updates: Hannah Allam is... ...wondering why the U.S. military isn't commenting on the Karbala raid. 16 hours ago ...proud of Iraqi staffers for scrambling on raid...