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By Rod Nordland The New York Times An Assyrian statue captures the eye of a visitor to Iraq's National Museum on Tuesday, when Google chief Eric Schmidt announced at the Baghdad museum that his company would put a virtual copy...
Just one in every hundred of the population has access to the net The Iraq government has followed in the footsteps of the Queen and the Pope and set up its own YouTube channel. The channel has been set up to promote...
There's something very odd about watching a video of the Iraqi Prime Minister giving a speech, and seeing a "featured video" link in the corner to Lady Gaga's new single. The Iraqi government has come to Youtube . As Google's...
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - The United States upped pressure on Iraqi politicians on Tuesday to reach a deal on holding elections as Washington sought to avoid delays on the pullout of thousands of troops from the country.
Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA...
Few believe assurances that fraud and incompetence are being tackled. By Hazim al-Shara and Abeer Mohamed in Baghdad (ICR No. 313, 24-Nov-09) Like many in Iraq, Mohamed Hasan, a primary school teacher in the Al-Washash...
A bomb attack in Salahuddin province damaged the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline more than four days ago and the damage will take up to four more days to fix, an Iraqi Oil Ministry official said on Tuesday. The bombing was the second...
FEMALE councillors in an Iraqi province must from now on be accompanied to local government offices by male chaperones to protect their moral fibre, politicians in the region said today. "All 28 members of the Wasit provincial...
Since we are hearing that surrender is on the table, we better take a look at what it would take to win. The Foreign Policy Initiative has a document exploding many of the myths about Gen. McChrystal's request for a...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities are investigating large-scale fraud at Baghdad municipality where employees have stolen millions of dollars, officials said on Monday. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, facing...
