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Iraq's Christian Assyrians Defend Their Own Village

Sep 10, 2008

TEL ASQUF, Iraq (AFP) -- This village in northern Iraq's flash-point Nineveh province, frequently targeted by Sunni and Shi'ite fighters, has taken security into its own hands with armed patrols and checkpoints at the...

Remarks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri

FOREIGN MINISTER FIHRI (Via interpreter): First of all, on behalf of everyone, I would like to apologize to you for this delay. I would like to thank you for your presence for this meeting, and I would also like to say...

Hearings set for US soldiers charged with death of Iraq detainee

JURIST] The hearings for two US soldiers charged in connection with the death of an Iraqi detainee have been scheduled for September 11 and 20, representatives of the US military said [AFP report] on Thursday. Staff Sgt....

The Mumahidun: Muqtada Al-Sadr_s New Militia

By Babak Rahimi The Mahdi Army, the Shia militia loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, has recently undergone a significant transformation. On August 28, al-Sadr suspended the armed operations of the Mahdi Army (al-Jazeera, August...

Iraqi forces find large amounts of explosive materials in N Baghdad

Iraqi security forces discovered thousands of chemical materials used as explosive booster in manufacturing homemade bombs in Salahudin province, a police source said on Thursday. Based on intelligence reports, a police...

Iraq begins campaign to evict Baghdad squatters

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces began a push on Tuesday to evict people squatting in Baghdad homes that were abandoned by residents fleeing sectarian violence, a military spokesman said. Despite a sharp drop in violence...

It's too soon to judge the 'surge'

Violence in Iraq is down. Casualty levels for U.S. forces and Iraqi civilians are at their lowest levels since the invasion began, and some semblance of normalcy is returning to Iraq's battered population. Al-Qaeda in...

Sam Solomon: The Cart before the Horse - Terrorism and Violence in Islam

Pilcrow Press August 28 2008 By Sam Solomon Baquba... Abu-Ghraib... Takrit... Al-Qaeda... Bint-Jubail... Fallaujah... Hamidi ... Samarra... Hamed Al-Suaidi... Al-Zarqawi... Bin Ladin... Ahmadinejad! During the half-decade...

U.S. forces to transfer control of Anbar

MPs rule out deal on Iraq debt KUWAIT CITY : Several MPs have dismissed any possibility that the Parliament will approve a proposal to waive off Iraqi debts, but welcomed moves to hold negotiations to settle a number of...

Attorney: Fort Campbell soldier did not kill Iraqi

A soldier accused of premeditated murder in the shooting death of an Iraqi detainee says he did not kill the man and will fight the charges, his attorney said Monday. Attorney James Phillips also said a hearing for U.S....