Posted April 28th, 2010 by editor
Returning soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from new ailments related to burn pits, massive fires that sent thick, choking smoke hanging over US bases. Now one soldier is coming forward.
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-rather/something-in-the-air_b_552863.html
Tags: afghanistan, ailments, dan rather, iraq, massive fires, pits, soldier, something in the air
Posted March 28th, 2010 by editor
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s bloc has won the most seats in Iraq’s parliamentary elections, final results show.http://www.theafricanstore.org/
Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8590017.stm
Tags: bloc, iraq, iyad allawi, parliamentary elections, poll, prime minister
Posted January 26th, 2010 by editor
Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin known as Chemical Ali, is hanged for crimes against humanity in Iraq.
Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8479115.stm
Tags: ali hassan al majid, chemical ali, cousin, crimes against humanity, iraq, saddam hussein
Posted January 26th, 2010 by editor
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FOR 70 YEARS.
Source:http://rawstory.com/2009/2010/01/details-iraq-whistleblowers-alleged-suicide-sealed-70-years/
Tags: iraq, suicide, whistleblower
Posted December 26th, 2009 by editor
At least 23 people are killed and scores are wounded in a series of bomb blasts in Iraq, some targeting Shia Muslims.
Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8429945.stm
Tags: bomb blasts, iraq, shia muslims
Posted October 27th, 2009 by editor
US President Barack Obama condemns the outrageous attacks that left more than 130 people dead in Iraq’s capital.
Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8325306.stm
Tags: baghdad, barack obama, bloodbath, iraq
Posted August 7th, 2009 by editor
Iraq is considering blocking websites deemed pornographic or that incite violence or crime, triggering fears of a return to Saddam Hussein-style state censorship and government propaganda.
Source:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351254,00.asp
Tags: fear, fears, government propaganda, iraq, saddam hussein, state censorship, violence
Posted July 14th, 2009 by editor
The U.S. military in Iraq says two soldiers have been charged with filming and photographing female members of their unit while they were taking showers and then distributing the video and images.
Source:http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07/two-charged-with-filming-female-soldiers-showering/
Tags: female members, female soldiers, images, iraq, showers, two soldiers
Posted July 4th, 2009 by editor
After his capture, Saddam Hussein told the FBI that he falsely allowed the world to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction because he feared revealing his weakness to Iran
Source:http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1908322,00.html
Tags: fbi, iran, iraq, saddam hussein, weapons of mass destruction
Posted May 27th, 2009 by editor
“I think, on balance, that those moves help [us],” said the chief of U.S.
Central Command. “In fact, I have long been on record as having testified and also in helping write doctrine for interrogation techniques that are completely in line with the Geneva Convention. And as a division commander in Iraq in the early [...]
Tags: central command, division commander, geneva convention, interrogation techniques, iraq, obama, torture