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A Bill That Could Break Iraq
A recent bill forwarded to the United States Congress proposes that the United States should start distributing a percentage, about one-quarter, of its allotted funds to Iraq – to assist it in its...
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Kofi Annan on Iraq
The former Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan has recently, once again, attributed the turmoil presently gripping Iraq to the 2003 predominantly Anglo-American invasion of Iraq and the...
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Fears and Hopes in the Kurdistan’s
Kurdistan is an “invisible nation” which straddles the recognized territories of four other nations: Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. If an independent Kurdistan does ever became a tangible visible...
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“The youngest was a baby, maybe two months old.” -Eda Said
Iraqi Yazidi Girl Terrible Update: “The youngest was a baby, maybe two months old.” -Eda Said When I ask this beautiful Yazidi girl about the thousands of girls she saw around when she was kidnaped....
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From Palmyra to Ramadi
On two separate fronts against the infamous Islamic State (Daesh) we are faced with a depressing and imminent prospect. That this groups morale will be sufficiently boosted and they will be further...
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What’s Next for Anbar?
Last year Israeli journalist and filmmaker Itai Anghel traveled to both Syria and Iraq. There he showed us the Kurds of Iraq and Syria who are fighting the notorious Islamic State group (Daesh) and...
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Conspiracy theories which help Daesh
Alleged evidence can breathe life and give credence to the most incredible conspiracy theories in the often volatile Middle East region. And there are quite a few in Iraq relating to the wicked...
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Forget 2003: U.S. presence in Iraq today is more like it was in 1996
It has been asked of various candidates for next years U.S. presidential elections whether or not they would have invaded Iraq in 2003 knowing what we know now about that war and its outcome. It’s...
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Iraq’s Shia Militias: A Solution to ISIS Much Better Than Stalemate
These Shia militias presently going into Iraq’s Sunni-majority Anbar province to fight Islamic State (Daesh, ISIS) are doubtlessly the lesser evil in this horrible war. That ought to go without saying....
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Why It’s A Good Thing Tariq Aziz Was Not Executed
Rightfully dubbed the “face” and/or “voice” of the brutal Saddam Hussein regime Tariq Aziz has passed away. His ailing health, he suffered high blood pressure, heart problems as well as diabetes,...
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Clear, Hold and Build: An Old Strategy With Dubious Prospects
Just under a decade ago (September 2005) the United States Army in coordination with the Iraqi Army scored a much needed tactical victory. They cleared the Iraqi city of Tal Afar of Al-Qaeda terrorists...
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The Exhumation of Speicher: A Stark Reminder of Iraq’s Dark Past
When the tyrannical Baathist regime of the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was militarily overthrown by a predominantly Anglo-American military coalition back in 2003 Iraqis finally got the chance to...
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From Kirkuk to Tal Abyad
There are some latent similarities between the history of the Kurds in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq and the history of the Kurds in the town of Tal Abyad, Syria. The main one of course being that both of...
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Iraq’s Reckoning with Daesh
In scenes uncannily like Eastern Europe in the early 1940’s or Srebrenica in 1995 the victims of the Camp Speicher massacre of July 2014 were lined up like lambs to the slaughter. Unarmed and...
View ArticleIraqi Telecom provider Asiacell is having a surge in subscribers
The leading telecoms provider, Asiacell is currently experience a surge in demand thanks to a significant investment made in 2014 in conjunction with Swedish telecom giant Ericsson. By working with...
View Article#TerroristTurkey becomes Number 1 worldwide HashTag
News broke overnight that ISIS aka Daesh had attacked the city of Kobane by crossing over the border from Turkey. Naturally the global community on Twitter erupted at the news of Turkey allowing ISIS...
View ArticleDon’t Give Up On Iraq
Iraq has been fighting the Islamic State (Daesh, ISIS) terror gang for well over a year now. Daesh’s blitz across Northern Iraq and its more recent advances in Iraq’s Anbar Province have led many to...
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10 Reasons Why Iraq Is The Worst Place On Earth
If you’ve been alive for more than a day, you will know that Iraq is a dangerous place, where suicide attacks are a daily occurrence, women are oppressed, and people don’t have a social life. A guy I...
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Izzat ad Douri and ISIS
Written by Kyle W. Orton Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri, Saddam Hussein’s long-time deputy, was reported dead (again) on April 17. An audio message on May 15 disproved this. Douri was the implementer of the...
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Mosul in a State of Panic after Iraqi Air Force drops Leaflets
Residents of Mosul woke up to leaflets raining down on them from the sky after the Iraqi Air Force conducted air-drops of thousands of leaflets across the city in order to share its message and ensure...
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