Entries Tagged as ‘Iraq’

March 18, 2008

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 33 in Iraq

Today was another bloody day in Iraq as a female suicide bomber targeted Shiite worshippers. The carnage left 33 dead and at least 50 wounded in the city of Karbala, Iraq. Elsewhere in Iraq, two American soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb.

The incident was one half-mile away from the Imam Hussein shrine of Karbala, [...]

March 2, 2008

Execution Approved For ‘Chemical Ali’

Ali Hassan al-Majid, hearing in Baghdad, Iraq (Dec. 18, 2004). - Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Defense

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February 12, 2008

Two CBS Journalists Kidnapped in Iraq

Two CBS journalists have been kidnapped in Iraq. A British journalist and his Iraqi translator was kidnapped in the port city of Basra on Sunday lead away by gunpoint from the Palace Sultan Hotel.

About 10 gunmen were involved in taking the British photo-journalist and his interpreter. The pair had flown to Basra from Baghdad on [...]

February 7, 2008

Jolie Goes To Iraq

Angelina Jolie takes her United Nations goodwill ambassador position seriously. She is now in Iraq highlighting internal refugees in that nation. With the violence that permeates throughout the country many have are choice but to live in refugee camps.

In a country that is filled with violence Jolie stated that there should be a more [...]

February 5, 2008

A widow of Iraq

In a country where men dominate how do the widows survive raising young families? That’s an issue that Iraqi women have been having to face since the war with the United States broke out. This is the story of one such woman, Teeba Jaweed.

Teeba Jaweed’s life changed on January 13, 2007. An employee of her [...]

February 1, 2008

A New Low As Two Mentally Disabled Women Used In Suicide Attack

At least 53 people died today as two mentally disabled women were sent into two different busy market places and blown up using remote control devices in Baghdad. At the first market people had commented on the “crazy woman”.

There are reports of more than 175 people being injured in the attacks in addition to those [...]

December 6, 2007

Update: Bilal Hussein’s Case

The Pentagon says that it believes that Hussein is a “terrorist media operative” but has constantly refused to provide any evidence for that accusation. They have also refused to detail the charges that will be brought against him.
What the US military has revealed is that even if Hussein is found innocent that they have the [...]

November 25, 2007

op-ed: Freedom Of The Press Is Not Always The American Way

Iraqi Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein has been in prison for over 19 months. The U.S. military plans to seek a criminal case against Hussein but have not disclosed evidence or even the actual charges against the man.

According to Harper’s Magazine, “the order to arrest Hussein came from very high up, and the reason [...]

November 11, 2007

Drafting The Diplomats To Iraq

A shortage of experienced diplomats in Iraq has forced the United States State Department to force Foreign Service officers to serve in Baghdad against their will. If 48 positions aren’t filled soon then a draft will fill them.
AFSA is the Association the represents 11,500 professional diplomats. In those ranks are 6,500 Foreign Service officers and [...]