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Sadr aide criticises Iraq's Sistani
ALJAZEERA Sat, 10 May 2008 01:42:06 AM
Fifteen people killed in clashes between US military and al-Mahdi Army fighters.
Turkey-PKK clashes claim 22 lives
PRESSTV Sat, 10 May 2008 04:22:44 GMT
At least 20 Kurdish separatists and two Turkish soldiers have been killed in clashes that erupted between Turkish troops and PKK rebels.
Iraq war news via Pentagon's prism
PRESSTV Sat, 10 May 2008 02:23:07 GMT
A report says the Pentagon's military analyst program has hired ex-military personal to parrot talking points on the air.
Held man 'not al-Qaeda's Iraq boss'
ALJAZEERA Fri, 09 May 2008 10:22:05 AM
US military denies man arrested by Iraqi forces is al-Qaeda chief in Iraq
British marines seen near Iran border
PRESSTV Sat, 10 May 2008 10:27:38 GMT
Roughly 60 British marines have been seen patrolling along Iraq's border with Iran near the Shalamcheh border crossing, sources have said.
Gun battles erupt in Sadr City
ALJAZEERA Thu, 08 May 2008 09:22:52 AM
Seven people are killed and 20 others wounded in renewed fighting in Iraqi capital.
'US presence causes tension in ME'
PRESSTV Thu, 08 May 2008 17:14:44 GMT
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution says the US military presence in Iraq and the Persian Gulf is behind tension and insecurity in the region.
Iraq urges US and Iran to talk
ALJAZEERA Wed, 07 May 2008 15:47:05 PM
Iraqi FM says both sides must stop accusations and hold talks on Iraq's security.
Sadr City dead mostly women, kids
PRESSTV Wed, 07 May 2008 10:11:48 GMT
News reports have revealed around 60 percent of Iraqis killed in recent US raids on Baghdad's Sadr City were women and children.
'Guantanamo man' in Iraq bombing
BBC Wed, 07 May 2008 18:21:37 GMT
A former Kuwaiti detainee at Guantanamo Bay carried out a recent suicide bombing in Iraq, the US says.
'No agreement in violation of sovereignty'
PRESSTV Tue, 06 May 2008 13:48:19 GMT
A senior Iraqi politician has said that his country's top Shia clerics have three conditions to sign a security agreement with the US.
Iraqi sues US contractors for torture
PRESSTV Tue, 06 May 2008 07:49:43 GMT
An Iraqi man has sued two US military contractors, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison.
US to withdraw 3,500 'surge' troops
PRESSTV Tue, 06 May 2008 11:28:37 GMT
The US military has decided to withdraw 3,500 troops deployed in Iraq as part of the controversial 'surge' in February last year.
Unicef warns of Iraqis 'at risk'
BBC Tue, 06 May 2008 07:17:35 GMT
UN children's agency Unicef says it is getting harder to help people in Baghdad's Sadr City area caught up in fighting.
'US GIs' PTSD may exceed war tolls'
PRESSTV Tue, 06 May 2008 03:20:13 GMT
A US health official warns suicides and 'psychological mortality' among US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan could increase death tolls.
Checkpoint attack kills 10 Iraqis
BBC Mon, 05 May 2008 18:52:05 GMT
Ten Iraqi soldiers are killed in an attack on a checkpoint in the province of Diyala, Iraqi police say.
Paul: Obama should school McCain
PRESSTV Mon, 05 May 2008 21:37:46 GMT
Republican congressman Ron Paul says he favors Democratic candidate Barack Obama over Republican John McCain because of his Iraq policy.
10 Iraqi troops killed in Baghdad
PRESSTV Mon, 05 May 2008 20:57:53 GMT
At least ten Iraqi soldiers have been killed and thirteen others wounded in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the US military reports.
US kills 6 Sadr City residents
PRESSTV Mon, 05 May 2008 11:33:12 GMT
US military operations have left at least 6 Iraqi civilians dead and 40 wounded including women and children in Baghdad's Sadr City.
Sadr City people's situation gets worse
PRESSTV Mon, 05 May 2008 09:41:30 GMT
The situation of civilians in Baghdad's Sadr City has deteriorated as the US continues its siege and raids on the people, Sadr City mayor says.
US claims Hezbollah trains Iraqis in Iran
PRESSTV Mon, 05 May 2008 21:07:10 GMT
A US military spokesman accuses Iran of allowing Lebanon's Hezbollah Movement to train Iraqi militants in camps near its capital of Tehran.
Iran: Iraq turning into 2nd Palestine
PRESSTV Sun, 04 May 2008 19:55:33 GMT
Iran's Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel calls on Muslim nations to prevent US attempts to turn Iraq into 'a second Palestine'.
Iraqi first lady escapes attack
ALJAZEERA Sun, 04 May 2008 14:09:38 PM
Jalal Talabani's wife is unhurt, but eight others are injured by roadside bomb.
Talabani's wife escapes bomb attack
PRESSTV Sun, 04 May 2008 16:49:32 GMT
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's wife has survived a bomb attack after a roadside bomb exploded near her convoy in the Iraqi capital.
US troops kill 10 Iraqi civilians
PRESSTV Sun, 04 May 2008 13:07:30 GMT
US troops have killed at least 10 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Sadr City, a day after a US rocket attack damaged a hospital in the city.
Iraq bomb kills four US marines
BBC Sun, 4 May 08 08:26:22 BST
A roadside bomb in Iraq's restive Anbar province killed four US marines, the military announces.
US loses 4 Marines to Iraq mine
PRESSTV Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:24 GMT
Four US Marines have been killed in a remote-control mine blast in western Iraq, the US military has said two days after the incident.
US contractors to train Iraqi military
PRESSTV Sun, 04 May 2008 07:33:16 GMT
US commanders in Iraq are seeking private contractors to form military teams that train and live with Iraqi military units in the country.
US blitz wounds 23 Iraqi civilians
PRESSTV Sat, 03 May 2008 18:01:13 GMT
A US chopper has fired a missile near a hospital in Baghdad's Sadr city district, injuring 23 civilians, Iraqi hospital officials say.
Iraq hospital 'damaged by US raid'
ALJAZEERA Sat, 03 May 2008 12:34:37 PM
Women and children among dozens wounded in incident in Baghdad's Sadr City district.
US continues killing Iraqi civilians
PRESSTV Sat, 03 May 2008 13:54:12 GMT
A fresh US air strike on the Sadr city in Baghdad has killed three Iraqi civilians and wounded seven others, local residents say.
US forces kill 8 more Iraqis
PRESSTV Sat, 03 May 2008 10:34:41 GMT
The US forces have killed at least eight more Iraqis during their military operations in Baghdad's Sadr City, the military says.
Soldier siblings sent together to fight in Iraq
GUARDIAN Fri, 02 May 2008 23:07:50 GMT
Three brothers from the same battalion to fight together on a six-month tour of duty
US limits Iraqi rebuilding budget
PRESSTV Fri, 02 May 2008 11:33:38 GMT
The US Senate has passed a new defense bill on Iraq which restricts rebuilding of infrastructural projects in the war-shattered country.
US spy drone crashes in southern Iraq
PRESSTV Fri, 02 May 2008 11:39:33 GMT
An American remotely piloted long-endurance spy aircraft has crashed in southern Iraq in a pre-dawn mission, the US military says.
Senate wants Iraq money for US war
PRESSTV Fri, 02 May 2008 02:49:04 GMT
A US Senate panel has agreed unanimously to block the Defense Department from funding Iraq reconstruction and security projects.
British troops to stay in Basra 'for the long term'
GUARDIAN Thu, 01 May 2008 23:03:19 GMT
Petraeus, Browne and defence chiefs agree that British garrison helps 'political credence' with US
Iraqi MPs call Maliki 'depraved' - The deputies blame Iraqis' suffering on government policies
BBC Thu, 01 May 2008 13:42 UK
Iraqi deputies have denounced the government, using a quotation from the Koran to describe Prime Minister Nouri Maliki as "depraved".

The criticism came from the bloc of MPs who support the Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr - which once backed Mr Maliki.

Iraqi troops and US-led foreign forces have been engaged in bloody battles with Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Moqtada Sadr over recent weeks.

Nine people died on Thursday in a Baghdad bomb blast aimed at US troops.

The death toll also rose in the sprawling Baghdad district of Sadr City.

In the latest violence, US forces said they had killed at least 16 militants, while heath officials said eight people had been killed overnight.

Over past weeks, more than 400 have been killed and 2,500 injured in Sadr City.

Petraeus and Brown to hold talks on UK role in Iraq
GUARDIAN Thu, 01 May 2008 10:50:40 GMT
US military commander in Iraq and US ambassador to meet prime minister at Downing Street
Baghdad car bomb kills 9 wounds 26
PRESSTV Thu, 01 May 2008 13:41:50 GMT
A car bomb has exploded in a crowded commercial area in eastern Baghdad, killing at least nine Iraqi civilians and leaving 26 others wounded.
US-led operations kill eight Iraqis
PRESSTV Thu, 01 May 2008 12:02:04 GMT
At least 8 Iraqi civilians, including two women, have been killed in US-led operations in Baghdad's Sadr City, security officials say.
US-led operations kill 8 Iraqis
PRESSTV Thu, 01 May 2008 11:50:01 GMT
At least 8 Iraqi civilians, including two women, have been killed in US-led operations in Baghdad's Sadr City, security officials say.
Iraq: US station near Iran, unauthorized
PRESSTV Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:29:39 GMT
An Iraqi diplomat says the US military station near the Iranian border has been set up without the consent of the government in Baghdad.
Over 900 Iraqis killed in Sadr City
PRESSTV Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:03:36 GMT
More than 900 people have been killed in Baghdad's Sadr City in fierce clashes that broke out last month between gunmen and security forces.
Baghdad clashes 'leave 400 dead'
BBC Wed, 30 Apr 2008
More than 400 people have been killed in fighting over the last month between Shia gunmen and US and Iraqi forces, hospital officials in Baghdad say.

The Sadr City district of the Iraqi capital has seen most of the fighting as the government tries to disarm members of Shia militias.

Two US soldiers have died in latest Baghdad clashes, the US military said.

April has been the most lethal month for US troops in Iraq, with 46 deaths, since September, when 65 soldiers died.


The creation of a Committee for the defense of Tarek Aziz and the other Iraqi political prisoners
BLOGSPOT 1 May 2008
Tarek Aziz trial has been adjourned to Tuesday 20th May following a short audience held on the 28th April 2008, during which the Deputy Vice Prime minister has denied any implication in the charges set against him and requested a new Iraqi lawyer. His Lawyer Barrister Badie Aref - having taken refuge in Amman for « security' reasons » : the US refusing to ensure any longer his safety following the death threats he received while a mandate of arrest was launched against him.

The appeal for the liberation of Tarek Aziz, recalling the first signatories, has been re launched again at the international level by the British Parliamentarian George Galloway .

In France, in amongst more than a hundred signatures, we can note the following :
Jean-Pierre Chevènement (former minister) - Michel Debray ( Vice-admiral en 2ème section) - Michel Lelong (cleric) – Général Pierre Gallois (Retired Commander) - Thierry Mariani (MP) - Philippe de Saint Robert (writer) – Andrée Michel (honorary director of Research, CNRS) – Didier Julia (MP) - Maurice Buttin (Barrister) - Claude Gaucherand (Contre admiral en 2ème section) - Michel Grimard (President of the Christian Movement Vème République) - Maurice Cannet (General- Retired) - Jacques Gaillot (Cleric -Bishop) - Jean-Pierre Bastid (Novelist) – Paul-Marie Couteaux (European MP) - Charles Saint Prot (writer) – Pierre Levy (journalist) - Bruno Drweski (University Professor) – Alain Corvez (colonel) - Edmond Jouve (university professor) – Robert Vial (journalist) - Georges Labica (highly skilled university professor) – Amaury Couderc (former elected official and mayor) - Paul Balta (writer) – Sliman Doggui (neurologist) – Gérard Godfroy (former director of Rennes' Fair) – Jean Picollec (editor) – Roland Lafitte (writer) – Patricia Latour (writer) – Xavière Jardez (jurist)…. etc
'Israel used Iraq for Syria air raid'
PRESSTV Thu, 01 May 2008
Israeli ground forces secretly used Iraq's soil to infiltrate into Syria ahead of a September Israeli air raid, a new report claims.
'Bush planning to attack Iran this year'
PRESSTV Thu, 01 May 2008
Ray McGovern, a prominent former CIA analyst, says US President George W. Bush is planning to wage a military attack on Iran this year.

McGovern who has been a CIA officer under seven US presidents--presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House for many of them--believes President Bush and his administration have no intention of leaving Iraq and are preparing to attack Iran in the next few months.

"I believe George Bush and Dick Cheney plan to take care of Iran before they leave office," the former CIA official said in an interview with Charleston Gazette, which was published on Wednesday.

McGovern also pointed to the US-led war in Iraq and said that the war had several motives, including giving a "rebuke" to Saddam Hussein, supporting Israel, controlling oil reserves and expanding permanent US military bases in the Middle East.

He also praised Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, the former commander of the US Central Command. Fallon was forced out shortly after Esquire magazine published a profile of his career that highlighted his strong opposition to any war with Iran and his desire to reduce troop levels in Iraq.

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