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August  2007
US to free 50 Iraqi detainees a day in Ramadan 8-31
Plane carrying U.S. lawmakers in Iraq comes under attack. 8-31
Secret Report: Corruption is "Norm" Within Iraqi Government 8-31
Petraeus Says Surge Is Working. I'm shocked too. 8-31
Petraeus: WH won’t write my September report 8-31
An independent examination of the Iraqi police shows a force that is so far gone, it might need to be scrapped altogether. 8-31
Cholera spreads in Iraq as health services collapse 8-31
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) added her name to the list of analysts and lawmakers who are raising concerns about Gen. David Petraeus’s “conflicting loyalty” between “the desire to please the president” and to report the unvarnished truth about Bush’s strategy. 8-31
Iraqi chemical weapons found right where we all knew they would be: In the UN 8-31
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 31
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Sadr May Revoke 'Freeze' on Militia: Aides Say Iraqi Cleric Is Reconsidering After Military Raid on Karbala Office 8-31
"Strikingly Negative" Iraq Report Leaked To Preempt White House Doctoring: Iraq fails in 13 out of 18 benchmarks set by Congress 8-30
Commanders Divided, Pentagon Won't Make Unified Surge Recommendation To Bush 8-30
Pentagon won't make surge recommendation to Bush 8-30
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered a six-month suspension of activities by his Mahdi Army 8-30
The Way Out Of Iraq: How To Safely And Orderly Redeploy In A Year 8-30
Iraq says 72 gunmen arrested after Kerbala chaos 8-30
Aid agencies unable to gain access to violence-afflicted Karbala 8-30
Coalition forces to pressure both Iran and Turkey to stop bombing Kurdish areas of Iraq 8-30
U.N. reports cholera outbreak in northern Iraq 8-30
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 28 August 2007 8-30
In what officials call “the largest ring of fraud and kickbacks uncovered in” Iraq yet, federal agents are investigating “the purchase and delivery of billions of dollars of weapons, supplies and other matériel to Iraqi and American forces.” 8-28
Petraeus 'Softened' National Intel Estimate On Iraq 8-28
Cholera outbreak kills five in northern Iraq 8-28
IRAQ'S top five political leaders have announced an agreement to release thousands of prisoners being held without charge and to reform a law that has kept thousands of members of Saddam Hussein's political party out of government jobs. 8-28
Pilgrims flee Iraqi city; clashes kill 52 8-28
Over 31 killed, 179 wounded in fresh Karbala clashes 8-28
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 27 August 2007. 8-28
Iraq Sunni Arabs won't rejoin cabinet despite deal 8-28
There’s a sinister reason why some journalists believe “the surge” is having a small effect in Iraq militarily. It’s because we’re actually fighting against the government we helped create. 8-29
1 million Shiites evacuated from shrine in Karbala 8-29
Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq - Tuesday 28 August 2007
Iraq's Sadr suspends militia activity for 6 months 8-29
"The war against Iraq's prime minister" 8-29
The Washington Post reports that Gen. Petraeus has altered the latest National Intelligence Estimate to downplay the level of violence in Iraq. 8-29
So who is really doing the fighting in Iraq? Boys as young as 11 years old! 8-29 Remember, at the start of this thing, one half of the Iraqi population was under 15 years old.
The price of a pizza in Iraq: an eye and a leg 8-29
2,000 families flee Northern Iraq under heavy Turkish and Iranian artillery bombardment. 8-27
Four thousand Nat'l Guardsmen give standing ovation to call to withdraw from Iraq 8-27
Webb: Unlike Vietnam, Iraq War’s ‘Strategic Objective’ Was Unrelated To Reason For Invasion 8-27
French President Nicholas Sarkozy called for a timetable to withdraw foreign troops from Iraq. “The Iraq tragedy cannot leave us indifferent. France was, thanks to Jacques Chirac, and remains hostile to this war.” 8-27
The War on Iraq's Women 8-27
Understatement of the millennium: Maliki accuses US politicians of meddling in Iraq 8-27
British troops withdrew from a Joint Operations Command Center in Basra 8-27
24,500 Today: Number Of Detained Iraqis Grows By 50 Percent Under Surge 8-25
GIs' morale dips as Iraq war drags on 8-25
Is The Prospect Of Withdrawal Responsible For The Modest Security Gains In Iraq? 8-25
'Chemical Ali' trial rekindles Shiite anger toward US 8-25
US soldier withdrawn from Iraq after brothers killed 8-25
Marine charged with murder in Fallujah killing 8-25
The United States' largest and costliest embassy, a heavily fortified compound in Baghdad with its own power plant and lighted softball field, is on track to be completed next month 8-24
Freedom is on the march: Freedom to have American Corporate lobbyists pick your government! IraqSlogger reports that Iyad Allawi, believed to be positioning himself to be Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s successor, “is paying Washington lobbyists with close ties to the White House $300,000 to help 8-24  
Kristol: Let’s ‘Stretch Our Army And Marines’ For ‘Another Year Or So’ In Iraq 8-24
Sen. Vitter(R- DCmadam) Needs Only 10 Hours In Iraq To Declare ‘The Surge Is Working Very, Very Well’ 8-24
British troops: Iraq is unwinnable 8-24
Iraqi town who turned on Al-Qaeda has 200+ Al-Qaeda turn on them 8-24
Number Of Iraqis Fleeing Homes Soars In Months Since Troop Surge 8-24
Losing US support could make al-Maliki look elsewhere 8-24
The Problem Isn't Mr. Maliki 8-24
Militants Seizing Control Of Iraq Power Grid 8-23
Following trips to Iran and Syria, Iraq's prime minister tells U.S. his country "can find friends elsewhere." 8-22
U.S. officials rethink hopes for Iraq democracy 8-22
Iraqi Red Crescent: More Than 500 Were Killed In Last Tuesday's Bombing 8-22
Gen. Batiste: ‘I’m Outraged That Elected Officials Of My Own Party Do Not Comprehend’ The Need For Redeployment 8-22
In a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Bush accepted the fact that Vietnam does have lessons for Iraq. But the lesson, according to Bush, is that it is a mistake to pull out of a quagmire. 8-22
Pentagon cuts armored vehicles due in Iraq in 2007 8-22
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 22
Journalist Nir Rosen on How the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Has Led to Ethnic Cleansing, a Worsening Refugee Crisis and the Destabilization of the Middle East. 8-22
Obama: No Military Solution in Iraq 8-22
Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee: Escalation's Goals Have 'Totally And Utterly Failed,' Begin Withdrawal In Less Than 4 Months 8-21
Iraqi PM al-Maliki pays landmark visit to Syria in effort to stabilize region 8-21
Lieberman, in effort to destabilize region, now claims ‘Road To Victory’ goes through Syria 8-21
IEDs account for 66 percent of soldier fatalities in Iraq. The AP reports that the daily number of IED attacks has increased six-fold since 2003. 8-21
How could we possibly politicize the Iraq mess more and simultaneously link it to 9-11? Petraeus To Testify Before Senate On September 11 8-21
The US military hasn't found any Iranian trainers in Iraq or any training camps. 8-21
The Baltimore Sun: US military will draw back down the extra 30,000 troops inserted into Iraq from the escalation called 'the surge' beginning in March, 2008. 8-21
Mercenaries in Iraq Have Become U.S. Crutch: Defense Department Commission on Roles and Missions found then that depending on contractors was detrimental and that it kept the Pentagon "from building and maintaining capacity needed for strategic or other important missions." 8-21
The British Army has been defeated in Iraq and left with no option but to retreat from the country, claims radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr 8-21
Kurds flee homes as Iran shells villages in Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish officials expressed deepening concern yesterday at an upsurge in fierce clashes between Kurdish guerrillas and Iranian forces in the remote border area of north-east Iraq, where Tehran has recently deployed thousands of Revolutionary Guards. 8-21
68 Percent Of Foreign Policy Experts Favor Redeployment From Iraq. 92 percent said the war in Iraq negatively affects national security. 8-20
Roadside bomb kills second Iraqi governor 8-20
Iraq progress report could be used to politicize 9-11 tragedy/ link Iraq to 9-11
Iraq trial revives bitter memories of "US betrayal" 8-20
Jordan won‘t hand over Saddam‘s daughter 8-20
Iraq prime minister visits Syria 8-20
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 19 August 2007 8-20
Iraq Governor Killed by Roadside Bomb 8-20
Yes, it was all about oil: Iraqi Oil Law Contains ‘Undue Ability Of U.S. Oil Companies To Control Iraqi Profits’ 8-19
Quiet areas of Iraq attacked: At least 14 civilians are killed. Some fear insurgents are shifting their strategy to counter the troop buildup. 8-19
Local Iraq Officials Report 500 Killed In Tuesday Bombing 8-16
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 16
U.S. forces launch air assault south of Baghdad 8-16
Iraq's Biometric Database Could Become a "Hit List": Army 8-16
Petraeus’ September Report Will Be Written By The White House 8-15
Military officials said that the American occupation army arrested 750 children, aged between 11 to 17 years in its prisons in Iraq. 8-15
Do US, Iraqi Officials Undercount Detainees? Confusion Over the Official Number Held Raises Suspicion 8-15
Suicide Bombings Kill 200 in Iraq 8-15
Poland loses first soldier in Afghanistan 8-15
Dozens Of Uniformed Gunmen Kidnap Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister 8-15
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 14 August 2007 8-15
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's increasing ties with Iran have triggered a splintering of his government. 8-14
Officials: some 30 Iraqi judges have been killed in Iraq 8-14
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 14
U.S. launches major new offensive in Iraq 8-14
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 13 August 2007
In Iraq, sex is traded for survival 8-14
Basra falls to unruly militias as British troops’ role recedes 8-14
Iraq's top Sunni says Iran is conducting genocide. "By God, it is a war that started in Baghdad and will not stop there. It will engulf any place where Arabic is spoken." 8-13
O’Hanlon: Iraq Trip Relied On ‘The Itinerary The Defense Department Developed’ 8-13
Iraqi PM calls for crisis summit 8-13
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 13
Iraq Contractors Accused in Shootings 8-13
10 electricity workers killed, injured in U.S. shelling southern Samarra 8-13
Iraqi government officials involved in $40 million black-market deal to ship more than 100,000 Russian-made automatic weapons into Iraq 8-12
Oh well. At least losing all those AK-47s builds a market 8-12
US Pays Millions In Cost Overruns For Security in Iraq 8-12
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq 1,000,985 8-12
Us Military Deaths In Iraq At 3685 8-12
Oh well. At least losing all those AK-47s builds a market 8-12
1991: Cheney tells reporter invading Baghdad and toppling Saddam would cause utter chaos. 8-12
Gonzales visits Iraq to offer advice on legal system. 8-12
US Troops Speak Out On Exhaustion: "It's Like [We're] No More Than Numbers Now" 8-12
Marine and devout Christian convicted of kidnapping and overseeing murder of innocent Iraqi feels "a little guilty" 8-12
What Unites Iraqis: Blocking Western Petroleum Companies From Seizing Control of Their Oil 8-12
US worried about nukes post-Musharraf 8-12
Bomb In Southern Iraq Kills Governor And Police Chief 8-11
Despite the ethnic bloodshed in Iraq, majorities of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds are united in their disapproval of the proposed oil laws that Washington and Big Oil are pushing to control their oil. 8-10
The young Iraqi known as Ronnie fears for his life. Nearly four years ago, as a recent high school graduate, he signed up to be an interpreter for the U.S. military. It seemed like a good job at the time. Today, he is a marked man. 8-10
Air force study contradicts Bush rhetoric. 8-10
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 10
US attacks Shiite militia accused of links to Iran 8-10
Despite the ethnic bloodshed in Iraq, majorities of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds are united in their disapproval of the proposed oil laws that Washington and Big Oil are pushing to control their oil. 8-9
Saudi Arabia absent from Iraq security meeting 8-9
Anti-Saudi Tide Rises in Iraq 8-9
US Forces Swoop Into Sadr City, Kill 32 Iraqis 8-9
Iraqi children granted access to education, announces Government of Jordan 8-9
US's Iraq force at all-time high 8-9
Roadside bomb attacks on American troops in Iraq reached an all-time high last month 8-9
1.4 Million Iraqis Push Syria to Edge 8-9
Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq: Injustice in Iraq is Exceeded Tyranny of Pharaoh 8-9
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 8
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 8 August 2007
After Four Years of Certainty, McCain ‘Not Positive We Can Win’ In Iraq 8-9
REPORT: The ‘The Next Few Months’ On Iraq That Never End 8-9
Pilgrims flood Baghdad, pray for safety 8-9
There has been virtually no running runner in Western Baghdad for a week, with temperatures daily reaching 115+ degrees. 8-8
General Petraeus: US Chose Not To Track Some Of The Missing Weapons Given To Iraq 8-8
Another Retired General Blasts Bush Administration Handling Of Iraq 8-8
Iraqi government plunged deeper into crisis on Monday when four secularist ministers withdrew from cabinet meetings, less than a week after the main Sunni Arab bloc quit. That's 17 out of 40 now, for those of you keeping count. 8-7
Crucial information on the Iraq that was 8-7
U.S. troops kill Iraq shrine bomber. No, not the British special forces running false flag operations, some Arab guy taking the blame. 8-7
The sad truth about Iraq in the near future is that it will get much, much worse, whether American troops stay or leave. 8-7
As British Leave, Basra Deteriorates 8-7
30% Of All Weapons Given To Iraq Missing: 190,000 AK-47 Assault Weapons, 80,000 Pistols Unaccounted For 8-6
Iraq power grid near collapse. 8-6
Suicide truck bomber in Iraq kills 28 people, including 19 children, in northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar. 8-6
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 6
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 5 August 2007.
GI gets 110 yrs in Iraq rape-slay case 8-6
US considering pumping Iraqi oil directly to Israel 8-4
As Iraq Costs Soar, Contractors Earn Record Profits 8-4
FLASHBACK: The Secret Behind the Sanctions How the U.S. Intentionally Destroyed Iraq's Water Supply 8-4
A Week in the Death of Iraq 8-4
"We Went There to Kick Their Ass and Take Their Gas!" 8-3
Water taps run dry in Baghdad during peak summer heat 8-3
Gates On Iraq: "We Probably All Underestimated...How Difficult It Would Be" 8-3
Iraqi PM to visit Turkey and Iran next week 8-3
Security developments in Iraq, Aug.3
Iraqi, U.S. soldiers begin "clearing" Samarra 8-3
Disparities between official and eyewitness tallies lead some Iraqis to charge the government with downplaying attacks. 8-3
Iraq Contractors to Have Hooker-in-Residence 8-2
Attacks Across Iraq Claim 142 Lives 8-2
President Bush's nominee to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presents a concise list of what he thinks were the "most significant mistakes to date" in Iraq 8-2
Today we'll be replacing Capt. Obvious with Defense Secretary Robert Gates. 8-2
Ware: Surge Is Undermining ‘The Very Government That America Created’ 8-2
General: Kuwait Facilities Could Handle Big Troop Pullout 8-2
Saudis to open Iraq embassy 8-2
Video Refresher: Andrew Natsios (R-Bechtel) telling the American people that the Iraq war will cost 1.7 billion dollars. 8-1
Iraq war to cost $1 trillion 8-1
Sunni bloc quits Iraq govt 8-1
US 'loses' 190,000 weapons in Iraq 8-1
Baghdad bombs kill at least 69 8-1
Another 20,000 Army soldiers and Marines will be sent to Iraq for rotation duty, with some tours scheduled to extend into early 2009. 7-31
Security developments in Iraq, July 31
Kurd authorities arrest Iraqis for flying Iraqi flag 7-31
IRAQ: A Little Easier to Occupy from the Air 7-31
APR – The killing of 8 Children and 6 Women 7-31
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 30 July 2007

August  2006

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 31 August 2006
U.S. to Spend $20 Million to Generate Positive Press on Iraq 8-31
Muslims have stopped fighting on Western terms—and have started winning. 8-31
At least 50 people have died in a wave of attacks in Iraq, Hospital Patients Abducted 8-31
Iraqi hospitals are war’s new ‘killing fields’: Medical sites targeted by Shiite militiamen 8-31
Former Saddam general gunned down in Iraq's Ramadi 8-31
Fleeing violence, Iraq's Arabs flock to Kurdistan 8-31
The US view of Iraq: we can pull out in a year 8-31
Iraqi minister cancels truce with Shiite militia 8-31
Iraq marshes' recovery 'in doubt' 8-30
Iraq's government has resolved a dispute over the sharing of oil revenues across the country but differences remain over who will hand out lucrative oil contracts 8-30
Two dozen bodies found in Iraq 8-30
Iraqi minister says gunmen executed 13 soldiers 8-30
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 30 8-30
39 killed in day of bomb carnage in Iraq 8-30
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi in Lebanon 8-30
Shiite militiamen killed at least 20 Iraqi soldiers as militia seizes key town 8-29
Police found on Tuesday the bodies of 10 men, handcuffed and blindfolded, dumped in the yard of a school in western Baghdad 8-29
Two more Iraqi units have refused deployment 8-29
Baghdad violence cut by half: U.S. military: Violence in Baghdad has dropped by nearly half since July, when U.S.-led forces launched an operation to pacify the capital, a U.S. general said on Monday 8-29
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 28
A surge in bloodshed Monday left nearly 50 people dead in a suicide car bombing and clashes between Shiite militia and Iraqi security forces Monday, in a brutal contradiction of the prime minister's claim that violence was decreasing. 8-28
Military and civilian deaths in Iraq 8-28
Iraq official claims Abu Graib prison is empty. 8-28
Roadside bombs kill five U.S. soldiers in Iraq 8-28
Bombs Rock Baghdad Day After PM's Unity Call 8-28
At least 31 killed in series of bombings in Iraq: Al-Maliki says Iraq ‘will never be in a civil war’ 8-28
Twenty-five Iraqi soldiers have been killed in clashes with Shi'ite militiamen in the town of Diwaniya south of Baghdad 8-28
Republicans are brazenly calling for indefinite deployments of huge troop forces in Iraq -- if only the press would come out and report it that way. 8-28
The majority of U.S. service members charged in the unlawful deaths of Iraqi civilians have been acquitted, found guilty of relatively minor offenses or given administrative punishments without trials 8-28
House leader Boehner says that the "problems are in Baghdad and within a 30 mile radius of Baghdad. The rest of the country is peaceful." See interactive diagram 8-25
Iraqis cautious over Baghdad security crackdown 8-25
British Leave Iraqi Base; Militia Supporters Jubilant 8-25
The Kurds' fight for oil rights: In Iraq, striking oil workers have shut the main pipeline supplying Baghdad with refined oil products. 8-25
Bush says: “Iraq Had ‘Nothing’ To Do With 9/11″ 8-25
Feingold rips 'pile of lies' on Iraq 8-22
British Army faces weapons crisis in Iraq, Afghanistan: A leaked memo from the UK Ministry of Defense has revealed a cash shortfall that is putting its forces in harm's way 8-22
A short guide to understanding a flood of new Iraqi developments -- and the fate of both the American occupation and Iraqi society. 8-22
Snipers Kill 20 Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq 8-21
Iraq Forced To Import Oil 8-19
Our Major Ally in Bush's war of choice (Turkey) is shelling and massing tanks on the border of our other major ally in Bush's war of choice (Iraqi Kurds) with help from Iran. (Axis of evil) 8-18
Insurgency in Iraq gains strength. Senior administration officials have acknowledged that they are considering alternatives other than democracy 8-17
21 killed in series of Baghdad bombings 8-17
Highest Death Toll Yet: Over 3,400 Iraqis Killed This July 8-16
President Bush can't understand why Iraqis aren't more happy that we invaded their country 8-16
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 15 August 2006 8-16
US Marines in Fallujah have ended another police recruiting drive, attracting some 176 Iraqi men to sign up for the local force 8-16
Policemen in Fallujah desert their jobs after mounting threats 8-15
Army Orders 300 Just-returned troops sent back to Iraq. 8-15
A Postscript on Mobile Iraqi BW Labs 8-15
5 bombs leave 62 dead in Baghdad: Closely timed blasts hit mostly Shiite area 8-15
Iraq signs oil agreement with Iran. 8-15
Suicide bomb strikes at Kurds in Mosul -Iraq police 8-15
No evidence Iran active in Iraq - US general 8-15
The head of the main Iraqi Sunni bloc in parliament called Tuesday for the Sunni speaker of parliament to step down to help the stability of the unity government after Shiite and Kurdish parties insisted on his removal. 8-15
Former Iraqi officials accused of stealing money, accepting kickbacks, assigning millions of dollars to phantom rebuilding contracts that appeared on paper and nowhere else 8-15
Car Bombs, Rockets Kill 47 in Baghdad 8-15
Chances dim for peace in Baghdad 8-15
'Key terror leader' held in Iraq 8-13
Two years ago, the National Intelligence Council produced and presented to President Bush a 50-page report on the future of Iraq . Its forecast: continued instability and a possibility of civil war. 8-15
Attack outside Najaf Shia mosque kills 35 8-11
Military and civilian deaths in Iraq 8-11
Gunmen storm Kurdish offices in southern Iraq 8-11
According to a recent UN report, 5818 civilians were killed and at least 5762 wounded in May and June 2006.
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 11
Iraqi Prime Minister complains about US tactics in Baghdad. Apparently thinks that an air strike is an unreasonable way to detain suspects 8-9
Bombings, shootings kill 31 across Iraq 8-9
Life in Hell: A Baghdad Diary 8-8
Iraqi PM: US Military Undermined National Reconciliation With Attack 8-8
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 7 August 2006
Hundreds of thousands of Shiites chanting "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" marched through the streets of Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Friday. Now watch this drive. 8-7
John Edwards On Iraq: “Take 40,000 Combat Troops Out Now”. 8-7
Witness describes scene of horror in Iraq rape case 8-7
Bomber kills 10 at funeral in Iraq 8-7
Iraqi Residents say Americans incite violence, not insurgents 8-7
Iraqi police find 13 dead bodies in Baghdad 8-7
Insurgents gun down five Iraqi soldiers 8-7
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 5 August 2006.
US Troops: Civil War In Iraq Has Already Begun. 8-5
Tens Of Thousands of Shiites draped in white shrouds gathered in Iraq's capital Friday for a pro-Hezbollah rally: “Death To America,” “Death To Israel” 8-4
US troops fire on convoy of Shi’ite protesters 8-4
Two of America's top generals now say the situation in Iraq could soon turn into a full-fledged civil war 8-4
GOP's Sen. Hagel: US Should Start Withdrawing Troops From Iraq Within 6 Months. 8-4
Ambassador: Bush Didn’t Know There Were Sunni And Shiite Muslims Two Months Before Invading Iraq 8-4
Unconfirmed: Iran frees bin Laden son. "Apparently Tehran is counting on recruiting Lebanese refugees in Syria for the fight against Israel, using bin Laden's help," 8-3
Five hundred planned Iraqi reconstruction projects not even started, billions of dollars missing, and no coherent plan for handover to Iraqis. 8-3
Destroying Iraq? 'That Goal Has Already Been Reached' 8-3
Six US Marines have been charged with assaulting several Iraqi civilians 8-4
Developments in Iraq on Aug 3
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 3 August 2006.
Pentagon: Evidence Supports Accusations That Marines Deliberately Shot 24 Iraqi Civilians. 8-3
Corruption Rivals Violence as Threat to Iraq's Future 8-3
Foreign hostages in Iraq 8-3
Developments in Iraq on Aug 3
70 Killed In Surge Of Iraq Violence Dead Include 20 Iraqi Troops 8-3
Iraq has joined forces with the United Nations (Bolton-PNAC) and the World Bank (Wolfowitz-PNAC) to tackle corruption and to boost economic development 8-3
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 1 August 2006.
President of Iraq says Iraqi forces will take over security of all 18 provinces by year's end. 8-2
'Black Hawk Down' hero suspected in Iraq killing spree 8-2
Developments in Iraq on Aug 2
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 31 July 2006.
"If 50,000 troops, including several thousand Americans, cannot end the violence in Baghdad, why are we not committing a significantly larger force?" he said. 8-2
U.S. accused of kidnappings in Iraq: Congress demands that the Pentagon release documents that could show U.S. forces kidnapped family members of terror suspects. 8-2
50% of Americans Wrongly Think Iraq Had WMD. Why The Confusion? 7-26
Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, said today that foreign troops could leave his country within months. 7-26
Conservative Dick Morris: “Civil War Is Progress” In Iraq. 7-26

2005

Baghdad: At least 635 dead after rumor of terrorist bomb starts stampede 8-31
Arab League warns Iraqi charter 'will bring chaos' : "I find this is a true recipe for chaos and perhaps a catastrophe in Iraq and around it." 8-31
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 31
Sunnis Charge Interior Ministry in Killings 8-31
Iraqis are still suffering from power shortages countrywide – receiving less than four hours of electricity daily 8-31
Heavy fighting broke out in western Iraq today between pro and anti-government tribes, leaving at least 35 people dead from both sides. 8-31
A Reuters cameraman remained in U.S. military custody in Baghdad on Tuesday, two days after surviving an incident in which his soundman was shot dead, apparently by U.S. troops. 8-31
US Forces Kill 66th Journalist. That surpasses the 63 journalists killed over 20 years of conflict in Vietnam 8-30
Live from Fallujah 8-30
Police commander assassinated in Baghdad 8-30
47 dead in U.S. air strike in Iraq 8-30
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 30
Excerpts from the Iraqi constitution. Here's the theocracy 8-30
"The prolonged failure to stabilize Iraq will result in members of the insurgency using their learned military experience to land political and strategic blows in countries of the region." 8-30
Detainee escapes from Abu Ghraib prison 8-29
Fiddling while Baghdad burns: Iraqis need time and patience to come up with the right constitution. First we must stop the civil war. 8-29
Reuters television sound technician was killed and a cameraman was injured Sunday while trying to cover a Baghdad gunbattle 8-29
Some Cynical Thoughts on the Iraqi Constitution 8-29
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 29 
Association of Muslim Scholars member arrested in Baghdad  8-29
Iraq's Shiites split violently 8-29
Top Iran cleric praises 'New Islamic Republic' of Iraq 8-28
Iraq on brink of meltdown: Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the prime minister, made an emergency television appeal for peace and sent two police commando units to Najaf where the fighting had started. 8-27
Sunnis rally against Iraq charter 8-27
One hundred thousand Shi'ites protest Iraq charter 8-27
Shiites and Kurds halt charter talks with Sunnis 8-27
The leader of Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political party Saturday proposed 15 amendments to the country's draft constitution, one day after Shiite Muslim and Kurdish leaders said they had made their last, best offer. 8-27
Nearly 1,000 detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison were released this week at the request of the Iraqi government, Multi-National Forces said Saturday. 8-27
Bush Administration has contracted with tens of thousands of mercenaries, who operate outside U.S. control and undermine military morale. 8-27
Letter From A Soldier In Iraq To His Senator: People here are tired of being lied to and are frustrated with the apparent lack or care of anyone. 8-27
Security incidents in Iraq 8-27
Full Text : TEXT OF THE DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION (.pdf) Translated from the Arabic by The Associated Press 8-27
Britain has bought a way out by abandoning Basra to intolerance 8-27
Dahr Jamil: Two “Green Zones”: As the US-backed Iraqi puppet government flails about arguing over the so-called constitution, Iraq remains in a state of complete anarchy. There is no government control whatsoever, even inside the infamous “Green Zone” where the puppets seem to have tangled their strings. 8-28
Why the US Is Supporting Civil War: The search for the "noble purpose" in Iraq is more elusive than the search for weapons of mass destruction. But the logic of U.S. policy is being clarified in the present constitutional talks. 8-27
Political Violence Surges in Iraq: Two-Day Toll Reaches 100; Third Charter Deadline Missed 8-26
Gunmen kill two bodyguards of Iraqi president 8-25
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 26
An Eyewitness Account from U.S. Operation 'Quick Strike': “We had nowhere to hide and nothing to defend ourselves with.” 8-26
Massive escape thwarted at camp Bucca 8-25
Dr. Raja Khuzai, Iraqi doctor who once called Bush "her liberator," decides to flee her country after checking out her new improved Iraqi Constitution 8-25
IRAQ: FEARS FOR THE FUTURE AS NEW CONSTITUTION DEADLINE APPROACHES 8-25
Text of Iraq constitution 8-25
1,500 More Troops Ordered to Iraq to replace those already killed for WMD search, ummm... I mean 9-11 response, err...umm... installing freedom and democracy.... uhhhh...Freedom's on the march! Mission accomplished! Let's roll! 8-25
Iraqi Dilemma Highlights Challenge of Applying Islamic Law to Modern Times 8-25
Dozens of insurgents stage Baghdad attack 8-25
Fighting breaks out between rival Shiites after Baghdad hit by boldest attack in weeks 8-25
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 25 8-25
IRAQ: The Other Army 8-25
Executive Order 13303, issued on May 22, 2003, claims to be essential to Iraqi reconstruction efforts. A cursory reading of the Order indicates that its real purpose is to protect oil companies by giving virtual impunity for any activities undertaken relating to Iraqi oil. 8-25
Iraq assembly gets charter draft, Sunnis upset : Iraq's Shi'ite-led government ruled out major concessions on Tuesday over a draft constitution that parliament looks set to pass this week in the teeth of minority Sunni objections that it could ignite civil war. 8-24
The 'New' constitution in Iraq is Illegal. 8-24
Widows of two Army airmen killed in a plane crash have filed suit in federal court against DynCorp International, charging that the crash was caused by improper maintenance of the airplane. 8-24
Mercenaries Mount Iraq Offensive 8-24
Iraqi minister escapes attack 8-24
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has confirmed his entire international legal team has been sacked. 8-24
"The Mothers in Iraq Call Us the Terrorists" 8-24
On the eve of the 1991 Iraq War, Secretary of State James Baker summed up what that war was all about. "Jobs, jobs, jobs.". With America’s economy heading toward recession, Mr. Baker made it clear this was a fight about importing oil – not about exporting democracy. 8-24
Iraq coalition war fatalities chart 8-22
As Iraqis draft a new constitution, U.S. corporations maintain a stranglehold on almost every economic issue. 8-22
Islamic Law Primary in Iraqi Constitution : Thousands demonstrate against Federalism. Kurdish Masses demand right to Secede 8-22
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 22 8-22
There are now two Baghdads. One is the Green Zone, where US and Iraqi officials live in a protected realm; the other is the danger zone, where everyone else lives. 8-22
Are We Really Better Off Without Saddam? 8-22
Neil Clark: Wanted: A strongman to hold Iraq together 8-22
Lost: $600 million or more. If found please return to Iraq Ministry of Defense, c/o Sadun al-Dulaymi 8-22
Since the Washington Post ran an article indicating that the Bush Administration had 'lowered its expectations,' the people of Iraq have been enjoying a joke involving a certain president and a certain flightless bird 8-22
Bush Caves In To Islamist Constitution -- And The U.S. Press Blows The Story: If the Bush administration brokered a deal in Occupied Iraq to enshrine Islamic law as the guiding principle of the new Iraqi Constitution, you'd think it would be headline news in the U.S. media, wouldn't you? 8-22
Iain Macwhirter argues that the international community must unite to organise a phased withdrawal from Iraq, otherwise a humiliated US could revert to isolationism, leaving tyrants everywhere free to wreak havoc 8-22
Army now making plans to keep at least 100,000 troops in Iraq through 2009 8-21
Islamic state being built in Iraq 8-21
Ex-Marine Says Public Version Of Saddam Capture Fiction 8-21
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 21 8-21
Iraq's Kurds May Drop Secession Demand 8-20
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 20 8-20
Iraqi Government minister lashes out at U.S. troops : A government minister has openly lambasted U.S. occupation of the country, blaming it for the upsurge in violence and rampant corruption. 8-20
Iraq security chief warns of civil war over federalism: Iraq's national security adviser said on Friday Iraq would descend into civil war if federalism was not entrenched in the constitution. 8-20
Newly declassified State Department documents show that planning for the transition in Iraq began in October 2001, according to a "Project History" 8-20
The State Department warned the US military before the invasion of Iraq of "serious planning gaps" for postwar security, documents have revealed. 8-19
Russ Feingold breaks taboo, becomes first US Senator to propose deadline for US withdrawal from Iraq - December 31, 2006 8-19
Bad Iraq News Worries Some in G.O.P. on '06 8-19
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 18 8-19
Americans liberate Iraqi from his wheelchair, life "They call everybody terrorists but they just commit terrorist acts whenever they want," 8-19
4 US soldiers, Baghdad judge killed in Iraq 8-19
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 17 8-18
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Announces Confrontations with American Forces in Ibrahim bin Ali, and Claims Responsibility for Assassinating Iraqi Officials and Bombing American and Iraqi Forces in Baghdad 8-18
3 Car Bombings Kill 43, Wound 89 in Iraq 8-18
Abu Ghraib timeline 8-18
The torture and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops was widespread and not limited to the high-profile cases at Abu Ghraib prison, according to a former soldier who participated in an interrogation that she said "crossed a line." 8-18
Japan voters could deal U.S. a blow in Iraq 8-18
What’s wrong with cutting and running? Everything that opponents of a pullout say would happen if the U.S. left Iraq is happening already, says retired Gen. William E. Odom, the head of the National Security Agency during the Reagan administration. So why stay? 8-16 
For the U.S. to win the Iraq war requires three things: defeating the Iraqi resistance; establishing a stable government in Iraq that is friendly to the U.S.; maintaining the support of the American people while the first two are being done. None of these three seem any longer possible. 8-16
Iraq will be a religious theocracy because the US invaded. Basically the reverse of the goal 8-16
Iraqis Fail To Meet Constitution Deadline 8-16
Iraqis Consider Bypassing Sunnis on Constitution 8-16
Nine Iraqis killed in insurgent attacks: Four Iraqi soldiers are among nine killed in several insurgent attacks across Iraq. 8-16
Iraqi vice-president escapes assassination attempt 8-16
Roadside bomb kills four Iraqi soldiers in Fallujah : The bomb was detonated at around 7 a.m. (GMT 0300) when Iraqi security forces were patrolling in the center of the city 8-16
Civilians killed in suicide attack south of Baghdad: A suicide attack killed two Iraqi civilians and wounded five others yesterday south of Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said in a press statement on Monday. 8-16
Three 278th soldiers killed in Iraq, 1 wounded 8-16
women may actually have fewer rights under Iraq's new, ``democratic'' constitution than they did under Saddam 8-16
U.S. corporations march into Baghdad, at the expense of self-determination. 8-16
US BLAMED FOR MOSQUE MASSACRE: 15 Iraqi civilians, including eight children 8-15
Sunnis balk on brink of deadline 8-15
U.S. deaths in Iraq 8-15
White House lowers expectations for Iraq. "What we expected to achieve was never realistic" 8-14
Military deaths in Iraq 8-14
Italy, a month ahead of schedule, has started reducing its presence in Iraq by drawing down the first 130 forces in a planned 300-troop withdrawal, a Rome-based military source said on Saturday. 8-14
Iraqis say 15 dead after U.S. military shooting : The director of Ramadi General Hospital, said 15 people were killed, including eight children, and 17 wounded. 8-14
Six Killed In Samarra: Four civilians died when a roadside bomb exploded near Samarra. Two Iraqi police were also shot to death in Samarra, police said. 8-14
Armed assailants killed four soldiers at the al-Siniya base west of Baiji. In a separate incident, two soldiers were killed when armed men attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint in al-Dhuluiyah, 70km north of Baghdad. 8-14
A suicide bomber killed one Iraqi citizen and wounded another in Baghdad's southern Dura suburb Saturday, a police spokesman said. 8-14
US company operating out of Ecuador says it has signed up about 1,000 Colombian police and military staff to work as hired guns in Iraq, for less than half of their US counterparts' salaries. 8-14
This summer, the third since the fall of Baghdad, has been the worst yet when it comes to basic services. Interruptions to electricity and water supplies - caused by both decay and sabotage - are driving up the frustrations of millions of Iraqis. 8-14
Ousted Baghdad mayor says gun, not vote, rules Iraq 8-14
My sadness at the privatisation of Iraq: The US transnational companies are taking over — and they'll benefit for years to come 8-14
"What is happening in Haqlaniyam, Browana and Haditha is a disaster. Bodies are in the streets or buried under the rubble for days, but US forces do not allow people to move and claim the bodies. This totally ran counter to basic human rights," 33 year- old Flah Ahmed told Xinhua. 8-14
Saddam's Iraq had no bin Laden link, but the new Iraqi govt. does 8-12
August Death Toll for Reserves Soars 8-12
Shia leaders in Iraq demanded an autonomous region for the Shia-dominated south yesterday, raising the prospect of an oil-rich fiefdom dominated by conservative Muslim clerics. 8-12
A car bomb blew up at a joint US and Iraqi forces patrol in eastern Fallujah on Wednesday, killing five Iraqi soldiers, a medical source said. 8-12
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 11 THULUIYA - U.S forces killed two anti-occupation gunmen as they repelled a small-arms fire attack. BAGHDAD - An Iraqi police officer was assassinated in western Baghdad's Mansour district. BASRA - Iraqi army Lieutenant-Colonel Ibrahim Khalil al-Rawi was assassinated by gunmen. KIRKUK - The body of an Iraqi translator working for U.S forces was found in central Kirkuk after he was kidnapped by masked gunmen 8-12
Shooting deaths on the rise in Baghdad: A total of 1,100 corpses were received in July, a sharp increase from the previous record of 879 in June, and far exceeding the morgue's 10-a-day capacity. 8-12
Iraqis in the northern city Mosul have made off with a top secret American spy plane. 8-12
WHEN British troops eventually pull out from southern Iraq, they will leave behind the Islamic Republic of Basra: a mini-state which is more solidly Islamicist than any other part of the country. After a controversial war and two years of painful nation-building, that is an ugly result. 8-12
My sadness at the privatisation of Iraq 8-12
Clashes in Shiite shrine unnerves Iran's holy city 8-12
Iraqi Interior Minister: Iran Smuggling Reports Exaggerated 8-11
Gunmen kidnap senior Iraqi administration official in Baghdad 8-11
Baghdad elite flees Iraq and the daily threat of death: Outside the shelter of the Green Zone, home to the American and Iraqi political leadership, lawlessness has overtaken the capital. 8-11
US soldier among 7 killed in Baghdad suicide blast 8-11
AUSTRALIAN and British military legal advisers frequently had to "red card" more trigger-happy US forces to limit civilian casualties during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to one of the Australian advisers. 8-11
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 10: MOSUL - Fifteen people were killed in separate incidents over the past 24 hours. BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber killed six people and wounded 14. BAGHDAD - A mortar bomb exploded, killing a traffic policeman. ISKANDARIYA - Two civilians were killed as gunmen shot at their car 8-11
Iraq is a training ground for terrorists 8-11
Understanding an 'Islamic' state of Iraq 8-11
Female circumcision surfaces in Iraq 8-11
Rumsfeld says insurgency could get worse. 8-10
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 9 8-10
No electricity, no water, no fuel, no food rations, no security, no sewage and frequent arbitrary murder with out legal recourse of any kind is what the Gates of Hell look like, as described in this article from Iraqi newspaper Azzaman. 8-10
U.S. Occupation and Iraq's Government 'Thrive on Our Misery': “It doesn't take a genius to understand that both the government and the occupation need each other.” 8-10
If the US Army and its Iraqi allies are killing as many insurgents as reports indicate they are per month, why is the insurgency intensifying instead of collapsing? 8-10
Baghdad mayor 'ousted by gunmen' : Baghdad's mayor has been sacked by the Iraqi government, in circumstances that he has described as "dangerous" and "undemocratic". 8-10
Four U.S. soldiers were killed and six others wounded when insurgents attacked their patrol in a northern Iraqi city, while a car bomb targeting a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol in Baghdad killed seven people, officials said Wednesday. 8-10
U.S. and Iraqi forces prevent Syrian trucks from crossing border: Iraqi and U.S. forces stopped more than 700 Syrian trucks from returning to Syria after unloaded produce and other merchandise in Iraq 8-10
A BRITISH cow that died in an Oxfordshire field in 1937 has emerged as the source of Saddam Hussain’s “weapons of mass destruction” programme that led to the Iraq war. 8-10
US troops in Iraq have seized documents that suggest fugitive al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden is planning to enter Iraq during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, an Iranian news agency reported on Monday. 8-9
Pentagon may raise troop levels in Iraq this fall 8-9
Pentagon may withdraw up to 30,000 troops from Iraq by next spring 8-9
Iraq: Progress (?!?) Report 8-9
A U.S. Marine was killed in a suicide car bombing in a village west of Baghdad 8-9
According to American military figures, insurgents attacked U.S. and coalition forces an average of 68 times a day during the month. By comparison, the average daily rate of attacks for July last year was 47. 8-9
German intelligence fears terrorism is "radiating" from Iraq around the Middle East and expects further attacks across the region, its spy chief said on Monday. 8-9
Iraq has worst sandstorm in living memory 8-9
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 8 8-9
Not enough U.S. troops to fight insurgents: Sen. Joseph Biden : The United States doesn't have enough military forces in Iraq to quell the insurgency and only about 3,000 Iraqi troops are reliable in combat without significant American support. 8-9
Australian ex-army chief urges Iraq pullout by 2006 8-9
Petrodollar Warfare: Dollars, Euros and the Upcoming Iranian Oil Bourse: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' was a war designed to install a pro-U.S. government in Iraq, establish multiple U.S military bases before the onset of global Peak Oil, and to reconvert Iraq back to petrodollars" 8-9
Iraqi Constitution guarantees right of women to avoid burdens of work, rights, power 8-8
35 Killed As Iraq Violence Continues 8-8
US, Iraqi troops repel insurgent attack in southern Baghdad 8-7
Four die in latest Baghdad violence 8-7
MP Galloway standing by comment : "It can be said, truly said, that the Iraqi resistance is not just defending Iraq. They are defending all the Arabs and they are defending all the people of the world against American hegemony," he said. 8-7
Two followers of Iraqi Deputy PM killed 8-7
Over 50 LA Soldiers Prosecuted in Iraq: At least 55 soldiers serving in Iraq with the Louisiana National Guard's 256th Brigade have been tried and convicted of criminal charges 8-7
Iraqi PM visits top Shiite spiritual leader in Najaf 8-7
Many doctors throughout hospitals in Baghdad complain of insufficient electricity and clean water, for which they blame foreign companies who have failed to live up to their reconstruction contracts. 8-5
IRAQ: Housing problems increase as conflict hits hearth and home 8-4
The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for beginning a withdrawal from Iraq, even as it is weighing the risk of moving so quickly that Iraqi security forces collapse without U.S. support. 8-4
A Taste Of Life from the Streets of Baghdad “You are on the edge of an abyss any time you dare wander the streets, as trigger-happy Iraqi guards and U.S. troops rarely miss their targets.” 8-4
An American journalist has been found shot dead in Basra four days after he wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times criticising the spread of Shiite Islamist fundamentalism in the southern Iraqi city. 8-4
This, his last dispatch, may have provoked his killers 8-4
Pentagon denies U.S. Marine captured in Iraq 8-4
An Iraqi insurgent group said on Wednesday it has captured a U.S. Marine who was wounded in a clash in western Iraq in which eight other Marines were killed. 8-4
Iraqi legislators accused Kuwait of stealing their oil as well as chipping away at their national territory on the border — allegations similar to those used by Saddam Hussein to justify his invasion of Kuwait that began 15 years ago Tuesday. 8-4
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted on unnecessary and overpriced equipment for Iraq's new army 8-4
Iraq to Build Airport With Help From Iran 8-4
Why can't we see ourselves in the faces of those kids firing RPGs at convoys of Halliburton trucks stealing Iraqi oil? 8-4
THE presence of British and US troops in Iraq was fuelling the Sunni-led insurgency that had killed hundreds of people, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in comments published yesterday. 8-3
Fallujah: city of death and despair 8-3
A Marine assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), was killed near Hit, Iraq. 8-3
13 Killed As Car Bomb Targets US Convoy: At least 13 people have been reported killed in attacks in Iraq including a car bomb that exploded near a US milltary convoy in Baghdad. 8-3
At Least 7 U.S. Marines Killed: Six of the Marines, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2 of the 2nd Marine Division, died Monday in Haditha, 140 miles northwest of Baghdad. Insurgents posted handbills in Haditha, claiming to have killed 10 U.S. troops, seizing some of their weapons. 8-3
9 Killed In Iraq Violence: Five civilians were killed and one wounded when gunmen ambushed their car in Shu'la district, western Baghdad, A car bomb blew up near an Iraqi police patrol, one child was killed and eight policemen and a civilian were wounded. 8-3
Poland's PM says that postwar nation-building efforts in Iraq have "failed totally" You forgot Poland 8-2
Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 1: 21 Killed In Iraq Violence: The bodies of 20 people, one of them beheaded, were found dumped in southwest Baghdad. Interior ministry official Brigadier Salam Lutfi was killed on a highway in eastern Baghdad. 8-2
Gunmen killed a brigadier in the Iraqi security forces ministry source said. 8-2
Ohio soldier killed in Iraq questioned U.S. role there : A Columbus area soldier who died Friday in Iraq had told relatives that he feared he would not make it home alive and was questioning the purpose of the U.S. military presence. 8-2
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Claims Responsibility for the Assassination of the Head of Special Forces in the Iraq Ministry of Interior, and Bombing Operations in al-Tarmiya 8-2
Spy's Notes on Iraqi Aims Were Shelved, Suit Says: The Central Intelligence Agency was told by an informant in the spring of 2001 that Iraq had abandoned a major element of its nuclear weapons program, but the agency did not share the information with other agencies or with senior policy makers, a former C.I.A. officer has charged. 8-2
GI exposed abuses at prison He had witnessed a soldier shoot a 14-year-old boy in the back during a raid - as the boy was running away. That matter, he claimed, was never thoroughly investigated. 8-2
Iraq turns to Iran for aid, creating US dilemma 8-1
Iraq is the new 'epicenter' of global terrorism: Al-Qaeda expert 8-1
Guard killed in Chalabi convoy attack: An attempt has been made on the life of Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi. 8-1
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Announces “Harvests” in al-Fallujah and al-Zaidan, and Claims Responsibility for Attacks on American and Iraqi Forces in al-Mosul and Talafar 8-1
Five GIs killed by roadside bombs in Iraq: Five U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs in two separate incidents in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday. 8-1
Security incidents in Iraq, July 31: A car bomb exploded south of Baghdad, killing seven civilians. Gunmen opened fire on a group leaving a military base in Baquba, killing one. 8-1
Booze ban at Iraq airport raises fears of Islamic law 8-1
The issue of permanent bases cuts to the heart of not only how long we intend to stay in Iraq, but why we got there in the first place. 8-1
The Silence of the Blonds : How did Tony Blair, George Bush and Malcolm Fraser of Australia not understand the primeval wickedness they had let loose in Iraq? The answer was simple. 8-1
Talking With the Enemy: Part of what's bringing these people to the negotiating table is their fear that Iraq's insurgency is being taken over by jihadists. 8-1
The World Tribunal on Iraq met in Istanbul from 24-26 June 2005. The principal objective of the WTI is to tell and disseminate the truth about the Iraq War, underscoring the accountability of those responsible and underlining the significance of justice for the Iraqi people. 8-1

 

8-29 how can we send our men and women into a hostile situation without the resources to do the job?
8-29 In addition to $1.7 billion in won Iraq contracts Halliburton stands to make millions more under no-bid contracts Does anyone else see Cheney's Halliburton making billions of profit from this war as a conflict of interest?
8-29 Hiding the Body Count
8-29 We give our boys in their flag-covered coffins a suitably ceremonial farewell, but we do not question their sacrifice.
8-29 America at War
Iraq's deadly toll -- state by state
8-28 How and Why Did Iraqi Die? 2 Tales of Anger and Denial:
An American soldier leaped out and ran up to Ali, firing a shot in the air to scatter the crowd, then aiming his rifle at the boy. The boy's mother, Rajaa Yousif Matti, implored the soldier not to kill him. She wept and wailed. She kissed the soldier's boots. But she could not get through to the American.
8-28 WorldCom Inc, a "company that has demonstrated a flagrant lack of ethics" and is banned from doing business with federal agencies, lands $900 million Pentagon contract in Iraq
8-28 Pentagon wants patience in WMD hunt. Also saying give diplomacy a chance Seriously
8-28 Aid agencies pull out as the coalition loses control
8-28 From a coroner's point of view, Baghdad is as deadly as ever :
"The number of dead is absolutely unbelievable, and I'm just speaking of Baghdad alone. God knows what's happening elsewhere."
8-28 Imperial Racist Fantasies: With habitually demented logic, President Bush – the unsolicited
foreign invader – rails against “foreign” interference and “terrorist” attacks on US occupiers.  Having packaged this act of thuggery as “liberation,” this administration is on the verge of discovering that the idiotic ideology of White Supremacy and global hegemony will not wash with Iraqis, for whom the real war of liberation has only just begun.
8-27 A war without end? - More British soldiers are dead. The UN building is reduced to rubble. An oil pipeline is bombed. Water is cut off and the only law is that of the gun. No one can pretend the occupation is bringing peace and democracy. Yet the US, eager to blame 'foreign' terrorists, will not admit that Iraqi resistance is organised and growing
8-27 Over 400 women kidnapped, raped in post-war Iraq’ amid the lawlessness gripping the country since the ouster of Saddam Hussein, the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq said Sunday.
8-27 Letters From An Iraqi American: I started writing these Emails about the war, and sending them to my personal friends, to let them know about my family in Baghdad , and about what is really happening in Iraq.
8-27 Analysts Doubt U.S. Claim on Iraqi Drones: Huddled over a fleet of abandoned Iraqi drones, U.S. weapons experts in Baghdad came to one conclusion: Despite the Bush administration's public assertions, these unmanned aerial vehicles weren't designed to dispense biological or chemical weapons.
8-27 Baptism in the Tigris for U.S. Christian Soldiers: Chaplain Tran, a Southern Baptist minister,
performs regular baptisms of U.S. troops in the waters of the Tigris at a U.S. base in a former palace of Saddam Hussein at his hometown of Tikrit
8-27 Scott Ritter: A Weapons Cache We'll Never See
8-24 John Pilger: Now We Are The Iraq Extremists:
THE "liberation" of Iraq is a cruel joke on a stricken people. The Americans and British, partners in a great recognized crime, have brought down on the Middle East, and much of the rest of the world,
the prospect of terrorism and suffering on a scale that al-Qaeda could only imagine.
8-26 Red Cross to Reduce Staff in Iraq After U.N. Blast:
``The level of violence is very high and the authority in charge cannot ensure security throughout the country,'
8-26 Iraqi "terror drones" couldn't carry weapons, posed no threat
8-26 U.S. soldiers using confiscated Iraqi AK-47s because they can't get enough U.S. rifles and ammo
8-24 Saddam's Hometown Gets Unrestricted Web. "Unrestricted" meaning a group of heavily armed occupying forces standing a few feet away
8-24 Bush folly in Iraq aids terrorists:
The cost of Bush's folly in human life and in dollars escalates on a daily basis, and there is no relief in sight.
8-24 US troops may stay in Iraq indefinitely:
The US commander in charge of all forces in Iraq said on Thursday American troops might not be brought home once international peacekeepers are deployed to the war-torn country, a reversal that means 150,000 US soldiers may stay in Iraq indefinitely
8-24 This war is a lie, a savage and brutal lie, but a lie nonetheless.
Each day of loss and devastation forces the liars to revise the words of their deceit. And each destructive day forces a supportive supine press corps to find new ways to avert their eyes from the truth
8-24 The French were right. The liberals were right. The peaceniks were right. True conservatives were right. Veterans opposed to the war were also right.
They said this war was based on lies, and it was. They said this war, like most wars, would lead to more chaos and killing, and it has.
8-23 No Ethics? No Experience? No Problem: The Tawdry Tale of WorldCom's Sweetheart Deal in Iraq.
8-23 Robert Fisk: Why The US Needs To Blame al-Qa'ida The "outside" guerrillas have now been brought centre-stage, whether or not they exist, to explain why US rule in Iraq is coming undone.
8-23 In case you missed it: Iraqi militants returning for attacks:
August 10th, The top U.S. administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, has been quoted as saying hundreds of Islamic militants who fled the country during the war have returned and are planning major "terrorist attacks". 
8-23 Who hated Mr. Demello and wanted the UN to butt out of Iraq?
8-23 Iraq Went from a Stable Ruthless Dictatorship to an Imploding Haven for Terrorists.
8-23 Of all people, the heirs of 1776 should understand the difference between a foreign occupation and national liberation.
8-23 Spain Under Pressure to Withdraw Forces After First Casualty in Iraq: Spain already has 744 soldiers there, but the death of one of their own number has shocked the population and opposition parties demanded a parliamentary debate in the belief that Spanish forces should be brought home.
8-23 Japanese Troops for Iraq Unlikely: Japanese politicians say it's now unlikely Japan's Ground Self
Defense Forces will go to Iraq following the explosion at the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.
8-23 Poland to withdraw troops from ' high-risk area' near capital: Poland scaled back its military commitment in Iraq yesterday in response to Tuesday's devastating attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad.
8-22 94% polled think that Iraq has become quagmire
8-22 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund informed the U.S. Treasury Department that they were pulling their staff out of Iraq on Wednesday
8-22 How America Created a Terrorist Haven:
Yesterday's bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad was the latest evidence that America has taken a country that was not a terrorist threat and turned it into one.
8-21 JAPAN'S HIDDEN AGENDA IN IRAQ Japan may soon join the U.S. in Iraq -- with some very real
consequences.
8-21 Iraqi kids toil in Dickensian desperation
Thousands work long hours salvaging battlefield litter to support families
8-21 American soldiers fighting in Iraq were denied access to bathing facilities based on religion.  
"It's simple. They want water. I have it, as long as they agree to get baptized."
8-21 Chief UN Envoy in Baghdad Dead, U.N. Announces  
8-19 Saudis in Iraq ' preparing for a holy war' Increasing numbers of Saudi Arabian Islamists are crossing the border into Iraq in preparation for a jihad, or holy war, against US and UK forces, security and Islamist sources have warned.
8-19 Iraqi Clerics Unite In Rare Alliance Against US: U.S. Fears Shiite, Sunni Cooperation Will Bolster Resistance.
8-19 Gulf War Illness is back. Two dead, over 100 affected
8-18 unconfirmed: CIA and DOD Attempted To Plant WMD In Iraq
8-18 "Just when hundreds of reservists with the 914th Airlift Wing thought they were home free, the word around the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Base is that they may have to go back to the Middle East."
8-16 Democracy In Iraq might be impossible, US was told:
US intelligence officials cautioned the National Security Council before the Iraq war that the American plan to build democracy was so audacious that, in the words of one CIA report in March, it could ultimately prove "impossible."
8-16 Bringing American freedoms to Iraq:
Hundreds of Iraqis civilians are being held in makeshift jails run by US troops - many without being charged or even questioned. And in these prisons are children whose parents have no way of locating them.
8-16 What Threat? What Evidence? What Strategy?
Are we now more secure for having invaded Iraq? Absolutely not! Iraq posed no real threat to the security of the United States.
8-16 Apart from news agency reports, U.S. newspapers have continued to ignore the rising civilian casualties in Iraq.
8-16 Marketing the invasion of Iraq
New book documents Bush Administration's use of PR firms to sell war to the American people
8-16 Iraq coalition casualty count
8-15 Why are our troops suffering in such filth and discomfort over in Iraq?
8-15 Gas riots called sign economy improving in Iraq
8-15 Soldiers' families protest war in Iraq
8-15 U.S. troops kill Iraqi family hurrying home for curfew
8-14 Why are our troops dying in their sleep? A US soldier died today while sleeping at a camp in Ramadi, a town 100km west of the Iraqi capital, the Central Command (Centcom) said,
in the second such incident in four days.
8-14 When Warriors Dissent
One soldier told ABC, "I've got my own `Most Wanted List,' [and] the aces in my deck are Bremer, Rumsfeld, Bush, and Wolfowitz."
8-14 125 U.S. Soldiers Have Died in Iraq Since Bush Declared, "Mission Accomplished." 60 Have Died Since Bush Said, "Bring Them On."
8-14 Iraqi Exiles Ready to Walk Out on US: "The population of Iraq perceives correctly that it is the occupiers who are running things. Everybody else is there in some secondary or subservient role."
8-14 U.S. Military Families Push To Bring Iraq Troops Home: A group of about 600 U.S. military families, upset about the living conditions of soldiers in Iraq, are launching a campaign asking their
relatives to urge members of Congress and President George W. Bush to bring the troops home.
8-14 US Troops in Iraq to Serve 1 Year: "It's a one-year rotation," Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez told The
Associated Press in an interview. "Every soldier has been told that they'll be deployed for a year.
8-14 American generals know that hardball in Iraq could backfire
8-14 US Troops Find Israeli Pilot Helmet in Iraq
8-14 What's going on in Iraq? Unfiltered News From The Iraqi Frontlines: Hear from American Friends Service Committee's Iraq Reps Mary Trotochaud and Rick McDowell. "It was never a war, It's a slaughter"
8-13 Family shot dead by panicking US troops Firing blindly during a power cut, soldiers kill a father and three children in their car  
8-13 Arab Perspective: Palestinians, Arabs dismayed by the U.S. letdown
8-12 Three Killed in Second Day of Violence in Basra. Basra, as you may recall is the anti-Saddam stronghold who raised in rebellion against Saddams rule at our encouragement after gulf war 1. These are the folks Bush & co promised us parades and flowers from.
8-12 No one is safe in the "new" Iraq
8-12 Iraqis may not reap benefits of oil: Supplies are abundant, but profits may not trickle down.
8-12 A Villager Attacks U.S. Troops, but Why? :
Iraqi's Life and Death Provide Cautionary Tale.
8-11 Destroying Iraq's Public Records The destruction of all public records creates a lucrative business environment for US corporations, because the registry of public and private ownership has been destroyed
8-11 Depleted Uranium: A Post-War Disaster For Environment And Health: The thoughts of the first British Gulf War Veteran to be tested for, and found to be poisoned with depleted uranium.
8-11 Thousand  Iraqis Riot in Basra for second day; One Protester Dead
8-11 'Bring us home': GIs flood US with war-weary emails
8-11 Family shot dead by panicking US troops
8-9 Immunity for Iraqi Oil Dealings Raises Alarm: An executive order signed by President Bush is raising concerns that U.S. oil companies may have been handed blanket immunity from lawsuits and criminal prosecution in connection with the sale of Iraqi oil.
8-9 Disgusting display: "The US committed the murder with a glee characteristic of bloodthirsty cannibals,"
8-9 IRAQ'S NEW MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS: GRAFFITI
8-8 Pakistan Not To Send Troops to Iraq
8-8 Blix: Invasion of Iraq Violated UN Charter
8-7 Bitterness grows in Iraq over deaths of civilians
8-7 More troops to Iraq. Pentagon tries to put it in a nice package. I got your nice package right here.
8-6 Arab League doesn't recognize Iraqi Council
8-6 UN: Iraq will need $5bn from international donors at a conference in October just to keep essential services going
8-6 Even with Weapons, Hussein Was No Threat: If Saddam Hussein had amassed chemical, biological, and — yes — even nuclear weapons, he would not have posed a threat to the American people. As offensive tools, those weapons would have been useless.
8-6 The unreported cost of war: at least 827 American wounded
8-6 Arabs snub US over troops:
Arab League foreign ministers have ruled out sending troops to help US forces to stabilize Iraq.
8-6 US dropped 'napalm' on Iraqi troops:
"You can call it something other than napalm, but it's napalm," said John Pike, defense analyst.
8-6 Employee of Cheney's Halliburton subsidiary killed Tuesday when a bomb was detonated under the truck he was driving.
8-5 US Renews Sanctions on Iraq
8-5 US policy in Iraq: 'If you keep them hungry, they'll do anything for us.'"
8-5 Rebuilding Iraq may cost up to $100 billion, says Occupation leader
8-5 Top Saddam Aide: Iraq Destroyed WMD's In 1991: Leader sought to keep up guessing game to prevent a US invasion.
8-5 U.S. Shifts Rhetoric On Its Goals in Iraq yet again  New Emphasis: Middle East Stability
8-4 Iraqi radioactive WMD material found on sale in Basra  Bush secured the oil wells and nothing else.
8-4 American administrator for Iraq hasn't noticed any hatred for American soldiers. In other news, pigs fly, hell frozen over, and monkeys are flying out of my butt.
8-3 More than 100 US soldiers in Iraq struck with pneumonia 2 already dead
8-3 "They beat him pretty bad. They beat him, tied him up and beat him again," said a US officer on condition of anonymity
8-3 US Bartering Arms for Soldiers for Iraq  
8-3 Democracy in Iraq? Bush does not want it; it won't happen!
8-3 Studies now put the death toll at as many as 10,000 civilians and 20,000 Iraqi troops.  
 

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