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July 2007

Iraq soccer captain: “I want America to go out,” he said. “Today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, but out. 7-30

Nearly a third of the Iraqi population are “in need of immediate emergency aid.” 7-30

The US agency overseeing reconstruction in Iraq has told the BBC that economic mismanagement and corruption there is equivalent to "a second insurgency". 7-30

The captain of Iraq's victorious football teams has said he will not return to his home country because he fears being killed. 7-30

Iraqi parliament takes the month of August off 7-30

British Troops Prepare Complete Withdrawal From Basra 7-30

Iraq: One in seven joins human tide spilling into neighbouring countries 7-30

Iraq’s environment minister blamed the use of depleted uranium weapons by U.S. forces for the current surge in cancer cases across the country. 7-28

Iraqi government could collapse any day now. 7-27

Contractor kills the bodyguard of an Iraqi VP without cause. He gets fired and sent home. No charges. 7-27

Electricity availability down to just one to two hours a day in Baghdad. How to fix the problem? Stop reporting on electricity availability, of course 7-27

Four leading members of the Turkish separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed in an explosion at their camp in northern Iraq 7-27

Iraqi Government Dismisses Sunni Demands 7-27

Thousands held in horrific conditions in Iraqi prisons 7-27

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 26 July 2007

There are very few non-Iraqis fighting in Iraq. 7-27

Murtha says he will push for a House vote ordering Iraq troop withdrawals soon. 7-26

Security developments in Iraq, July 26

Venture capitalists with guns: private contractors in Iraq 7-26

Interview with Al-Rashideen Army: First we must defeat the occupation, then all those who want to harm Iraq 7-26

Iraq Contractors on Notice About Labor Abuse 7-26

Iraqi parliament passes crude oil refineries'' bill 7-25

Mutilated, Tortured, And Unidentified Bodies In Baghdad Rise To ‘Pre-Surge Levels 7-25

Iraqi Papers Monday: Assassinations 7-25

Service Civilians in Iraq Denied Medical Care 7-25

IRAQ: Basra doctors on strike, demand protection 7-25

US commanders plan for Iraq presence through 2009 7-25

Iraq: Where Have all the Journalist Gone? 7-25

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 24 July 2007

"I am the mother of the driver of the Bradley you see upside down and burning," she wrote.
"He was 19 years old and could see the futility of Iraq invasion and occupation." 7-25

Iraqis blame U.S. depleted uranium for surge in cancer 7-25

Power outage plunges half of Baghdad into total darkness: nearly half of the city’s six million people live has been without electricity for more than 10 days. 7-23

July 2006

The most wanted Iraqi fugitive claimed in an interview published Monday that key elements of Saddam Hussein's old army are now heading the insurgency. 7-26

The successors of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at the helm of al-Qaida in Iraq claim to have deployed highly trained explosives teams outside Iraq and state that "good news" is expected to be forthcoming from these terrorist cells very soon. 7-26

Lawyers for Saddam Hussein and his co-accused will boycott their trial until their demands for a fair trial and an inquiry into the killings of defence lawyers are met, a defence team member said today. 7-26

Sectarian break-up of Iraq is now inevitable, admit officials 7-25

The Pentagon said Monday that it will concentrate troops in Baghdad and maintain the current troop level in Iraq, in response to rising violence. 7-25

US troops all over central and northern Iraq are supplied with fuel, food, and ammunition by truck convoy that comes into the country over roads that pass through the Shiite-dominated south of Iraq. Until now the Shiite Arabs of Iraq have left the US forces alone. But an escalation of tensions between Iran and the US could change that. 7-25

Bush and Iraqi PM will consider adding more U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad and other ways to counter surging violence when they meet at the White House on Tuesday. 7-25

Depending on which administration official you, um, believed, the Iraq War was going to cost anywhere from $200 million to zero. But it’s going to fly over $1 trillion. 7-25

Over 60 Killed As Iraq Violence Escalates 7-24

Speaker of Iraqi Parliament: "The U.S. occupation is butcher’s work under the slogan of democracy and human rights and justice.” White House Chief of Staff: He loves us! 7-24

Saddam Hussein was being fed through a tube on Sunday after 16 days on hunger strike and an Iraqi official said he will not attend court on Monday. 7-24

Bombs exploded Sunday in Baghdad and the northern oil center of Kirkuk, killing more than 60 people and dramatically escalating tension as the prime minister left for Washington for talks on reversing the country's slide toward civil war. 7-24

Iraqi leaders have all but given up on holding the country together 7-23

US intelligence chief blocks analysis of Iraq civil war 7-23

Saddam Hussein was hospitalized Sunday on the 17th day of a hunger strike and being fed with a tube 7-23

Two Fmr. Pentagon Officials Accused Of Iraq Contracting Fraud. 7-22

Sen. Reid: Iraq devolves into 'civil war' 7-21

Baghdad attacks up 40%, "(w)e have not witnessed the reduction in violence one would have hoped for," says general. 7-21

Tens of thousands more Iraqis have fled their homes as sectarian violence looks ever more like civil war two months after a U.S.-backed national unity government was formed, official data showed on Thursday. 7-21

The Bush administration's notion that toppling Saddam Hussein would stabilize a turbulent region is among the casualties of this week's Middle East carnage. 7-21

Faced with almost daily reports of sectarian carnage in Iraq, congressional Republicans are shifting their message on the war from speaking optimistically of progress to acknowledging the difficulty of the mission and pointing up mistakes in planning and execution. 7-21

Four U.S. soldiers accused of murdering suspected insurgents during a raid in Iraq said they were under orders to "kill all military age males," 7-22

14,000 Iraqi civilians have been murdered in the last 6 months. 7-19

Turkey says it can cross the border into Iraq to attack Kurdish guerrillas. 7-19

Iraq's president Jalal Talabani today said that he will never make anti-Iran statement under barrage of questions pressing him to do so. 7-19

A suicide bomber killed 59 people in a crowded Iraqi market yesterday after luring Shi'ite day labourers aboard his mini van with an offer of casual work. 7-19

Iraqi authorities have discovered 14 bodies south of Baghdad near the town of Mahmudiyah, where 48 civilians were massacred at a market earlier this week. 7-19

Another military strategist says that it's time to get out of Iraq 7-18

Sunni Muslim leaders in Iraq have begun asking their U.S. military foe for protection from increasing sectarian attacks by Shiites 7-18

Baghdad starts to collapse as its people flee a life of death 7-18

Commanders think U.S. military forces in Iraq may not be completely withdrawn before 2016 but their presence will have the support of a majority of Iraqis. 7-18

Iraqi forces captured an insurgent cell leader in Baghdad July 13 and killed another insurgent leader in northern Iraq July 14, military officials reported.\ 7-18

Gunmen killed over 50 people, including women and children, in an attack around a crowded market in a violent town near Baghdad on Monday, in one of the bloodiest incidents in Iraq this year. 7-18

A suicide bomber detonated explosives Sunday inside a cafe packed with Shiites in Iraq, killing 26 people and injuring 22, an Iraqi general said. Gunmen seized a top Oil Ministry official, the second major kidnapping in as many days. 7-17

Lost another U.S. soldier and over 40 civilians in Iraq this weekend. 7-17

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 16 July 2006.

Developments in Iraq on July 17

Gary Hart: The Hornets’ Nest Kicked Open By The Iraq Invasion Is Now Swarming In The Middle East 7-15

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 12 July 2006

Iraq War Costs May Rise By $406 Billion Over Next Ten Years. 7-14

Details of the still-undisclosed memo began to leak out, first in a Daily Mirror article reporting that during the Bush-Blair conversation the president, shockingly, had suggested that allied forces should bomb the Arab television network Al Jazeera. 7-14

Jim Crow all over again 7-14

developments in Iraq on July 14

Gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms abducted the head of Iraq's national Olympic committee and 50 other people, including bodyguards and committee staff 7-15

Today In Iraq: Double Suicide Attack, Beheadings, Shootings, Car Bombs, Mortar Attacks, Bus Ambush. 7-12

Developments in Iraq on July 12

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 11 July 2006

Progress is mixed in Fallujah 7-12

Suicide bombers struck outside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, killing 16 people, close to where parliament met in a heated session to hear at least one lawmaker warn that civil war was close at hand. 7-12

As conditions in Iraq continue to deteriorate, supporters of the war are casting around for someone to blame, and journalists are becoming an increasingly popular scapegoat — the mainstream media, who's uncritical support for the war helped get us into this mess. 7-12

Video: Mourners gunned down in Baghdad : The bus was returning from a funeral in the southern city of Najaf. 7-12

Iraq's Sunnis increasingly turning to fake IDs in order to avoid attacks by Shiite militias 7-12

Iran holds the key: Only the active involvement of Iraq's neighbour can now stop the country from toppling over into civil war. 7-12

Iraq requests UN assistance, peacekeeping troops 7-11

Iraq will ask the UN to end immunity from local law for U.S. troops, as the military named five soldiers charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis. 7-11

US Central Command Press release: US Soldiers captured an entire insurgent cell during a series of raids Monday morning in Mosul. 7-11

Some 200 sacked policemen from a province where Iraqi forces will take over security from British troops this month stormed the governor's office on Monday, beating people with hoses and stabbing them with knives. 7-11

Video: Gallup says that it took 3 years for the majority of Americans to think Vietnam was a mistake compared to a little over a year for the Iraq war. 7-11

SADR City and Internet bulletin boards buzzed with talk Saturday that a US-Iraqi raid on the poor Shiite district that killed nine was targeting a militiaman nicknamed the "Shiite Zarqawi". 7-10

Brutality and corruption are rampant in Iraq's police force 7-10

The effect the war in Iraq has had on motivating Muslims planning acts of violence in the UK is underlined to senior Scotland Yard officers in a private briefing document compiled by anti-terrorist specialists. 7-10

Upsurge in violence in Iraq coincided with an announcement by US military officials that they had formally accused four more US soldiers of rape and murder. 7-10

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 9 July 2006

Developments in Iraq on July 9

Shiite Muslim militiamen rampaged through a Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad early Sunday morning, killing more than 50 people and discarding bodies in the streets 7-10

Documents obtained by Reuters on Sunday showed the Iraqi rape victim was a minor aged just 14, and not over 20 as U.S. officials say. 7-10

It's a lot worse over here [in Iraq] than is reported. The administration does a great job of managing the news. 7-10

Iraq War Veteran, 71-year old Woman Arrested at Independence Day Parade in D.C. 7-7

Iraq's government is studying a request from local insurgent leaders to supply them with weapons so they can turn on the foreign fighters who were once their allies. 7-7

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said on Wednesday he hoped former President Saddam Hussein would be executed soon. 7-7

The former Army private charged with raping an Iraqi woman and killing her and her family entered a plea of not guilty through his public defenders Thursday. 7-7

According to recent opinion polls, most Iraqis don't believe that we're making things better or safer in their country. What does that say about the legitimacy of prolonged occupation, much less permanent American bases in Iraq? 7-7

President Bush expressed concern Thursday that some of Iraq's neighbors might be working against the fledging Iraqi government. 7-7

US's two top officials in Iraq on Thursday sought to calm Iraqi anger over allegations that U.S. soldiers were involved in the rape-murder of a girl, promising an open investigation and calling such acts "absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable." 7-7

The effect the war in Iraq has had on motivating Muslims planning acts of violence in the UK is underlined to senior Scotland Yard officers in a private briefing document compiled by anti-terrorist specialists. 7-7

After nearly 10 months of court proceedings, Saddam Hussein's chaotic trial is finally drawing to a close. 7-7

The wife of slain Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi said she feared for her husband's life and warned him to leave Iraq, but that he refused to "betray" his religion 7-7

A mass grave containing the bodies of 50 Iraqis was found to the west of the city of Nassiriya 7-7

A suicide car bomber blasted two coaches carrying Iranian pilgrims outside a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Iraq at dawn yesterday, killing 12 people and wounding 41. 7-7

It appears to be the season for second thoughts about American intervention in Iraq. Periodic public-relations offensives after endless "turning points" have failed to halt the Bush administration's long-term slide in popular support. 7-6

Conservative radio talk show host Mike Church will record and release a song a Marine corporal wrote about killing members of an Iraqi family 7-6

U.S. Marines stormed through the largest hospital in western Iraq on Wednesday, taking control of a facility allegedly used by insurgents - and encountering a regional health infrastructure in serious decay. 7-6

Iraq has hinted at a possible compromise with some 20 rebel groups showing a readiness to lay down their arms on certain conditions 7-6

The U.S. military Wednesday investigated whether poor oversight played a part in an alleged rape and homicide by U.S. soldiers in Iraq. 7-6

U.S. Military Plans To Bulldoze Center Of Ramadi, Iraq, Build Base There 7-6

Iraq's new government demanded an independent inquiry on Wednesday into charges US soldiers raped and murdered a teenager and killed her family and said foreign troops' immunity from Iraqi law should be reviewed. 7-6

OSAMA bin Laden appeared to warn Iraq's majority Shi'ite Muslims that they're not safe from al-Qaida's new leader in Iraq. 7-6

The U.S. military is investigating whether the kidnapping, killing and mutilation of two soldiers was carried out in retaliation for an alleged rape and killing of an Iraqi woman by another member of the same unit three months earlier 7-6

The central morgue said Tuesday that it received 1,595 bodies last month, 16 percent more than in May, in a tally that showed the pace of killing here has increased since the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq. 7-6

Abu Musab al-Zargawi's widow says her late husband's al-Qaida organization sold him out to the United States in exchange for an American promise to ease off on its worldwide hunt for Osama bin Laden. 7-6

Jordan warns Saddam daughter under its protection 7-3

Saddam's Daughter and Wife on New Wanted List 7-3

The woman allegedly raped, killed and burned by U.S. troops in Iraq was only 15 years old 7-3

GOP touting 20-year-old Iraqi chemical munitions containing degraded mustard gas or sarin nerve agent as war justification. The shells were produced in the 1980s for the Iran-Iraq war but were not used. 7-1

GIs May Have Planned Iraq Rape, Slayings 7-1

66 Killed In Baghdad Car Bombing... Deadliest Attack Since Death Of Al-Zarqawi. 7-1

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