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October 2007

Turkey sends a few thousand more troops to the Iraqi border to make sure the Kurds don't get in their whey. 10-23

Iraqi Interior Ministry: Violence in Iraq down 70% since the surge began. The Surge was primarily in Baghdad. It's even working where it never happened. 10-23

The U.S. military has increased airstrikes in Iraq fivefold this year 10-23

After a “major bombardment” near Baghdad killed 49 people, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for U.S. military restraint. 10-23

Turkish Prime Minister Warns U.S.: We Will Attack Kurds in Iraq 10-23

US says Iraq air strike kills 11, mostly civilians 10-23

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 23

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 22 October 2007

Photo Gallery: Scores killed in US Iraq raid: Women and children among victims of air strike targeting "criminals" in Sadr City. 10-22

"... A series of pictures have appeared following your aerial bombardment of Madinat Al Thawra now baptized Sadr city. Many toddlers in these pictures, blown to pieces...and a few youngsters, blown to pieces too and a few adults blown to pieces, as well... I also could not help but notice, how very thin, wasted and washed out these bodies both alive and dead are...How emaciated they are...Rags dolls for your brave, healthy children." 10-22

Another top Iraqi scientist killed 10-22

Thousands of Kurds demonstrated in the northern city of Dohuk against Turkey's threatened invasion. 10-22

The Kurdish Workers Party ratchets things up a notch by killing at least 12 Turkish troops in an ambush on an armored convoy. 10-22

Also, the guerrillas of the Kurdish Workers Party threatened to retaliate against any Turkish military moves against them in their safe haven of Iraqi Kurdistan, by hitting the oil pipelines in Turkey. 10-22

US defense secretary: Turkey won't invade Iraq 10-22

Political leaders as much as military bosses need to face up to our brutal detention policy in Iraq 10-22

Grim math shows increase not drop in violence in Iraq 10-22

American Military: "We killed 49 militants." Iraqi Government: "You killed 13 people, and some were civilians and children" 10-22

Syria pushes out 1.5M Iraqi refugees 10-22

PM Nuri al-Maliki is trying to prevent Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi from making political hay by visiting mostly Sunni Arab prisoners in Iraq prisons, of which their are thousands, many languishing for long periods without trials or even without formal charges. 10-22

Robot Warriors In Iraq 10-22

Of all Baghdad's emergency centres, only six are equipped with waiting rooms, medical wards, toilets and an office 10-22

US soldiers found and destroyed 20 tons of explosives just north of Baghdad in the last two days 10-22

Kurd rebels say may hit Turk pipelines if attacked 10-20

Oil pipeline set ablaze near Iraq's Kirkuk 10-20

Ex-top envoy calls Iraqi government a failure: Former ambassador says country ‘falling apart,’ blames ministers, U.S. 10-20

When does this end? 10-20

Blackwater confiscated Iraqi planes 10-20

Turkish PM calls on Iraq to shut PKK camps: "What will satisfy us is the closure of all PKK (rebel) camps, including their training facilities, and the handover of the terrorist leaders to us." 10-20

Mercenary leader vows to never let US ally take his men alive 10-19

The Iraqi government has “put the U.S. on notice” that they do not want permanent U.S. bases in Iraq. The message was “delivered directly to Vice President Dick Cheney at the White House”. In other news, the Iraqis figured out our chain of command before our media did. 10-19

Criminal Probe Underway Into US Embassy Construction In Baghdad 10-19

The Turkish parliament authorized a Turkish incursion into Iraq 10-19

Turkish offensive would lead to humanitarian crisis, ICRC warns 10-19

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 18

Blackwater Chairman Erik Prince said yesterday he will not allow Iraqi authorities to arrest his contractors and try them in Iraq's faulty justice system. 10-18

Two journalists killed in Iraq in 24 hours 10-16

General who says we've defeated Al Qaeda in Iraq is the guy who claims we were done in 2003 and also a central player in Pat Tillman affair. 10-16

Marine Corps head says al-Qaeda is only crippled 10-16

Dahr Jamail: "Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq" 10-16

Polish Base Attacked by Shiites 10-16

Security developments in Iraq 10-16

US Builds Bunker of an Embassy in Iraq 10-16

US forces kill three tribal fighters by mistake 10-16

Turkey Moves Closer to an Incursion Into Iraq 10-16

U.S. and Iraqi officials are negotiating Baghdad's demand that security company Blackwater USA be expelled from the country within six months, and American diplomats appear to be working on how to fill the security gap if the company is phased out. 10-15

Washington Post reporter killed in Iraq. 10-15

Turkish forces fire 250 artillery shells into northern Iraq 10-15

At Fort Leavenworth, KS — the “intellectual center of the United States Army” — young officers are undergoing an “outspoken re-examination of their role in Iraq.” 10-15

The U.S. military believes it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over the group 10-15

The Muqtada al-Sadr bloc has rejected a suggestion made by another Iraqi Shia politician that the country should be split into regions based on sect and ethnicity. 10-15

Sunday: 63 Iraqis Killed, 58 Wounded 10-15

U.S. Contractors in Iraq Rely on Third-World Labor 10-15

A key Shi'ite member of Iraq's ruling coalition called yesterday for the complete withdrawal of foreign troops from his country and rejected the possibility of permanent bases. 10-15

US soldiers' reports confirm there was "no enemy activity" when Blackwater troops started firing at Iraqis, and that they continued to fire at cars that were just trying to escape 10-13

Proving it can keep up with Blackwater, USAF strike kills 15 women and children 10-13

Only two days ago, 11 little ones were severely wounded by a mortar attack. Yesterday, 9 little ones were killed in a so called counter-insurgency attack by your brave boys. Today, at least 2 little ones were blasted away when a bomb placed in a toy cart exploded in their curious little faces...on the day of the Eid. 10-13

Surrounding villages get 10 hours of electricity a day but the lights never go out at Balad Air Base, The Las Vegas of Iraq 10-13

The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there, according to senior military and Pentagon officials. 10-13

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday it had asked Iraqi authorities to probe media reports of several cases of Rift Valley Fever 10-13

Announcement of a new resistance group in Iraq is a landmark in the armed campaign against the US occupation. 10-13

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 11 October 2007. 10-13

Car bombs, assassinations, kidnappings, mortar attacks and suicide bombers aside, it's convoys of private security guards hurtling through Baghdad streets that strike fear into many Iraqis. 10-11

It's official: Turkey has just entered Iraq to prepare for a full military invasion. 10-11

Security guards fired randomly - Iraq official 10-11

Iraqis divided by constitution's treatment of women: Supporters say Article 41 will keep the state out of civil affairs. Critics say it will usher in Sharia. 10-11

Time asks if the US has abandoned Shiite south Iraq, and answers "yes." 10-11

In spite of the impact of the surge and US-armed Sunni groups, resistance is bound to continue until the occupiers leave 10-11

Attack on U.S. base in Iraq kills 2, wounds dozens 10-11

Kurds Talk Contracts with Big Oil: 'It's Now or Never' 10-11

Oil Laws - Colonising Iraq’s Economic Prize 10-11

In Baghdad, elusive electricity is rare delight 10-11

Unembedded in Iraq: From Bechtel’s broken water pumps to the battle of Fallujah, Dahr Jamail’s upcoming new book tells the story of the occupation through Iraq’s eyes. 10-11

Just about ten cents in a dollar actually counts within the massive figures of U.S. aid to Iraq, according to the Commitment to Development Index released Wednesday. 10-11

The opening of the mammoth new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has been delayed indefinitely 10-10

Iraqi authorities want the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with Blackwater USA within six months. 10-9

U.K. To Halve Iraq Forces By Spring: Prime Minister Says 2,500 British Troops Will Remain In "Overwatch" Role 10-9

Private Contractors Open Fire In Iraq, Two Women Dead 10-9

Iraqi leaders said they no longer believe the U.S. goal of sectarian reconciliation (reason for the "Surge") in the country is attainable 10-9

Brown Announces Phased Withdrawal From Iraq, Says Troop Reductions Have Made Basra ‘Calmer 10-9

More on the elite sniper group based in Iraq who have come under fire for the practice of using 'bait' to lure Iraqis, and then shoot them dead when they stop to pick the items up 10-9

Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) sends Scarborough scurrying for cover over Blackwater. 10-9

Two car bombs kill 14 in north Iraqi town 10-9

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 8 October 2007 10-9

Cholera spreading, authorities in Baghdad doing little 10-9

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 8

US Army cordons off al-Doura in preparation for massive attack 10-9

U.S., West seen skirting Iraqi refugee crisis 10-9

Iraqis tell of guards' reckless behavior: Residents of Hillah await answers and justice in the slayings of two men. They believe those responsible for the deaths were Blackwater employees. 10-9

Iraq says U.S. forces killed civilians, not 25 rebels 10-8

Key Shiite figures Sadr and Hakim forge deal in Iraq: "The agreement is essentially a commitment of honour. The most important aspect is that it forbids both sides to engage in bloodletting against each other and against Iraqis in general." 10-8

US Embassy In Iraq $144 Million Over budget And Unfinished 10-8

The scandal of Blackwater: The only punishment doled out to US security men involved in deadly shootings is a jet home 10-8

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 7

U.S. forces killed 2 first aid workers in Mosul – police 10-8

IRAQ: News of the Day for Sunday, October 7, 2007

Troop buildup fails to reconcile Iraq: Baghdad's neighborhoods continue to split along sectarian lines, violence shifts elsewhere and infighting stalls political progress. 10-8

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 6 October 2007

10,000 pro-apartheid mercenaries for Iraq 10-7

Iraq MP found at "al Qaeda" meeting - U.S. military 10-5

U.S. Confiscates AP Footage At Scene of Bloody Baghdad Bombing 10-5

Iraq has ordered light military equipment from China worth $100 million because the United States is unable to meet Baghdad's requirements 10-5

Nearly two dozen previously unknown Iraqi insurgent groups announced a new coalition to fight foreign occupation but it also set conditions for talks with the U.S. in a statement on a Web site affiliated with the country's deposed Baath party. 10-5

Which US Contractor Broke Crooked Iraqi Out of Prison? 10-5

Waxman: State Dept. Muzzling Evidence Of Iraqi Corruption To Avoid ‘Embarrassing’ Maliki 10-5

The administration’s “Anbar strategy” holds the perilous possibility “that we just end up arming the Sunnis, who still hate the Shi’a... and that eventually the Sunni tribes end up fighting it out with the central government.” 10-5

Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killed 10-5

Sunni lawmaker sacked for joining armed resistance 10-5

The largest Shiite political coalition in Iraq has urged the U.S. military to “abandon its recruitment of Sunni tribesmen into the Iraqi police.” 10-5

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 3 October 2007 10-5

Grand opening of US's embassy in Iraq delayed. Had been planned for last month, has now been delayed well into next year 10-5

IRAQ: Shortage of cancer treatments puts thousands at risk 10-5

In Basra, vigilantes wage deadly campaign against women 10-5

Guerrillas injured the Polish ambassador to Iraq on Wednesday with roadside bombs. 10-5

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki again insisted on Wednesday that the Blackwater security firm should leave Iraq. 10-5

Russia is complaining that a private security firm mistreated its embassy personnel at Baghdad International Airport on Monday. It was apparently referring to London-based Global Strategies Group. 10-5

GI Special 5J1: 25,000 IEDs So Far This Year 10-5

Coalition troops pull out of Basra. Bloodbath fails to ensue 10-4

White House Retaliates Against UK For Withdrawal: ‘British Forces Have Performed Poorly’ In Iraq 10-4

The British are pulling out of Iraq, so now we've got a "clear field". 10-4

Iraqi government also wants to question Blackwater over their involvement in the jail break of a government minister who embezzled $2.5 Billion from the country 10-4

According to Senator Lindsey Graham, the war will magically pay for itself when we win it 10-4

A Little Visual Perspective on the $87 billion being spent on Iraq 10-3

In a rare act of bipartisanship, US House passes legislation 377-46 demanding regular reports on Iraq and a timely withdrawl plan 10-3

Lindsey Graham Sets 90 Day Deadline For Iraq 10-2

Confidential Balckwater USA file leaked revealing that their special operators have zero fire discipline and fired unprovoked leading to the deaths of 17 innocent Iraqis. 10-1

Number Of Iraqis Killed Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq: 1,068,035 10-1

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's W ar On Iraq :3,803 10-1

Army Operations Chief: "The IED Problem Is Getting Out Of Control. We've Got To Stop The Bleeding." 10-1

Blackwater force in 56 shootings 10-1

A Message (In English) From The Iraqi Resistance 10-1

Ms. Hussein walked out of the customs building, an embassy convoy of sport utility vehicles drove through the intersection. Blackwater USA security guards, charged with protecting the diplomats, yelled at construction workers at an unfinished building to move back. Instead, the workers threw rocks. The guards, witnesses said, responded with gunfire, spraying the intersection with bullets. 10-1

Iraq's WMD Myth: A former senior UN diplomat has revealed to me details of how, just over 10 years ago, the Clinton administration deliberately sabotaged UN weapons inspections in Iraq. 10-1

Iraqi officials said at least 10 people, including two women and four children, were killed in the air strike early Friday in Baghdad's southwestern Dora district 10-1

Seymour Hersh :'The President Has Accepted Ethnic Cleansing' 10-1

Troop deaths in Iraq drop in September 10-1

Sunni politician shot dead in Iraq's Mosul 10-1

October 2006

Iraq says needs $100 bln to rebuild infrastructure 10-31

Showdown: Iraqi PM Orders US To Lift Blockades. 10-31

Pentagon May Increase Number Of US Troops In Iraq By 10% 10-31

Over 40 Iraqis kidnapped north of Baghdad - police 10-31

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 31

100 US Troops Killed In Iraq This Month 10-30

Hundreds Of Thousands Of US Weapons Unaccounted For In Iraq. 10-30

23 Policemen Shot To Death In Iraq. 10-30

McCain: send 20,000 more troops to Iraq 10-30

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 30

Iraqi premier says he is a friend but not 'America's man' 10-28

Rove: "U.S. can't leave one of the world's largest oil reserves(Iraq) in terrorist hands". Not that the invasion/liberation of Iraq had anything to do with oil. In other news "Terrorist" now means "non-U.S. controlled entity". And that goes for you, too. 10-28

October death toll for troops in Iraq: 98 10-28

"As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq." 10-28

Hans Blix says "Iraq is a pure failure", was better of under Saddam and neither the US leaving nor staying there are good options anymore. 10-27

U.S. seeks missing soldier in tense Iraqi slum 10-27

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 27

Iraq's Mosul bans vehicles after threats to police 10-27

U.S. Marine pleads guilty in Iraqi man's death 10-27

Iraqi PM Condemns US Raid In Sadr City: “It Will Not Be Repeated”. 10-26

Sen. Burns Shows Off His 3-Year-Old “Secret Plan” For Iraq. 10-26

Eight Iraqi policemen killed in ambush 10-26

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 26

Five US troops killed in Iraq as Bush under fire 10-26

IRAQ-SYRIA-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Sex traffickers target women in war-torn Iraq 10-26

Iraq: the real story 10-26

A US Fortress Rises in Baghdad: Contractors Use "Asian Labor Trafficking" to Build the World's Largest Embassy 10-26

Frist to GOP candidates: "Don't mention the war" 10-25

Despair of Baghdad turns into a life of shame in Damascus Young women fleeing war and poverty fall prey to sex traffickers 10-25

Residents of Amarah, a half-million strong city in south-eastern Iraq, say they are being severely restricted by an indefinite daily 20-hour curfew. 10-25

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 25

US Considers More Troops in Iraq 10-25

Aid effort buckling before flood of Iraqi refugees 10-25

U.S. insists Iraq disband Mehdi Army militia 10-24

Blackout Occurs While Gen. Casey And Amb. Khalilzad Hold Press Conference On Iraq's Progress 10-24

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 24

Iraqi army stays out of the way of tribal vendetta despite public call 10-24

Like "Stay the course" the phrase, "No timetable" was just a product of your imagination 10-24

Iraq: UK Voters Want British Troops Home by End of Year 10-24

US threatens to punish Baghdad for failing to stop violence in Iraq 10-23

More than half a billion of your tax dollars earmarked to fight the insurgency in Iraq was stolen by people the U.S. had entrusted to run the country's Ministry of Defense 10-23

An 8-minute video about Iraq you need to watch 10-23

The month of October has so far seen the 5th highest US death-toll of the Iraq-war and there is still a week to go 10-23

The Exodus: 1.6m Iraqis have fled their country since the war 10-23

“Perhaps it's time for America to acknowledge that the same mentality that led it into Vietnam has led it into a new and far more damaging quagmire.'” 10-23

Bush: We've never been "stay the course". 10-22

Bush: I won't change strategy in Iraq 10-22

Iraqi prime minister has ordered the country’s medical authorities to stop providing monthly figures on the number of civilians killed and wounded 10-22

Last week a tipping point was reached as political leaders in Washington and London began openly to think the unthinkable: that the Iraq war was lost 10-22

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 23

President says increase in violence of Iraqi civil war is an effort to affect our mid-term elections and everything will be just fine if you continue to continue allowing republicans to rule. 10-20

Many Iraqis Look to Militias as Protectors 10-21

Pentagon investigates itself and finds that it acted legally when it hired a contractor to pay Iraqi news organizations to run pro-American stories. 10-20

Iraq minister says militia does not control Amara 10-20

Govt. Death Squads Ravaging Baghdad 10-20

Mortar attack targets Baghdad Palestinians 10-20

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 20

Baghdad security plan 'failing': The US military has said a security initiative aimed at reducing violence in Baghdad has failed to meet expectations and is being reviewed. 10-20

Senator Conrad Burns (R-I'm not tellin') claims administration has secret plan to win the war in Iraq. 10-19

Bush admits that comparison of current Iraq situation with '68 Tet offensive "could be right". 10-19

They don't know if we're winning. They don't know how to define winning. But Bush's plan is to win 10-19

Six car bombs, clashes kill 20 in Iraq's Mosul 10-19

Car bomb kills at least 8 in Iraq's Kirkuk 10-19

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki ordered the release Wednesday of a leading member of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr’s political organisation who was detained by US troops, state television said. 10-19

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 19

Slovakia to pull troops from Iraq in February 10-19

Cheney: ‘General Overall Situation’ In Iraq Is Going ‘Remarkably Well’ 10-18

Former US Secy. Of State James Baker: Iraq Is A “Helluva Mess”. 10-18

Santorum Compares Iraq War To Lord Of The Rings 10-18

Rep. King: Baghdad “Is Like Being In Manhattan” 10-18

Iraqi PM wants to invite Iran, Syria to help stabilize the country and end terrorism 10-18

Poll: Support for Iraq war at all-time low 10-18

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 18

Neo-Cons are turning Iraq into a "Mad Max" scenario: "Iraq is not going to be a democratic, unified country that serves as a model for the region," Dennis Ross, the former US Middle East negotiator wrote in an article for the Washington Post the other day. 10-18

The number of embedded journalists reporting alongside U.S. troops in Iraq has dropped to its lowest level of the war: 11 10-17

Australian Labor party attempts to censure prime minister over Iraq involvement, threaten to withdraw troops if elected 10-17

British courts are starting to accept that the war against Iraq is a crime 10-17

Iraq Study Group To Rule Out “Victory” in Report: Managed Withdrawal 10-17

Snow on Iraq: ‘I Don’t Know’ If We Are Winning 10-17

Alleged U.S. ringleader in Iraqi killing in court: Defense lawyer said on Monday that he would challenge the testimony of a Navy medic who said anger motivated Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III to lead his unit in randomly killing an Iraqi grandfather. 10-17

Of the US $65 billion pledged to Iraq for aid and redevelopment since March 2003, only $20.5 billion has been spent on that purpose, according to the government. Some $35 billion has still not been disbursed to Iraq by donors while billions have been lost to corruption and billions redirected to security. 10-17

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 17

Bush's Petro-Cartel Almost Has Iraq's Oil 10-16

Saddam's verdict and sentencing to be announced two days before U.S. election 10-16

Over 100 Killed In Latest Series Of Attacks Throughout Iraq 10-16

2 GOP senators urge new Iraq strategy 10-16

Two car bombs kill 20 in Baghdad 10-16

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 16

Iraq loses 25 police to violence each day 10-15

At least 44 U.S. troops have been killed so far in October. At the current pace, the month would be the deadliest for U.S. forces since January 2005. 10-15

Outbreak Of Sectarian Violence Kills 43 In Iraq. 10-15

Iraqis are giving up on democracy. A new plan is brewing to dissolve the American backed government and install a group of five strongmen who would impose martial law and either dissolve or diminish parliament 10-15

One of Britain's most experienced journalists was unlawfully killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq 10-13

11 Killed By Militiamen At Iraqi TV Station. 10-13

Iran says U.S. incites Sunni-Shi'ite strife in Iraq 10-13

So Now Iraq Is For Oil, Bush Admits 10-13

Thousands fleeing Iraq daily in 'silent exodus'-UN 10-13

Bush Admin. Shutting Down Iraqi Police Training Center 10-13

UK Army Chief: British Military Should “Get Ourselves Out Sometime Soon Because Our Presence Exacerbates The Security Problems” 10-13

Bomb in Iraqi police station kills 6, wounds 12 10-13

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 13

Iraqi Shiite majority votes to allow a breakaway Shiite-controlled state. 10-13

Report of 650,000 dead Iraqis relied on large sample base, checked death certificates, includes more reliable methodology than previous reports. 10-12

Bush: Iraqis are willing to "tolerate" this "level of violence" 10-12

ARMY: TROOPS STAYING IN IRAQ UNTIL 2010 10-12

Feb. 7, 2003: Rumsfeld to U.S. troops in Aviano, Italy: "It is unknowable how long that conflict will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." 10-12

More than 300,000 Iraqis have fled their homes since Saddam's fall 10-12

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 12

Gunmen storm Iraqi TV station, kill 11 10-12

U.S. media group demands Iraq free female reporter 10-12

A controversial new study contends nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war 10-11

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 11

Mortar attack caused US ammo dump fire in Iraq 10-11

Some readers and viewers think we journalists are exaggerating about the situation in Iraq. I can almost understand that because who would want to believe that things are this bad? 10-11

Iraq's parliament on Wednesday approved a law that sets out the mechanics of forming federal regions, an issue Sunni minority leaders fear might tear the country apart 10-11

2,660 Iraqi Civilians Killed in Sept. 10-11

Death squads terrorise civilians in Baghdad 10-11

Security developments in Iraq, Oct 3

Baghdad curfew was in response to 'coup attempt'- MP: A blanket 36-hour curfew imposed on the Iraqi capital Baghdad from Friday evening was in response to an information leak concerning a possible coup attempt, according to an Iraqi Shiite parliamentary deputy. 10-03

Woodward: Bush Says He Will Not Withdraw From Iraq Even If Laura And Barney The Dog Are The Only Ones Supporting Him. 10-02

Pentagon's estimated cost of Iraq War in 2003: $50 billion. 10-02

Iraq vows to capture al Qaeda leader dead or alive. Hmmm... now where have we heard that before? 10-02

Iraq parliament renews govt emergency powers 10-02

October 2005

90 US soldiers died in Iraq this month. 10-31

Pentagon estimates that nearly 26,000 Iraqis were killed or wounded by insurgent attacks from January 1, 2004, through September 16, 2005. This does not include casualties of Coalition attacks. 10-31

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 31

U.S. Priorities Set Back Its Healthcare Goals in Iraq 10-31

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 30 October 2005

US unveils new prison in northern Iraq 10-31

US auditor urges anti-corruption drive in Iraq 10-31

Financial Times: US ‘had no policy’ in place to rebuild Iraq 10-31

Saddam lawyer wants trial moved to The Hague 10-29

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 28 October 2005

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 29

Texas tycoon pleads not guilty in Iraq oil probe 10-28

Interview with Lawyer Scott Horton: “Vice President Cheney is the Man Who Unleashed Torture and Promoted it Within Our Military and Our Intelligence Service” 10-28

Sunni Arabs Launch Political Campaign to Kick US Out 10-28

Sunni Arabs join forces for December elections 10-28

Are U.S. tactics destroying terrorists -- or merely creating more? One intelligence officer gives us a look inside the new petri dish of terrorism that is Iraq. 10-28

Iraqis Forced to Take in Uninvited Troops 10-28

At least 27 people, most of them police, were killed in clashes with civilians in Nahrawan township, 30 kilometres south of Baghdad, Thursday, said Iraqi army sources. 10-28

Six explosions in Baghdad 10-28

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 28

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 27 October 2005

US envoy moots Iraq troop reduction 10-28

Saddam's defense team wants to put Bush on trial 10-27

The War on Iraq was not a mistake 10-27

The Baghdad Hotel Attack: The Real Targets not journalists, say Zarqawi and al-Qaeda, but a private security firm 10-27

Mr. "Bring 'em on" Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq 10-27

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 26 October 2005

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 27

This week's grim milestone, 2,000 American soldiers killed in Iraq, doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the real human costs of this war. 10-26

Soldiers Lost in Iraq Top Those Lost in First Four Years in Vietnam 10-26

Bush calls for more sacrifice in the war in Iraq. 10-26

The interior ministry of the pro-US government in Iraq is being directly accused of carrying out the murder of defence lawyer in the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven others 10-26

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 26

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 25 October 2005

IRAQ MEDIA DEATH TOLL TOPS 100 SINCE INVASION 10-26

Opec And The Economic Conquest Of Iraq: TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND $202 BILLION into the war in Iraq, the United States has at least one significant new asset to show for it: effective membership, through our control of Iraq's energy policy, in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Arab-dominated oil cartel. 10-26

Bomb Misses U.S. Troops, Kills Young Child: The bomb missed the soldiers but killed the 7 year old boy, who was selling cans of black-market gasoline on a street. 10-26

Journalist Dahr Jamail draws capacity crowd for Iraq update 10-26

2000 10-25

Iraq: Draft constitution passes 10-25

Bush 41's NSA, Brent Scowcroft, rips the Bush 43 administration: "There may have come a time when we would have needed to take Saddam out. But he wasn't really a threat. His army was weak and the country hadn't recovered from sanctions 10-25

And he was saying it in 2002: Don't Attack Saddam It would undermine our antiterror efforts. 10-25

Federal auditors say the prime contractor on a $1 billion technology contract to improve the nation's transportation security system overbilled taxpayers for as much as 171,000 hours' worth of labor and overtime by charging up to $131 an hour for employees who were paid less than half that amount. 10-25

Iraqi oil exports halted as attacks continue 10-25

Iraq violence claims 44 lives 10-25

20 killed in Baghdad hotel bombing 10-25

Army Holds Back New Humvees ‘Uparmored’ vehicles aren’t yet in Iraq. 10-25

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 23 October 2005

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 25

Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified: Eighty-two percent of those polled said they were "strongly opposed" to the presence of the troops. 10-24

Palestine Hotel in Baghdad hit with two rockets and a car bomb 10-24

Nineveh Sunnis Warn of Charter Vote Fraud 10-24

How Basra Slipped Out of Control: Portent in the Shiite South? 10-24

Karen Hughes twice lies about number of Iraqis gassed by Saddam, getting figure wrong by two decimal places. 10-24

Blix Says US Misled Itself, The World on Iraq 10-24

Diplomat describes `amateur hour` in Iraq 10-24

US Diplomat Points to Neocon Ideology Behind Actions in Iraq 10-24

Private contractor in Iraq accused of fraud 10-24

The Iraqi Bar Association on Sunday urged lawyers to stop working with the special court hearing the case against Saddam Hussein 10-24

Iraqi bomb builders learn fast, exact heavy toll: More than two years after U.S. leaders dismissed insurgents as "dead-enders," their attacks are more lethal than ever -- and the American military death toll since the March 2003 invasion is approaching 2,000. 10-24

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 23

Iraqi Resistance Report October 21, 2005

Mentally ill since childhood, he used to wander the streets of Baghdad alone. One day he chanced on some American soldiers who shot him dead after he took fright at a bullet fired over his head. 10-24

"Maybe they just need to have their civil war," a senior military official in Baghdad said recently. "In this part of the world it's almost a way of life." 10-22

Video: Scott Ritter: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein 10-22

Chris Matthews : They Led Us Into A Corrupt War: The people watching better pay attention right now. 10-22

Was the vote on the Iraqi constitution fixed? “It wouldn't surprise me if the election was rigged,” said a U.S. Army officer in Mosul who requested anonymity from Time and who worked on security arrangements for the poll with Iraqi security and election officials. “I don't even trust our election process.” 10-22

Iraqi Resistance Report October 21, 2005

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 22

All of those horrible, scary things that President Bush is warning us will happen if America suddenly "cut and runs" from the war in Iraq? They're already happening. 10-22

Defense lawyer representing Saddam Hussein's co-defendant who was abducted from his office found dead, shot in the head twice and dumped near a mosque in Baghdad. 10-22

Why only Saddam? Try them all! : The US was the only country that voted against a UN Security Council statement in 1986 condemning the mustard gas attacks by Iraq on the Iranian forces! The US also allowed its companies to export chemicals to Iraq, which used them on humans. 10-22

Deputy Chairman of Arab-Kurd Friendship Society in Diyali killed 10-22

War in Iraq may be fuelling global insecurity, Canadian spy chief warns 10-22

BAGHDAD CORRESPONDENT FOR 'GUARDIAN' RELEASED UNHARMED 10-22

A French reporter who disappeared in Iraq in 2003 is dead, France's Foreign Affairs Ministry announced. 10-22

They Are Not Numbers: Cindy Sheehan on the war dead. 10-22

Saddam Trial –Another Western Kangroo Court: Saddam is not the first eastern leader nor would he be the last to be so demonized and humiliated. It is an old western technique against its opponents. 10-21

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 20 10-21

Iraq arrests Saddam's nephew in Baghdad 10-21

Saddam will not be able to reveal US accomplices 10-21

Defense lawyer in Saddam Hussein trial kidnapped by gunmen 10-21

The coalition is merely generating violence in Iraq. 10-20

A Spanish judge has issued an international arrest order for three US soldiers over the shelling of a Baghdad hotel that killed a cameraman. 10-20

The war with Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place and London a target for terrorist attack, according to one of Britain's most senior judges. 10-20

Nixon's Vietnam-Era Defense Chief Calls for Iraq Exit Plan 10-20

Condi won't rule out troops remaining in Iraq until 2015 10-20

An Australian television station has shown US soldiers in Afghanistan burning bodies of dead Taliban -- an act of desecration in the Islamic tradition. 10-20

Baghdad Mayor Killed : The mayor of Baghdad Hatem Mirza Hamza and his driver were killed Wednesday in al-Durra neighborhood in the Iraqi capital 10-20

Reporter for The Guardian newspaper disappeared Wednesday in Iraq and was believed to have been kidnapped. 10-20

Elections and other Deceptions in Iraq 10-19

Iraqi hostage 'shot dead by al-Qaeda' 10-19

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 19

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 18 October

The adoption of a weak Iraqi federal constitution is likely to unleash an ethnic and sectarian crisis across the region 10-19

Govt. agency overseeing $140B of Iraqi reconstruction left Iraq a year ago 10-18

Iraq takes a cue from Ohio 10-18

Famously intrepid Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk has revealed that the situation in Iraq is now so dangerous that he doesn't know whether he can go on reporting from the country. 10-18

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 18 10-18

G.I.'s and Syrians in Tense Clashes on Iraqi Border 10-18

Swiss urged to intervene over abuses in Iraq 10-18

American Conservative Magazine: One U.S. contractor received $2 million in a duffel bag... and a U.S. official was given $7 million in cash in the waning days of the CPA and told to spend it “before the Iraqis take over.” 10-17

Mystery surrounds death of British investigator in Iraq. He was there to investigate military abuse of civilians 10-17

On the Iraqi election, turnout was high and people were joyous. Or turnout was low and people were somber. 10-17

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 16 10-17

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 16 October 10-17

US military airstrike kills 70 'militants', unless you're an eyewitness, in which case US military airstrike kills 70 'civilians' 10-17

Margaret Thatcher wouldn't have backed Iraq Invasion 10-14

Insurgents Bomb Sunni Arab Office in Iraq 10-14

Most of Iraq is in a state of anarchy, with insurgents controlling parts of Baghdad just half a mile from the so-called Green Zone 10-14

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 13

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 13 October

Iraq's Sistani urges Iraqis to back constitution 10-14

An Iraqi-American Sami Rasouli wants the Americans to leave Iraq because it's a colonial war and the country is not being rebuilt. Audio interview. Windows Media 10-14

Text of Proposed Iraqi Constitution 10-14

CIA: "Policymakers worried more about making the case for the war, particularly the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, than planning for the aftermath" 10-13

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 13

Iraqi Resistance Report: Wednesday, 12 October

Even among the strongest advocates in Washington of the war in Iraq there is a sense of alarm these days, with harsh criticism directed particularly at the draft constitution, which they see as a betrayal of principles and a recipe for disintegration of the Iraqi state. 10-13

US and Britain used stories of Al Qaida operatives to justify the war on Iraq. Loretta Napoleoni exposes the truth 10-13

Use of heroin and other hard drugs, virtually unknown in Iraq under Saddam Hussein's regime, has increased dramatically since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, IRIN reported Oct. 11. 10-13

Ambassador of Death, Right-Wing Death Squads, Drug Smuggling: George Bush's Plan for Iraq. 10-13

Joshua Holland, AlterNet: Don't believe what you hear from the White House and the Pentagon. We can leave Iraq anytime we please. 10-13

I have a personal request for all of you George W. Bush supporters and Christian warhawks: please do not support my troop. I have visions and aspirations of having him around, seeing him settle down and start a family at some point, and being near as I grow older. Your support would mean that he would be sent back to this war started and continued on lies to become a target for those who would rather live their lives without the interference of a foreign, empire-seeking, new-world-order, invader. 10-13

Despite the President's assertion that progress in Iraq is undeniable and irreversible, there is much evidence to the contrary. 10-12

U.S. Forces Hold One of Iraq's Greatest Writers for ‘Lying’ to Journalists: “The arrest of Muhsen al-Khafaji, who is part of the creative conscience of this country, is tantamount to a war crime.” 10-12

More than 40 Killed in Pre-Vote Iraq Violence: In the deadliest attack in nearly two weeks, a suicide car bomb exploded in a crowded open market in the northwestern town of Tal Afar, killing 30 Iraqis and wounding 45. 10-12

Basra voters say it is time for soldiers to go 10-12

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 11

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 11

Danish Prime Minister sued for breach of Constitution re war in Iraq : A group of Danish citizens will deliver a document to the Danish High Court instituting legal proceedings against Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen for breaches of the Constitution in connection with Denmark's participation in the war in Iraq. 10-12

Iraq has issued arrest warrants against the defense minister and 27 other officials from the US-backed government of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi over the alleged disappearance or misappropriation of $1 billion in military procurement funds. Halliburton and the other 8 billion unavailable for comment 10-12

Tony Blair and George Bush were compared to Nazi war criminals yesterday by Scott Ritter, the former UN chief weapons inspector. "Both these men could be pulled up as war criminals for engaging in actions that we condemned Germany in 1946 for doing," he said. 10-10

How US and British Forces help Iraqis recover their sovereignty 10-10

Saddam may face execution before standing trial on all charges 10-10

Tonight, when you look in on your sleeping son or daughter, ask yourself this: What cause would be noble enough for you to sacrifice your child? How much noble evidence would you need for your child to be an "acceptable loss?" 10-10

A former U.S. Marine in Iraq alleges that his battalion committed atrocities against Iraqi civilians during the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, including shooting unarmed protesters. 10-10

Marines return to Iraq ten months later 10-10

Iraq revives Sunni-Shiite tensions among neighbors 10-10

The so-called Iraqi government does not in fact exercise real governance over any but a fraction of Iraq, and the “city-state” phenomenon throughout the country is setting the stage for a universally unacceptable Balkanization of Iraq 10-10

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 8 October 10-10

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 9

Iraqi Order 81 Update: It is Even Worse Than Originally Reported 10-10

Iraq on the brink of civil war: Uniformed Shiite death squads rounding up Sunni Arab men and executing them. 10-08

Violence leads only to more violence 10-08

The Illegality Of Iraq's Constitution 10-08

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 8

Iraq war now costing $6 billion a month 10-08

Iraq: US Army Depots Named After Oil Giants. Spokesman for Exxon Mobil thinks "that's pretty neat." 10-08

What 200 Billion Dollars, 4 Billion Bullets and 153,000 Gallons of Blood Has Bought 10-8

Huge change in Iraq : For the first time I believe we have lost. For the first time as a military professional I think we have no way of winning this. We are willing to destroy the basic structures of the country to deny the enemy their use. 10-08

Bush: Iraq will be cleared of terrorists 'city by city' 10-7

Thousands flee US military onslaught on Haditha 10-7

US forces bomb Iraq's Euphrates bridges 10-7

Kill! Kill! Kill! Ex-Marine tells his story about US brutality in Iraq 10-7

Attacks Kill at Least 15 in Iraq as Violent Surge Continues 10-7

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 7

Exposing The Lies Of The Bush Administration: How many Iraqi battalions are fully trained and equipped and capable of operating independently of U.S. forces? 10-7

Iraqi Resistance Report October 6, 2005

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 6

Middle East split over Iraq deepens: Saud has also charged that Washington was effectively handing Iraq to Iran by pursuing a policy that deepened sectarian divisions. Tehran dismissed Riyadh's concerns. 10-6

Child Killed As Suicide blast hits Canadian convoy in Afghanistan: A suicide bomber in a pick-up truck blew himself up near a Canadian military convoy in volatile southern Afghanistan today, killing an Afghan child, a provincial governor said. 10-6

22 Killed, 77 Hurt In Iraq Mosque Bomb Blast: A bomb exploded at the entrance of a Shiite Muslim mosque south of Baghdad Wednesday as worshippers gathered for prayers on the first day of Ramadan, killing 22 people and wounding 77, officials said. 10-6

The ferocity of Iraq's Shiite fundamentalist ruling clique has the Saudis worrying that a regional war may spill out of the bitter Shiite-Sunni conflict. 10-6

FBI investigating stolen cars from within the US being used in car bomb attacks in Iraq 10-6

Iraq's parliament has reversed its decision to change the rules governing a referendum next week on the country's new constitution. 10-5

Basra Shadowlands 10-04

Bush is Right About One Thing: More Violence is to Come. “The continued presence of U.S. troops will certainly not lead to stability.” 10-5

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 5

Iraqi Resistance Report October 4, 2005

IRAQ AND OIL-FOR-FOOD: THE REAL STORY You won't learn what the biggest humanitarian relief effort in human history was about by reading the 'Wall Street Journal.' 10-5

Thousands of low-wage Asian laborers are traveling to Iraq to work for U.S. military contractors like First Kuwaiti and Prime Projects International in the hope of sending money home to their families. Trapped and exploited under inhuman conditions, many of them are now fleeing the country to save their lives. 10-04

The White House Looks To Improve Iraq News: Unhappy with Iraq setbacks, White House sends envoy to lean on reporters, errr umm, I mean "improve media relations" 10-04

Iraq's Kurdish president called on the country's Shiite prime minister to step down, the president's spokesman said Sunday, escalating a political split between the two factions that make up the government. 10-04

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 4

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 2

Sunni anger at Iraq vote change: Sunni Arabs have reacted angrily to a decision by Iraq's Shia-dominated parliament making it harder to reject the new constitution in 12 days' time. 10-04

Iraqi women say freedoms are slipping away 10-04

How the world was duped: the race to invade Iraq. 10-04

Iraqi minister lashes out at Saudi Arabia: Iraq's interior minister delivered a scathing attack on neighbouring Saudi Arabia, saying his country would not be lectured by "a bedouin on a camel" about human rights and democracy. 10-04

US military shoots journalist in his car at Iraq checkpoint, pays family $2,500 for death -- tosses in another $2,500 for "property damage" to the reporter's car 10-3

U.S. soldiers get off easy for crimes against Iraqis, review finds 10-3

From the "No shit, Sherlock" department: During a trip to Washington, the generals said the presence of U.S. forces was fueling the insurgency 10-3

Thousands of civilians flee U.S. military offensive near Syrian border: About 600 families had abandoned al-Qaim, a small town in the Euphrates river valley, since the offensive began on Saturday. The number of people displaced by the fighting was expected to increase rapidly, they added. 10-3

You doin' a heck of a job, Rummy 10-3

A pack of lies 10-3

Al Qaeda says it captures two US marines: Al Qaeda said on Sunday it had captured two U.S. marines in western Iraq and issued a 24-hour ultimatum to U.S. forces to release female Sunni Muslim prisoners, a statement posted on a Web site said on Sunday. 10-3

Scott Ritter: The last thing Iraq needs now is the passing of its draft constitution : Regardless of the result of the Iraqi people's vote on the constitution on 15 October, the reality is that it is a failed document, reflective of a failed process. 10-3

do we just arbitrarily declare that every 100th insurgent we capture or kill is "a top aide" to Zarqawi? 10-3

In a moment of true clarity on CBS's 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney says what many Americans are thinking about the Iraq war and the threat of the military-industrial complex. 10-3

Security incidents in Iraq, Oct. 3

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 2 October

Pentagon dismisses new report on US military torture in Iraq 10-1

General backs off on US troop cuts in Iraq: Warns of strife as bombs kill 60 10-1

British Terrorism in Iraq 10-1

Car bomb in Iraq market place kills 12 10-1

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