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Arato: "A Victory of the Better America?" Guest Editorial
The below is a guest editorial that will appear the coming week in Elet es Irodalom, a Hungarian weekly. (Hungarian journalists should please consider it […]
Sadr City Bombing Kills 4, Wounds 30; Sadrists announce Mourning for Mughniyah
The Herald Sun reports via correspondents in Baghdad, ‘ A bomb planted in a minibus ripped through a market in Baghdad’s teeming Sadr City neighbourhood […]
Provincial Elections Set; Amnesty Announced for Prisoners; Muqtada Said to be in Qom
Al-Hayat reports in Arabic on the passage by the Iraqi parliament of three important laws. These included the annual budget, a general amnesty that will […]
Speaker Threatens to Dissolve Parliament; 13 Bodies found at Muqdadiya; 3 Students Killed near Balad Ruz
The Daily Star summarizes reports coming out of Iraq that the Speaker of the House is threatening to dissolve parliament. Iraq’s legislature has been deadlocked […]
Twin Massive Bombings Target Awakening Leaders; Thousands Protest Police Chief in Baquba; Pipeline Bombing Causes Outages
Sunni Arab guerrillas deployed two massive car bombs in Baghdad to attack leaders of the Al-Anbar Awakening Council who were meeting in the city, killing […]
70 Killed or found Dead on Sunday; Big Bombing Near Balad: Baquba Clashes
So first on Sunday, Sunni Arab guerrillas tried to overwhelm Iraqi security forces, Awakening Council members and US troops at two villages near Sinjar not […]
Bombing Kills 27 in Pakistan; Bin Laden in FATA?
A week from Monday, Pakistanis will go to the polls to elect their federal parliament, in one of the more consequential elections of the past […]
7 US Soldiers Killed; Public Blames Iraq War for Economic Woes
5 US soldiers were killed by roadside bombs on Friday, 4 northwest of Baghdad and one in Kirkuk Province. Note that both these regions are […]
Mayor of Tikrit Killed; US Raids Sadr City; Sistani reduces Workload
Sunni Arab guerrillas are increasingly deploying explosively formed projectiles, roadside bombs that can pierce even tank armor. My guess is that the more sophisticated EFPs […]
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