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Turkey Invades Iraq; Sadr Renews Freeze; Bombings in Baghdad, Green Zone
I review the news below and don’t somehow conclude that the US occupation of Iraq is a success story. I know we are paying a […]
Three Events that changed the World
Three things happened on Thursday that changed the world. The victorious Pakistan People’s Party, now the largest in the Pakistani lower house of parliament, has […]
Turkish-Kurd Military Confrontation; Gunbattles Roil Basra; A Dozen Police Found Dead Near Baquba
While US troops keep a tenuous grip on Baghdad in the center, Iraq’s two extremities– Kurdistan in the north and Basra in the deep south– […]
5 US Troops Killed; 25 Dead, 70 Wounded in Violence; Turkey Bombs Iraq
DPA estimates that civil war violence killed 25 in Iraq on Wednesday and wounded 70. The dead included 5 US troops. On Tuesday evening, 3 […]
McCain’s Holiday from History in Pakistan; Will any Old Military Dictator Do?; Lies about Obama
Barack Obama’s spectacular win in Wisconsin has the GOP frightened. The Democratic turnout was much, much better than the Republican. The Democrats and independents are […]
Musharraf’s Party Roundly Defeated; Fundamentalist Coalition Collapses in NWFP; PPP Likely to Form Next Government
Pakistan held its elections on Monday, which are fateful for the future of the country and also probably for the Bush-Cheney foreign policy. Bush and […]
Over 80 Dead in Afghan Blast
A massive suicide bomb ripped through crowd in Qandahar on Sunday, killing over 80 and wounding a similar number. The Afghan newspaper Rah-i Sulh took […]
Sadrist/ Badr Truce Breaks Down; Parliament Rejects Smaller Cabinet
It is awfully suspicious that as soon as a firm date was set for new provincial elections in Iraq (October 1), the truce broke down […]
Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul Kill 6; Hilla Awakening Council Joins Strike
Two bombings shook Iraq Sunday morning. In the Misbah commercial center in the upscale Shiite Karrada district, a female suicide bomber detonated a belt bomb, […]
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