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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Freedom: Undefined word -- try again in few years
Hatred, such a strong unhealthy feeling.. but I just can't help but hate it here.. I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT.. I want to shout it at the top of my lungs so everybody can know that I just can't stand it here.The curfew that started at 9 PM last Friday was only temporarily stopped at 6 AM…
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Getting Iraq to pay more is not the answer
This is an op-ed that I co-wrote with Erik Leaver for the Progressive Media Project. It was published in a few local newspapers around the US today.Congress should stop blaming the Iraqi government for our economic woes. As our economy sputters to a halt and Congress is set to spend an additional…
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Urgent - Attacking Shu'la Hospital in Baghdad
عمر الكبيسيتمت اليوم الإثنين المصادف 5/5 مهاجمة مستشفى الشعله في جانب الكرخ وهو المستشفى الساند لقطاع شعبي كبير في الكرخ ومدينة الشعلة التي بدأت فيها عمليات عسكرية…
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Failing to take responsipility
.Reference the previous posting "The lying scoundrel - Douglas Un-Feith" April 27, 2008:"Speaking with PBS’s Bill Moyers on Friday, Sands noted that these architects of torture refuse to acknowledge they were “complicit in the commission of a crime.” “There was not a hint of recognition…
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Iraqi forces in Basra and Karbala
More videos showing the daily activities of the US-backed Iraqi forcesIraqi army parades dead fighters in basrah (more information here)prisoners beaten up in karbala
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Postponed
For the last two weeks we've been receiving lots of visitors, some come in the morning when I'm in college and some come in the afternoon. Mom can't do all the work herself since she has to sit with the visitors and so one of us (me and HNK) has to be there to help, and sometimes the two of us.…
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
US-backed Iraqi forces interrogation
US-backed soldiers torturing a 70 year old man and asking him "where are your sons?"
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Us-backed Iraqi forces execute man in street
US backed Iraqi forces execute an Iraqi man after beating him up in the middle of the street
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Friday, May 9, 2008
Another $1,000,000 blown up .. Oh! You meant EFP and not IED? Back to the drawing board.
."The deaths of two U.S. soldiers in western Baghdad last week have sparked concerns that Iraqi insurgents have developed a new weapon capable of striking what the U.S. military considers its most explosive-resistant vehicle.The soldiers were riding in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protective vehicle,…
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
سفارتنا في لاهاي - هولندا
.صَحيح إحنَه بوَطن الساسَه تِلعَبْ بيه ؟.هذا هو أول ما تعلنه "سفارتنا" على موقعها: قصيدة الشاعر الشعبي العراقي أبو أحمد الحداد في ذكرى أستشهاد الكورد الفيليين .وهذه…
Monday, May 5, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Arab Sciences & Scientists
Arab Scientists at Baghdad, Basra and DamascusSpecial Radio ProgramThe Baghdad Cafe radio program aired between December 1997 and February 2000. The show was sponsored by the Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS) http://www.ineas.org , produced and hosted by Wafaa' Al-Natheema.…
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Pentagon's "Truth" web sites ... مواقع أمريكية لترقيع الأكاذيب
."The Pentagon is expanding "Information Operations" on the Internet with purposefully set up foreign news websites that are designed to look like independent media sources but in reality are nothing more than direct military propaganda. USA Today reports:"The Pentagon is setting up a global…
يمعوّد
.اين اختفى شلش العراقي ؟نوري العراقي - 3 آيار 2008.ـ"شلش العراقي كان ظاهرة رائعة للنقد العراقي وصرخة المواطن المهمش والمهشم وان كنت اختلف مع كثير ما يطرحه شلش العراقي…
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I am Very Very Happy
Sami Alhaj, the reporter of Aljazeera who have been in Guantanamo for six years without being charged of anything and was tortured often, have been released finally. I have often prayed for him, and i am very very happy for his release, i feel like i know him, i pray for all those who face…
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Former President Abdul Rahman Aref
Former President Abdul Rahman Aref 1916 Baghdad - August 24, 07 AmmanPresident of IRAQBetween April 16, 1966 and July 1968 President Aref (middle), King Faisal Al Saoud (left)and president Jamal Abdul Naser (right) in 1967Aref's Presidential AchievementsA Partial List # Opened the doors for…
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The 1950 Law for Renouncing Iraqi Jewish Citizenship
We failed to find any mention in any English source about the content of the 1950 law, which was passed by the Iraqi government in reference to Iraqi Jewish citizenship after the establishment of the State of Israel (1948). Most sources indicate that Iraqi Jews were persecuted and forced to…
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Information About Iraqi Jews
The correspondence below provides information on the status of Jewish Arabs in IRAQ (from ancient times through their departure to Israel in the 1950s) and discusses the misconceptions about the subject matter. Those who participated in the discussion are members of IRAQ History Group. For better…
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Iraq History E-Newsletter April 2006
The Book Cover and pages 118 and 323 of Abdur-Razzaq Al-Hasani's book, "ta'reekh al-wizaraat al-Iraqiyya" providing thedate of King Faisal I's appendectomy in August 1922 (page 118) and the date of the King's death and who accompanied him to Switzerland (page 323).^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^IRAQ…
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Excerpts from Uriel Dann's Book on Qassim
Paragraphs Related to OIL Under QassimPages 354-355On December 11, 1961, the government approved Law No. 80 “For the Definition of Exploitation Areas.” This curtailed the concession area of the oil companies by more than 99 per cent, namely to about 800 square miles undergoing exploitation,…
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IRAQ's Kings & Leaders II - Announcements
IRAQ History Monthly E-Newsletter February 2006Inside This Issue:1. IRAQ’s Kings & Leaders Part II2. Important Announcements3. Introducing The Historians Behind This Newsletter4. The Purpose of These Monthly E-Newsletters & How To Join This Group List(*_*)1. IRAQ’s Kings & Leaders…
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Kings & Presidents -- Last Jews in Baghdad
IRAQ History Monthly E-Newsletter January 2006Inside This Issue:1. IRAQ’s Kings & Presidents Part I2. Sources in Arabic and English3. “The Last Jews in Baghdad” - Letter Writing Series4. Introducing The Historians Behind This Newsletter5. The Purpose of These Monthly E-Newsletters &…
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Abdul Kareem Qassim -- Do You Know Him?
Are you a relative of former Iraqi Prime Minister of IRAQ, Qassim?Was your family close friends of his family?Did you or someone in your family served in his term as Iraq's leader from 1958 to 1963 and made face-to-face contact with him?If your answer is 'yes' to any of the questions above, please…
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IRAQ History e-Newsletter - December 2005
Inside This Issue:1. IRAQ: Jewish Library’s Fate2. IRAQ’s Manuscripts Suffer Under Occupation3. Announcements4. Introducing The Historians Behind This Newsletter5. The Purpose of These Monthly E-Newsletters & How To Join This Group List(*_*)Holiday Greetings From all of US the…
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IRAQ History: November 2005 e-Newsletter
1. IRAQ's Modern HistoryThe Arab Majority and The MinoritiesBy Aseel Nasir DyckThe policy of "Divide and Rule" is unfortunately alive and well and has been used by all imperialists down the ages. The British used it well in Iraq and played off tribe against tribe, Arab against Kurd, Sunnis against…
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Join The IRAQHistory Group List
This group focuses on documenting and discussing various fields in IRAQ's history (politics, sciences, religions, law, the arts and other areas). The IRAQ History Group consists of a Writing/Editing Team made of historians and scholars and of Translating Team made of researchers and translators…
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The IRAQHistory e-Newsletter's Contributors
The Historians Behind the IRAQHistory e-NewsletterProf. Abdul Jabbar Naji is the chairman of the Historical studies Dept. He earned B.A. and M.A. in history from Baghdad University and Ph.D. from London University (SOAS) in 1970. Part of his research is on Iraq Urbanization during Medieval period.…
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Friday, May 2, 2008
Good News
In the midst of the war and all the bad news we hear everyday, I have grown rather accustomed to bad news, the good news are the ones that affect me most.It's true that I get depressed quite often but I find myself a most optimistic person. The full half of the glass is all I look at most of the…
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US role in Iraq
I found this article today, it was written by David Ignatius in the washington post more than 6 months ago.The American plan now, apparently, is to extend the Anbar model and create "bottom-up" solutions throughout Iraq. For example, I'm told that U.S. commanders met recently with the Shiite…
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US-backed Iraqi forces
another picture showing US-backed Iraqi focres abusing Iraqi civilians
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
What is the fate of the "Liberated" Iraqi Children? . ما هو مصير الأطفال العراقيين "المـُحررين"؟
.ـ"قالت الممثلة الخاصة للأمين العام للامم المتحدة لشؤون الأطفال والنزاعات المسلحة راديكا كوماراسوامي امس، ان أطفال العراق هم الضحايا الصامتون للعنف الدائر في…
حتى علي السوداني ديناديك ، يا شلش يا خوية
.لست شلش العراقي ولا شلشة العراقية.علي السودانيـ30 نيسان 2008قبل سنتين او نحوهما شاع على جدر النشر الألكترونية ، اسم كاتب ساخر ضحاك فيه من التنكيت والتطريب والأسعاد…
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وين صفينا يالعراق
.وين صفينا يالعراقصفينه ايدنه وي الكَاع حتى الكَاع ملّت من خطاوينه.. ـوصفينه ركام يامهيوب اسمك .. ليش تريد تمسح كل اسامينه..ـوصفينه ايد تلوي الايد بعد ماحار الوكت…
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The overcast of the Quds Force over Iraq ... غيمة قوات القدس الصفراء فوق العراق
Belatedly, and after several previous postings بعد نشرات سابقة عن قوات القدس أدناه: Badr and Iran in Iraq ... وثائق ومعلومات عن قوات بدر الإيرانية ونشاط إيران في شمال العراق March 11, 2007Know thy "other" occupier…
Exams.. of all kinds
I just don't know how to begin, so much has happened these two weeks. I had exams as I told you earlier but half the way through the exams and after dad had a colonoscopical examination it turned out he needs an operation and needed to have it as soon as possible. Colonoscopy revealed ulcer and…
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The overcast of the Quds Force over Iraq
.Belatedly, and after several previous postings:Badr and Iran in Iraq ... وثائق ومعلومات عن قوات بدر الإيرانية ونشاط إيران في شمال العراق March 11, 2007Know thy "other" occupier ... إعرف عدوك التالي August 17, 2007The Quds…
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
US-backed militias
I took the following stills from a video that was filmed by a member of the US-backed Iraqi armed forces. The video shows how the sectarian Iraqi armed forces torture and execute unarmed Iraqis then burn their bodies. This attack took place in Suq Al-Shyukh in Thi Qar province in southern Iraq,…
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blame the Iraqis bandwagon
obama joins the party. Answering a fox news question he announced his plan to set a performance timetable for the Iraqi government and not sit aside "while they dither."what a jerk.set a timetable for yourself first before blaming Iraqis.
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