Iraq

Iraq is a Middle East country bordered by Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria that was the home of many ancient civilisations including the Sumerians, who invented writing. It achieved its modern  independence in 1930, having been a British colony since 1920, before which it was ruled by the Ottoman Turks.

Bloggers may well be using the tag to refer to the Iraq war, which started in 2003 when America and its allies invaded the country to otherthrow the dictator Saddam Hussein.

The war and its aftemath has proved highly controversial and has inspired playwrights, novelists, and many bloggers within the theater of war, both soldiers and civilians.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Iraq”

• UNHCR: Not safe to send Iraqis back to central areas

  
  LGBT asylum news (formally Save Mehdi Kazemi) — Authority: 468
  Image by Getty Images via Daylife Source: AlertNet By Stephanie Nebehay European countries should stop forcibly returning Iraqis to Iraqs central provinces until security improves, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have repatriated hundreds ...
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• War Criminal and Bush’s Poodle, Tony Blair — Still Hallucinating About Non-Existent Iraq WMD’s

  
  PoliticalArticles.NET - Blog — Authority: 137
  This blood-sucking, murdering cockroach should be prosecuted together with fellow war criminals George Bush and Dick Cheney. These three committed unspeakable and unforgivable evil acts against the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 16

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 688
  Source: Reuters Dec 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0720 GMT on Wednesday. BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded on Tuesday evening in a garage just outside Baghdads Green Zone government ...
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• Scarlett accused of misleading inquiry.

  
  The Osterley Times — Authority: 135
  Sir John Scarlett has been accused of lying to the Chilcot inquiry about the reliability of the evidence Britain relied upon before invading Iraq. Sir John Scarlett, who was responsible for drafting the Governments controversial 2002 dossier outlining the case for invading Iraq, claimed last week that ...
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• Americans sidelined British effort in Iraq: British diplomat

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Dec. 16 (ANI): British officials sent to run the newly liberated Iraq in 2003 found themselves sidelined by American authorities, under-resourced and answering to impossible requests from Downing Street, the most senior British diplomat in the Iraqi interim authority told the Iraq inquiry yesterday.Sir Jeremy ...
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• Harvard A Equals American B-Plus?

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 146
  President Barack Obama was asked to rate himself on being presiden t for eleven months and the former Harvard A student gave himself a B-plus grade. He explained why he rated himself a B-plus rather than an A leader. “B-plus because of the things that are undone. Healthcare is not yet signed. If I get health care ...
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• Wordless Wednesday

  
  Army Blogger Wife — Authority: 120
  I was looking through old drafts on my blog, and I found this one that I was going to do for a wordless Wednesday over 2 1/2 years ago.   Gunner in Iraq during 2nd tour.
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• A Soldier’s Dream: Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq

  
  Celestial Lands — Authority: 99
  On December 6th, 2006, a friend, military partner, former roommate, and man I owe my life to was killed by an improvised explosive device in Ramadi, Iraq. His name was Travis Patriquin, and he and I served in the 7th Special Forces Group as enlisted and support soldiers (he as intelligence-communications, I as an ...
  9 hours ago

• U.S. Contemplates More of the Scarcely Believable in ‘Af-Pak’

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 729
  By William Pfaff The people who are running the war in Afghanistan are contemplating an air attack on one of Pakistan’s principal cities, the capital of its largest province, for reasons that defy logic. Related Entries December 15, 2009 U.S. Contemplates More of the Scarcely Believable in ‘Af-Pak’ ...
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• Will Ferrell as George W. Bush: You’re Welcome America, Mission Accomplished

  
  PuppetGov — Authority: 154
  Will Ferrell as George W. Bush in HBOs Youre Welcome America. Here, George W. Bush defends the use of the famous Mission Accomplished banner and admits that things didnt go as planned in Iraq: "like the absence of a plan for anything once we were inside the country. Oops."
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• Dennis Kucinich on the Cruel Choice of War Vs Unemployment Benefits

  
  Politicususa.com - American Political News with an Independent Progressive Twist — Authority: 545
  On the House floor Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) spoke out about the House’s decision to tie an extension in unemployment benefits to $130 billion in additional war funding, “What a cruel choice Congress is forcing on people out of work. Put your sons and daughters on the firing line and we will pay you for being in ...
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• U.S. Firms Lose Out in Bidding for Iraq Oil Fields

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 563
  Patrick Martin writes on World Socialist Web Site : In a clear signal of the declining influence of American capitalism, even in a country conquered and occupied by the US military, companies from China, Russia, Malaysia and Angola, along with several European oil giants, won most of the rights for exploration and ...
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• When Did “Special Ops” Become Kidnapping, Drug Dealing, Torture and Political Dirty Tricks?

  
  PuppetGov — Authority: 154
  What does “Special Ops’ mean? Why would a special operations command, JSOC, be answerable to our Vice President, a mentally unstable draft dodging hack from the oil industry? Why would the CIA outsource its most secret projects to Blackwater, a GOP mercenary group with the worst reputation of any firm the US ...
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• Iraq orders Iranian exiles to vacate camp, raising fears of bloodshed

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 951
  CAMP ASHRAF, IRAQ -- With loudspeakers mounted on pickup trucks and riot police offering backup, Iraqi troops on Tuesday ordered a group of Iranian dissidents here to vacate their sanctuary, which has become an irritant in Iraqs relationship with Iran.
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  cycle zombies blog — Authority: 127
  This week I had to do some work in the Bahamas on the island of Rum Key. The weather here is a bit nicer than the weather in So Cal. 80 degrees air and 82 water. The first morning here we went out on the boat to find some waves. As we were leaving 3 bull sharks cruised through in about 4 feet of water right in front ...
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• Speaking of "demonstrably false ..."

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 791
  Honest to God, the effort to rewrite history by various members of the Bush administration has gone beyond ridiculous. During Sundays interview on "60 Minutes," President Obama explained why his speech announcing the escalation of troops in Afghanistan didnt include a promise of victory: I think that one ...
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• The List – New Moon – December 2009

  
  walkofthefallen.com — Authority: 126
  The nights seem darker in the absence of moonlight, do they not? As dark, perhaps as the holiday season must seem for the families and friends of the fallen—-for whom this month can only be a memory of a beloved light blowing out in the wind of war. US Army Sgt. Elijah J. Rao, 26, of Lake Oswego, Ore., in ...
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• Names of the Dead

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 903
  The Department of Defense has identified 4,361 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the death of the following American on Monday:.
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• When Did “Special Ops” Become Kidnapping, Drug Dealing, Torture and Political Dirty Tricks?

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 511
  Source: Veterans Today – Gordon Duff What does  “Special Ops’ mean?  Why would a special operations command, JSOC, be answerable to our Vice President, a mentally unstable draft dodging hack from the oil industry?  Why would the CIA outsource its most secret projects to Blackwater, a GOP mercenary group ...
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• Life’s Hard. It’s harder when you’re stupid.

  
  Bring the heat, Bring the Stupid — Authority: 413
  Here’s a friendly tip. If you’re gonna shoot at US troops, don’t do it when there’s not one, but TWO Apaches flying overwatch.H/T: Linkiest Posted in army, ARMY TRAINING, guns, infantry, iraq, planes, war Tagged: apache, army, army life, guns, infantry, iraq, machine guns, missile, war
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