Iraq
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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”
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Woman Who Claims Sexual Assault Wins $3 Million From Former Halliburton Division
Joejolly's Weblog —
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Tracy Barker Says State Department Employee Assaulted Her in Iraq – Feds Refused to File Charges abc news By DREW SANDHOLM Nov. 20, 2009 Tracy Barker, who says a U.S. State Department employee sexually assaulted her in Iraq in 2005 has won $2.93 million in arbitration from KBR, the military contracting ...2 hours ago -
Poisoning Troops
Progressive News Daily —
Authority: 161
By Brita Belli EMagazine.com Military defense contractor Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) is facing a class-action lawsuit for burning toxic chemicals in Iraq and Afghanistan, posing serious health threats to as many as 100,000 U.S. military. The lawsuit combines 34 separate lawsuits against KBR for allegedly burning ...2 hours ago -
NFL Super Bowl Champion Steelers Join Soldiers in Iraq for Guitar Hero Competition
Ripten Video Game Blog —
Authority: 579
Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers’ Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward, and several of the teams running backs and offensive line members participated today in a Guitar Hero 5 “Pro vs. GI Joe” competition with a group of soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 336th Military Police Company ...3 hours ago -
Whose Backseat Backside Is This?
Backseat Cuddler —
Authority: 597
Uh oh! Looks like someone’s having trouble walking up the stairs! This British beauty might be more recognizable without her clothes on, actually. Who’s has been partying hard in London? Find out after the jump! It’s Louise Glover! The Playboy model obviously had a great time at Mariah Carey’s ...3 hours ago -
Vietnam all over again
Rants From The Rookery —
Authority: 138
Bill Moyers shows the spooky parallels between Johnson struggling with Vietnam and Obama wrestling with Iraq and Afghanistan . You will even hear the same phrases being used. We havent learned a damned thing.4 hours ago -
What’s Going On With Blackwater Massacre Case?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues —
Authority: 445
From all accounts the events that happened in Nisoor Square in Baghdad in 2007 when guards working for the Blackwater corporation opened fire on Iraqis and killed 17 it was evident there was no ambush and the guards over-reacted. Initial investigation of the events led the State Department to cancel contracts with ...5 hours ago -
Have A US Passport, Get Hassled In Denmark!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues —
Authority: 445
The Danish government is instituting tighter checks on individuals carrying American passports who enter their nation, particularly, anyone who is coming from the Middle East. US intelligence has indicated many terrorists are securing an American passport as a way to more readily enter a European nation. Ordinarily, ...5 hours ago -
What is the best wine for a romantic evening?
http://diddy.name —
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What is the best wine for a romantic evening with my Fiancee? I am no wine expert, but I believe she enjoys Ziphandel. I am planning on spending a nice, romantic evening with her once I return from Iraq. So after a great dinner and maybe a little time in the hot tub, I want to just sit in front of the fireplace, drink ...5 hours ago -
On The Sixth Day HE Created Sarah…And On The Seventh, She Went Rogue
Democralypse Now —
Authority: 418
Like a beautiful snowflake, Sarah Palin has drifted into our lives, a glistening hexagonal prism of symmetry and ice sent from the Lord to fill our world with wonder and wisdom. Like Sarah, each precious star-shaped ice and crystal blend, having formed in the high clouds of the atmosphere before floating down as the ...6 hours ago -
Ankara favors human rights bill, homecoming, for Kurds
Eideard —
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Opening for Kurdish civil rights in Turkey.6 hours ago -
Iraq War Casualties
The Washington Post —
Authority: 970
Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2003 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Iraq war, as announced by the Pentagon:6 hours ago -
Iraq: Terror campaign against LGBTs continues
LGBT asylum news (formally Save Mehdi Kazemi) —
Authority: 133
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IRAQI LGBT – November 2009 – The rise of fundamentalist groups in Iraq since the 2003 U.S. led invasion has proven deadly to LGBT Iraqis, who are now being forced to either hide or face the consequences. Using the internet as a means to track down new victims, militia members are now ...6 hours ago -
You Wanna Get High Man?
The Vigilant Lens —
Authority: 129
Does Howdy Doody got wooden balls man?Thanks to Homeland Security, almost 316,000 bongs made in China of all places, will never see the light of a lighter. I say almost 316,000, because you know some of the Customs humans took a few home. GL-5 pay leaves very little room for bong purchases.American bong makers ...6 hours ago -
Shooting the messenger
War On You: Breaking Alternative News —
Authority: 570
Shooting the messenger Aljazeera.net November 20, 2009 Shooting the Messenger – Part 1 Shooting the Messenger – Part 2 Shooting the Messenger – Part 3 Shooting the Messenger – Part 4 Shooting the Messenger, Al Jazeera’s documentary on the ...7 hours ago -
Names of the Dead
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 916
The Department of Defense has identified 4,355 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war and 909 who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans this week:.7 hours ago -
Nir Rosen’s New Take On Iraq – “An Ugly Peace”
The Ground Truth in Iraq —
Authority: 127
In the November/December 2009 issue of the Boston Review, Nir Rosen has a piece called “An Ugly Peace.” In it, Rosen writes about the new status quo in Iraq that was created by the end of the sectarian war and the U.S. Surge, something that he was reluctant to talk about in previous articles. He writes that ...8 hours ago -
Democratic Lawmaker to Americans: Stop Complaining (Stop preparing for CW2- for 5 minutes)
Stupidica —
Authority: 171
A Democratic lawmaker has a message for Americans voicing concerns over rising unemployment, record federal deficits, the health care debate and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: Stop complaining so much. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri is seeking to pass a resolution that would officially make the day before ...9 hours ago -
”Nubs: A Marine, a Mutt and a Miracle” and now a movie
The Poodle (and Dog) Blog —
Authority: 127
Since I first wrote about Nubs in March 2008, he has become quite a celebrity. Nubs is a dog who adopted Major Brian Dennis in Iraq. He was a two-year-old German Shepherd-Border Collie mix who had been running wild before he and Major Dennis found each other. When he was a puppy, an Iraqi sliced off most of his ears...9 hours ago -
Story of Nubs, dog of war, heading to big screen
Pet Tales —
Authority: 433
Warner Bros. is going to the dogs and will develop “Nubs,” a feel-good story of a pooch and a U.S. Marine, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Nubs was in town recently for a book signing in Mission Viejo. “Nubs” tells the story of a stray dog that Maj. Brian Dennis rescued while on a tour of duty in ...10 hours ago -
The Dark Knight Kills Christmas
chocobaby.luv.ph —
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**READ** if you have not seen the batman movies you will not understand few jokes but most you will.10 hours ago
