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”

• Love of the Land: The world is tired of hearing Jews complain

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 164
  The world is tired of hearing Jews complain FresnoZionism.org 24 November 09 News item : A British diplomat has criticized the appointment of two leading Jewish academics to the UK’s Iraq Inquiry panel, stating it may upset the balance of the inquiry. Sir Oliver Miles, a former British ...
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• Chilcot Inquiry Into Iraq War: Day 2 In Pictures

  
  Anorak News — Authority: 634
  SIR Christopher Meyer has been testifying to the Chilcot Inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq war. He says the US was going to war in Iraq whether Britain joined them or not. Mayer called any British resistance to war “a complete waste of time”. So Blair is Bush’s bitch? “I wouldn’t say it was as ...
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• Iraq War Inquiry, Day Three

  
  'Imagine' A World Of Peace,Understanding,Tolerance — Authority: 137
  On Sept 11 2001 Condi Rice was already sure al Qaeda did the hijackings and attacks but was also Already Mentioning Iraq as being Involved, or hoping so! To me I keep seeing a picture forming that they werent interested At All in seeking out bin Laden nor even al Qaeda members, but Were Hell Bent On Regime Change In ...
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• What we really want to know ...

  
  John Rentoul — Authority: 590
  ... is how mad and vain Tony Blair is. According to George Pitcher , Religion Editor of Telegraph Media. He is almost on to something, and suggests that the "worrying at the bone" of yet another inquiry into Iraq means that we are asking the wrong questions. Right there, George. So what are the questions we really ...
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• Iraq Inquiry: Sir Christopher Meyer Confirms That Iraq War Was Illegal by Andy Worthington

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 541
  by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk26 November 2009No matter how it ends up being spun, Sir Christopher Meyer’s testimony to the Chilcot Inquiry today demonstrated, without a shadow of a doubt, how “regime change” in Iraq was agreed between George W. Bush and Tony Blair in ...
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• Blame game threatens Iraq’s ties with Syria

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 619
  DAMASCUS: Relations between Baghdad and Damascus have fallen to a new low after fresh allegations claiming Syrian complicity in bombings were aired on Iraqi state-run television. The damage to ties between the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al Maliki, and his Syrian counterpart, the president, Bashar al Assad, is ...
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• Chilcot inquiry: We had to find the smoking gun. There wasnt one

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Sir Christopher Meyer is the most high-profile figure to give evidence so far. A former press secretary to John Major and UK ambassador in Washington from 1997 to 2003, he infuriated the government with his views about the Iraq war in his memoirs. Broadly in favour of the war, he also strongly criticised Tony Blairs ...
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• Entire program – November 26, 2009

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 622
  Download audio file (112609full.mp3) Download MP3 Today on The World: A British inquiry into the Iraq War reveals more about what George Bush and Tony Blair discussed before the invasion; why trouble for the global economy is good news for the world of romance novels, and we find out what can be heard at the ...
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• Tony Blair

  
  Mark Wadsworth — Authority: 443
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• Won’t Somebody Please Think About The Terrorists?

  
  Unambiguously Ambidextrous — Authority: 481
  We encourage the United States military in their pursuit of terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. But harming a hair on the beards of those who would plot mass murder and beheadings is not in keeping with the image of ourselves in the west as a morally superior society. After all, capturing terrorists should be as ...
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• It was all about Blair | Diane Abbott

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  The evidence on Iraq is now clear. The former PM was dizzied by Bush, and misled gullible MPs The limitations of the Chilcot inquiry are obvious. It is a group of establishment trusties , evidence will not be on oath and the government is doing its best to keep key documents from the inquiry. Even yesterday, in the ...
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• Chilcot inquiry: Tony Blair decided on Iraq war a year before invasion - ambassador

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Tony Blairs government decided up to a year before the Iraq invasion that it was "a complete waste of time" to resist the US drive to oust Saddam Hussein, opting instead to offer advice on how it should be done, the former British ambassador to Washington said today. Sir Christopher Meyer, testifying to the Chilcot ...
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• I Won the Race--Story in the New York Times "At War" Blog

  
  In Iraq Now (at 56) — Authority: 129
  The race went off fine. My runner and I won the team competition. And the story is on the "At War" blog in the New York Times!! http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/ Heres the story. Photos tomorrow. Among the hundreds of things I miss about home during my year in Iraq is the Turkey Day bike race in Lancaster County, ...
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• Iraq: Mosul: Christian buildings attacked, Church of Saint Ephrem levelled

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 151
  From ASIANEWS it by way of TROP At present, there is no information about casualties. Attackers carried out their action in broad daylight without any opposition. The methods used are like those used in the attack against the Bishop’s Palace in 2004. Christian sources say the “attack was like a Mafia ...
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• Iraq war Inquiry. ‘Ban Blair-Baiting’ – petition update

  
  Tony Blair — Authority: 436
  Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index “Ban Blair-Baiting” petit ion - please sign Comment at end 26th November, 2009 IRAQ INQUIRY – BAN BLAIR-BAITING The PETITION TO Ban Blair-Baiting at the Iraq Inquiry has been online for a few months. NOW is its moment. It hasn’t attracted the ...
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• Officials knew WMD evidence was tainted

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 641
  Intelligence revealing that Saddam Husseins WMD had been dismantled was received by the Government just days before Tony Blair sent troops into the country, senior officials have admitted. Ministers were also given repeated warnings that intelligence gathered on Iraqs weapons programmes was unreliable. However, Mr ...
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• U.K. Ambassador Details Rush to Iraq War

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 721
  The former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. has publicly admitted something of a truism: The plans to invade Iraq did not give time to U.N. weapons inspectors to do their job, and that coalition forces “found [themselves] scrabbling for the smoking gun.” The Guardian: The military timetable for an invasion of Iraq ...
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• U.K. Ambassador: No Smoking Gun in Iraq

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 721
  The former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. has publicly admitted something of a truism: The plans to invade Iraq did not give time to U.N. weapons inspectors to do their job, and that coalition forces “found [themselves] scrabbling for the smoking gun.” The Guardian: The military timetable for an invasion of Iraq ...
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• White House Thanksgiving Traditions: Broken and Observed

  
  Political Punch — Authority: 821
  ABCs Yunji de Nies and Sara Just report: The White House is breaking with tradition today. What tradition is that, you might ask?  Is the First Family having meatloaf instead of turkey as the center piece of the Thanksgiving day meal?Perhaps. Because the tradition the White House is breaking is a media one. The ...
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• Ex-Ambassador to Washington Sir Christopher Meyer tells the Chilcot Inquiry how the US Government tried to link Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 atrocities

  
  PlayPolitical.com - Age of Terror — Authority: 93
  
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