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”

• What Did PM Tony Blair Know In March, 2003?

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 146
  The question that will not go away from the life of Tony Blair is what did he know about WMD and what advice was given to him regarding his decision to enter the war against Iraq. Former foreign secretary Jack Straw is being asked by the Chilcot inquiry to explain his personal letter to the prime minister on the eve ...
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• Editorial Observer: A New Life Nursing Their Damaged Warriors

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Congress needs to stop dallying and pass a law that would provide a small stipend to a spouse or parent caring for a beloved war veteran.
  5 hours ago

• NYT > World: New Violence Flares in Iraq, With Christians and Shiites as Targets

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 470
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . Episodes of violence erupted around the country as Muslims observe the Muharram holiday and Christians prepared for a subdued Christmas.
  7 hours ago

• Merry Christmas to all.

  
  Boudica BPI Weblog — Authority: 134
  A SOLDIER’S CHRISTMAS ‘Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, in a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney with presents to give, and to see just who in this little house lived. As I looked all about, a strange sight I did see, No tinsel, no ...
  7 hours ago

• OK, SO LET’S DISPELL THE MYTH OF OIL FROM IRAQ:

  
  The Virginian — Authority: 524
  Via Dennis Gartman: We grew weary of explaining to the Left… and far too often to the Right… why the War in Iraq was not fought by the US for energy purposes, for as we euphemistically said in speech after speech after speech, the US got very little crude oil from Iraq when compared to its other suppliers, ...
  8 hours ago

• No Money To Move Detainees From Guantanamo Bay

  
  Dreadnaught — Authority: 109
  From the WSJ Law Blog,A little less than a year ago, when President Obama set a one-year deadline for closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, it seemed to many like a realistic goal.But the wind-down has been anything but smooth. Members of Congress have objected to efforts to bring the detainees to the U.S., judges ...
  8 hours ago

• The Tire Change - Scenes from 2009

  
  At War — Authority: 133
  The highway became a makeshift pit stop as the Americans hastened to change the wheel before night fell.
  8 hours ago

• The Tire Change - Scenes from 2009

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  The highway became a makeshift pit stop as the Americans hastened to change the wheel before night fell.
  8 hours ago

• OIF Summary, Dec. 23, 2009: Forces in Iraq Arrest 7 Terrorism Suspects

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 145
  D ispatches from the Front: WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2009 -- Iraqi security forces working with U.S. advisors arrested seven terrorism suspects today during two security operations, military officials reported. Four suspects were arrested in Rashidiyah, north of Mosul, during an operation conducted to arrest a ...
  9 hours ago

• NYT > World: New Violence Erupts in Iraq, With Christians and Shiites as Targets

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 470
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . Episodes of violence erupted around the country as Muslims observe the Muharram holiday and Christians prepared for a subdued Christmas.
  9 hours ago

• POPE PIUS CHRISTMAS FARCE REEKS OF VATICAN HYPOCRISY

  
  CALEDONIAN COMMENT — Authority: 116
  The Vatican has defended its moves towards beatifying the late Nazi-loving Pope Pius XII (pictured above), saying that they reflected the piety of the wartime Pontiff and not his “historical importance”. Former Hitler Youth and Nazi anti-aircraft gunner Pope Benedict XVI has sparked anger among Jewish groups by ...
  10 hours ago

• ALERT! Fox news links Osama Bin Laden to IRAN - history repeating itself in the Obama admin !!!

  
  The Betrayal — Authority: 153
  First part of this video is the predictions of Alex jones right before 911…. now do we see another looming war coming with Iran and new false flags within out own country? YES I think so. Get ready people! This reminds me of the Bush administration linking Iraq to 9/11. Osama bin Ladens missing family found in ...
  10 hours ago

• Dollar vs EURO -- Weapons of Mass Destruction

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 583
  Dollar vs EURO -- Weapons of Mass Destruction There were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in the form of EURO currency. The petrodollar depends upon Iraqs oil reserves to defend the United States dollar against the EURO and other currencies. In 2001, well before Iraqs invasion, the dollar faced uncertainty as an ...
  11 hours ago

• Remembering Our Troops at Christmas

  
  American Ranger — Authority: 114
  I remember my Christmas in Vietnam in 1970: Watching the Bob Hope Christmas show in Bien Hoa, playing cards on the firebase, drinking a lot of beer, looking at the stars and thinking about past Christmases, missing my family back home, recalling how hard my mom worked in the kitchen making cookies or a turkey ...
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• Iraq inquiry reveals chaos that led Britain to war

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Evidence details ignorance, hasty plans and a one-sided relationship with the US Some will always believe that Tony Blair took the country to war in Iraq on a lie, but the most damning charge emerging from the Iraq war inquiry so far is that Britain went to war on a wing and a prayer. The main charges, after four ...
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• Terrorists Bring Deadly Nuclear Weapons Material to Utah

  
  One Utah — Authority: 134
  Depleted uranium is obtained during the process of destroying nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium was used in the first Gulf War. The United States coated with depleted uranium, 1000 anti-tank artillery projectiles and the Brit’s 100. A depleted uranium missile cuts through a tank like a hot knife through butter. ...
  12 hours ago

• Drug-resistant infection triples in US hospitals

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 689
  Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Cases of a type of drug-resistant bacteria especially common among Iraqi war veterans have tripled in U.S. hospitals, researchers reported on Wednesday. They found a ...
  12 hours ago

• Jack Straw faces Iraq inquiry grilling

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Claims that PM was told UK should not assist in overthrow of Saddam The former foreign secretary Jack Straw is to face potentially explosive questioning at the Iraq inquiry next month over a private letter he sent to Tony Blair on the eve of the invasion, urging the prime minister to look at options apart from ...
  12 hours ago

• UK’s Gordon Brown to testify before Iraq inquiry (AP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 467
  AP – British leader Gordon Brown won’t testify before his country’s investigation of the Iraq war until after the next… Here is the original post: (AP)"> (AP)">UK’s Gordon Brown to testify before Iraq inquiry (AP)
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• Interview – Richard Falk – Gaza, Afghanistan and International Law

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 168
  Interview with Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and author of “Crimes of War: Iraq” and “The Costs of War: International Law, the UN, and Read More......( read more )
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