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”

• Google to Put Iraqi Artifacts Online

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 151
  Google’s chief executive said his company would create a virtual copy of the collections of Iraq’s National Museum and make the images available online by early 2010.
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• ‘Why We Fight’: The Nature of Modern Imperialism

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 146
  Britains oil and gas giants, its mining companies and its arms manufacturers have a powerful and ongoing relationship with government and an effective lobbying influence in the office of successive Prime Ministers.
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• Exeter academic gives expert advice to The Iraq Inquiry

  
  People's Republic of South Devon The Peoples Republic of South Devon — Authority: 142
  The Government’s Iraq Inquiry conducted to identify lessons that can be learned from the Iraq conflict officially opens today. Professor Gareth Stansfield, the Exeter University’s Director of Research in Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, was one of a few academic experts who was asked to provide a briefing ...
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• Our fecally challenged republic

  
  Piece Of Mind — Authority: 132
  I watched a movie made years ago, Gardens of Stone , starring James Earl Jones, James Caan, Angelica Huston, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It was a serious movie and well done, with unresolved differences over the Vietnam War exposed and fleshed out a bit. The “Gardens” are, of course, military ...
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• Q&A: Iraq war inquiry

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The role of the long-awaited inquiry chaired by Sir John Chilcot into why and how Britain went to war against Iraq Why are we having another inquiry? This is the fifth inquiry on the Iraq war, and will be the most wide-ranging. The Commons foreign affairs committee and the joint parliamentary intelligence and ...
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• US ‘discussing Iraq regime change’ two years before war

  
  NWOTruth — Authority: 484
  Elements of the new US administration of President George Bush were already discussing “regime change” in Iraq two years before the invasion of 2003, the official inquiry into the war was told today.Sir Peter Ricketts, who was chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee in 2001, said [...]
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• Sexed-up Iraq inquiry in UK

  
  Maine Owl — Authority: 115
  Sir John Chilcot says there will be no "whitewash" in the current full-blown inquiry into Britains involvement in Iraq. Iraq war inquiry will be no whitewash, Chilcot says BBC | Monday, 23 November 2009 The man in charge of the inquiry examining events surrounding the Iraq war has said his committee will not ...
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• Why Arent Self-Proclaimed Fiscal Conservatives Questioning Afghanistan Troop Surge?

  
  DISSENTING JUSTICE — Authority: 527
  Self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives in both the Democratic and Republican parties approach healthcare reform with a high degree of skepticism. Senator Joe Lieberman, who has received $1 million from the insurance industry over the course of his Senate career, has vowed to oppose any reform package that contains ...
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• Raider’s of the Lost Iraq Treasures Restored

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 489
  Treasures lost in Iraq Invasion restored and soon on Google Google CEO Eric Schmidt has announced Google will be displaying the lost treasurers of Iraq next year on the Internet. Many priceless artifacts were lost from the “Cradle of Civilization” during the 2003 invasion by the US. Looters took advantage of ...
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• Analyses: Joe Lieberman said “yes” to Reid’s Saturday night massacre bill, but who was massacred?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  In 2006 when Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman was fighting for his political life in a primary with Ned Lamont, he found himself abandoned by his “friends” in the Democrat Party. Being a former VP candidate meant nothing to those who wanted his head. Ultimately Lieberman was even betrayed by fellow Connecticut ...
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• Obama Promise To End The War, 2007 - "You Can Take That To The Bank"

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 560
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• Police Chase Leads Reported Iraq War Vet to Jail

  
  Wounded Times — Authority: 152
  Police Chase Leads Reported Iraq War Vet to JailSuspect facing attempted murder chargesBy ASHLEY E. BROWN and JANE WATRELUpdated 9:41 PM EST, Mon, Nov 23, 2009A man reported to be an Iraq War... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Sarah Palin Is President of Iraq, Now

  
  Indecision Forever — Authority: 595
  Yesterday Sarah Palins readin rainbow beamed down on Fort Bragg, N.C., where she " promised to limit her enthusiasm " by not giving a speech about how much she hates President Obama. But pity the Army management elites who try to hold Sarah Palin down! Instead of talking with words she just autographed this here ...
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• Archbishop: Iraqi Christians suffer "religious persecution caused by a social system that is inspired by a view of the Quran"

  
  Jihad Watch — Authority: 757
  "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued ." -- Koran 9:29 ...
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• January elections . . . may take place in February

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  Iraqs pivotal national elections, originally scheduled for January, faced a likely delay of weeks or even longer after wrangling over a law setting terms for the polls broke down Monday. Barring a last-minute reversal, a postponement will be at least a temporary setback for the Obama administrations hopes for Iraq, ...
  7 hours ago

• Iraq war inquiry due to begin public hearings

  
  Joejolly's Weblog — Authority: 134
  The Iraq war inquiry is to begin its public hearings later, with top civil servants and a former spy chief giving evidence on the conflict’s origins. BBC NEWS The investigation, looking at the whole period from 2001 to 2009, is expected to last months, with a report not out until after the next general ...
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• Iraq war inquiry opens, NRI in inquisition panel

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  London, Nov 24 (IANS) One of Britain’s most senior former civil servants Tuesday opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Britain’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, vowing to “get to the heart of what happened” before and during the war.Sir John Chilcot is chairman of the much-awaited inquiry, whose ...
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• The Iraq Inquiry begins in London

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 508
  At the Guardian , Andrew Sparrow is live blogging the Iraq Inquiry in London. Rose Gentles song Gordon died serving in Iraq. ITV News speaks with her (link is video) and she tells them, "I just hope the committee stuck to their word because they promised us that theyd look inside and outside and if there were ...
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• Obama to announce Afghanistan decision within days

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 725
  Source: Reuters (For more on Afghanistan, click on [nAFPAK]) * Obama has information he needs to decide on troops -aide * Decision expected in Tuesday television address (Adds announcement expected Tuesday) By ...
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• Bomb attack halts Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 725
  Source: Reuters * Second attack in less than a month * Spotlight on oil as government signs deals (Adds background, byline) By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A ...
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