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”

• Profound Disconnect of US Congress Reps From Their Constituents

  
  NOVAKEO.COM — Authority: 136
  Our U.S. Congress causes most Americans of both parties intellectual trauma, emotional fits and mental anguish.  Every week, 545 individuals misdirect, obfuscate, cloud, suppress, deny or avoid dealing with serious issues facing our civilization.   Fact: they don’t solve much, but they do perpetuate most of our ...
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• Britain, You Better Wake Up

  
  NOVAKEO.COM — Authority: 136
  The more I read about the Chilcot inquiry the more disturbed I am. The fallacy imbued in the heart of British ‘democracy’ is staggering. While some commentators are concerned with questions to do with the legality of the war, the most crucial issue here is actually the disappearance of ethical judgment from our ...
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• Time for an American Intifada?

  
  NOVAKEO.COM — Authority: 136
  During the 1960 Christmas season, Americans flocked to the theaters to see Exodus , a 3-1/2 hour epic film featuring handsome freedom fighters and a riveting romance amidst the heroic triumph of Jewish Destiny over Arab Evil Doers. Set against a Yuletide backdrop of Biblical prophecy, moviegoers marveled as exiled ...
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• Reuters photographer says reborn after freed by US

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 767
  Source: Reuters * One of several Iraqi journalists detained by U.S. * Reuters photographer arrested in September 2008 (Adds mothers reaction, comment) By Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The U. ...
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• The Price Of Independence

  
  Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead — Authority: 427
  Fereydoun was born in an irreligious and rich family with no idea about religion. Up to the time he entered high school he was not much involved in politics at all. Being a teenager and the identity conflict of that age made him more interested in human sciences as well as religion. When he entered university to ...
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• Un Fotografo per i diritti Umani, collana fotografica di Amnesty International

  
  Roma - — Authority: 140
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• The Price Of Independence

  
  Shahrazad — Authority: 100
  Fereydoun was born in an irreligious and rich family with no idea about religion. Up to the time he entered high school he was not much involved in politics at all. Being a teenager and the identity conflict of that age made him more interested in human sciences as well as religion.When he entered university [...]
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• US frees Reuters Iraq photographer after 17 months

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 767
  Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. military released a Reuters photographer in Iraq on Wednesday after holding him for almost a year and a half without charge. "How can I describe my feelings ...
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• Quickie: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant

  
  Diplopundit — Authority: 436
  This one via IPS:  A diesel-fueled power plant, nearing completion just outside Kabul, demonstrates that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its contractors have failed to learn lessons from identical mistakes in Iraq, despite clearly signposted advice from oversight agencies. (See AFGHANISTAN: ...
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• FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 10

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 767
  Source: Reuters Feb 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0930 GMT on Wednesday. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed two policemen and wounded four others on the ...
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• Iraq poll candidate ban appeals wrongly presented

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 767
  Source: Reuters * Prominent Sunni lawmaker did not appeal correctly * Former PM warns of possible violence over candidate ban (Corrects headline and 1st and 4th paragraphs in Feb. 9 story to make clear that no ...
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• PTV Suspends Two Journalists For Attending US Embassy CIA Party

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 515
  PTV journalist Saghir Naqqash [Left] suspended for visiting a foreign embassy without prior permission. His colleague Shakeel Awan [Right-in black suit] faces similar action.By aq-loungeThe state-run PTV has taken stern action against two of its journalists who appeared in pictures of a private party at the residence ...
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• “Here, Bullet” depicts time in service

  
  The Collegian Online — Authority: 143
  After visiting countries like South Korea, Iraq and Vietnam, Fresno State alumnus and award-winning soldier-poet Brian Turner is no stranger to traveling the world.
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• The Theft of Haiti’s National Sovereignty

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 444
  The Theft of Haiti’s National Sovereignty by Felicity Arbuthnot Global Research , February 10, 2010 “A tragedy is the imitation of an action … having a magnitude … with incidents which arouse both pity and terror.” Aristotle (384-322 BC.) “I spent 33 years and four months in active military ...
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• Law Suit against 4 US Presidents & 4 UK Prime Ministers for War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity & Genocide in Iraq

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 444
  Law Suit against 4 US Presidents & 4 UK Prime Ministers for War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity & Genocide in Iraq Statement on Closure of Legal Case for Iraq in Spain BRussels Tribunal – 2010-02-07 MADRID/CAIRO: Public inquiries on the decision to wage war on Iraq that are silent about the ...
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• ‘Climate-Gate’ Professor Received Death Threats and Contemplated Suicide

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 444
  ‘Climate-Gate’ Professor Received Death Threats and Contemplated Suicide Richard Girling writes in the Times : The scientist at the centre of the “climategate” email scandal has revealed that he was so traumatised by the global backlash against him that he contemplated suicide. Professor Phil Jones ...
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• ‘Climate-Gate’ Professor Received Death Threats and Contemplated Suicide

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 444
  ‘Climate-Gate’ Professor Received Death Threats and Contemplated Suicide Richard Girling writes in the Times : The scientist at the centre of the “climategate” email scandal has revealed that he was so traumatised by the global backlash against him that he contemplated suicide. Professor Phil Jones ...
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• Tony Blair’s Feisty Defense of His Iraq War Policy

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 777
  The former prime minister didnt give his critics an inch in testimony before a special Iraq war inquiry in Great Britain.
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• Redundant UK Inquiry Re-Exposes Iraq War Lies Again

  
  Democrats.com - The Aggressive Progressives! — Authority: 433
    By David Swanson Peter Dyer sums up well the sort of conclusions we can draw from the ongoing Chilcot Inquiry into Britains role as sidekick launcher of aggressive war on Iraq: "On March 18, 2003, on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, Elizabeth Wilmshurst resigned as Deputy Legal Adviser to the UK Foreign and ...
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• HEADLINES FROM THE WORLD PRESS

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 148
  Each day we offer a sample of headlines from the world press along with our comments. Australia, Sydney Morning Herald: “”Teen College Student Auctions Virginity For $74,000″ Gee, I didn’t know tuition had gone up that amount. South Africa, Argus: ‘President Zuma Admits Love Child” When this guy ...
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