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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Original Technorati articles tagged “iraq”

• in Videos
  Bradley Manning: The Unlikely Hero
  You might be surprised.
  by kdbarclay / on Jul 7, 2012
• in Politics
  Bush Convicted of War Crimes
  The first conviction for war crimes against Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld passes and the mainstream press virtually ignores it.
  by anthonylock / on May 30, 2012
• in Politics
  On Syria, McCain Reminds Us Why We Voted for Obama
  Imagining a President John McCain administration is enough to make you relieved that Barack Obama won.
  by jimmyzuma / on Mar 8, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “iraq”

 

• Socceroos qualify for 2014 World Cup with 1-0 win over Iraq

  
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  The Socceroos have qualified for the 2014 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Iraq, with substitute Josh Kennedy’s 83rd minute header sealing Australia’s ticket to Brazil. The Socceroos were nearly off to the perfect start in the second minute when Tim Cahill’s curling effort looked goalbound, but Iraq ...
  17 hours ago

• 15 killed in Iraq suicide bombing

  
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  Baghdad, June 18 : At least 15 people were killed and 30 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital Tuesday, an interior ministry official said. The attack occurred around midday when a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vest among worshippers at the mosque in al-Qahira ...
  17 hours ago

• Suicide attack kills 11 people in Iraq

  
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  Iraqi authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up amid worshippers in a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing eleven people and wounding 25. Police officials said that the Tuesday occurred during midday prayers. A medic in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualties. All officials ...
  18 hours ago

• United States Picks Between Wrong Sides in Syria

  
  Beyond the Cusp — Authority: 113
  President Obama’s Administration reached a decision to, in theory, begin to send small arms directly. This is being sold as the United States will begin to send arms to the rebels in Syria. This implies that the United States was not arming the rebels before this decision. If only they were that discerning in their ...
  19 hours ago

• Australia v Iraq: World Cup qualifier – live!

  
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  Minute-by-minute report: The Socceroos will book a place at Brazil 2014 with a win. Join Scott Murray for the latest Scott Murray        
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• Why it’s dangerous to privatise America’s intelligence services

  
  Antony Loewenstein — Authority: 423
  The post 9/11 world has seen an explosion in private companies making a killing in both assisting and exaggerating the “threat” of terrorism. I examine this deeply in my upcoming book, Profits of Doom . Here’s a great piece by a beacon on this issue, journalist Tim Shorrock, writing in the New York Times ...
  19 hours ago

• Australia v Iraq – live!

  
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  Minute-by-minute report: The Socceroos will book a place at the 2014 World Cup with a win. Follow the latest with Scott Murray Scott Murray        
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• Socceroos vs Iraq: 2014 World Cup Qualifier live scores, blog

  
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  After 13 2014 World Cup Qualification matches, it all comes down to this. The Socceroos can book their place in Brazil with a victory over Iraq tonight. We’ll have live scores from 7.30pm AEST. Despite what can only be described as a patchy qualification campaign, Holger Osieck’s Socceroos are in the box ...
  19 hours ago

• Kid Hanged Upside Down and Whipped as Domestic Punishment

  
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  Strange video from Iraq shows what I presume is a domestic punishment. I couldn’t tell you if it’s for real or just a show for the camera, but there are all kinds of whacky people in the Middle East so I don’t entirely ditch it as a fugazi. Best Gore member DerSteppenwolf says the naughty kid was caught filming ...
  20 hours ago

• The Dispensable Nation? A Review

  
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  By: Peter J. Munson Beware the lure of "credibility."
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• Why Cheney is the Traitor, and Why we Can’t Believe Obama on Safeguards (The Ultimate Clip of Gov’t Lies)

  
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  Dick Cheney on Monday called NSA leaker Edward Snowden a traitor, and Snowden shot back that given Cheney’s own lies about Iraq, it is an honor for any American to be accused of treason by the former vice president. On Monday evening, Barack Obama came on Charlie Rose and insisted that the NSA would never misuse ...
  20 hours ago

• BACHELORETTE Desiree Spoilers, Bryden Leaves Show Early, Girlfriend Back Home?

  
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  Is it possible Bachelorette Desiree fell in love with several guys this season? She seems to love the attention and at the same time, can’t believe she really has 25 guys to choose from. Although, Bachelorette Desiree found love and is engaged, we are somewhat surprised on the final guy she chooses. Warning, ...
  21 hours ago

• The Terror Con

  
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  By Robert Scheer The name of the game is threat inflation, and no one has been better at it than the folks at Booz Allen Hamilton, the inventors of the new boondoggle called cyber warfare. Related Entries January 11, 2006 Site Preferences June 17, 2013 Weapons for Syrian Rebels
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• Two Men Executed with Shots to the Back of Their Heads

  
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  Two men were executed by two gunmen with gunshots to the back of their heads at close range. The condemned had sweaters over their heads – possibly to spare the henchmen from having to witness their dying faces – and were kneeling obediently on the ground as shooters aimed their handguns at their heads and fired ...
  1 day ago

• 12 killed by three bomb attacks in Iraq, officials say

  
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  Three bomb attacks in Iraq including a blast inside a roadside restaurant killed 12 people on Monday, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has left nearly 2,000 dead since the beginning of April. The bomb left inside the restaurant in Taji, which serves travelers on the highway linking Baghdad to ...
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• Military Minds

  
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  Originally posted at http://capitalistexploits.at/ By Chris Tell Years back, while returning home from a night out on the town in London, I found myself on the “underground” in a carriage packed full of late night revelers. Into my carriage stepped a large brute of a man who immediately began threatening and ...
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• Car Bombs, Shooting in Iraq Kill at Least 30

  
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  From VOA News Car bombs across southern Iraq and a shooting in the country’s north have killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more. The blasts Sunday targeted mainly Shi’ite areas south of Baghdad. Police say a car bomb attack in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf killed at least seven people in an ...
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• “Yeah, it makes Freedom possible”

  
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  Terrible news out of Iraq …again. Boy that place sounds awful, good thing we helped bring that about, huh? A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear throughout the country in a wave of violence that is raising the ...
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• Why US Narrative On Syrias Chemical Weapons Stinks

  
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  The thing about chemical weapons is that an odor usually follows their use, what is odd about Syria is that it is the United States decision to arm the rebels that stinks. The US, despite its poor track record of linking weapons to nations, has recently announced that because it now believes the Syrian government did ...
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• Dick Cheney Laughs Off Privacy Concerns Over Government Surveillance

  
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  Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R), whose false statements helped propel the United States into an eight year war in Iraq, said Sunday that citizens should simply “trust” the federal government on matters of privacy and security. In an interview on Fox News Sunday , Cheney laughed off questions about why ...
  2 days ago

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