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 Politics
  Obama Declares End to Combat Operations in Iraq; Stops Short of Declaring Victory
  The president didn't specifically say it, but a win is a win.
  by deucefive / on Sep 2, 2010
• in Politics
  The Blind Angel
  Protect Children from Wars
  by samsall / on Aug 28, 2010
• in Politics
  Despite Iraq Withdrawal, the War Still Goes On Elsewhere
  Major combat operations are done in Iraq, but we damn sure can't forget about Afghanistan.
  by deucefive / on Aug 23, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “iraq”

 

• American Troops Battle in Baghdad

  
  Blogs For Victory — Authority: 453
  From the AP : Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq’s ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens. It was ...
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• Frank Rich on Obamas "bloodless speech on Tuesday night"

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 141
  Frank Rich: Even now those think-tank types who kept seeing light at the end of the Iraqi tunnel are ubiquitous on television and op-ed pages making similar stay-the-course prognostications about Afghanistan. Their embarrassing track records may have temporarily vanished into the great American memory hole, but ...
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• Two perspectives on the Afghanistan War

  
  Fabius Maximus — Authority: 548
  Summary:  Here are two examples of American geopolitical analysis.  Both deserve attention, illustrating the two modes of American thinking about our role in the world. “Afghanistan: Why the Taliban are Winning“, Stratfor, 1 September 2010 — Careful, well-supported, logical. “Staying Power – The U.S. ...
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• America Is Leaving Iraq!

  
  Support Your Local Gunfighter — Authority: 557
  And apparently, the Iraqis have things well in hand. Oh did I say they have things well in hand? What I meant to say is that a few of them are trying to frak it up for everyone else. RT sent me this story, and it is guaranteed to piss you off: BAGHDAD — An [...]
  4 hours ago

• Justifiable or Prudent?

  
  The Glittering Eye — Authority: 138
  Fareed Zakaria has opened up some old wounds with his recent column on 9/11, asserting that we over-reacted to the events of that awful day. Go to the link if you wish to read his take. James Joyner makes the proper reply that at this point we can’t really know what role our invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq ...
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• Frank Rich

  
  Under the Mountain Bunker & Coffee Shop — Authority: 151
  “We can’t afford to forget now that the single biggest legacy of the Iraq war at home was to codify the illusion that Americans can have it all at no cost. We willed ourselves to believe Paul Wolfowitz when he made the absurd prediction that Iraq’s oil wealth would foot America’s post-invasion bills. We ...
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• William Blum on What Americans Should Not Forget About the Iraq War

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 141
  William Blum writes on Killing Hope : “They’re leaving as heroes. I want them to walk home with pride in their hearts,” declared Col. John Norris, the head of a US Army brigade in Iraq. It’s enough to bring tears to the eyes of an American, enough to make him choke up. Enough to make him forget. But no ...
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• U.S. Soldiers Involved In Repelling Deadly Insurgent Attack In The Heart Of Baghdad

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 470
  U.S. Soldiers Help Repel Deadly Attack On Iraq Army Headquarters -- L.A. Times At least 18 people, none of them Americans, are killed and 39 wounded in the attack by insurgents. The incident comes five days after President Obama declares an end to U.S. combat operations in Iraq. Reporting from Baghdad — American ...
  5 hours ago

• Baghdad Attack Highlights Still Dangerous Role of U.S. Troops

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 909
  Security personnel inspected the site of bomb attacks in Baghdad on Sunday.
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• “The American Combat Mission in Iraq Has Ended …”

  
  Antiwar.com Blog — Authority: 443
  And if you believe that, I’ve got a bridge you might be interested in buying. It connects my oceanfront properties in Kansas (also for sale) to the magical island where I keep my leprechaun-sourced gold hoard. From the Washington Post ‘s account of an attack on an Iraqi army base today: The Americans ...
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• West Bank protests against Israel’s many crimes violently dispersed by military: ten arrested

  
  International Solidarity Movement — Authority: 549
  5 September 2010 | ISM Media Al Ma’sara At around midday on Friday, thirty demonstrators including around ten international and Israeli activists, met to protest against land-theft by the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat and against the illegal military occupation. The marchers carried a banner ...
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• Obama’s Glass Ball

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 559
  As a little kid I remember going to the Fun Zone at Balboa Park and asking the strange looking lady in a glass box urgent questions such as, “ Will I ever get a puppy? ” and “ Can I get another teacher because the one I have is mean ?” For a nickel she would blurt out a five or six word answer. “ Yes, you ...
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• On Meet the Press, Host Sets Up GOP Senator to Debate on Iraq with Anti-War NBC Reporter

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 792
  On Sundays Meet the Press , NBC host David Gregory wrapped up his interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham by setting up a debate with anti-war NBC reporter Richard Engel, who wasnt shy this week in asserting on NBCs Today that the Iraq war was unnecessary, that Saddam Hussein was growing more moderate and respectable by ...
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• DANG FUNNY WAY TO FIGHT A WAR FOR OIL:

  
  BrothersJudd Blog — Authority: 509
  Iraqs Bright Future : No matter what the critics say, oil revenue and foreign investment will guide Iraq to prosperity. (Ian Bremmer, 9/05/10, Daily Beast) By January of this year, Saudi officials I spoke with during the Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh were looking for investment opportunities in Iraq and ...
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• Bag O Books: "Washington Rules: Americas Path to Permanent War" by Andrew Bacevich

  
  Cup O' Joel — Authority: 126
  Im trying to imagine what the world would look like if Andrew Bacevich ran the United States. Every couple of years, Bacevich -- a retired Army colonel who is now a history professor at Boston U -- releases a new book that goes something like this: America is overextended and entirely too militarized. We need to live ...
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• Car bomb kills 12 at Baghdad military HQ Iraq

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 960
  BAGHDAD - Just five days after the United States declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq, U.S. soldiers opened fire Sunday morning on suicide bombers who snuck into an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said. Iraq - Baghdad - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - Suicide ...
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• Car bomb kills 12 at Baghdad military HQ Iraq

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 960
  BAGHDAD - Just five days after the United States declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq, U.S. soldiers opened fire Sunday morning on suicide bombers who snuck into an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said. Iraq - Baghdad - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - Suicide attack
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• US troops repel attack on Baghdad military base

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Five days after the USs operations in Iraq officially ended, American troops helped fight off an attack on a military base US troops helped repel an attack by heavily armed militants on a military headquarters in Baghdad yesterday, five days after the US formally ended combat operations in Iraq. Twelve people were ...
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• US Combat Operations Continue In Iraq

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 454
  The end of August brought an end to combat operations in Iraq, said President Obama. So why is it, then, that American soldiers took part in a three-hour gun battle in Iraq today? Under what definition of combat does the firing of guns by soldiers, with the intent to kill an enemy that is also firing guns, not ...
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• Biden and the False Iraq War Narrative

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 572
  By Gareth Porter In an interview on the PBS NewsHour last Wednesday , Joe Biden was unwilling to contradict the official narrative of the Iraq War that Gen. David Petraeus and the Bush surge had  turned Iraq into a good war after all.  That interview serves as a reminder of just how completely the Democratic ...
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