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[War in Context] War in Context - Murder, torture, sexual orientation and gender in ...: enough, and Iraq authorities have done nothing to stop the killing, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch called on Iraq’s government to act urgently to rein in militia abuses, punish the perpetrators, and stop a new resurgence of violence that threatens all Iraqis’

[Antiwar.com Original] Out Now! by Justin Raimondo -- Antiwar.com: Under these circumstances, the Israelis are likely to do anything - and the prediction of a Turkish diplomat, who told Hersh that Kirkuk may turn out to be "the Sarajevo of the Middle East," is looking likelier as time goes on.

[Baghdad Bureau] Solar Power Lights Baghdad's Streets - At War Blog - NYTimes.com: Baghdad residents were broadly welcoming, but sceptical. Waleed Ahmed, 39, who himself sells electrical equipment, said: “It’s a positive step considering it as an independent source of energy that doesn’t pollute, but the challenge is the maintenance of this large number of solar streetlights”

[Docudharma - Front Page] Docudharma:: Four at Four: Driven by a conviction that Americans do not know enough about the war they have been fighting for the past six years, The Great Conversation is a telling account of everyday life for soldiers in Iraq. It is a raw glimpse of the conflict, but also an intimate portrait of a lost son, a meditation on the war, and finally a tribute to the lively philosophical debates the Griffins used to share.

[NewsDaily: Top Headlines] NewsDaily: Suicide bombers kill 21 in northern Iraq: No group has taken responsibility for recent attacks, but they are probably aimed at inflaming tension between Iraq's Arab majority and ethnic Kurd minority. They could also be aimed at undermining the credibility of the Shi'ite Arab-led government.

[News & Additions - The War Profiteers] The War Profiteers - Bombs Kill Five in Iraq, including Shiite Pilgrim: Earlier Thursday, a roadside bomb ripped through a car carrying Shiite pilgrims as it drove through the mainly Sunni Arab neighbourhood of Dora in south Baghdad, killing one pilgrim and wounding three, an interior ministry official said.

[US Copts Association] U.S. Copts Association » Blog Archive » Qaeda-linked commander ...: One of those arrested, Ahmad Abdallah, who said he was born in 1992, admitted in a videotaped confession shown to reporters that he had been involved in a series of attacks in restive neighbourhoods in Baghdad's west. “I carried out three attacks using IEDs in .

[War Victims Monitor] IRAQ: Once a Renegade, Counterinsurgency Retiree Represents Iraq ...: His first Iraq tour, as operations chief for the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, overlapped with much of the first sustained period of crisis during the war ”” June 2004 to February 2005 ”” and took him to some of the war’s toughest fighting: the Shiite graveyards of Najaf, the Marine-led invasion of Fallujah and the restive Shiite neighborhood of Khadimiya in Baghdad. Like many officers with Iraq experience during the war’s deteriorating fortunes, Ollivant and “Producing Victory’s” co-author, Lt.

[SWJ Blog] 18 August SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

[Breaking News] Colombia's 'new' militias have 4000 fighters: Police: Mogadishu police chief among 8 killed in clashesMOGADISHU, Somalia ”” Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Wednesday, triggering battles that killed at least eight people, including the capital's police chief, witnesses and police said. Residents cowered in their homes or took cover behind buildings as mortars slammed into the city.

[SWJ Blog] 10 August SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

[Breaking News] Yemeni government forces bomb Shiite rebel stronghold near Saudi ...: Yemeni government counters a Shiite rebellionSAN'A, Yemen ”” Yemeni government forces used artillery and aircraft to attack Shiite rebels near the border with Saudi Arabia in an escalation of the five-year-old conflict, rebels and local officials said Wednesday. The government offensive, which is believed to have started late Tuesday and continued Wednesday, followed reports Tuesday of rebels seizing more control of the northern Saada province from government forces.

[ELP Defens(c)e Blog] Iraq- This is a way to secure peace? « ELP Defens(c)e Blog: Some U.S. officers believe the restrictions endanger the safety of their troops by making it harder to prevent insurgent attacks on the U.S. bases that sit outside many Iraqi cities. The officers also worry that advance information about the routes of U.S. convoys, which American commanders are increasingly being asked to provide to the Iraqis, could wind up in the hands of militants.

[SWJ Blog] 15 August SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Politicians and others involved in the deal-making say they are wrestling with a question that could affect Iraq for years to come: Are they more likely to win by playing sectarian politics, as in the past, or by forming coalitions that reach across ethnic and sectarian divides? "We have a window of opportunity over the next few months to cross the religious-sectarian boundary in our politics," says former national-security adviser Mouafaq al-Rubaie, who will be competing for parliament as head of his own newly formed political party.

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