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[The Stupidest Man on Earth] ‘In these three governorates, many Iraqis fear for their lives whenever they leave their homes, as anyone could be hit simply by being in the wrong place at the wrong time,’ said Juan-Pedro Schaerer, head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Iraq.

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[Antiwar.com Blog] Another Iraq War Propaganda Nugget Bites the Dust « Antiwar.com Blog: Though the mission is under the leadership of the International Committee of the Red Cross, it represents the first official visit of American military officers to Iraq since the war’s end. American military and diplomatic officials acknowledged that the Iraqi Government had made a humanitarian gesture by allowing 11 American military officers to join 4 Red Cross officials on the search.

[Iron Camel] Unwelcome Americans Cross Iraqi Bridge First « Iron Camel: We sat in the back of the tent, merely a shadow of the Iraqi general we were advising, watching as sheiks, other Iraqi generals and religious leaders arrive.  There were lots of smiles, handshaking, and cheek kissing between leaders of both the Sunni and Shia neighborhoods and mulhallas (sub neighborhoods) in this community.  A community once divided socially by religion and physically by an open, black water irrigation system.

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[PDA National News] A McClatchy Reporter reflects on What War Brought to Iraq ...: Her work in Iraq won the prestigious George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting. "Her work provided a comprehensive array of disturbing, firsthand accounts of violence and conflict by juxtaposing the agonizing plight of families in ethnically torn neighborhoods with the braggadocio of a vengeful insurgent proud of his murderous exploits, and the carnage and sorrow among victims of Iraq's most deadly car bombing in a remote region of the country where few reporters ventured,"

[Blog about water purification system] Blog about water purification system » Home Water Purification ...: And on what others are planning, we'll just assume he's unaware.Last month, UNICEF, now back in Baghdad, declared the start of a new water and sanitation project that would service an estimated 100,000 Iraqis and is funded with by the European Community (at an estimated cost of $10 million in US dollars).As the river dries, Iraqis lose another water supply -- already a huge, huge problem in a country where potable water has become a thing of the past. The lack of potable water and the start of summer means that the cholera outbreaks are just around the corner.

[Tomfoolery | YourTango] Iraqis Are Paid For Mixed Marriages - YourTango: According to The Washington Times (and many, many other sources), Nouri al-Maliki's government is paying $2000 to couples willing to cross sect lines and marry someone from the other major branch of Islam. In more secular nations, like pre-invasion Iraq, it was fairly common.

[Docudharma - Front Page] Docudharma:: Journalist Leila Fadel reflects upon returning from Iraq: The reality in this capital of gray and brown, war and poverty always prevailed, however. On my last day in Iraq, as on my first day in Iraq, I didn't see what the United States and its allies had accomplished.

[Anderson Cooper 360] Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - How to travel to rogue states ...: Iran - This one is doable but not easy, especially after the recent protests related to the elections and the fact that three American hikers are being detained in Iran for allegedly crossing the border during a hike in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. For the record, I don’t generally favor hiking into places like Iran without a visa.

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[Fold/Spindle/Mutilate 2.1] Fold/Spindle/Mutilate 2.1 » Blog Archive » US Still Paying ...: “Given the charges made against Xe and Erik Prince in these sworn statements, which include smuggling and use of illegal arms inside of Iraq, as well as the encouraged murder of innocent Iraqis, it is essential that these loopholes be closed, retroactively, so that Xe, Prince, and his employees cannot escape proper prosecution in the United States now or in the future,” wrote the group’s chair Jon Soltz, an Iraq War veteran, in a letter to Senator John Kerry and other lawmakers.

[Needlenose] Needlenose » Blog Archive » The end of the delusion in Iraq: not for the United States, nor for the Iraqi people, but rather for a corrupt and authoritarian-leaning regime whose most redeeming characteristic is that it isn’t quite as brutal and dictatorial (yet, anyway) as Saddam Hussein’s — which, sadly, was the obviously probable end result all along.

[Enterprise Resilience Management Blog] Enterprise Resilience Management Blog: Turkey Renews Efforts to ...: The main catalyst for Turkey's new sense of urgency is Washington's announcement that it plans to pull its soldiers out of Iraq, Turkey's southern neighbor, by 2011. The planned withdrawal has speeded up a rapprochement between Turkey and Iraqi Kurds, whose relations have been blighted for years by the PKK's use of Iraqi Kurdish mountains for its military bases.

[Iraqs Inconvenient Truth :: Iraq War News Updates] Iraqs Inconvenient Truth :: Iraq War News Updates » Blog Archive ...: “I think learning about and respecting the Iraqi culture is very important for reconciliation, because culture is what gives a nation an independent sense of national culture and identity,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Frank Wilkins, who serves as a supply clerk with Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 24. “Our efforts to understand one another show the Iraqis that we care about them, and we’re here to help with their newly found freedom.”

[Baghdad] McClatchy blog: Baghdad Observer: Hashim Ammar, a 31-year-old government employee, speaks for many Iraqis about the June 30 handover of security to Iraqi forces: "I feel the situation is a little bit better, but my hope is not to see them (Americans) in Ir aq at all." Most Iraqis want us gone.

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