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[Breaking News] British government lawyer: Military's reputation stained by abuse ...: Britain investigates Iraqi man's death in custodyLONDON ”” A lawyer claimed Monday that British soldiers forced an Iraqi detainee to dance like Michael Jackson as part of widespread abuse and humiliation of civilians in southern Iraq ”” actions that resulted in the death in custody of a hotel receptionist. Lawyers have opened a public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, a 26-year old Iraqi who was beaten and killed in the custody of British troops following a raid on his hotel in the southern Iraq city of Basra in September 2003.

[Dr Nasir Khan] Brutal Destruction Of Iraq's Archaeological Sites Continues ...: Buried in Iraq's clay and dirt is the history of Western civilization. Great empires once thrived here, cultures that produced the world's first wheel, first cities, first agriculture, .

[War On Terror News] War On Terror News: Iraq 49th Transportation Adopts Killeen Field: The Battlion out of Fort Hood, Texas, adopted Killeen Field - named after Killeen, Texas - in July and immediately began cleaning it, making repairs and laying the groundwork for large-scale improvements.

[Cynthia Tucker] Obama decides war mission, not generals | Cynthia Tucker: As President Obama continues G-20 meetings today, he has a full plate on the foreign policy front. He has to talk about global efforts to combat climate change, even as his own energy legislation is running into roadblocks in Congress.

[Breaking News] Military plane crashes during parade where Ahmadinejad boasts of ...: The airshow was part of a military parade held on Tehran’s southern outskirts showing off anti-missile and anti-aircraft systems that Iran bought from Russia in 2007 to protect its nuclear facilities as well as Iran’s array of missiles capable of striking Israel, the Mideast and parts of Eastern Europe. The parade marked the anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran war in which an estimated 1 million people were killed.

[Argue With Everyone Political Forums] Brutal Destruction Of Iraq's Archaeological Sites Continues ...: Cogbill, the principal reason the U.S. failed to protect the National Museum in Baghdad and key archaeological sites was the relatively small size of the force sent into Iraq. "There weren't enough troops on the ground to guard known ammunition dumps, let alone cultural and archaeological sites,"

[At War] Jacob, the Interpreter - At War Blog - NYTimes.com: The New York Times’s award-winning team of correspondents, photographers, videographers and local interpreters provide insight ”” and try to answer your questions ”” about the combatants shaping events along political, military and religious faultlines, and the civilians caught in the middle.

[Gorilla's Guides] Gorilla's Guides » Blog Archive » IRAQ: Iraq's marshlands in peril ...: After 2003 and Saddam’s demise, the network of dams, dikes and canals used to divert the water began to disappear, and the marshes came to life again: Dawood returned. However, he is now preparing to leave again due to the debilitating drought that has turned the marshes into vast expanses of cracked earth.

[Yahyasheikho786's Blog] Stop War & End Racism : Iraq and Afghanistan will never accept ...: Because of the division within the ruling class on its Afghanistan policy, it is possible that the intervention of a mass grassroots movement opposing the war can become a factor in domestic political calculations. This is precisely what happened during the Vietnam War.

[Breaking News] Iraqi president says he'll press for dropping multibillion Saddam ...: BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government is seeking to bring former members of the ousted Baath Party into the process of national reconciliation, a media report said Saturday. In remarks published in Baghdad's al-Sabbah daily, Iraqi Minister of State for National Dialogue Akram al-Hakim urged former members of the Iraqi Baath Party to sign off on the government's draft plan for national reconciliation, and to help identify those responsible for abuses under ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's regime, regardless of their party affiliation.

[Don Surber] Don Surber » Blog Archive » Obama flips on the War in Afghanistan: Also from that speech: “When we end this war in Iraq, we can more effectively tackle the twin demons of extremism and hopelessness that threaten the peace of the world and the security of America. That is why I have proposed a program to spread hope —

[Breaking News] Iraq arrests 52 Al Qaeda members: LONDON - What may be seen as a severe blow to Al-Qaeda, one of its ally, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) has decided to severe its ties with Osama bin Laden saying that the "indiscriminate bombings" and the "targeting of civilians" was not in accordance to its objectives. This is the first such instance when an ally of Al-Qaeda has parted ways with it due to its policy of 'indiscriminate violence.'The LIFG, which once aimed to topple Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, criticised Al-Qaeda for carrying out attacks on innocent civilians and said that such violent activities did not achieve the "aims of the group in removing oppression."Officials believe that the LIFG's back out is a great blow to Al-Qaeda which is facing a massive surge by the US led allied forces in Afghanistan at the moment.

[At War] Fashion in Iraq - At War Blog - NYTimes.com: The New York Times’s award-winning team of correspondents, photographers, videographers and local interpreters provide insight ”” and try to answer your questions ”” about the combatants shaping events along political, military and religious faultlines, and the civilians caught in the middle.

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