Iraq: Beyond the Green Zone - INTER PRESS SERVICE

The Ancient Wither in New Iraq

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:48 GMT

"I'd say there are around 5,000 of us in the country, but if you ask me next week we may well be under 3,000. After twenty centuries of history in Mesopotamia, we Mandaeans, are about to vanish." Anxiety about the future of his people is more than evident in the figures given by Saad Atiah Majid, chairman of Basra's Mandaean Council.

U.S.: A Decade in the Purgatory Called Guantanamo

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:57 GMT

Hundreds of protesters, dozens outfitted in orange jumpsuits and black hoods, took to the streets outside the White House on Wednesday to demonstrate against torture and indefinite detention on the 10th anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

US-IRAN: War of Words Calculated to Avoid Actual Conflict

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:28 GMT

The recent escalation in Iranian threats to blockade oil shipments and attack U.S. Navy vessels are meant to push up the price of oil and divert domestic opinion from an economic crisis but are not likely to lead to a war in the Persian Gulf, in the view of Iran experts.

U.S.: "Arab Spring" Dominated TV Foreign News in 2011

Mon, 2 Jan 2012 16:19 GMT

The so-called "Arab Spring" led U.S. network television evening news coverage during 2011, comprising a total of about 10 percent of all the news coverage provided by the three major commercial networks during 2011, according to the latest annual review by the authoritative Tyndall Report.

Mass Tragedy Feared as Closure of MEK Camp Looms

Thu, 19 Dec 2011 16:38 GMT

The Barack Obama administration and the United Nations are struggling to convince the leadership of the Mujaheddin-e Khalq (MEK), an Iranian opposition group with cult-like characteristics, to vacate a camp in Iraq and allow residents to move to another location in the country or risk the lives of as many as 3,200 people.

U.S.: Hundreds Rally in Support of Accused WikiLeaks Source

Tue, 17 Dec 2011 18:46 GMT

Hundreds of people gathered today outside a U.S. military base where evidence against Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, is being presented before a military judge for the first time since Manning's arrest.

How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the U.S. on Troop Withdrawal

Mon, 16 Dec 2011 14:02 GMT

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's suggestion that the end of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is part of a U.S. military success story ignores the fact that the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military had planned to maintain a semi-permanent military presence in Iraq.

U.S.: Iraq Intervention Ends with Scarcely a Whimper

Sun, 15 Dec 2011 20:08 GMT

When the United States formally ended its eight-and-a-half year military adventure in Iraq on Thursday with a flag-lowering ceremony presided over by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta Baghdad, hardly anyone here seemed to notice, let alone mark the occasion in a special manner.

Soviet-Armed Iraq Switches Allegiance to U.S. Weapons Systems

Sat, 14 Dec 2011 10:00 GMT

As the United States withdraws the last of its 50,000 troops after a nearly nine-year military occupation of Iraq, visiting Iraqi President Nuri al-Maliki had one final request: billions of dollars worth of U.S. weapons for his ragtag armed forces.

BOOKS-US: Deconstructing Thomas Friedman

Fri, 6 Dec 2011 08:00 GMT

A new book on the influential New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman sets out to debunk his hawkish, neoliberal views, accusing him of overt racism, factual errors and skewed judgments on issues ranging from the U.S. invasion of Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"Who Lost Iraq" Debate Fails to Get Traction

Sat, 7 Nov 2011 19:02 GMT

Two weeks after President Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of next month, a familiar clutch of neo-conservative hawks and prominent Republicans are blaming the president for "losing" the Middle Eastern country to its neighbour and long-time Washington nemesis, Iran.

As U.S. Exits Iraq, "Endgame" in Afghanistan Remains Elusive

Sun, 1 Nov 2011 18:34 GMT

Washington's failure to gain Iraqi approval for a significant U.S. military presence in that country beyond December could make it harder for Afghanistan to agree to a similar deployment beyond 2014.

U.S.-IRAQ: Obama Confirms Full Withdrawal by Christmas

Sat, 21 Oct 2011 16:31 GMT

In a decision promptly denounced by Republicans, President Barack Obama announced here Friday that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the Christmas holidays in late December.

Turkish Troops Enter Iraq After PKK Attacks

Thu, 19 Oct 2011 06:18 GMT

Turkish forces have launched an incursion into the mountains of northern Iraq following simultaneous attacks by Kurdish separatists in southeastern Turkey that killed at least 26 soldiers.

U.S. Hawks Behind Iraq War Rally for Strikes Against Iran

Tue, 17 Oct 2011 20:13 GMT

Key neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq are calling for military strikes against Iran in retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire plot against the Saudi ambassador here.

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