Shi’te followers of Moqtada al-Sadr protested Nov. 21 in Baghdad, defacing and burning an effigy of President George Bush in a display of contempt for a deal struck between the departing US administration and the Iraqi government to keep US… Read moreIraq: SOFA sparks protests, oil struggle continues
Iraq’s cabinet Nov. 16 approved a security pact with the US that will allow American forces to stay for three years after their UN mandate expires at the end of the year. The decision follows months of negotiations and, pending… Read moreIraqi cabinet approves security pact with US
Headlines from Iraq Nov. 12 were dominated by the re-opening of Baghdad’s Two Imams Bridge, which links the Sunni district of Adhamiya and the Shi’ite area of Kadhimiya, and had been closed due to sectarian violence since 2005. (E.g. LAT)… Read moreIraq: spate of attacks leave 23 dead as Two Imams Bridge re-opens
At least 28 people were killed—including women and schoolgirls—and dozens wounded in a triple bombing in a Baghdad market on Nov. 10, the deadliest attack to rock the Iraqi capital in months. The attackers first detonated a car bomb, blowing… Read moreIraq: media garble sectarian slaughter
Via the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA), Nov. 4: The Iraqi parliament voted on Monday, November 3rd on the issue of reserved seats for the Assyrians, Yezidies, Shabaks and Mandeans. The final vote of the Iraqi parliament is a huge… Read moreIraq: minorities denounce new election law quotas
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), Nov. 6: A letter to Mr. Barack Obama on his election as President of the United States of America Greetings… On behalf of the Iraq Freedom Congress, I would like to congratulate you on… Read moreIraq’s civil resistance to Obama: end the occupation
Two Iraqi insurgent groups called on president-elect Barack Obama to withdraw US forces from Iraq, an Internet monitoring service reported Nov. 7. Abu Omar al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State of Iraq said it would be better “for you and us”… Read moreIraq: al-Qaeda offers Obama truce?
A statement from the General Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (GFWCUI), Oct. 27: In Basra Thousands of Workers Take to the Street Against the Government Anti-Workers Policy In a coordination effort with the Labor Unifying Bureau, thousands… Read moreIraq: Basra workers march against austerity
A statement from the Iraq Freedom Congress, Oct. 19: Thousands of Workers Took To the Street against the Minister of Finance US Troops and National Guards Surround the Event While the Labor Leaders Deliver Their Speeches In a series of… Read moreIraq: workers protest IMF policies
Blasts struck a double-decker bus and a taxi in eastern Baghdad Oct. 20, killing four. Iraqi police said the bus was carrying employees of Iraq’s Housing Ministry through the Shi’ite neighborhood of Mashtal when it was hit by a roadside… Read moreIraq: terror continues, SOFA advances
The number of Christian families who have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in the past week has reached 1,350, Nineveh provincial authorities said Oct. 15. Fourteen Christians have been slain in the past two weeks in the city…. Read moreIraq: attacks on Christians continue in Mosul
The Turkish military said that its warplanes hit targets of the PKK guerillas in the Zap region of northern Iraq Oct. 12. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement that this was the seventh time that Turkey’s warplanes have… Read moreTurkey bombs Iraq —yet again!
