From the Iraq Freedom Congress, June 16: On the US-Iraqi Treaty The US administration plans to tie Iraq to a treaty that will guarantee a US military presence and political interference with absolute control of the wealth and resources of… Read moreIraq’s civil resistance rejects security treaty
A car bombing that killed 63 June 17 at a bus-stop in Baghdad’s predominantly Shi’ite Hurriya area may have been carried out by a militant trying to incite Shi’ite violence against Sunnis, the US military said. Lt. Col. Steve Stover… Read moreIran-backed Shi’ite provocation behind Baghdad’s Hurriya blast: US
A statement from the Iraq Freedom Congress, June 7: IFC Members Find and Arrest the Killers of Dr. Mohammed Jassim, Sana TV Program Director In coordination with IFC safety force and police, the leadership of Iraq Freedom Congress (Wasit Chapter… Read moreIraq: arrests in killing of Sana TV reporter
A statement from the General Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq, via the Iraq Freedom Congress, June 7: The Ministry of Industry and Minerals Privatizes Its Companies Brothers and sisters in the working class: Amid chaos and lawlessness,… Read moreIraqi labor protests privatization
Patrick Cockburn claims in The Independent June 5 that a “secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November.” Speaking to several anonymous… Read morePat Cockburn: secret deal for US bases in Iraq
Turkey’s military is cooperating with Iran by sharing information and coordinating strikes against PKK guerillas in northern Iraq, commander of the Turkish Land Forces Ilker Basbug said on June 5. “We are sharing intelligence with Iran, we are talking, we… Read moreTurkey cooperates with Iran against PKK
A statement from Hassan Juma’a Awad, president of Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, via US Labor Against the War (USLAW), May 28: Statement by Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions to 2008 Chevron and ExxonMobil Shareholder meetings On May 28, 2008,… Read moreIraqi oil workers appeal to Exxon shareholders
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said that his organization “is siding with the resistance in Iraq” in a speech to hundreds of thousands of supporters in Beirut. “The Iraqis, Shia and Sunni, who took part in the political process wanted… Read moreNasrallah: Hezbollah “siding with” Iraq resistance
Japanese media report that Tokyo may end its supply support mission for US-led forces in Iraq next year, under pressure from the powerful opposition. Japan has some 210 Air Self-Defense Force personnel in Kuwait, from where they airlift supplies to… Read moreJapan to end Iraq mission in 2009?
From the Iraq Freedom Congress and the Opening for Peace, Equality and Nexus (OPEN), Japan, May 19: Joint Statement to Stop ‘Gender Cleansing’ in Iraq under the name of ‘honor killing’ and other gender-based violence against women, and to Demand… Read moreStop “gender cleansing” in Iraq
Iraq's first parliamentary elections since the defeat of ISIS were supposed to herald a return of stability to the country after 15 years of practically incessant war. But turn-out was at a record low, and candidates were openly aligned with foreign powers playing for influence in Iraq. Incumbent Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, backed by the US, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, appears to be squeaking past more populist tickets seen to be in the sway of Iran. These include the coalition of vice president and former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki. The ruling Dawa Party split into rival coalitions as Abadi and Maliki fell out. But the surprise so far is the strong showing of Shi'iite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in an unlikely alliance with the Iraqi Communist Party. Sadr played to resentment against the cronyism and corruption endemic to both factions of the Dawa Party. (Map: CIA)
Turkish warplanes bombed several border areas near the towns of Neroye and Rekan in Dahuk province of northern Iraq May 11, the website of the website of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) reported. Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for Iraq’s Kurdish… Read moreTurkey still bombing Iraq
