In a “rare burst of productivity,” Iraq’s parliament Feb. 13 passed three key laws and approved them as a package, ending months of deadlock. Two of the laws—providing for a general amnesty for thousands of Iraqi prisoners and defining the… Read moreIraq: “progress” —if you set the bar really, really low
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), Feb. 12: Once Again US Troops Desperately Attempt to Suppress the Voice of Freedom in Iraq The occupying troops have made another attempt to eliminate the voice of freedom from Iraq by raiding the… Read moreIraq civil resistance headquarters raided by US troops
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq Feb. 10 just before the first anniversary of the troop “surge.” Gates said in Baghdad that he supports a pause in troop draw-downs from Iraq after about 30,000 soldiers have been sent… Read moreIraq: terror greets Gates; “surge” looking permanent
From the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI), Jan. 6: As a result of the continuous efforts and collaboration between the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI) and the workers of the water supply… Read moreBaghdad waterworks employees in labor victory
Turkish F-16 fighter planes Feb. 4 struck suspected PKK targets in northern Iraq, carrying out what Turkey’s Hurriyet daily counts as the fifth over the border operation in recent months. The Turkish military’s General Staff said the air raids, launched… Read moreTurkey bombs Iraq —again!
Iraq has halted oil exports to Austria’s OMV, Central Europe’s leading oil and gas group, to protest a deal with the autonomous Kurdish region. An official at the Oil Ministry said OMV will no longer receive 10,000 barrels per day… Read moreIraq cancels oil contracts in showdown over Kurdistan
Financial support is urgently needed for the satellite TV station that is broadcasting voices for the secular and democratic reconstruction of Iraq! Financial difficulties are hitting Sana TV, an Iraqi satellite TV station, which is covering the people’s struggles to… Read moreUrgent fund appeal for Iraqi civil resistance TV station
From Bush’s final State of the Union address, via the New York Times: Ladies and gentlemen, some may deny the surge is working, but among the terrorists there is no doubt. Al Qaeda is on the run in Iraq, and… Read moreBush asks for patience in Iraq —again
In a front-page story Jan. 25, “US Asking Iraq for Wide Rights in Fighting War,” the New York Times writes: “With its international mandate in Iraq set to expire in 11 months, the Bush administration will insist that the government… Read moreIraq: 100 years of occupation?
Further evidence of the humbling of the neocons comes in George Bush’s hailing of the new Iraqi law allowing former Baath Party members into public life. The party was declared illegal by the US-led administration after the invasion of 2003… Read moreIraq: oil greases bogus “unity”
A woman carried out a suicide bombing near a Shi’ite mosque in Iraq’s Diyala province Jan. 16, killing at least eight people. The attack provoked local Shi’ite militia fighters to use mortars against a nearby Sunni village in retaliation. Shi’ite… Read moreAshura terror in Iraq
A petition from the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), Jan. 5: The southern cities of Iraq which are totally under the grip of Islamist parties have turned into no-woman zones. Female physical appearance is not acceptable in the… Read moreEnd the genocide of women in Iraq
