It’s a beautiful time to be alive—if you’re a Halliburton shareholder. From Reuters, July 23: Halliburton Co., the world’s second-largest oil services company, said on Monday second-quarter profit from continuing operations rose 19 percent, topping Wall Street views, helped by… Read moreHalliburton shares hit new high
A front-page New York Times story July 24 reveals details of a classified plan calling for achieving “localized security” in Baghdad by the summer of 2008—and “sustainable security” throughout Iraq by the summer of 2009. The document, known as the… Read morePetraeus: “sustainable security” in Iraq —in 2009
Iranian intelligence operatives detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation’s borders earlier this month, claiming they were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic. “In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels… Read moreImperialist rodents threaten Iran, Iraq
Writing for The Guardian July 19, Seumas Milne relates a revealing meeting with Iraqi insurgent leaders in Damascus, who say they are uniting in a new front, to be called the Political Office for the Iraqi Resistance. They say a… Read moreIraq: insurgents form new front —minus al-Qaeda?
From the Washington Post, July 18: BAGHDAD — They arrived early yesterday morning in a straight line of official-looking vehicles, about 125 men dressed in Iraqi Army fatigues and carrying standard-issue weapons. Aziza Abdul Jabbar and her relatives ran out… Read moreIraq: co-existence as target
Turkey’s military has waged a cross-border incursion into Iraq, bombarding northern areas of the country with artillery and warplanes, the Iraqi government charged July 19. The claim comes amid mounting Turkish threats to strike bases of the Kurdistan Workers Party… Read moreTurkey bombards northern Iraq?
Remember when this kind of thing was science fiction? From AP, July 16: Pilotless Robot Bomber Squadron Heads for Afghanistan, Iraq BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq — The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine,… Read moreFlying robots to attack Afghanistan, Iraq
From the US Labor Against the War (USLAW) and Oil Change International, July 16: Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions Draws Line in the Sand Basra, Iraq – Today hundreds of Iraqis, led by the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU),… Read moreIraq: protests mount against oil law
At least 85 people were killed and more than 180 injured by a car bomb and coordinated truck bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk July 16. One car bomb exploded in a crowded market near an office of… Read moreKirkuk terror pushes city closer to brink
Katha Pollitt writes for her blog in The Nation, July 13: 2,4,6,8! This Beheading is Really Great! Why is the anti-war movement so lacklustre when 70% of Americans want to bring the troops home by spring and George W. Bush… Read moreKatha Pollitt on Iraqi “resistance”: she almost gets it
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned July 9 against a quick withdrawal of US troops. Zebari said Iraqis “understand the huge pressure that will increase more and more in the United States” ahead of the progress report by the US… Read moreIraq: foreign minister warns of civil war
Remember all the “not-about-Iraq” spewing after the July 2005 London bombings? Nobody’s saying that this time around. From the Washington Post, July 6: LONDON — Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into… Read moreUK terror scare: no way around Iraq connection
