Mowaffak al-Rubaie

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- As the Iraq war entered its sixth year, the country's national security adviser urged Americans to be patient, contending that the war is "well worth fighting" because it has implications about "global terror." "This is global terrorism hitting everywhere, and they have chosen Iraq to be a battlefield. And we have to take them on," Mowaffak al-Rubaie said Sunday on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer." Iraq security adviser to Americans: Be patientStory Highlights...Read Full Story

LONDON: The body of Saddam Hussein was stabbed half a dozen times after he was executed, the head guard of the former Iraqi dictator’s tomb has told a UK newspaper. The allegation fly in the face of the official version of events, with the Iraqi government claiming that no mutilation took place after Saddam was hanged for crimes against humanity. Saddam’s execution on Dec. 30, 2006 sparked international outrage when it emerged the dictator was taunted by guards as the noose was put around his...Read Full Story

A snapshot of the opening scene in the U.S. invasion of Iraq provides an excellent insight into the immorality and horror of the entire operation, from start to whenever it finally finishes. According to an article in yesterday's New York Times, at the outset of the invasion the U.S. military dropped bombs on a palatial compound in which Saddam Hussein was hiding. The article states: "But instead of killing the Iraqi dictator, they had killed Mr. Kharbit's older brother, Malik al-Kharbit...Read Full Story

The rot gnawing away at Baghdad's innards Before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Al-Batawin's main thoroughfare Al-Sadun Street bustled with restaurants, hotels, upmarket stores and -- most famously -- medical centres. Today just a scattering of businesses still bother to open their doors, residential blocks stand empty, and those buildings that are occupied have few tenants willing to risk living above the first floor. by Bryan Pearson Sun May 4, 7:11 PM ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp...Read Full Story

Iraq's top security official called a decision by his government to close a camp housing members of an armed Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad "irreversible," saying Friday the Iraqi authorities do not allow anti-Iran activities on their soil. The official, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie, said during a visit to Tehran that members of the terrorist People's Mujahedeen — known as the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq — will either be deported to Iran or be given the option of going to a third country. Rubaie's...Read Full Story