Sectarian Violence
Follow breaking news and stories about the war in Iraq and the sectarian violence that is paralyzing the country. What is at the root of the sectarian conflict, and how can the US Military presence quell these conflicts and cultural...
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1541&updaterx=2008-05-21+11%3A38%3A38 Pepe Escobar, award winning journalist who reports for The Real News Network, spells out how the mainstream media in the United States has been misled by the so-called success of the Iraqi Army in taking over Sadr City.
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Let's see how tough President Bush is NOW that Muqtada al-Sadr is threatening an all out war against US forces in Iraq that will result in a giant bloodbath. Bush is great at his tough guy talk when the "tough guys" doing the fighting are neither him or his twin daughters and certainly not that wimp Dick Cheney who used six deferments to avoid getting drafted during the Vietnam War. In fact unless you have been living in a cave for the last five years, the US military in Iraq has been...
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Iraqi law to isolate Sadr Pepe Escobar : Bill would outlaw political parties with militias; Sadr City being turned into a "gulag" Tuesday April 15th, 2008 Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki is terrified Sadr movement will win the coming provincial elections. This is a major reason for the campaign against Sadr now. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Pepe Escobar writes The Roving Eye for Asia Times Online. He has reported from Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, US and China. He is the author of the recently...
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The Palestine Hotel in Baghdad is where many of the journalists who are covering the Iraq war stay. Earlier today a missile struck the hotel and early reports are there have been three deaths. Missile hits landmark Baghdad hotel, kills three REUTERSReuters North American News Service Apr 11, 2008 08:33 EST BAGHDAD, April 11 (Reuters) - A missile ripped a hole through the second floor of Baghdad's Palestine Hotel on Friday, Reuters witnesses said, and police said three civilians were...
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Police sealed off the city, one of only a few mixed Arab-Jewish cities in Israel.
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The Tribune's Liz Sly tells of couple who overcame religious differences and family objections to find their 'happily ever after'—until sectarian violence ended the young husband's life The Tribune's Liz Sly tells of couple who overcame religious differences and family objections to find their...
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Violence in Iraq has fallen to four-year lows in recent months but militants still carry out frequent large-scale bomb attacks. US and Iraqi authorities ...
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Al-Sadr's cease-fire order to his militia has been a key factor in the sharp decline in violence in Iraq during the past year. ...
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India: Nun target of rape in sectarian violence (AKI) - The alleged rape of a Catholic nun in the eastern Indian state of Orissa is part of ongoing "tit for tat" violence between Christians and Hindus, sociologist Augustine Kanjamala, told Adnkronos International (AKI) on Friday.Police have...
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The sectarian violence that once raged throughout the city of Samarra has quieted in the last few months. Yet quiet is a relative term.
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Radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a fresh call on Friday for US troops to withdraw from Iraq saying there would be no sectarian violence after foreign forces quit the country.
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BAGHDAD * Radical Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr issued a fresh call yesterday for US troops to withdraw from Iraq saying there would be no sectarian violence after foreign forces quit the country.
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BAGHDAD: Radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a fresh call yesterday for US troops to withdraw from Iraq saying there would be no sectarian violence after foreign forces quit the country.
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Ahmed Fadaam, an Iraqi artist and professor, began his award-winning journalism career in 2003 translating for Dick Gordon's The Story on WUNC. He soon began translating, reporting and producing videos for Agence France-Presse, and reporting for The New York Times out of its Baghdad bureau.
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