Aziziyah:  In a predominantly Shiite town near Baghdad, Saddam Hussein roams the streets unmolested, joking with checkpoint guards and shaking the hands of passers-by, proudly announcing his name."You didn't execute me," he often tells policemen, laughing. "That was one of my body doubles!"But the man, clad in a long black robe and leather jacket, is not the Saddam known the world over. He is one of many nationwide cursed as the namesakes of a brutal dictator who ruled the country with an...Read Full Story

News Teaser:  A car bomb near a cafe in Iraq killed 11 people Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on crowded public places this year, police and a doctor said. Edited by Kamlesh Kumar Ojha | Updated: December 09, 18:09 IST Baquba: A car bomb near a cafe in Iraq killed 11 people Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on crowded public places this year, police and a doctor said. The blast in Buhruz, a Sunni-majority town in the religiously and ethnically mixed Diyala province...Read Full Story

News Teaser:  A car bomb near a cafe in Iraq killed 11 people Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on crowded public places this year, police and a doctor said. Edited by Kamlesh Kumar Ojha | Updated: December 09, 18:09 IST Baquba: A car bomb near a cafe in Iraq killed 11 people Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on crowded public places this year, police and a doctor said. The blast in Buhruz, a Sunni-majority town in the religiously and ethnically mixed Diyala province...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES, December 9, 2013—Hanukkah 2013 is now in the history books as America shifted its focus to Pearl Harbor Day, the Winter Solstice, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Before leaving Hanukkah behind, it is worth commemorating a very special occurrence that made this Hanukkah like no other. Every year in Los Angeles, Chabad holds a large Menorah lighting at Citywalk at Universal Studios. Approximately 2,000 people attended this year’s ceremony and heard meaningful remarks about Jewish...Read Full Story

Once again eyes are on oil and its potential impact on the changing Middle East scene. This month could send a significant signal depending on what emerges out from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, or to be more specific how Turkey will behave vis-a-vis its relationship with both Baghdad, the seat of the central Iraqi authority or Erbil, the capital of the Kurds.In addition to securing the right to export their oil through the Iraqi pipeline that ends in Turkey, Erbil is believed to...Read Full Story