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Saturday 31st July, 2010

  • Wikileaks editor says national security concern is a deflection

      Wikileaks editor says national security concern is a deflection

    Iraq News.Net

    Julian Assange denies his Web site is responsible for any extra blood spilled in Iraq or Afghanistan, calling on the US government to provide proof of such claims.

    • Iraq bomb kills four and injures 11

    Breaking News.ie

    A roadside bomb has killed four Iraqis – including three soldiers – and wounded 11 people south of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said today.The blast took place today near the municipal offices in Rash...

    • 4 killed, 11 wounded in bombing south of Baghdad

    Khaleej Times

    The blast took place on Saturday near the municipal offices in Rashid district just south of the Iraqi capital, as soldiers were responding to an earlier explosion in the same area.

  • Alstom inks '$2bn' Iraq power plant MoU

    AME Info

    The French ambassador to Iraq has said that French engineering group Alstom has signed an initial agreement with the Iraqi government to build a power plant that could cost up to $2bn in Basra, Reuter...

  • iMAL System to be adopted by Kurdistan International Bank For Investment and Development, Iraq

    AME Info

    Path Solutions, the world leader in providing IT solutions and services to the Islamic financial services industry and Kurdistan International Bank For Investment & Development (KIB), the largest ...

  • Iraq Inquiry: Prescott reveals his doubts over WMD reports

    General Sources

    Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott privately harboured doubts about the intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he disclosed yesterday.

  • Iraq likely to delay gas fields auction

    Khaleej Times

    The ministry will hold a workshop in Istanbul on August 1-2 to discuss details of the gas bidding round and contract terms with interested bidders.

  • Roadside bomb in Iraq kills 5 members of family

    eTaiwan News

    Iraqi police say a roadside bomb north of Baghdad has killed five members of a family, including a 4-year-old girl.Police spokesman Maj. Ghalib al-Karkhi says the family was not the intended target of...

  • Deputy leader doubted case for Iraq war

    ABC Australia

    Britain's former deputy prime minister, John Prescott, has told the Iraq inquiry he was nervous about the intelligence being relied on before the invasion in 2003. Lord Prescott was Tony Blair's loya...

  • Sir John and team to visit Iraq to hear 'Iraqi perspectives'

    The Independent

    The last announcement made by the committee conducting Sir John Chilcot's inquiry yesterday was that it intends to visit Iraq later this year. Sir John said he wanted to hear "Iraqi persp...

  • With US drawdown in Iraq, shift from joint ops to training

    Kuwait Times

    Published Date: July 31, 2010 FORWARD OPERATING BASE CONSTITUTION, Iraq: US and Iraqi military police slowly comb a strip of dirt road west of Baghdad, looking for tell-tale signs of hidden improvise...

  • Iraqi minister hurt, 2 Britons killed in Jordan accident

    Kuwait Times

    Published Date: July 31, 2010 AMMAN: Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured yesterday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two British women, police...

  • Blair deputy 'doubted' Iraq WMD intelligence

    Kuwait Times

    Published Date: July 31, 2010 LONDON: Britain's deputy prime minister at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq said yesterday he had doubts about intelligence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of...

  • Prescott: files on Iraq's WMD made me nervous

    The Independent

    Intelligence reports that were the evidence that sent British troops into war in Iraq consisted of "a bit of tittle- tattle here and a bit more information there", the former deputy prime ...

  • UK ex-deputy PM says Saddam WMD claims were 'tittle-tattle'

    The Daily Star

    LONDON: Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq said on Friday he had doubts about intelligence that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD), ...

  • Iraq's Garden Of Eden - Restoring The Paradise That Saddam Destroyed

    General Sources

    Saddam Hussein drained the unique wetlands of southern Iraq as a punishment to the region's Marsh Arabs who had backed an uprising. Two decades later, one courageous U.S. Iraqi is leading efforts t...

  • Remarks by Secretary Clinton, Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari

    U.S. State Department

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman July 13, 2010 REMARKS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton And Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari After Their Meeting July 13, 2010 Treaty R...

  • Despite Obstacles, Ad Agency Edicoo Thrives in Iraq

    Ad Age

    BEIJING (AdAge.com) -- As if running an ad agency isn't stressful enough, Mahmoud Zebari has a few extra concerns to worry about besides marketing shaving cream and baby diapers: for example, ethnic t...

  • Bus Crash in Jordan Kills 6, Injures Iraqi Minister

    VOA

    del.icio.us A tour bus crash in Jordan has killed six people and injured 28 others, including an Iraqi minister.Security officials say the victims were on a bus that was returning from the Dead Sea to...

  • Iraqi Forces Arrest 10 al-Qaida in Iraq Associates

    Defense Link

    Compiled from U.S. Forces Iraq News Releases WASHINGTON, July 30, 2010 – Iraqi security forces arrested 10 suspected associates of the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist organization in several operatio...

  • Prescott reveals Iraq invasion 'doubts'

    The Independent

    Former deputy prime minister John Prescott privately harboured doubts about the intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he disclosed today. Giving evidence to the final ses...

  • Prescott doubted 'tittle-tattle' in Iraq invasion intelligence

    The Guardian

    Iraq before the invasion but dismissed what he called "fashionable" criticism of Tony Blair for taking the country to war.Offering fresh insights into the run-up to the invasion, he told the Chilcot i...

  • US team to visit Iraq amid political impasse

    Financial Times

    Senior US officials are expected to visit Iraq in August amid mounting concern that Washington will complete a significant troop withdrawal from the fragile country with no new government in office. C...

  • UK's Iraq inquiry may recall witnesses

    WHP CBS 21

    Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott leaves after giving evidence at the Iraq inquiry on July 30, 2010 in London, England. Speaking in front of Sir John Chilcott, Mr Prescott said that some of t...

  • Iraq: Another Christian abducted in Kirkuk

    Spero News

    Kirkuk – A group of armed men abducted a Chaldean Christian man last night in Kirkuk. Local sources told AsiaNews that Yonan (Jonas ) Daniel Mammo, 50, was closing his office in the Almas neighb...

  • Chilcot inquiry to travel to Iraq

    BBC

    Chairman Sir John Chilcot said he wanted to hear "Iraqi perspectives" and see first-hand the "consequences" of UK involvement in the 2003 war.

  • Iraq vet named state veterans director

    General Sources

    Friday, July 30, 2010 | 6:52 a.m. CARSON CITY – An Army officer who served in Iraq has been named executive director of the Nevada Office of Veterans Services. Gov. Jim Gibbons has selected Caleb ...

  • US Army failing troubled troops at home: general

    Middle East Online

    The US Army on Thursday said leadership and discipline have deteriorated at bases in the United States, with officers missing warning signs of soldiers on the verge of suicide. As the military focuse...

  • Lack of Iraq government 'embarrassing': FM

    Middle East Online

    The lack of a government in Iraq nearly five months after general elections is "embarrassing" and is impeding any long-term decision-making, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told AFP on Thursday. Zeba...

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