Monthly Archives: February 2007

How serious is the new Iraq oil law?

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Sappho

Ques­tion: What is the com­mon theme among all Iraqi oil min­sters after the occu­pa­tion [4 or 5 min­is­ters]? Answer: All of them promised that oil pro­duc­tion to reach 3–5 Mil­lion bar­rel a year, but it never reached even the pro­duc­tion … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Canada to leave the flock

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Sappho

no longer allies, I don’t remem­ber where I read some­body called it “the rats are leav­ing the sink­ing ship”. Since the United States announced its “war on ter­ror”, the British have been in a quag­mire. The coun­try shoul­ders a heavy bur­den … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Secret CIA Prisoners Still Missing

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Sappho

Human rights watch still insist that there are US secret pris­ons, and Mar­wan Jabour is one of the cases

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A hidden war inside the “Green Zone”

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Sappho

Some new infor­ma­tion about the failed attempt to assas­si­nate Abdul-Mahdi. Accord­ing Iraqirabita, a car was pre­pared two days before the attempt to fol­low his move­ments. With Abdul-Mahdi him­self said today that the assas­si­na­tion is an inside job and some influ­en­tial … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Mercenaries in Iraq

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Sappho

‘Mer­ce­nar­ies’ to fill Iraq troop gap.……25 Feb 2007 Offi­cials from the For­eign Office and Min­istry of Defence will meet rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the pri­vate secu­rity indus­try within the next month to dis­cuss “options” for increas­ing their busi­ness in Iraq in the com­ing years. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Exclusive: Muqtada Al-Sadr revealed that he gets his support from the Sunnis

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Sappho

This video shows very impor­tant, dis­turb­ing infor­ma­tion, Muq­tada Al-Sadr says that he was dis­ap­pointed by the Shi­ites who tried to hit him in the back, and he gets his sup­port by the Sun­nis. Trans­la­tion: We know many groups who hit … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Occupation killed a family of seven members in Iraq

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Sappho

- Iraqi source The source added: They apol­o­gized and said that he is not allowed to enter the build­ing. — Almalaf says that the heads of Arab intel­li­gence met with Con­doleezza Rice last week said that the Iraqi cri­sis is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Joseph Samaha (1949–2007)

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Sappho

Arab-Lebanese writer, polit­i­cal ana­lyst and Chief edi­tor of Al-Akhbar news­pa­per, Joseph Samaha, died today with heart attack, age 58. Joseph Samaha, a com­mit­ted jour­nal­ist, and Arab nation­al­ist well known with his coura­geous arti­cles, ded­i­cated all his life and career to defend … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Forming a coalition against Iran, Islamic conference starts today

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Sappho

Today is the open­ing of Pakistan’s Islamic con­fer­ence about the Middle-East, a prepa­ra­tion con­fer­ence ini­ti­ated by Musharaf for a later con­fer­ence in Saudi Ara­bia. Inter­est­ing to see that the seven coun­tries invited to the con­fer­ence are all Sunni Islamic coun­tries … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Channel4 letter reveals the corruption inside the “Green Zone” government

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Sappho

This is a let­ter sent by the Deputy Head, News and Cur­rent Affairs Kevin Sut­cliffe to “Iraq Media and Stud­ies Cen­ter”, in reac­tion to the center’s claim that all the infor­ma­tion pro­vided by the doc­u­men­tary “IRAQ’S DEATH SQUADS” are false. The … Con­tinue read­ing →

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