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Dr. Ali, In Bahgdad shared items - 0 views

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    "الآلوسي: على الحكومة الانسحاب من الجامعة العربية اذا لم يقبلوا ضيافة العراق للقمة via www.uragency.net on 5/12/10"
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    The website listed is maintained by a Dr. who lives in Baghdad. Do follow Dr. Ronin to know where the pursuiot of FREEDOM for the Iraqi people is going to go.
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3 VIDEOS -- The Future of Iraq: A Conversation with General Raymond T. Odierno (video) ... - 0 views

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    Scroll down to view 3 VIDEOS "On February 16th, the Institute for the Study of War hosted an event with General Odierno at the Army and Navy Club. General Odierno offered his insights into Iraq's evolution since the Surge, the political challenges facing Iraq this year, the security challenges that the American drawdown will pose to Iraq, the policies of Iraq's neighbors, and the potential for long-term success."
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IRAQ LAW ENFORCEMENT -- CLC Map - 0 views

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    "The Concerned Local Citizens, volunteer auxiliary police forces established to secure local communities, have sprung up over much of Iraq since the onset of the surge. Concerned Local Citizens groups are currently active in 12 of Iraq's 18 provinces. Over 72,000 members are active in the ranks, with over 60,000 on paid contract and 12,000 volunteers. Hover your mouse over a province below for detailed information. "
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IRAQ STATISTICS DEATHS ETC. -- index.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    NOTE ON THE METHODOLOGY OF THE IRAQ INDEX: Although the footnotes to the Iraq Index document our sources in detail, it is worth noting here a few broad points. The majority of our information comes from the U.S. Government, though we must often analyze it and process it further to show trends over the full period since Saddam Hussein fell in 2003. Some information comes from foreign journalists on the ground and from nongovernmental organizations; a very modest amount to date comes from Iraqi sources. Most tables and charts are straightforward representations of data as we obtain it from the above primary sources, with only modest further analysis and processing required. However, a few graphics, such as those on crime and unemployment rates, require more methodological work (and more assumptions) on our part-and are as a result also perhaps somewhat less precise than most of the tables and charts.
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Iraq Index - Saban Center for Middle East Policy - - Brookings Institution - 0 views

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    "The Iraq Index is a statistical compilation of economic, public opinion, and security data. This resource will provide updated information on various criteria, including crime, telephone and water service, troop fatalities, unemployment, Iraqi security forces, oil production, and coalition troop strength. "
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America and the Future of Iraq - WSJ.com - 0 views

  • The institutions that make your civil society so strong—such as universities, legal and judicial societies, and medical centers—should be integral to the new foundation of U.S.-Iraq relations. Contacts must take place across the broadest possible range of U.S. and Iraqi institutions.
  • Those outsiders who seek conflict with Iran or who wish to bind Iraq to the unstable military dictatorships, corrupt oligarchies and despotic monarchies of the region will find no support here.
  • In the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, passed overwhelmingly by Congress and signed by President Clinton, the U.S. committed itself to the forcible liberation of an oppressed people and to assistance in the formation of a new government. That mission has been fulfilled to the everlasting credit of the American people and with the gratitude of Iraqis. Now, as President Obama has stated, it is up to the Iraqi people. All we ask is the opportunity to move forward on our own as we see fit.
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    "Instead, Iraq aspires to be a meeting place for democratic interests in the region. The historic and costly liberation of Iraq by the U.S. and coalition forces demands no other outcome. And it is in this effort that U.S. assistance to Iraq is most desired. "
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SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES ADJUSTMENTS TO IRAQ 'OIL-FOR-FOOD' PROGRAMME, UNANIMOUSLY ADO... - 0 views

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    "The Security Council today ended a week of closed negotiations by unanimously adopting adjustments to the "oil-for-food" programme for Iraq, giving Secretary-General Kofi Annan more authority to administer the programme for the next 45 days.\n\nThe programme, created in 1995 to ease the impact of the sanctions imposed following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, permitted Iraq to use part of its oil revenues for food and medicine and has been the only sustenance for some 60 per cent of Iraq's people. It was suspended on 17 March when the Secretary-General withdrew United Nations personnel from Iraq, just prior to the start of military action."
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Great Power Conflict over Iraqi Oil: The World War I Era - 0 views

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    "Sir Maurice Hankey: "Control of these resources becomes a first-class war aim"\n\nDuring World War I (1914-18), strategists for all the major powers increasingly perceived oil as a key military asset, due to the adoption of oil-powered naval ships, new horseless army vehicles such as trucks and tanks, and even military airplanes. Use of oil during the war increased so rapidly that a severe shortage developed in 1917-18."
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VIDEO - IRAQ ELECTIONS - ذبح عراقيين 2009 - 0 views

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    View the smiling Iraqi people who have conducted their second elections for choosing their government. Hooray for BUSh and America... it is AMerica's mission to spread peace through the world to secure America's peace.
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VIDEO -- 2009 ELECTIONS Iraqi woman rape 2009 اهانة واغتصاب عراقية - 0 views

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    Iraq elections for 2009
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Al Qaeda Indonesia Commander Quits Bin Laden Inside The Enemy Camp - 0 views

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    Nasir Abas, a 20 year Indonesian Al Qaeda commander quits Al Qaeda when Bin Laden told him to kill the Jews and Americans. Abas says that killing innocence is NOT IN THE Quran.
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VIDEO -- Iraqis! See Your IRAQI FLAG RAISED by using America's Blood and Treasure to ma... - 0 views

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    WARNING! DO NOT GET AMERICANS ANGRY else pay the price. America's mission in the world is to bring peace and FREEDOM to the world by removing oppression everywhere in the world without regard to the cost of ; its blood, or treasure, or to receive any rewards for doing so. PEACE benefits the WHOLE world. http://www.diigo.com/list/liveinfreedom/clintons-iraq-liberation-act
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VIDEO -- Iraq Business Improvements Briefing: Maj. Gen. Bergner - 0 views

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    A long report on how the Iraqi and coalition are curbing violence and rebuilding businesses.
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New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory - 0 views

  • The White House sees the progress in a particularly positive light, declaring in a new assessment to Congress that Iraq's efforts on 15 of 18 benchmarks are "satisfactory"—almost twice of what it determined to be the case a year ago.
  • The Iraqi army has made satisfactory progress on the goal of fairly enforcing the law, while the nation's police force remains plagued by sectarianism, according to the administration assessment.
  • Overall, militia control has declined and Baghdad's security forces have "demonstrated its willingness and effectiveness to use these authorities to pursue extremists in all provinces, regardless of population or extremist demographics," as illustrated by recent operations, the White House concludes
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    New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory after all.
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Rare Iraqi Jewish books 'surface in Israel' - 0 views

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    Some 300 rare and valuable books confiscated from Iraq's Jewish community by Saddam Hussein's regime have been secretly spirited into Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.
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The Great Wall of Arabia Between Iraq and Saudi Arabia - 0 views

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    Seems as though we are all headed to a divided earth. Chhina's great wall, Berllin Wall (removed), Israel Wall, Mexico Wall, and where else are walls going to be created ?
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    No, you won't be able to see it from space, but Saudi Arabia, unnerved by the violence next door in Iraq, plans to spend up to $7 billion on a partly virtual fence along its 500-mile border with Iraq.
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U.S. says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran - International Herald Tribune - 0 views

  • A second, the official said, was to send a clear message to the United States and other countries that Israel was prepared to act militarily if diplomatic efforts to stop Iran from producing bomb-grade uranium continued to falter.
  • But American officials were also told that Israel had prepared plans for striking nuclear targets in Iran and could carry them out if needed.
  • "They are clearly nervous about this and have their air defense on guard," a Bush administration official said of the Iranians.
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  • Two sets of advance Russian-made radar systems were recently delivered to Iran. The radar will enhance Iran's ability to detect planes flying at low altitude.
  • Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, said in February that Iran was close to acquiring Russian-produced SA-20 surface-to-air missiles. American military officials said that the deployment of such systems would hamper Israel's attack planning, putting pressure on Israel to act before the missiles are fielded.
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    Iran is getting nervous about aircraft fying in the air corridors adjacent to their air space. Israel is making arrangments to remove the nuclear sites in Iran.
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AMERICA --soldier gets 110-years for raping girl - Times Online - 0 views

  • The accused ringleader, former Private Steven Green, was discharged from the Army for a “personality disorder” and is awaiting trial in a civilian court, where he could face a possible death penalty.
  • Sergeant Paul Cortez and Specialist James Barker, both of whom admitted to raping the girl, received life sentences after pleading guilty earlier this year
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    This American soldier received 110 years to serve in a prison while another soldier in the same group recieved a 100 year jail sentence for participating in the rape crimes on an Iraqi girl. Now if American soldiers are given severe prison penalties for their crimes; would America provide farin justice to the Guitmo "enemy combattants" who were captured by co-alition forces in Afghanistan/Iraw etc.?
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Iraq forces talks reach 'dead end' - 0 views

  • But given that there is little consensus in Baghdad over the treaty, Iraqi leaders may simply decide to push for an extension of the UN mandate, however imperfect it may be.
  • “If the Iraqi and the American side can’t reach an agreement, then they have to think of extending the mandate for six months or a year,” said Mahmoud Othman, an independent Kurdish parliamentarian.
  • Under the UN mandate, US and British forces have had the authority to detain or strike at those deemed threats to security, and their troops are allowed legal immunity from Iraqi law for their actions. A US administration would be reluctant to give away this freedom of action and immunity lest it be accused of not giving its military the tools to protect itself, or of letting US citizens be judged by foreign courts
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  • Mr Maliki has reportedly reassured Iran that the accord would not turn Iraq into a launching pad for an attack and Washington insists that it does not want permanent bases.
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    America and Iraq are locked into a situation that may not be resolved through negotiations between the two parties. If the parties can't agree on a new agreement prior to the U.N. resolution authorizing U.S. forces in the region then the parties MAY extend the U.N. resolution in order to maintain the "multi-national" troops in the region.
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Hate speech or free speech? What much of West bans is protected in U.S. - International... - 0 views

  • "In Canada, the right to freedom of expression is not absolute, nor should it be," the commission's statement said. "By portraying Muslims as all sharing the same negative characteristics, including being a threat to 'the West,' this explicit expression of Islamophobia further perpetuates and promotes prejudice toward Muslims and others."
  • "The problem with so-called hate speech laws is that they're not about facts," he said in a telephone interview. "They're about feelings."
  • . "Western governments are becoming increasingly comfortable with the regulation of opinion.
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  • he First Amendment really does distinguish the U.S., not just from Canada but from the rest of the Western world."
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    Beware world when it comes to speech promoted by America.... the Americans can say anything they want provided the utterances do not cause any physical harm to other American citizens. Amercans say; "Sticks and stones may break my bones but NAMES will never hurt me". So for all of you NON-AMERICANS... get prepared to be told where the "dog died" in America.
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    This can be deleted if you care to delete it. It's in English so it may not work well in your group.
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