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Iraq’s government wants to impose new restrictions on the media that critics say could bring back the type of censorship last seen under Saddam Hussein.Iraq’s government wants to impose new restrictions on the media that critics say... more
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A Shiite militant group in Iraq has posted an Internet video showing an American it says it abducted and who appears to be a contractor reported missing by the U.S. military. What’s more, the kidnappers are demanding justice for the people killed by the mercenary company Blackwater as part of their ransom.A Shiite militant group in Iraq has posted an Internet video showing an American it... more
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As national elections draw closer, Iraqis are fearing more government repression of dissent, with several journalists reporting to have been beaten by security forces while government officials are issuing warnings about media coverage.As national elections draw closer, Iraqis are fearing more government repression of... more
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According to Iraqi officials, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is making plans for his beleaguered government to wage a five-year war against al-Qaida jihadists and other insurgents as the United States withdraws its military forces.
To do that would mean building up the Shiite-dominated government's intelligence capabilities. The problem is that the various security services established under the Americans' tutelage are wracked by sectarian rivalries and rampant corruption, with agendas that do not always follow that of the central government.
This, along with a drastic drop in oil revenue because of lower prices, could derail the strategy ascribed to Maliki.
A few weeks ago, as Maliki and his closest associates were mapping out their strategy, his interior minister, Jawad al-Bolani, called for a shift from military operations to a "war of intelligence" to crush the extremist groups that remain active following the U.S. "surge offensive" that was the Bush administration's last hurrah in Iraq.
"I do believe that launching major military operations against al-Qaida is no longer needed and that there is a need to activate the intelligence side," he declared amid a renewed frenzy of suicide bombs in Baghdad and other cities.
Maliki said in May that Iraqi forces were ready to take over the country's security but conceded that his government still needed a lot of help gathering intelligence to be able to hammer the insurgent groups.
The plan, as it stands right now, calls for identifying and tracking al-Qaida units, Iranian-financed "Special Groups" of Shiite extremists and groups affiliated with Al-Awda, the successor to Saddam Hussein's now-outlawed Baath Party.
+++++++++According to Iraqi officials, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is making plans for his... more
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The photographer, Bilal Hussein Zaidon, faces charges in the Iraqi Central Court based on claims by the US military that he is linked to the insurgency in Iraq, Pentagon officials announced Monday.
Hussein, an Iraqi who lives in the western Anbar province city of Ramadi, has been held without charge by the U.S. military since April 2006
The evidence is based on insurgent propaganda and bomb materials supposedly found in his house.
Associated Press chief executive officer and president Tom Curley said the agency has "grave concerns" that Hussein's rights are being "ignored and even abused" and called on the United States to release the photographer.
"The steps the U.S. military is now taking continue to deny Bilal his right to due process and, in turn, may deny him a chance at a fair trial," Curley said.
One of Hussein's photographs was among a series of 20 AP photographs that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography in 2005.The photographer, Bilal Hussein Zaidon, faces charges in the Iraqi Central Court based... more
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