Fred Kagan has once more been proved wrong. He called the ethnic cleansing of Sunni Arabs in Baghdad a 'myth.' For all their arrogance and academic credentials, the Neoconservatives keep having trouble with that reality-based thing.

Satellite imaging that shows Sunni Arab neighborhoods in Baghdad dark gives evidence that the ethnic cleansing of the ( Read more... )

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
I'm home again after a very pleasant and relaxing vacation with lots of fun, I'm back to the misery and daily struggles to provide what needs no efforts and considered normal and natural in the entire world. It was the best vacation I ever had, I wanted it to be a run-away vacation, I wanted to be isolated from ( Read more... )

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Saturday , 09 /08 /2008 Time 6:13:59

BAGHDAD, Aug. 7 (VOI) - Aysar Mohamed, a young man who returned from abroad after four years, was astonished by the civilized face of Baghdad which is covered by concrete blocs, which he said signals the modern age in Baghdad.

"I was surprised when i saw that my beloved Baghdad lost all ( Read more... )

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Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Saturday , 10 /05 /2008 Time 9:44:56

Baghdad, May 10, (VOI) - Three large parts of Sadr city were subjected to heavy ( Read more... )

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Iraq prepares for Baghdad exodus
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

From today’s press gaggle:

HELEN THOMAS: Yesterday, according to The New York Times, we dropped a bomb on a home in Sadr City and burned alive a pregnant woman and her children. How long is the siege of Sadr -- how long are we going to keep bombing Iraqis?

DANA PEROXIDE: Well, I’m not aware of that particular report. I ( Read more... )

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Air raid hits Baghdad hospital, US says 14 fighters dead

by Jacques Charmelot Sat May 3, 7:25 AM ET

A US air strike damaged a hospital in the Iraqi capital's violent Shiite stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, injuring 20 people, as American forces claimed to have killed 14 militiamen.

The US military said it carried out the strike in Sadr City, a ( Read more... )