E ne3em these shots are from Iraq in 50s and 60s....
| I wish I can change the date under this short movie and write Baghdad 2010 and the images sent from our beloved country now to be re-titled Baghdad in 50s.... which one more civilized? where you felt more culture and knowledge? in this shots from 50s and 60s OR the images been broadcasted everyday...! OR in now with all uneducated people: victims of one of the worst dictatorships in the history of the palnet, a whole complete generation of indoctrination and mal-treatment....Please enjoy the watch. and yes we were merged with all types of people and endured our diversities so beautifully and all were proud of it...http://films.nfb.ca/baghdad-twist/ |
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What Assyrian Treasures??
I am reading a book called "Imperial life in the emerald city"
BODINE: The Assyrian vault under the central Bank is in immediate danger of being looted, we need to get on this.
and this part made laugh and cry at the same time
Barbra Bodien is a veteran diplomat who speaks Arabic, got a word from an Iraqi contact (usually because the state department looked into good contact with locals, compared to others with know it all mentality) that looters are close to breaking into the Assyrian Vault under the Central Bank in Baghdad.
so she notify CENTCOM
and had something like this exchange
BODINE: The Assyrian vault under the central Bank is in immediate danger of being looted, we need to get on this.
CENTCOM: whats in the Assyrian vault?
BODINE: Assyrian Treasure.
CENTCOM: Whats an Assyrian Treasure?
BODINE: Go read the early chapters of your bible, its old stuff, its relay relay valuable , we need to save it.
CENTCOM: OKay, we'll see what we can do.
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Help raise funds for Iraqi students to earn an education! Donate as little as $1 or as much as you would like!
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Brown: "It was one of my regrets that I wasn't able to be more successful in pushing the Americans on this issue
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Regrets..! Is that it.? total lack of planning for post war period costs the lives of hundereds of thousands. I fell anxious to attaian that whoever in charge now did not learn the lesson....Iraqis are really unfortunate and obviously no body on this planet cares or bothers about them being killed, slaughtered and diplaced forcefully. Pre-war era: they were sent to dungeons, tortured and mal treated in every single aspect then when they agreed the war as a price to get rid of one of the darkest ages in Baghdads history, they ended with more killing and losses... ! Now all they can get is REGRETS?!!!
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Disturbing story of Fallujah's birth defects
This story is a repetition of what happened in Basrah in 1991 after the gulf war, both times it was totally ignored because lives of poor people are not important to news organization and also because of the access to highly influential officials who may deny the news agencies the access to them if they did so.
I wonder how can such issues be ignored when all the victims are kids who their only problem is that they were born in the wrong place at the wrong time
Source: BBC
Six years after the intense fighting began in the Iraqi town of Fallujah between US forces and Sunni insurgents, there is a disturbingly large number of cases of birth defects in the town.
Fallujah is less than 40 miles (65km) from Baghdad, but it can still be dangerous to get to.
As a result, there has been no authoritative medical investigation, certainly by any Western team, into the allegations that the weapons used by the Americans are still causing serious problems.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8548961.stm
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In Iraq, Voters Are Optimistic, but Cautious
Short Video through the New York Times about how it feel now in Baghdad before the election
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/in-iraq-voters-are-optimistic-but-cautious/
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Unearthing the splendour of Ur in Iraq
The buried antiquities of Ur could one day outshine those of ancient Egypt, archaeologists at a
large-scale excavation in Iraq believe. By Mehdi Lebouachera, in Tell al-Muqayyar for AFP
Published: 11:53AM GMT 19 Feb 2010 With the country ravaged by war and strife since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam
Hussein, Baghdad's struggling government has had greater priorities than funding large-scale digs at
Ur - the birth place of Abraham and one of the cradles of civilisation - where only small teams have
been working since 2005. "When the (large-scale) excavations restart, tons of antiquities will see the light of day, filling
entire museum wings," enthused Dhaif Moussin, who is in charge of protecting a site that has been
prone to looting..." Read the rest at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/7270478/Unearthing-the-splendour-of-Ur-in-Iraq.html
Published: 11:53AM GMT 19 Feb 2010 With the country ravaged by war and strife since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam
Hussein, Baghdad's struggling government has had greater priorities than funding large-scale digs at
Ur - the birth place of Abraham and one of the cradles of civilisation - where only small teams have
been working since 2005. "When the (large-scale) excavations restart, tons of antiquities will see the light of day, filling
entire museum wings," enthused Dhaif Moussin, who is in charge of protecting a site that has been
prone to looting..." Read the rest at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/7270478/Unearthing-the-splendour-of-Ur-in-Iraq.html
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Sunni party drops out of Iraq's national elections
I think its good news and bad news at the same time, Less diversity is bad in election, but at the same time less religious-political mix is welcomed, Its not about Sunni or Shia but any party that identify itself with one group or another is a bad choice, I hope the Other religious parties will follow suit (which will not happen) and we turn into decent choices between ideas not religious beleives.
Source: Washington Post
BAGHDAD -- Iraqs main Sunni party said Saturday it is dropping out of next month's national elections, seizing on U.S. concerns about Iran influence in the political process as proof that the vote will not be legitimate.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/20/AR2010022000651.html?hpid=topnews
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