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Maliki and Allawi locked in tight Iraq election battle

March 17, 2010 by Laith

Somehow laughable claim as just 3 days ago they praised the commission when they looked like a head in the pools, now they are complaining of "Widespread Fraud" !!

Source Alarabia:

An ally of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday alleged widespread fraud in Iraq's parliamentary elections and demanded a nationwide recount.
Ali al-Adeeb's remarks came as the race between Maliki's State of Law Alliance and the Iraqiya bloc of his main rival, secular ex-premier Iyad Allawi, tightened dramatically, with less than 9,000 votes separating the two nationwide.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/03/17/103283.html

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ArcelorMittal plans steel plant in Iraq

March 16, 2010 by Laith

Economical investment strengthen stability

so this is good news.

Source AFP:

The world's biggest steel maker ArcelorMittal said Tuesday it plans to build a 130-million-dollar steel plant in Kurdish northern Iraq in partnership with the Turkish company Dayen.

ArcelorMittal "signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture with Turkish partner Dayen to build a steel mini-mill with electric furnace in Sulaimaniyah," a city in the Kurdish-administered northern region.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100316/wl_mideast_afp/franceiraqsteelindustrycompanymittal_20100316094358

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E ne3em these shots are from Iraq in 50s and 60s....

March 13, 2010 by Faraj Alsalih

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??

March 12, 2010 by Laith

I am reading a book called "Imperial life in the emerald city"

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!

March 8, 2010 by Faraj Alsalih

The Rally for Iraq Scholarship Endowment was founded in March of 2008 by a group of young Iraqi-American volunteers and their friends. Rally for Iraq’s goal is to sponsor need-based, higher-level educational opportunities for Iraqis to study in U.S. colleges and graduate schools so that they have the skills to contribute to the reconstruction of their homeland. We envision that Rally for Iraq Scholars will contribute directly towards Iraq’s future success and will serve as positive role models for other students in their country. We firmly believe that both Iraqi and American societies have much to offer and much to gain from this type of educational and cultural exchange.

Please visit http://rallyforiraq.org/andcounting.html to place your much-needed donation!

Thank you!

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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

March 6, 2010 by Faraj Alsalih

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?!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq

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Disturbing story of Fallujah's birth defects

March 4, 2010 by Laith

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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