Karbala

For Baghdad morticians, relief at last from relentless misery

For 18 months Baghdad's chief mortician could not walk across his laboratory for the bodies piled in front of him. Every day from mid-2006 until late last year, around 120 corpses arrived at Baghdad's main morgue. "They were...

US again misfires on Iranian arms

For more than 18 months, the United States has scrambled to link Iran to covert arms assistance to Iraq's Shi'ite militias. But a US military task force has now found that Iranian-made weapons are less than 1% of the total...

FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: GEN David H Petraeus ~ November 17, 2008

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Khorasan Razavi, Baghdad Expand Ties

Governor General of eastern province of Khorasan Razavi heading a delegation arrived in Baghdad on Friday. Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh, who is in Baghdad upon an invitation from Baghdad governor general, said the aim of his...

Tensions Rise between Iraqi Tribes, Kurds

TIKRIT, Iraq (AFP) – Iraqi tribes held demonstrations across the country on Saturday to protest a Kurdish leader's criticism of new alliances emerging between the clans and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Hundreds

Thousands of Iraqi Arabs attend anti-Kurdish protests

By Hassan al-Obeidi TIKRIT, Nov 15, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of Sunni and Shiite Arabs took to the streets across Iraq Saturday to defend Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against criticism from leaders of the country's Kurdish...

First conference of administrative and financial corruption in Karbala

The first conference of administrative and financial corruption was held in Karbala Province. The province discussed several issues regarding the role of the media in fighting financial and administrative corruption and...

Saturday: 4 US GIs, 16 Iraqis Killed; 75 Iraqis Wounded

Excerpt: Updated at 8:35 p.m. EST, Nov. 15, 2008 At least 16 Iraqis were killed and 75 more were wounded in the latest round of violence. Four U.S. servicemembers died in separate incidents, including a helicopter crash in...

Key Shiite clerics warn Iraqi gov't about US pact

Iraq's two most powerful Shiite clerics on Friday challenged the government's planned security pact with the United States, undercutting efforts to reach a deal before the U.N. mandate for American troops in Iraq expires Dec. 31.

Iraqi city faces uncertainty as US forces prepare to leave

The two sides squared off in a brightly-patterned tent big enough to hold about 100 Sunni clan chiefs, the Shiite police chief, two Shiite government officials and - overseeing all - one frustrated senior US Army officer.

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