On AlterNet: iraq occupation
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Raed Jarrar, Raed in the Middle AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2008.
It's time to take a sober look at President-elect Barack Obama's Plans for Iraq.
Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 27, 2008.
Whatever the U.S.-Iraqi "agreement" ends up looking like, it is unlikely to have much of an effect on the occupation.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 22, 2008.
An interview with Iraq correspondent Patrick Cockburn and Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar on the Status of Forces Agreement.
Middle East OnlineOctober 20, 2008.
While some reports are treating the SOFA as a forgone conclusion, top Iraqi players are fiercely opposing it.
Shawkat Al-Bayati, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. October 20, 2008.
"Conditions for journalists and media workers were relatively good, but now we are seriously thinking of quitting our work."
David Enders, The Nation. October 17, 2008.
What will the United States do with the thousands of Iraqis it is holding in legal limbo?
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 17, 2008.
Months after the Pentagon pundits flap, the Department of Defense continues to hand down contracts for propaganda in Iraq and beyond.
Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. October 16, 2008.
The Bush administration will present the pact as a sign of its success in Iraq, but in fact it is very different from what it intended.
AzzamanOctober 15, 2008.
Attacks against Iraqi doctors are on the rise.
Terry Macalister, Nicholas Watt, The Guardian. October 13, 2008.
BP, Shell and ExxonMobil are being given access to eight oil fields, which represent some 40 percent of Iraq's oil reserves.
Yaser Abbas, Azzaman AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2008.
Police have started investigating some 49 files related to Iraqi journalists killed or kidnapped since the 2003 invasion.
Zainab Mineeia, IPS News. October 10, 2008.
The U.S. has "met its target" of letting in 12,000 Iraqi refugees in fiscal 2008 -- but there are 90,000 Iraqis seeking resettlement here.
Robert Fisk, Independent UK. October 8, 2008.
Hundreds of "insurgents" have been executed since 2003, victims of the same summary justice they mete out to their own captives.
Middle East Online AlterNet: War on IraqSeptember 29, 2008.
The Iraqi government is providing weapons permit to doctors and pledges not to detain them during security operations.
Arkin Hamed, Dahr Jamail, IPS News. September 26, 2008.
In Iraq's hospitals, no-working elevators are just another reminder of a country that's not working.
Robert Verkaik, Independent UK. September 16, 2008.
It is the second big payout by the British Army this year over allegations of abuse.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. September 11, 2008.
Iraqi Blogger Raed Jarrar: The U.S./Iraq agreement legitimizes long term bases and calls for an indefinite number of U.S. troops to remain in Iraq.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. September 2, 2008.
Signs that the Iraqi PM's stance on U.S. withdrawal is hardening is undermining Bush's plan for indefinite occupation.
Kareem Abed Zair, Azzaman. August 28, 2008.
Amid soaring temperatures, Baghdad's Water Authority says three million people in Baghdad have no access to running water.
AzzamanAugust 25, 2008.
"Iraq has turned into something like a no man's land," one refugee says. "It no longer belongs to its people."
Anna Badkhen, Truthdig. August 20, 2008.
"If you don't have money to pay bribes, you can't get a job," says one mechanical engineer. "I'd drive a garbage truck; I'd do anything,"
Fatih Abdulsalam, Azzaman. August 19, 2008.
Among the U.S.'s most vociferous criticisms of Saddam's regime was its practice of inhumane, summary arrests. Now it is guilty of the same.
Mina Al-Oraibi, Asharq Al-Awsat. August 18, 2008.
Iraqi and American officials are reportedly close to reaching an agreement on U.S. forces -- but there are some contradictions in their statements.
Basil Adas, Gulf News. August 15, 2008.
The U.S. has refused to provide any information about the prisoners or abide by an amnesty law issued by the Iraqi government.
Ma'ad Fayad, Asharq Al-Awsat. August 12, 2008.
The official spokesperson for the Al-Sadr Trend discusses Muqtada al-Sadr's coming plans.
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