Emerging Threats

Iraqis were conditioned to behave in certain ways throughout the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein, but many other foreign phenomena have appeared in the Iraqi society after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

WASHINGTON , Oct. 10 (UPI) -- More than half of all terrorist groups' assets frozen by the U.S. Treasury Department are assets allegedly linked to al-Qaida.

PODGORICA, Montenegro, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- International security authorities will host a workshop in Montenegro Monday aimed at combating networks that finance terrorism.

MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- An Iraqi lawmaker condemned the killings of members of the Christian community in the north of the country, calling it a move aimed at provoking division.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The United Nations has called on the international community to continue to strengthen the U.N. peacebuilding architecture.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The U.N. under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations is in the volatile Darfur region of Sudan to discuss the deteriorating security situation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department has indicted two suspects from Colombia for alleged ties to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia terrorist organization.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Auditors for the United Nations said an escrow fund established for Iraq in the wake of the oil-for-food program declined by over 30 percent.

ERBIL, Iraq, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani Friday expressed his support for minority representation in the upcoming Iraqi provincial elections.

NAJAF, Iraq, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with the Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani Friday in Najaf to discuss the long-term security pact with the United States.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- With voters concerned about a faltering economy and the war in Iraq, the possibility of a terrorist attack on American soil has not been at the top of the presidential campaign agenda.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The level of apathy among residents of Baghdad is increasing as gains in basic services are not running parallel to political or security developments.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- For those who like to characterize private security contractors as uncontrolled, unregulated, thinly disguised mercenaries run amok, September was a bad month.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Denials notwithstanding, secret talks were held in Mecca and in Pakistan between Taliban reps and secret emissaries from the Afghan government, including an Iftar dinner hosted by Saudi King Abdullah. The Saudis estimate the Afghan war is unwinnable for NATO. Donor fatigue is rampant. And the world's financial support system is crumbling.

One of the justifications for the atrocities caused by the U.S. occupation of Iraq is the liberation of the people from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.