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India sets up team to probe Jaipur blasts
Published: May 16, 2008 at 11:01 AM
NEW DELHI, May 16 (UPI) -- India has set up a special investigative team to probe Tuesday's bomb explosions in the city of Jaipur in which 64 people were killed. -
Sadr fighters lay down their weapons
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:44 PM
BAGHDAD, May 15 (UPI) -- Forces loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr laid down their weapons Thursday as reports emerged from Iraq of relative calm in the Baghdad district of Sadr City. -
U.S. claims Iranian weapons are in Iraq
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:42 PM
BAGHDAD, May 15 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the U.S. military in Baghdad said emerging evidence suggests Iran is backing the so-called special groups targeting coalition and Iraqi forces.
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Feature: U.S. cites attacks despite truce
Published: May 16, 2008 at 2:34 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A new cease-fire has been declared between the Iraqi government and Shiite gunmen of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, but U.S. and Iraqi forces say their troops are still coming under attack in Sadr City. -
Dogs of War: Blackwater, Najaf -- Take Two
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:28 AM
By DAVID ISENBERG
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- One aspect of private military and security contractors that is relatively ignored is their relationship with regular military forces. Such discussion, as there is, is generally limited to sound bites about the reported envy that soldiers have for allegedly better paid security contractors. -
Analysis: Indian agencies start blame game
Published: May 15, 2008 at 8:36 PM
By KUSHAL JEENA
UPI Correspondent
NEW DELHI, May 15 (UPI) -- India's intelligence and security agencies are indulging in a blame game over a recent foiled infiltration bid by militants on the Pakistani border, with one agency accusing the paramilitary forces guarding the border of lacking alertness. -
Iraq press roundup
Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:20 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The daily Al Mashriq newspaper had an editorial Thursday titled "Last lines for the chaotic months" that said although Iraq has been in a war for five years, the government in the last few weeks has been chaotically carrying out quick military operations and offensives in many cities and areas around the country. -
Features: More graves found
Published: May 15, 2008 at 2:31 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
ZAHAMM, Iraq, May 13 (UPI) -- The number of human remains unearthed in an al-Qaida killing field northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province is nearing 70 with the discovery of more graves by villagers who had volunteered to search an abandoned pomegranate orchard. -
Analysis: USAF's cyber offense capability
Published: May 15, 2008 at 2:23 PM
By SHAUN WATERMAN
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Procurement documents from the U.S. Air Force give a rare glimpse into the Pentagon's plans for developing an offensive cyberwar capacity that can infiltrate, steal data from and if necessary take down enemy information technology networks.
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By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The independent Kitabat newspaper carried a front-page editorial Thursday with the headline, "U.S. barters Turkey's past with Iraqi's present: Will anyone challenge it?"
"The first to be noted was the Armenian massacre the Ottoman State is accused of carrying out," the paper said.
The paper noted that opinion in the United States was divided on the now-shelved congressional resolution with President Bush strongly opposing it.
"As many agree with Bush, many others disagree,” the paper said. “It is like a play with actors and each is playing a role. Yet at the end, the U.S. won't lose anything. They are sympathetic with the Armenians, but also keep a good relationship with Turkey."
Kitabat asked what could be gained by bringing up such an old issue now.
"It is illogical. It neither has tangible nor intangible dimensions. The U.S. is bartering Turkey's past with Iraq's present,” the paper said.
It said: "The U.S. is sending a message to Turkey: We leave your past alone, and you leave us Iraq in return."
The editorial noted that if someone wants to bring up that past and defend victims and accuse criminals who are no longer alive, then it is logical to defend people and countries that faced similar or worse catastrophes.
"We should hold France accountable for shredding Algeria, or when they suppressed other Arab countries. In other words: Why are we thinking about that today?" the paper said.
The editorial concluded by saying: "If the U.S. wants to hold countries accountable for what they did in the past, who is going to hold the U.S. accountable for what they did? Why can no one punish them for what they did to the American Indians? Or even more recent, who is going to hold them accountable for the massacres they carried out and are still carrying out against Iraqis and Iraq?"
Kul Al Iraq carried an editorial Thursday with the headline: "The U.S. attitude and Turkey's threats."
It said if people analyze closely the U.S. attitude toward Turkey's threats on Iraq, they will see it contradicts U.N. Security Council Resolution 1546 that "obligates the U.S. to confront any assault or threat on Iraq."
"This abandonment of Iraq is not the first after four years of the occupation, and will not be the last," the paper said.
It said this “abandonment” was part of the U.S. policy that needs to be changed depending on U.S. interests and needs. The editorial highlighted the similarities between Turkish and U.S. policies.
"Turkey didn't start fighting the 3,500 PKK members on its land before it threatened to fight the group on Iraqi land," the paper said, referring to the Kurdistan Workers Party.
Kul Al Iraq said a Turkish assault on Iraq is political and "an attempt to (ensure Kurdistan) fails.”
"In any case, what is the supposedly positive U.S. role in all of this?" the editorial asked.
UPI Correspondent
The independent Kitabat newspaper carried a front-page editorial Thursday with the headline, "U.S. barters Turkey's past with Iraqi's present: Will anyone challenge it?"
"The first to be noted was the Armenian massacre the Ottoman State is accused of carrying out," the paper said.
The paper noted that opinion in the United States was divided on the now-shelved congressional resolution with President Bush strongly opposing it.
"As many agree with Bush, many others disagree,” the paper said. “It is like a play with actors and each is playing a role. Yet at the end, the U.S. won't lose anything. They are sympathetic with the Armenians, but also keep a good relationship with Turkey."
Kitabat asked what could be gained by bringing up such an old issue now.
"It is illogical. It neither has tangible nor intangible dimensions. The U.S. is bartering Turkey's past with Iraq's present,” the paper said.
It said: "The U.S. is sending a message to Turkey: We leave your past alone, and you leave us Iraq in return."
The editorial noted that if someone wants to bring up that past and defend victims and accuse criminals who are no longer alive, then it is logical to defend people and countries that faced similar or worse catastrophes.
"We should hold France accountable for shredding Algeria, or when they suppressed other Arab countries. In other words: Why are we thinking about that today?" the paper said.
The editorial concluded by saying: "If the U.S. wants to hold countries accountable for what they did in the past, who is going to hold the U.S. accountable for what they did? Why can no one punish them for what they did to the American Indians? Or even more recent, who is going to hold them accountable for the massacres they carried out and are still carrying out against Iraqis and Iraq?"
Kul Al Iraq carried an editorial Thursday with the headline: "The U.S. attitude and Turkey's threats."
It said if people analyze closely the U.S. attitude toward Turkey's threats on Iraq, they will see it contradicts U.N. Security Council Resolution 1546 that "obligates the U.S. to confront any assault or threat on Iraq."
"This abandonment of Iraq is not the first after four years of the occupation, and will not be the last," the paper said.
It said this “abandonment” was part of the U.S. policy that needs to be changed depending on U.S. interests and needs. The editorial highlighted the similarities between Turkish and U.S. policies.
"Turkey didn't start fighting the 3,500 PKK members on its land before it threatened to fight the group on Iraqi land," the paper said, referring to the Kurdistan Workers Party.
Kul Al Iraq said a Turkish assault on Iraq is political and "an attempt to (ensure Kurdistan) fails.”
"In any case, what is the supposedly positive U.S. role in all of this?" the editorial asked.
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