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Kirkuk lawmaker wary of city's status
Published: May 13, 2008 at 6:46 PM
BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A Kurdish lawmaker Tuesday said Baghdad is so divided over a constitutional provision concerning the legal status of Kirkuk that it won't address the issue. -
Iraqi NGO calls for international funds
Published: May 13, 2008 at 6:44 PM
BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- The head of a consortium of Iraqi aid groups appealed to international donors to help displaced Iraqis and called on Baghdad to do better in helping its own. -
Iraqi girls' school gets upgrade
Published: May 13, 2008 at 6:36 PM
BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- Iraqi citizens, local leaders and a representative from the Ministry of Education attended a ceremony marking the completion of a girls' school in Mahmudiyah.
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Outside View: Open letter to candidates
Published: May 13, 2008 at 5:58 PM
By NEIL WOLLMAN and ABIGAIL FULLER
UPI Outside View Commentators
Thus far, your debate on the war in Iraq -- like the public and media debate -- has focused mainly on the questions of progress in security and political reconciliation, with some limited discussion on the war's effects on the U.S. economy and on our military preparedness elsewhere. -
Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 13, 2008 at 12:29 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The daily Al Sabah newspaper said in its editorial Tuesday that Hezbollah's taking over part of Beirut reminds us of similarities with the situation in Iraq. -
Feature: Notes on Iraq
Published: May 13, 2008 at 12:14 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
FOB NORMANDY, Iraq, May 13 (UPI) -- FOBs and COPs may sound like a new board game or Xbox distraction, but they're acronyms that actually define the lives of U.S. troops here. -
Analysis: Cybercrooks get credit card data
Published: May 13, 2008 at 12:00 PM
By SHAUN WATERMAN
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- Three men who hacked into the Dave and Busters restaurant chain and stole its customers' credit card data face federal fraud and conspiracy charges. -
Feature: Divisions, al-Qaida leave legacy
Published: May 13, 2008 at 10:01 AM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
MUQDADIYA, Iraq, May 12 (UPI) -- Hassan Abbas Mahmoud is an optimist, a desperate man or both. -
Atlantic Eye: Of kings and kingmakers
Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:05 PM
By MARC S. ELLENBOGEN
UPI International Columnist
BLOIS, France, May 12 (UPI) -- Lord Holme of Cheltenham was the former chairman of the British Liberal Party -- a classic European free-market oriented, centrist party. He was chair of the English College Foundation in Prague, where we became friends. To his enemies, he spent 30 years as the phantom behind the scenes, the kingmaker. A member of Global Panel America's Advisory Board, he lost his fight to brain cancer last week.
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The Sunni Al Mashriq newspaper said Thursday in an editorial titled "The killing of 15 women" that the problem any militia in the world faces is that no matter how politically professional, organized and ideologically mature they are, they still might be accepted by one country and rejected by another.
The editorial said militias have no legal source to frame their existence, which is the reason why many resist them while many others embrace them.
The paper said the Shiite Mehdi Army militia, loyal to cleric Moqtada Sadr, is one militia that has raised accusations and questions, as well as been involved in battles with government forces, al-Qaida and occupation forces at various times, the paper said.
It said it is a serious problem that the Mehdi Army is being targeted by all sides, including some of its own militia members.
"The Sadrists ... have had disputes with the American government and forces, then with all Iraqi prime ministers from Iyad Allawi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, to the current Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki," the paper said.
It said the Mehdi Army has rebelled against Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds in government.
The editorial was critical of the fact that though the Sadrists were part of the Iraqi government and Parliament, they still considered dealing with the U.S. government or forces as "supporting" the occupier.
The paper said Iran denied it financially supports or trains the Mehdi Army and joined the Iraqi government's determination to bring the outlaws to justice.
The paper highlighted the fact that the Mehdi Army is well supported by many people as the group's calls for protests lead to a million, or at least thousands, to follow.
It said the Iraqi government and U.S. forces were unable for a month now to eliminate the Mehdi Army.
"The latest crime the Mehdi Army militia has committed but gotten away with was the assassination of 15 women due to three reasons: the first of which was religious because some women refuse to wear a veil, the second was political because some others were critical of the militia's actions, and the third was due to the fact they were thought to be involved with the Baath Party," The Sunni newspaper said.
UPI Correspondent
The Sunni Al Mashriq newspaper said Thursday in an editorial titled "The killing of 15 women" that the problem any militia in the world faces is that no matter how politically professional, organized and ideologically mature they are, they still might be accepted by one country and rejected by another.
The editorial said militias have no legal source to frame their existence, which is the reason why many resist them while many others embrace them.
The paper said the Shiite Mehdi Army militia, loyal to cleric Moqtada Sadr, is one militia that has raised accusations and questions, as well as been involved in battles with government forces, al-Qaida and occupation forces at various times, the paper said.
It said it is a serious problem that the Mehdi Army is being targeted by all sides, including some of its own militia members.
"The Sadrists ... have had disputes with the American government and forces, then with all Iraqi prime ministers from Iyad Allawi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, to the current Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki," the paper said.
It said the Mehdi Army has rebelled against Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds in government.
The editorial was critical of the fact that though the Sadrists were part of the Iraqi government and Parliament, they still considered dealing with the U.S. government or forces as "supporting" the occupier.
The paper said Iran denied it financially supports or trains the Mehdi Army and joined the Iraqi government's determination to bring the outlaws to justice.
The paper highlighted the fact that the Mehdi Army is well supported by many people as the group's calls for protests lead to a million, or at least thousands, to follow.
It said the Iraqi government and U.S. forces were unable for a month now to eliminate the Mehdi Army.
"The latest crime the Mehdi Army militia has committed but gotten away with was the assassination of 15 women due to three reasons: the first of which was religious because some women refuse to wear a veil, the second was political because some others were critical of the militia's actions, and the third was due to the fact they were thought to be involved with the Baath Party," The Sunni newspaper said.
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