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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. -
Sadrists' political future uncertain
Published: May 15, 2008 at 10:40 PM
BAGHDAD, May 15 (UPI) -- The Sadrist Movement emerged as an influential force in the post-Saddam era in Iraq, but its potency may be in decline, analysts say.
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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. -
Iraq Press Roundup
Published: May 14, 2008 at 3:49 PM
By HIBA DAWOOD
UPI Correspondent
The Association of Muslim Scholars' Al Basaer newspaper said in its editorial Wednesday that President Bush has divided the people of Iraq into five groups according to the five political groups in Iraq. -
Feature: Iraq's killing fields
Published: May 14, 2008 at 2:13 PM
By RICHARD TOMKINS
ZAHAMM, Iraq, May 13 (UPI) -- Farmers digging in part of an abandoned pomegranate orchard in the Diyala provincial village of Zahamm have uncovered the graves of more than 50 people murdered by al-Qaida-Iraq during their two-year reign of terror in the area.
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Policy threatens to radicalize groups
Published: March 25, 2008 at 6:49 PM
BRUSSELS, March 25 (UPI) -- The International Crisis Group warns in a report that the policies of the Azerbaijani government toward religion could radicalize groups.
In the report called "Azerbaijan: Independent Islam and the State" release Tuesday, the Crisis Group says the Azerbaijan government's controlling of all religious life threatens to radicalize peaceful groups, presenting serious concerns about security in the country. The report calls on government officials to respect and include independent religious groups in an open dialogue on state and religion, the ICG reported.
Officials say Sunni and Shiite Muslim groups have emerged in the country since the Soviet Union broke up in 1991 that refuse the spiritual authority of the official clergy. The report warns that the excessive means of government control over the currently peaceful independent groups could result in extremist activity.
"The authorities seem to play up the Islamic terrorist threat to gain the West's sympathy and tolerance for its undemocratic proclivities," Magdalena Frichova, Crisis Group's Caucasus project director, said in a statement. "Harassment of independent believers, even if not on a mass scale, runs the danger of pushing otherwise peaceful groups towards radicalization, if not yet overt violence."
In the report called "Azerbaijan: Independent Islam and the State" release Tuesday, the Crisis Group says the Azerbaijan government's controlling of all religious life threatens to radicalize peaceful groups, presenting serious concerns about security in the country. The report calls on government officials to respect and include independent religious groups in an open dialogue on state and religion, the ICG reported.
Officials say Sunni and Shiite Muslim groups have emerged in the country since the Soviet Union broke up in 1991 that refuse the spiritual authority of the official clergy. The report warns that the excessive means of government control over the currently peaceful independent groups could result in extremist activity.
"The authorities seem to play up the Islamic terrorist threat to gain the West's sympathy and tolerance for its undemocratic proclivities," Magdalena Frichova, Crisis Group's Caucasus project director, said in a statement. "Harassment of independent believers, even if not on a mass scale, runs the danger of pushing otherwise peaceful groups towards radicalization, if not yet overt violence."
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