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10 Nov 2010 10:01

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World: Car bombs explode outside Iraqi Christian homes, kill three

Here’s the scene, through the frame of a blown-out car in Baghdad. Should we be worried that Christians, specifically, in Iraq are getting attacked? source
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03 Nov 2010 11:02

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World: Baghdad violence: Car bombs rip through Shiite neighborhoods

  • 14 car bombs exploded in Baghdad at various points Tuesday night
  • 50+ people were killed in the blasts, largely in Shiite neighborhoods
  • 300+ people were injured just days after another hugely violent incident source
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26 Oct 2010 09:51

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World: One of Saddam Hussein’s top aides sentenced to hang

Tariq Aziz was one of Saddam’s most public faces during the former Iraq leader’s regime of terror. Which explains why Aziz has been sentenced to a similar fate. source
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23 Oct 2010 19:20

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World: A few key facts revealed in Wikileaks’ latest document leak

  • 15k the number of new civilian casualties Iraqi Body Count added to their list in the wake of Wikileaks’ latest data dump – the total number is over 122,000
  • 680 Iraqis were killed in often-violent “escalation of force” encounters near military checkpoints; some victims included pregnant women and the mentally ill
  • 80% the share of civilian deaths in the overall death count, according to Iraq Body Count – around 150,000 deaths, including over 3,000 by friendly fire
  • » Did the U.S. hide torture? The most controversial fact revealed in the reports, barring the release of the reports themselves, appears to be the U.S. military’s complicit role in hiding torture. It’s something that UN representative Manfred Nowak is straight-up calling out the Obama administration for. “There is an obligation,” he said. “to investigate whenever there are credible allegations torture has happened – and these allegations are more than credible – and then it is up to the courts on the one hand to bring the perpetrators to justice and also on the other hand to provide the victims with adequate reparation for the harm they have suffered.” Other human rights groups have pinpointed the British government for similar reasons.
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23 Oct 2010 18:49

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World: Julian Assange: Wikileaks leader’s quirks add to his work’s appeal

  • They called me the James Bond of journalism. It got me a lot of fans, and some of them ended up causing me a bit of trouble.
  • Wikileaks founder Julian Assange • Making a pretty frank admission about his whole legal situation in Sweden, where he’s wanted on rape and molestation charges. Assange brought an even larger set of documents to the public eye Friday, revealing 391,832 secret documents yesterday, a leak more than five times as large as the recent Afghan War documents leak, which led to Bradley Manning’s detainment. Regarding Manning, who Assange has been matter-of-fact about in the past, he had something much weightier to say: “We have a duty to assist Mr. Manning and other people who are facing legal and other consequences.” Assange is a complex figure, perhaps one of the most interesting news figures around. And in his own weird way, he’s an essential part of the news right now. Even if some of his styles are questionable, some of the best journalism comes from these experimental methods. Ten years from now, Christian Bale should be all over this role. source
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17 Oct 2010 10:57

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World: Sunnis formerly allied with U.S. switching sides in Iraq

So apparently, formerly-U.S.-allied Sunni fighters in Iraq are apparently switching sides at high numbers, which is bad news for stopping insurgencies. source
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13 Sep 2010 10:24

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Tech: “Here You Have” hacker doesn’t like the U.S. very much

  • I could smash all those infected but I wouldn’t. I hope all people understand that I am not negative person!
  • Haker “Iraq Resistance” • Regarding his status as the guy behind the “Here You Have” worm, which made many corporate IT department not-fun places to be on Thursday. He’s an anti-U.S. type, if you didn’t figure it out by the handle. He also has a video where he notes his actions are not as bad as those of Koran-burning-wannabe Terry Jones. Considering that his worm was responsible for as much as 10 percent of the spam on the entire Internet on Thursday morning, we’re sure some network engineers would disagree. source
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31 Aug 2010 20:31

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U.S.: Obama: The (combat end of the) Iraq war is officially over and stuff

  • Mission accomplished? Obama’s presidential address tonight marked the end of a long war (as far as combat operations go), and the next step will be to move forward and deal with more pressing concerns – Afghanistan and the economy. Now, there were certain things that might cause great disagreement – the somewhat firm emphasis that we’ll be getting out entirely next year is kind of a biggie – but ultimately, average people aren’t in this mode anymore. They want to see a stronger economy, not a never-ending, ultra-contentious war. source
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31 Aug 2010 20:04

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U.S.: Watch the video of Obama’s Iraq speech here, guys

  • Here’s The first half …
  • … Annnnnd here’s The second half
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31 Aug 2010 20:00

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Politics: Twitter’s looking to watch Obama’s speech on Iraq tonight



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