http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/22 The latest news about Blogs in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator At approximately 1:30 p.m. CST today, a soldier went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, killing 12 people and wounding at least 31 others, according to base commander Lieutenant-General Bob Cone. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61771/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:16:00 +0000 As the New York Times reporter asked northern Iraq’s interior minister Karim Sinjari about ever deepening Turkish-Iraqi ties, Sinjari looked at the deep-blue waters of the Bosporus and said, “A year ago, we couldn’t have imagined being here today.” http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61764/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:00 +0000 A reader asked whether figures on the number of professionals Iraq has lost in the past few years is not inflated? http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61696/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:10:00 +0000 Dr. Barham Saleh becoming Prime Minister of the Kurdish Region has great political value, not just for the Kurds, but also for the Arabs. It is true that this represents a [political] loss to Baghdad, but Barham Saleh will be taking his [political] value with him to Arbil. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61503/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:58:00 +0000 Your revelations about Iraq's modern-day atomic aspirations (Iraq seeks permission for new nuclear programme, 28 October) raise the question whether the UK nuclear industry – with encouragement of the government, now all reborn atomic aficionados – will seek to gain a foothold in the re-emerging... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61485/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0000 Perhaps Gordon Brown and Tony Blair will have the last laugh over the Iraq inquiry, after all. In the small print of the Iraq inquiry's announcement that its public hearings will start on 24 November is the news that any pre-election revelations will be decidedly limited. First, the hearings will... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61484/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:04:00 +0000 Perhaps Gordon Brown and Tony Blair will have the last laugh over the Iraq inquiry, after all. In the small print of the Iraq inquiry's announcement that its public hearings will start on 24 November is the news that any pre-election revelations will be decidedly limited. First, the hearings will... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61483/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:04:00 +0000 It is said that all’s fair in love and war, and in Iraq it seems that all’s fair in love, war and the elections. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61445/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:32:00 +0000 The recent debacle over the attempted removal – and swift return to the UK – of 40 Iraqi failed asylum seekers highlights deep-rooted problems at the UK Border Agency (UKBA). http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61352/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:15:00 +0000 How can the Iraqis – who barely say goodbye to victims of suicide bombings before another bomb has been set off – understand why large numbers of Arabs are fascinated by their deaths? http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61333/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:07:00 +0000 Insistent warnings from UN and US officials that January's scheduled nationwide polls in Iraq face delay unless there is swift agreement on key disputes over territory and oil seem to be falling on deaf ears. This could be because the sound of exploding suicide bombers is drowning out reasonable discussion.... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61227/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:56:00 +0000 The weekend bombings in Baghdad, which killed more than 150 and injured at least 500, serve notice that Iraq's security problems are still huge. They have raised the question of whether the Baghdad government and the present regime can manage the country after the US forces withdraw in 2011 – and... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61169/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:10:00 +0000 Tons of explosives, suicide bombers in coordinated attacks and triple-digit death tolls. The wreckage at the Iraqi Justice Ministry and Baghdad's provincial council headquarters this week, like the devastation at the Foreign and Finance ministries in August, is a reminder that foreign powers cannot... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61161/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:14:00 +0000 Who Wants To Win The Oil? is the latest satirical TV panel show where smart-mouthed comics comment on the day's events. But there's a twist. Who Wants is a daily show, it'll feature big-name comedians and they'll all be competing to win five litres of crude oil sitting in barrels in the studio. Sick... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61070/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:51:00 +0000 Iraq has once again met what very low expectations remain of it. Despite a 15 October deadline, the Iraqi parliament is yet to agree on a new election law for the national elections due to be held in January, and this may, as a result, throw its political, legal and constitutional framework into disarray. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/61098/refid/RSS-blogs-07-11-2009 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:51:00 +0000