After seven years and $53bn of US reconstruction money, Baghdad still relies on slabs of ice to keep cool
by Martin Chulov in Baghdad
The Guardian - Tuesday, August 31, 2010
On a pot-holed backstreet in eastern Baghdad, Saad Turki is sweltering under a corrugated tin roof, manning a giant pulley. The grime of yet another merciless summer [...]
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Iraq Withdrawal: Amid Heat and Broken Promises, Only the Ice Man Cometh
Tony Blair’s new book ‘is like a love letter to George Bush’
By Daniel Martin
Daily Mail - Wednesday, Aug 25 2010
TONY BLAIR’S forthcoming memoirs will read like a ‘love letter’ to George W Bush, insiders claim.
The autobiography will praise the former U.S. president, with whom Mr Blair launched the controversial invasion of Iraq in 2003, as ‘highly intelligent’ and ‘visionary’.
The former prime minister is wheeling out [...]
Dr David Kelly was on a hitlist, says UN weapons expert as calls grow for full inquest
By Miles Goslett and Arthur Martin
Telegraph - August 16 2010
‘High target’: There are fresh calls for an inquest into Dr David Kelly’s death
A leading UN weapons inspector last night added his voice to the growing clamour for a full inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly.
Dr Richard Spertzel claimed Dr Kelly was on a ‘hitlist’ [...]
Felicity Arbuthnot: Mr Blair : About Your Book Signing : Dedication Suggestions.
August 13, 2010
“Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Psalms 16:18.)
I note you will be signing your book, “A Journey”, at Waterstone’s flagship book shop, on London’s Piccadilly, on 8th September. As this will seemingly be a day when democracy is suspended, security near unprecedented, bags, cameras, briefcases, mobile ‘phones checked [...]
British Medical Experts Seek Full Inquest on Iraq Inspector Kelly’s Death
By Thomas Penny and Chris Peterson
BLOOMBERG - Aug 13, 2010
A group of U.K. doctors and lawyers called for a full inquest into the death of David Kelly, the government scientist who was the source of a story saying the official dossier justifying the Iraq war had been “sexed up.”
Kelly, a former weapons inspector working [...]
Iraq ‘needs US military support until 2020′
Agence France Presse - August 11 2010
BAGHDAD (AFP) – The Iraqi army will require American support for another decade before it is ready to handle the country’s security on its own, Iraq’s army chief of staff told AFP on Wednesday.
Lieutenant General Babaker Zebari said Iraq’s politicians had to find a way to “fill the void” after [...]
‘Upbeat’ White House Faces Calls for Long Term Iraq Presence
Iraq’s Chief of Staff Says US Must Stay Until at Least 2020
by Jason Ditz
Antiwar.com – August 11, 2010
The Obama Administration remains committed to spinning its redefinition of combat troops as “transitional forces” as the end of the combat mission, even though there is no doubt that combat will continue past this date.
But while the “drawdown” is [...]
Fears of al–Qaida return in Iraq as US–backed fighters defect
American allies the Sons of Iraq being offered more money by al–Qaida to switch sides
Martin Chulov in Baghdad
guardian.co.uk – 10 August 2010
Al-Qaida is attempting to make a comeback in Iraq by enticing scores of former Sunni allies to rejoin the terrorist group by paying them more than the monthly salary they currently [...]
‘There wasn’t much blood about’: Detective who found weapons expert David Kelly’s body raises questions over his death
By Rebecca Camber
Daily Mail - 9th August 2010
The mystery surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly deepened yesterday after the detective who found his body claimed he didn’t see ‘much blood’.
The revelation by Detective Constable Graham Coe casts further doubt on the Hutton Report’s verdict that the Ministry of Defence scientist died of blood loss after [...]
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