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Baghdad 5 Years On: City of Walls

2008-08-07T21:30:40Z

This video drops a major asterisk on the so-called "success" of the surge in Iraq touted by John McCain, George Bush, and many other conservatives. If violence has declined, it is largely because the U.S. military has carved up cities like Baghdad with miles of 12-foot tall concrete walls. So while there may be stability at the moment, these barriers have separated Sunnis and Shias without improving their living conditions, isolating them in a desperate situation. Which leads me to ask how long such stability can possibly last?

Part 2 of this report that looks at a makeshift cemetery and victims of militia violence.

And part 3 focuses on the lost generation of Iraqi children who have been affected by this war.

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Baghdad 5 Years On: Killing Fields (part 2)

2008-08-07T09:55:33Z

One of Baghdad's killings fields on the edge of Sadr City. The scene of thousands of sectarian murders over the last three years, it is a desolate and evil place. "Only the killers and the killed ever come here," says Abdul-Ahad. Here in the thousands of unmarked graves lie the victims of militia gangs.

Video by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.

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Baghdad 5 Years On: Iraq's Lost Generation (part 3)

2008-08-07T10:10:37Z

An orphanage in Sadr city, where children speak of their hatred of America. A generation of Iraqi children have been radicalised and anti-westernised by the war.

Video by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad.

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Will Sistani end the war in Iraq?

2008-06-16T08:44:41Z

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AP report says Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on verge of issuing fatwa against occupying US troops

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US media spins Sadr City "success"

2008-06-11T08:41:25Z

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Pepe Escobar: Media's depiction of Iraqi troops "regaining" Sadr City as a turning point misses point

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Baghdad's Sadr City death toll mounts

2008-06-16T09:36:33Z

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10 people killed on Sunday; over 925 killed since al-Maliki's offensives began in March

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Hundreds killed by US strikes in Sadr City

2008-06-14T21:29:31Z

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Pepe Escobar: New strategy to fight resistance--Wall-in a section of the city and bomb it

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Iraqi lawmakers call for end to Sadr City siege

2008-06-09T09:35:15Z

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Amidst clashes that kill five, multi-partisan group of lawmakers urges US to stand down in Sadr City

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Behind Sadr City's New Wall

2008-06-12T15:36:48Z

More at therealnews.com Aijaz Ahmad: Wall meant to partition Sadr City's residents is population control ahead of elections

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US airstrikes pound Sadr City

2008-06-06T21:29:53Z

Death toll mounts as US, Iraqi troops fight Mahdi Army

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Reconstruction in Remote Parts of Baghdad

2008-04-07T14:16:16Z

Baghdad/Sadr City, Iraq — Broken sewers continue to be an issue all over Iraq and Baghdad, and in many neighborhoods are in similar disrepair to those in Shama’iya. However, in some parts of Sadr City and elsewhere, citizens are getting support from local municipal councils to repair and replace the sewer system with something more [...] Read more

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Thursday!! Almost There!

2008-01-12T20:33:44Z

Hopefully I have banished all vestiges of the creeping crud from my home. Seems I can breathe better today, so keep your fingers crossed.

Bush, Sarkozy Offer United Front On Iran French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday continued his US visit, meeting with President Bush and addressing Congress. Media reports of the meeting between the two leaders note their agreement on the issue of Iran's nuclear program.

Chicago Tribune: Obama Promising "Change" 24/7
As Sen. Barack Obama kicked off his "Change You Can Believe In" bus tour here, he wasn't kidding. The Illinois Democrat used "change" or some version of the word at least 21 times during a speech today that lasted only about 28 minutes.

General Says Al Qaeda Routed In Baghdad The New York Times reports Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr., commander of United States forces in Baghdad, said his troops "have routed Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the Iraqi militant network, from every neighborhood of Baghdad," allowing American troops "involved in the 'surge' to depart as planned." Gen. Fil "said that American troops had yet to clear some 13 percent of the city, including Sadr City and several other areas controlled by Shiite militias."

LA Times: Reagan Library Can't Fully Account For 80,000 Artifacts
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is unable to find or account for tens of thousands of valuable mementos of Reagan's White House years because a "near universal" security breakdown left the artifacts vulnerable to pilfering by insiders, an audit by the National Archives inspector general has concluded.

Report: Veterans make up 1 in 4 homeless Americans

D.C. rocked by public corruption scandal

Engle: Insurgents waiting to see if Dems will help them win

2008-08-12T18:25:14Z

What the F--- did he just say??? Perfect example of the MSM jumping to partisan conclusions without evidence.

NBC's Richard Engle suggests to anchor Brian Williams that a brief pause in the fighting in Baghdad was due to the insurgency LAYING LOW to see if "political pressure in the U.S." (read: "Democrats opposing the surge") will "HELP THEM WIN".

Excuse me, but WHEN exactly did Engle start interviewing insurgents on how closely they were monitoring politics in the U.S. and their belief that they would regard a change in U.S. strategy as a "win"?

The *brief* cessation in fighting soon after the initial "surge" of 18,000 troops into Baghdad was more likely the result of insurgents leaving Baghdad for Ramadi and Falluja, not because they were "watching events in the U.S." and adjusting their strategy accordingly.

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