http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/sadr 2008-07-25T19:31:13Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47077-violence-in-iraq-rages-as-president-bush-hails-the-surge 2008-07-25T19:31:13Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SDOZjmxqTpM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SDOZjmxqTpM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47077-violence-in-iraq-rages-as-president-bush-hails-the-surge"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55654" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Afshin Rattansi in Tehran in Iran interviews Press TV's Amanda Lindhout in Baghdad.</p> <p>Spinning the Bloodshed in Basra <br />Washington Post <br />By Dan Froomkin <br />Special to washingtonpost.com <br />Thursday, March 27, 2008; 1:43 PM</p> <p>As fighting rages in Basra, the White House is unleashing a forceful spin campaign to frame the Iraqi government's offensive there as a positive outcome of the U.S. troop surge and a symbol of better days to come.</p> <p>Speaking to an invitation-only audience at an Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio, this morning, President Bush argued that the Basra incursion "shows the progress the Iraqi security forces have made during the surge" and "demonstrates to the Iraqi people that their government is committed to protecting them. . . .</p> <p>"The enemy, you know, will try to fill the TV screens with violence," he scoffed. "But the ultimate result will be this: Terrorists and extremists in Iraq will know they have no place in a free and democratic society."</p> <p>But is the bloodshed in Basra an example of a unified central government asserting itself and the Iraqi army standing up? Or is it further evidence of the internecine strife ravaging the country? Will Basra become a symbol of the restoration of the rule of law? Or will it turn out to be a step toward heightened violence?</p> <p>There is plenty of reason to doubt the White House spin.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47077-violence-in-iraq-rages-as-president-bush-hails-the-surge">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47068-moqtada-al-sadr-s-man-in-baghdad-on-general-petraeus 2008-07-25T19:11:28Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WKM8IM9fVjw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WKM8IM9fVjw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47068-moqtada-al-sadr-s-man-in-baghdad-on-general-petraeus"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55645" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Afshin Rattansi in Tehran talks to Moqtada Al Sadr's spokesman in Baghdad about Congressional testimony from General Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47068-moqtada-al-sadr-s-man-in-baghdad-on-general-petraeus">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47067-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-2 2008-07-25T19:11:25Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ru_DkV8rpSI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ru_DkV8rpSI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47067-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55644" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iranian coverage of the Petraeus/Crocker Testimony</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47067-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47066-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-1 2008-07-25T19:11:22Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4SjS7-xXhZw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4SjS7-xXhZw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47066-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55643" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iranian coverage of the Petraeus/Crocker Testimony</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47066-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47065-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-3 2008-07-25T19:11:19Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qwnG2vQ03hs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qwnG2vQ03hs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47065-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55642" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iranian coverage of the Petraeus/Crocker Testimony</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47065-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-3">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47064-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-last 2008-07-25T19:11:15Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LlSvYpuDmks&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LlSvYpuDmks&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47064-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-last"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55641" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Iranian coverage of the Petraeus/Crocker Testimony</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47064-iran-general-petraeus-and-ambassador-crocker-testimony-last">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47061-iraq-s-prime-minister-implies-u-s-troops-should-go-home 2008-07-25T19:11:06Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I2tO3_NbA1c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I2tO3_NbA1c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47061-iraq-s-prime-minister-implies-u-s-troops-should-go-home"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55638" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Nouri Al-Maliki and the European Commission President speak at a joint press conference in Brussels and Maliki says that Iraqi forces are capable of dealing with those outside the law - a condition he sets for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The conference takes place, days after President Bush rules out a drawdown on U.S. troops</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47061-iraq-s-prime-minister-implies-u-s-troops-should-go-home">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47056-tehran-and-dc-reaction-general-petraeus-promoted-to-centcom 2008-07-25T19:10:50Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XIrLLVpz644&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XIrLLVpz644&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47056-tehran-and-dc-reaction-general-petraeus-promoted-to-centcom"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55633" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The general who directed the "surge" campaign in Iraq has been promoted to head America's two long-running wars and a possible future conflict with Iran.</p> <p>Saddam Hussein's ally 'captured' in Iraq <br />Gen David Petraeus, the current US commander in Baghdad, is to lead Central Command (Centcom), after winning praise for engineering a reversal of fortune in Iraq.</p> <p>Announcing the promotion, Robert Gates, the defence secretary, said that Gen Petraeus "has clearly been successful in his current assignment. I recommended him to the president because I am absolutely confident he is the best man for the job".</p> <p>In a statement, Gen Petraeus said he was "honoured" by the appointment.</p> <p>Mr Gates announced that Lt Gen Raymond Odierno, who served as deputy commander in Baghdad until February, would take command in Iraq.</p> <p>With 30,000 extra combat troops despatched as a "surge" force, Gen Petraeus, a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division, was able to vastly expand the American presence on Iraq's streets.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47056-tehran-and-dc-reaction-general-petraeus-promoted-to-centcom">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47050-unicef-warns-of-the-effects-the-chaos-in-sadr-city-in-iraq 2008-07-25T19:05:31Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NeUvdZYU28I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NeUvdZYU28I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47050-unicef-warns-of-the-effects-the-chaos-in-sadr-city-in-iraq"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55626" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>United Nations Children's Fund on Tuesday expressed concern about the chaotic situation Iraqi children are suffering in Sadr City owing to the systematic air attacks on residential areas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47050-unicef-warns-of-the-effects-the-chaos-in-sadr-city-in-iraq">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47046-blackwater-unlikely-to-face-charges-in-iraq-shooting 2008-07-25T19:05:18Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2__a4I0HxvI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2__a4I0HxvI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47046-blackwater-unlikely-to-face-charges-in-iraq-shooting"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55621" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Blackwater unlikely to face charges in Iraq shooting <br />The Associated PressPublished: May 9, 2008 <br />WASHINGTON: Blackwater Worldwide, the security contractor blamed by an angry Iraqi government for the shooting deaths of 17 civilians, is not expected to face criminal charges — all but ensuring the company will keep its multimillion-dollar contract to protect U.S. diplomats.</p> <p>Instead, the seven-month-old Justice Department investigation is focused on as few as three or four Blackwater guards who could be indicted in the Sept. 16 shootings, according to interviews with a half-dozen people close to the investigation.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47046-blackwater-unlikely-to-face-charges-in-iraq-shooting">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47045-iraq-media-blackout-and-dead-american-soldiers 2008-07-25T19:05:14Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tdE_A8N6928&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tdE_A8N6928&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47045-iraq-media-blackout-and-dead-american-soldiers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55620" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Brian Becker in Washington talks to Afshin Rattansi in Tehran about the hummanitarian catastrophe that has engulfed Iraq as well as the decision by the Pentagon to cremate dead U.S. soldiers with dead animals.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47045-iraq-media-blackout-and-dead-american-soldiers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47035-the-iraq-security-pact-tehran-and-london 2008-07-25T19:04:34Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hbbRwyqw_MI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hbbRwyqw_MI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47035-the-iraq-security-pact-tehran-and-london"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55610" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is facing growing opposition to a proposed security agreement that would set out how long American forces and military bases stayed in Iraq. <br />Moises Saman for The New York Times <br />Supporters of the cleric Moktada al-Sadr displayed his image and burned an American flag on Friday in Baghdad, during a protest against a long-term American presence in Iraq. <br />Some senior Iraqi political leaders said they had serious concerns over the central issues under negotiation, including what sort of military operations and arrests of Iraqis the American troops could carry out without Iraq's permission, legal immunities sought for American troops and security contractors and what the Iraqi officials characterized as demands for a long-term American military presence. Afshin Rattansi interviews Sayed Mohammed Musawi from the World Islamic League.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47035-the-iraq-security-pact-tehran-and-london">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47024-norman-finkelstein-banned-from-israel-talks-about-military-rehearsals-against-iran 2008-07-31T12:49:25Z rattansifan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vWXPlcFa4Zo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vWXPlcFa4Zo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47024-norman-finkelstein-banned-from-israel-talks-about-military-rehearsals-against-iran"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55598" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>(CBS) Israeli warplanes have conducted what U.S. intelligence analysts say was a dress rehearsal for a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities - ominous action backed up by ominous words from Israel's ambassador to the U.S. "We cannot take this threat lightly and as our prime minister recently said Israel will not tolerate a nuclear Iran," Sallai Meridor told CBS News national security correspondent David Martin. The exercise took place on June 2 over the eastern Mediterranean. According to CBS consultant Michael Oren, nearly 100 aircraft flew the 900-mile ranges needed to hit targets in Iran.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47024-norman-finkelstein-banned-from-israel-talks-about-military-rehearsals-against-iran">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43898-john-mccain-speech-and-roundtable-3-25-08 2008-07-01T00:44:09Z IssueAlliance <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7iKi7Q9FHDo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7iKi7Q9FHDo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43898-john-mccain-speech-and-roundtable-3-25-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/50238" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain <br />Speech and Roundtable <br />Santa Ana, CA 03/25/08</p> <p>TRANSCRIPT: <br />QUESTIONER: " [inaudible] are we going to get them the supplies they need?"</p> <p>JOHN MCCAIN: "We work everyday to get them the supplies and the equipment they need. They are the best equipped military in history. And from just being there, just being there and with the troops. They believe they are succeeding, they believe they have good equipment, they believe they could have better equipment. But I've talked to thousands of them. And they're morale is good because they are succeeding. I've been there when six hundred and some of them reenlisted to stay and fight in Iraq. And I will continue, as a member of the armed services committee, to do everything in my power that they are fully equipped, fully ready. But the fact is, the equipment that they are using today, although certainly lacking in many areas, is helping them succeed and they have now . . . been able to secure large areas of Iraq which are now secure. . ."</p> <p>LABEL: JM CA 3-25 (JC#121) AGZZ - ClipK</p> <p>To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/289brma2o8</p> <p>To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/lh5yscoco4</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43898-john-mccain-speech-and-roundtable-3-25-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37411-riz-khan-question-of-the-week-01-may-08 2008-06-09T15:33:32Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w_SSmwCoF10&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w_SSmwCoF10&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37411-riz-khan-question-of-the-week-01-may-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42169" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Should the Sadr movement be barred from Iraq general elections if the Medhi army isn't disbanded?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37411-riz-khan-question-of-the-week-01-may-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36851-understanding-muqtada-al-sadr 2008-06-17T15:35:28Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AWWnZZpdxRA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AWWnZZpdxRA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36851-understanding-muqtada-al-sadr"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41507" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Pepe Escobar continues his interview with Patrick Cockburn, author of the seminal book Muqtada</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36851-understanding-muqtada-al-sadr">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35626-iraqi-law-to-isolate-sadr 2008-06-09T03:30:40Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DdXPrrqFCDU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DdXPrrqFCDU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35626-iraqi-law-to-isolate-sadr"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39209" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080401YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Pepe Escobar : Bill would outlaw political parties with mili</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35626-iraqi-law-to-isolate-sadr">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35484-killing-of-key-al-sadr-aide-sparks-outrage 2008-06-06T21:29:49Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2CQusQIIMPg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2CQusQIIMPg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35484-killing-of-key-al-sadr-aide-sparks-outrage"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39055" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Najaf under curfew as supporters vent anger at police, polit</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35484-killing-of-key-al-sadr-aide-sparks-outrage">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35080-sadr-will-disarm-mahdi-army-if-us-leaves 2008-06-14T09:30:55Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rPbiar3HTMo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rPbiar3HTMo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35080-sadr-will-disarm-mahdi-army-if-us-leaves"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38562" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As Petraeus talks to Congress, families flee Basra and Sadr calls off million man march</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35080-sadr-will-disarm-mahdi-army-if-us-leaves">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34571-who-won-the-battle-of-basra 2008-06-09T09:36:39Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pk6l1Iv5KgU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pk6l1Iv5KgU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34571-who-won-the-battle-of-basra"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37725" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080401YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Pepe Escobar: Iran is sufficiently powerful to broker a ceasefire deal</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34571-who-won-the-battle-of-basra">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34397-iraqi-shia-fighters-refuse-to-surrender-arms-30-march-08 2008-06-11T21:29:51Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OcWG-hJbSNo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OcWG-hJbSNo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34397-iraqi-shia-fighters-refuse-to-surrender-arms-30-march-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37535" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Officials have indefinitely extended a curfew on the capital Baghdad that was due to expire on Sunday.</p> <p>Battles are still raging in several areas of the country and US and British troops are playing an increasing role in helping Iraqi security forces with their offensive against militias.</p> <p>James Bays reports from Baghdad.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34397-iraqi-shia-fighters-refuse-to-surrender-arms-30-march-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34316-al-sadr-calls-for-support-of-arab-states-29-mar-08 2008-06-10T15:33:49Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1a4s458mDMs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1a4s458mDMs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34316-al-sadr-calls-for-support-of-arab-states-29-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37448" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Ihe battle for control of southern Iraq is continuing for a fifth day.</p> <p>In one of the latest offensives, eight people died, including two women and a child, in an air raid.</p> <p>Meanwhile a witness in Baghdad has told Al Jazeera he saw up to 40 Iraqi army and police surrendering their weapons to supporters of the Mahdi Army.</p> <p>Its leader, Muqtada Al-Sadr, is calling on Arab nations to support his fight against US forces in Iraq.</p> <p>James Bays reports from Baghdad.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34316-al-sadr-calls-for-support-of-arab-states-29-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33925-why-did-us-green-light-iraq-gov-attack-in-basra 2008-06-14T09:30:51Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mH7slUCKxjQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mH7slUCKxjQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33925-why-did-us-green-light-iraq-gov-attack-in-basra"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36968" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080301YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Pepe Escobar: The Battle of Basra rages on</p> </div> <a href="/blog/33925-why-did-us-green-light-iraq-gov-attack-in-basra">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33171-headzup-going-to-the-market-in-iraq 2008-06-08T09:30:48Z headzup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nrc2fo6yBos&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nrc2fo6yBos&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33171-headzup-going-to-the-market-in-iraq"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36141" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>John McCain & Lindsey Graham plan another trip to the Iraqi market they visited last year, so Lindsey can buy some more cheap rugs.</p> <p>Read more about it here-- <br />http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/16/mccain-market-iraq/</p> <p>Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at <a href="http://www.headzup.tv">www.headzup.tv</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/33171-headzup-going-to-the-market-in-iraq">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30099-inside-iraq-can-sadr-keep-the-peace-22-feb-08-pt-2 2008-06-16T03:32:56Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/axvMqwETQ0I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/axvMqwETQ0I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30099-inside-iraq-can-sadr-keep-the-peace-22-feb-08-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32421" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has decided to extend the six-month ceasefire of his militia, known as the Mahdi Army, which he unilaterally declared last August.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30099-inside-iraq-can-sadr-keep-the-peace-22-feb-08-pt-2">Watch the video</a>