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“Iraq demanded Iran immediately withdraw its forces from an Iraqi oil well, which it accused the Islamic republic of seizing after crossing the border with tanks” Related posts:China: Iran uranium plant “no game changer”Iran: Six revolutionary commanders killed“Iran demands UN condemn attack” Related posts:

“UK’s Blair says Saddam ouster right”

Editor — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:01:05 +0000

“Former British prime minister Tony Blair believes it was right to oust [the executed] Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power even though no weapons of mass destruction were ever found. ‘I would still have thought it right to remove him,’ Blair told an interviewer for the BBC, when asked if he would have joined in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 if he’d known Saddam had no such weapons”

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US, Iran: ‘Significant’ new sanctions on the cards

Editor — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:48:28 +0000

“Iran faces “significant” new sanctions over its nuclear programme, according to US Defense Secretary Robert Gates. And he reiterated that all options – including possible military action – should stay on the table. Mr Gates was speaking to US troops during a visit to northern Iraq” Related posts:“Iran’s nuclear plans give impetus to sanctions”“US seeks Russia-China [...] Related posts:

‘”Iraq inquiry hears about Blair shift on regime change”

Editor — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:43:36 +0000

“George W. Bush and Tony Blair appeared to have ‘converged’ on regime change in Iraq after talks at the US president’s Texas ranch in April 2002, a former British ambassador to Washington said” Related posts:Washington, Moscow: Advancing step by step“UK’s Blair says Saddam ouster right”Tony Blair: “No regrets over toppling Saddam Hussein” Related posts:

Analysis: “Both Iran and West Fear a Trap”

Journalist — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:23:49 +0000

“Before international inspectors were guided for the first time into an Iranian nuclear enrichment plant whose existence was a state secret until recently, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament warned his countrymen to beware of American efforts to ‘cheat’ Iran out of the nuclear fuel that has become the country’s currency in reasserting its power”

“Scores killed in powerful blasts in Baghdad”

Journalist — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:57:14 +0000

“Twin car bombs targeted two government buildings in downtown Baghdad, wrecking pillars of the state’s authority and cutting like a scythe through snarled traffic during the morning rush hour. The government said at least 132 people were killed and 520 wounded” Related posts:Iraqi asylum seekers returned to UK“Maliki vows punishment for Blackwater guards”Female suicide bomber kills [...] Related posts:

Iraqi asylum seekers returned to UK

Journalist — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:12:29 +0000

“Iraqi asylum seekers sent back to Baghdad by the UK government have been refused re-entry to their homeland, and flown back to Britain. The flight, carrying about 40 asylum seekers, landed in Baghdad. Ten were admitted but the rest were turned away and have now arrived back” Related posts:“Maliki vows punishment for Blackwater guards”“Scores killed in powerful blasts in [...] Related posts:

Iran: “Death to potatoes”

Journalist — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:16:15 +0000

“Two weeks from now, Iran’s presidential election will determine whether Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Holocaust-denying, Israel-hating, America-bashing incumbent, remains in office, whether his country continues its drive to become a nuclear power, and whether a state with a key role in Iraq, Afghanistan and other international flashpoints remains hostile to the West. The stakes could scarcely be higher, but it is the lowly potato that has been grabbing attention. The Government is handing out 400,000 tonnes of free spuds in rural towns. It says that it is merely distributing the surplus from a bumper crop, but Mr Ahmadinejad’s opponents accuse it of bribing the poor. ‘Death to potatoes,’ they chant at rallies”

Saddam Hussein: ‘In letters from jail’

Journalist — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:27:07 +0000

“Immediately after American troops captured Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq’s brutal ex-dictator turned into a crybaby over ‘beatings’ by a ‘detention gang’ and sleepless nights amid screams of torture victims. Saddam poured out his complaints ‘to whom it may concern’ in two Christmas 2003 letters, handwritten in Arabic, which he gave to his military US jailers”

US: How many war fronts loom?

Journalist — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:44:20 +0000

“The protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the administration of President Barack Obama to rethink what for more than two decades has been a central premise of American strategy: that the nation need only prepare to fight two major wars at a time” Related posts:Obama’s foreign policy vision“Obama convenes Afghan war council”Afghanistan: Obama considering [...] Related posts:

“Iran and Iraq: a short look at a long history”

Journalist — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:30:34 +0000

“The relationship is at center of world affairs and America’s global interests”. It also is crucial that both countries are understood and handled with kid gloves or severe ramifications will emerge! Related posts:“Iran flexes muscle ahead of talks”Iran: Draft AEA deal in process“Iraq, Iran play cat-and-mouse game over oil well” Related posts: