It is perilous to impose a new political order on a country stitched together out of three distinct provinces with different strategic significance, as in Iraq’s formation out of regions around Basra, Mosul, and Baghdad. . 46. A dangerous dynamic was set in play when the British..…
Husseini, having fled Palestine during the revolt, helped pro-Nazi generals launch an anti-British rebellion in Iraq in 1941 [which itself engendered a large-scale pogrom against Baghdad’s Jews, the Farhoud]. . ..…
A good friend of Hitler’s, al-Husseini arrived in Baghdad in 1939 after evading a British arrest warrant. He was warmly received in Iraq, and constantly peddled violent incitement against the Jews. ..…
Husseini, having fled Palestine during the revolt, helped pro-Nazi generals launch an anti-British rebellion in Iraq in 1941 (which itself engendered a large-scale pogrom against Baghdad’s Jews, the . ). ..…
Husseini, having fled Palestine during the revolt, helped pro-Nazi generals launch an anti-British rebellion in Iraq in 1941 (which itself engendered a large-scale pogrom against Baghdad’s Jews, the Farhoud). ..…
I watched with disgust and dismay as the US and Britain launched massive broadsides of lies against Iraq and those few, like myself, who insisted Baghdad had no nuclear weapons. . Almost the entire US and British media were compelled to act as mouthpieces for the George Bush/Tony..…
This picture provided by British daily The Daily Telegraph shows Khafsa sinkhole just off the Baghdad- Mosul Iraq. British daily newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that Khasfa sinkhole was the biggest mass in conflict-ridden Iraq as it was the resting place of..…
WASHINGTON - Iraq reacted with defiance yesterday to American and British proposals for tough new arms-inspection measures even as Russia, Baghdad's on United Nations Security Council, agreed to give the proposals careful look.. ..…
In 2004, Sadr called for armed resistance and his Mahdi Army suffered heavy losses in pitched battles with American and British forces Baghdad, Basra, Najaf, Karbala, and other cities in Shiite provinces of Iraq.. ..…
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Aided by tip from Iraqi, British-led military Thursday rescued three Western peace activists. ... The freed hostages were taken to Green Zone, Baghdad's fortified center, for hospital checkups followed by debriefings at British Embassy, where..…
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped the head of CARE humanitarian group Iraq, British-born woman in her 60s. ... Blair's government is weighing U.S request to redeploy some of British soldiers serving Iraq from the relatively southern region of the..…
'I would characterize what we're seeing right now as a -- as more a symptom of the success that we're having here in Iraq,' he said in a news conference, explaining that the violence indicated there was something to fight against -- U.S. progress in building up Iraq. . Even as an Iranian delegation..…
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