As part of a massive staff shakeup of Bush's Iraq team last week, it was announced that John Negroponte, the current U.S. National Intelligence Director who has also conveniently served as the U.S. ambassador to Iraq from June 2004 to April 2005 is being tapped as the...
with Ali al-Fadhily FALLUJAH - Ten-year-old Yassir aimed a plastic gun at a passing US armored patrol in Fallujah, and shouted "Bang! Bang!" Yassir did not know what was coming. "I yelled for everyone to run, because the Americans were turning...
with Ali al-FadhilyBAGHDAD - The footage of the execution of Saddam Hussein has generated controversy in Iraq that is refusing to die down. Footage of Saddam's last moments, taken by an onlooker with a mobile phone, shows the former dictator appearing calm and...
with Ali Al-FadhilyBAGHDAD - More US troops are expected to be deployed in Iraq in the New Year. Despite obvious rethinking, there is no decision on withdrawal of occupation forces. The presence of troops may be raised just for their own protection. According to a...
with Ali Al-Fadhily BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government headed by Prime Minister Noori al-Maliki, like earlier governments assigned by U.S. occupation authorities in Iraq, appears to have killed Iraqi dreams of a brighter future. General elections on Dec. 15, 2005 brought...
With Ali al-Fadhily FALLUJAH - Ahmed Ghazi has little reason to stock Christmas toys at his shop in Fallujah. He knows what children want these days. "It is best for us to import toys such as guns and tanks because they are most salable in Iraq to little...
with Ali Al-Fadhily BAGHDAD - Despite promises from Iraqi and U.S. leaders that 2006 would bring improvement, Iraqis have suffered through the worst year in living memory, facing violence, fragmentation and a disintegrated economy. A year back Iraqis were promised...
With Ali al-Fadhily FALLUJAH - Iraqi doctors and medical staff are outraged over yet another U.S. military raid at Fallujah General Hospital. The raid followed a roadside bombing Dec. 7 in which four Iraqi policemen were killed and two injured. The injured were taken...
with Ali Al-Fadhily FALLUJAH (IPS) – People living in areas where resistance to U.S.-led occupation is mounting are facing increased levels of collective punishment from the occupation forces, residents say. Siniyah town 200 km north of Baghdad with a population...
With Ali al-Fadhily BAGHDAD - Once one of the best countries for women's rights in the Middle East, Iraq has now become a place where women fear for their lives in an increasingly fundamentalist environment. Prior to the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq, Iraqi...
