Marwa’s story: 10 years since the bomb fell
By BBC By Kevin ConnollyBBC Middle East correspondent As the US military fought their way into Baghdad 10 years ago, the life of one Iraqi girl was changed forever when […]
Marwa’s story: 10 years since the bomb fell
By Kevin Connolly BBC Middle East correspondent As the US military fought their way into Baghdad 10 years ago, the life of one Iraqi girl was changed forever when she […]
NEW HOMES : Switzerland takes in 37 more Syrian refugees
Mar 8, 2013 – 18:35 swissinfo.ch Thirty-seven refugees fleeing violence in Syria have arrived in Switzerland as part of a United Nations resettlement programme. This is the second such group […]
Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results (in Iraq? or ‘for US contractors ‘in the name of Iraq’?)
Story Summary Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the […]
Actions of British soldiers in Iraq probed
A public inquiry into whether British soldiers committed crimes in Iraq nine years ago is due to start shortly A public investigation into whether British soldiers committed crimes while serving in Iraq nine years ago is due to start shortly. The investigation will determine whether UK troops killed civilians. Al […]
Maronite patriarch calls on Christians to remain in the region (‘Middle East’).
Story Summary Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai issued a plea Sunday for Christians to remain in Lebanon and the Middle East to preserve their presence in the region. The Maronite patriarch […]
Ten years on, Blair admits Iraq is not as he hoped
AFP | Feb 27, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON — Former British prime minister Tony Blair admitted on Tuesday that the situation in Iraq is “not nearly” what he hoped […]
The Islamic Urbanist Tradition Is in Danger of Going Extinct
by SARAH GOODYEAR Imran Aukhil describes himself as “a Muslim and a committed urbanist.” Those things, he says, should be complementary rather than contradictory. And yet Aukhil, who tweets as […]
Turkey defies allies to pursue energy ties with Iraqi Kurds
Fulya Ozerkan ARABNEWS Wednesday 20 February 2013 Turkey is defying Washington and Baghdad in developing a broad energy partnership with Iraqi Kurds as it pushes to secure affordable oil and […]
Iraq back at the brink
Source: Asia Times: A decade after the invasion of Iraq, an estimated 4.5 million children are now orphans, with 70% of them having lost their parents since the 2003 invasion. Sectarian strife is again on the rise, while power-hungry, wealth-amassing elites, and regional and Western interests hold sway over a […]
Iraq at the brink: A decade after the invasion
by Ramzy Baroud ARABNEWS Tuesday 12 February 2013 Soon after the joint US-British bombing campaign “Operation Desert Fox” devastated parts of Iraq in Dec 1998, I was complaining to a friend in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. I was disappointed with the fact that our busy schedule […]
The Sunni – Shiah split
In these days of Sunni – Shiah tension we should all study a bit more both the historical and present day reasons for the Sunni – Shiah ‘split’. I have therefore taken the liberty to draw your attention to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi’a%E2%80%93Sunni_relations and encourage all readers of The Muslim Times to study […]
Iraq freed hundreds of inmates
BAGHDAD — Iraq has begun setting free hundreds of inmates, officials said Monday, offering a concession to Sunni protesters demonstrating against the country’s Shiite-led government. Protesters from Iraq’s Sunni minority […]
States committing crimes with impunity
Story Summary If the U.S. government can go around assassinating anyone it suspects is a criminal, can any other party do the same to Americans? A few years ago the U.S. government also obtained a court ruling allowing it to seize and kidnap any person in any country (the case […]
Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr visits church, Sunni mosque as anti-government protests rage
By Associated Press, WASHINGTON POST BAGHDAD — Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reached out to Iraq’s religious minorities Friday, visiting a Baghdad church desecrated in a deadly 2010 attack and a […]
Iraq agrees to extend oil pipeline through Jordan
Iraq and Jordan have agreed to extend an oil pipeline to the Red Sea city of Aqaba for the export of Iraqi oil to satisfy Jordan’s crude requirements. The agreement […]
Iraq veteran feels a kinship with anti-war group
By By Gary Peterson / Contra Costa Times Posted on November 19, 2012 Wearing Army boots, Army camouflage pants and an “Iraq Veterans Against the War” T-shirt, Emily Yates worked […]
Iraq-Kurd deal offers hope, but challenges remain
AP | Dec 15, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — A deal brokered by Iraq’s president last week gives the central government and the Kurdish minority an opportunity to step back from a military standoff that has threatened to tip the country back into armed conflict just a year after […]
Muslim world’s condition
Source: Dawn.com MYRIAD problems afflicting Muslims today are of our own making. The combined GDP of a billion plus Muslims living in some 56 sovereign Muslim states is less than that of Japan. Barring a few countries like Malaysia and Turkey, most Muslim states are underdeveloped. Pakistan has seven million […]
Rooms Are Never Finished – Poems relating to Karbala
By Agha Shahid Ali W. W. Norton & Company Copyright © 2002 Agha Shahid Ali. All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-393-04149-2 Chapter One From Amherst to Kashmir 1. Karbala: A History of the “House of Sorrow” In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Husayn will […]