Tag Archives: Baghdad
The new Somalia president is miserably behaving like Mr. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, Saddam Hussein’s information minister. He reminds me of Mr. al-Sahaff pitifully saying: “There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!” Mr. al-Sahaff made this statement while the USA … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Baghdad, Hassan, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Saddam Hussein, Siad Barre, Somali people, Somalia, Somaliland
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Protests against the American-made amateur film mocking the Prophet Muhammad also took place in Cairo, Tehran, Baghdad and Dhaka. Demonstrators in Baghdad chanted “no to Israel” and “no to America” while burning an American flag. Egyptian protesters run during clashes … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Baghdad, Cairo, Egypt, IndepthAfrica, List of diplomatic missions of the United States, Muhammad, Tehran, United States, Yemen
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Bruce Thornton Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, announced on Tuesday that Iran would agree “quite soon” to allow IAEA inspectors to search for any evidence that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program has been directed towards military applications. … read more »
As the Obama Administration tries to hammer together an American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the body count from his disastrous retreat from Iraq is swiftly rising. Last week alone there were fourteen car bombings orchestrated by Al-Qaeda in Iraq, whose goal … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Baghdad, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, KIRKUK, Shiite, United States
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Aurobinda MAHAPATRA While regional organizations are going to be the mainstay in international politics in the post-cold war world, one of the old regional organizations Arab League (formed in 1945) has shown all weakness of a broken house with members … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Arab League, Arab Spring, Baghdad, Bashar Al-Assad, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria
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A series of coordinated bomb attacks that hit more than a dozen Iraqi cities left more than 50 dead and 200 injured on Tuesday. The nature of the attacks pointed to al-Qaeda (AQ) as the perpetrator of the deadly bombings, … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged africa african news, Al-Qaeda, Arab, Arab League, Baghdad, indepthafrica africa news, Iraq, Massoud Barzani, Nouri al-Maliki, Shiite
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Palm – still the oil fields ten scattered across the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border waiting for the demarcation of the border between the two countries after more than eight years of the fall of the former regime and above all the two … read more »
Posted in Asia, Global Issues
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Tagged Baghdad, Economy of Iraq, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Iraqi, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, United Nation, United Nations Security Council resolution
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Sergei SHASHKOV On December 12, Washington trumpeted the imminent complete withdrawal of its forces from Iraq as the leaders of the two allied nations – US president B. Obama and Iraqi premier N. al-Maliki – inked a long-term partnership agreement. … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Ayad Allawi, Baghdad, Barack Obama, Hussein, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Iraqi, M1 Abrams, United States
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BAGHDAD – An Iraqi court has sentenced the wife of a slain al-Qaida leader to 20 years in prison on terrorism-related charges, an Iraqi judicial spokesman said Sunday. Hasna Ali Yahya, the Yemeni wife of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was convicted … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged About Africa, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, abu musab al-zarqawi, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, al-qaeda in iraq, All Africa, Arab League, Baghdad, breaking news, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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About 2,000 hardline Islamists protested Friday outside the Coptic Church’s headquarters in Cairo to demand the release of two women they allege are being held after converting to Islam. The protesters, who belonged to the puritanical Salafi sect, marched on … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Baghdad, breaking news, Cairo, Copt, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt, Embassies and Consulates, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Islamism, News local news, Salafi, World news
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January 21, 2011 by benim
BAGHDAD – Continuing an upsurge of violence in Iraq, three bombs killed 50 Shiite pilgrims as they poured into the holy city of Karbala on Thursday ahead of a major religious commemoration. At least 150 people were injured when the … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Arbaeen, Baghdad, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Explosions, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Karbala, News local news, newspapers, Nouri al-Maliki, Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, World news
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Egyptian Coptic Christians angered by a deadly bombing at a church in Alexandria have clashed with police for a second day. Hundreds demonstrated in Alexandria, Egypt’s second city, and Cairo, the capital, calling for better protection for Christians. In Cairo, … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged al-qaeda in iraq, alexandria, Baghdad, Cairo, Christianity in Africa, Christianity in Egypt, Copt, Coptic Orthodox Church, disasters-news, Egypt, Egypt Bomb Attack, Egyptian People, Egyptians, Ethnic groups in Egypt, Ethnic groups in the Middle East, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, Iraq, Persecution of Copts, Religion Belief, Religion in Africa, Religion in Egypt, Samieh Sayf al-Yazal, War Conflict
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December 29, 2010 by benim
Two suicide bombers attacked a police battalion in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday and killed the commander, police sources said. The sources said two attackers, wearing explosive vests, detonated their vests in the room of Lieutenant Colonel … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Baghdad, breaking news, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Islamic terrorism, Mosul, News local news, newspapers, Ramadi, Suicide attack, World news
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December 25, 2010 by benim
BAGHDAD — When police came hunting for a 19-year-old woman they believed had been recruited by al-Qaida to be a suicide bomber in a town north of Baghdad, they found she was already dead: Slain by her father, who told … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, al-qaeda in iraq, al-Qaida, Baghdad, breaking news, Female Suicide Bomber Iraq, female suicide bombers, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Iraq al-Qaida, Iraq United States relations, Iraq-Killings, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Man Kills Al Qaida Daughter, Najim Al-Anbaky, News local news, Organized crime, suicide bombers, tragedy, War Conflict, World news
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December 4, 2010 by benim
The online payments processor, PayPal, says it has cut access for donations to the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. PayPal said its payment service cannot be used for activities “that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity”. Wikileaks’ … read more »
Posted in America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged 3rd millennium, arrest, arrest warrant, Assange, Baghdad, british police, contact information, Eric Holder, Espionage, ethics, founder julian, Hillary Rodham Clinton, In-depth Africa, IndepthAfrica, internet censorship, Iraq, Julian Assange, Law Crime, Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, London, national security, pay pal, political-news, Rape, security, SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AGENCY, Social Issues, Stockholm, Sweden, United Kingdom, war in afghanistan, Web 2.0, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, World Wide Web
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November 18, 2010 by benim
From Pakistan to Iraq to Yemen, the U.S. has turned up the heat on al Qaeda. The pressure has led the terror group to seek out new safe havens. They’ve found one in a remote area of the Sahara Desert … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Al Qaeda Training, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, Algerian Civil War, Baghdad, disasters-news, Edwin Dyer, geography, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Islam, Islam in Algeria, Islamic terrorism, Maghreb, Mali, Niger, Operation Enduring Freedom - Trans Sahara, Physical geography, political-news, Richard Miniter, Sahara, Sahara Desert, War Conflict
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November 13, 2010 by benim
For the second time in four years, Linda Jalal and her family are on the run inside their own country. On Tuesday afternoon, they abruptly packed their meagre belongings and abandoned their house in east Baghdad.The family had been fixing … read more »
Posted in Asia, Conflict/Tragedy, Global Issues, Religion
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Tagged Baghdad, Christian, Christian left, Christians in Iraq, History of the Assyrian people, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, Saddam Hussein, United Nations
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November 11, 2010 by benim
Nelson Mandela condemned former US President George W Bush as a “small man” who was seeking to dominate the world over his decision to invade Iraq, it has emerged. The South African freedom fighter-turned-world leader is said to believed strongly … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Hottest News, News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African National Congress, Baghdad, Civil awards and decorations, Desmond Tutu, FIFA, George Bizos, George H. W. Bush, George Harrison, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Johannesburg, Julius Malema, mandela condemned, Mr Bush, Nelson Mandela, Opposition to the Iraq War, political-news, small man, South Africa, Tony Blair, War Conflict, Xhosa people
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November 2, 2010 by benim
At least 50 people were killed and 75 wounded in a wave of blasts across Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. There were 14 explosions. Ten were car bombs, three were roadside bombs, and another was what’s called a sticky bomb … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings, Amil, Baghdad, Bayaa, Bombs, car bomb, destruction, disasters-news, Explosives, improvised explosive device, Indepth Africa, Iraq, Iraq War, Sadr City, Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, Technology Internet, terrorism, Terrorism in Iraq, War Conflict
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October 31, 2010 by benim
- Iraqi security forces prepared to storm a Catholic church Sunday where gunmen were holding an unknown number of worshippers as hostages, police officials said. The gunmen seized the hostages after attacking the Baghdad Stock Market, in the central part … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged abuse, Al-Qaeda, Baghdad, Catholic Church, crime, disasters-news, ethics, Foreign hostages in Iraq, hostage, Hostage taking, Indepth Africa, Iraq, Iraq spring fighting, Iraqi insurgency, Iraqi security forces, Police, Politics of Iraq, Religion Belief, stock market, Terrorism in Iraq, War Conflict
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October 29, 2010 by benim
A bomb attack at a crowded coffee shop in Iraq on Friday evening killed 25 people, according to Interior Ministry officials. The suicide bomber walked into the popular shop in Balad Ruz, a predominantly Kurdish town about 50 kilometers (30 … read more »
October 26, 2010 by benim
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Iraq and the United States to investigate allegations of torture and unlawful killings in the Iraq conflict revealed in documents leaked last week. “The US and Iraqi authorities should take necessary … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged 3rd millennium, Baghdad, Espionage, George W. Casey Jr., Indepth Africa, internet censorship, Iraq, Iraq United States relations, Iraq War, national security, Navanethem Pillay, Navi Pillay, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, political-news, rights chief, security, United States, United States armed forces, War Conflict, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks
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October 23, 2010 by benim
Pentagon logs leaked to and published by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks detail two cases of alleged abuse by British troops against Iraqi detainees. Two reports dated June 23 2008 describe claims from two Iraqi men – both of them Shias … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged alleged abuse, Baghdad, Bank Julius Baer vs. Wikileaks lawsuit, British Army, Espionage, Indepth Africa, internet censorship, Iraq, Iraqi security forces, Julian Assange, Law Crime, national security, political-news, security, United States, United States armed forces, United States Army, War Conflict, Web 2.0, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, World Wide Web
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