A recent tide of sectarian tensions that erupted into the worst violence seen in Iraq in five years is testing the government of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose ability to contain the crisis could hinge on a conflict raging beyond his control in Syria.
http://is.gd/yk0O3a
Ken Livingstone: we were warned that Iraq "would make Britain a target"
In response to the Woolwich attack, the former Mayor of London says "we are still experiencing the dreadful truth of this warning".
http://is.gd/yzz3Xr
From Iraq, a Tragic Reminder to Prosecute the War Criminals
By John Pilger
The "mess" left by George Bush and Tony Blair in Iraq is a sectarian war, the bombs of 7/7 and now a man waving a bloody meat cleaver in Woolwich.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35095.htm
Bush-Blair Legacy Continues UN: 1,000 people killed as Iraq saw deadliest month in 5 years
The UN figures, released on Saturday, showed that 1,045 civilians and security personnel were killed last month, which surpasses the 712 killed in April, and making it the deadliest month recorded since June 2008.
http://is.gd/WfM1Wg
Why Arabs Must Worry: Sectarianism and the Irrational New Discourse
By Ramzy Baroud
Iraq s historical dilemma, exploited by the US for immediate gains, has now become a pan-Arab dilemma.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35275.htm
Bush-Blair Legacy Continues
65 people killed and 190 wounded in Iraq, worst violence since 2008:
A wave of bombings on Saturday night in Baghdad province have killed 65 people and wounded 190, officials said. Iraq has seen its worst violence since 2008; over 520 people have died in July.
http://is.gd/o2t5Eg
From Information Clearing House
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All out civil war in Iraq?
CounterPunch
by Patrick Cockburn
05/22/13
Iraq is edging closer to all-out sectarian war between Sunni and Shia Muslims as a series of car bombings and shootings killed at least 90 people and left many others injured...
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/05/22/all-out-civil-war-in-iraq/
Al Qaeda and the Iraq-Syria civil war
The Nation
by Bob Dreyfuss
07/30/13
What happens when you invade one stable nation, destroy its government and virtually its entire political and social infrastructure, and then a decade later stoke the fire of revolution in a stable nation next door without regard for the consequences? Well, take a look: that s what the United States has done in Iraq and Syria. The carnage in Iraq is escalating, even as the Islamist-led rebellion in Syria seems unending...
http://tinyurl.com/n7rrmux
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Virulent sectarianism pervading and envenoming Mideast conflicts
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11491/
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The Iraq War: On the ground
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-iraq-war/the-iraq-war-on-the-ground.html
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mideast
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Britain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tony+Blair
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sunni
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Shia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Maliki
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Syria
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=islamist
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=sectarian
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civil+war
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al+Qaeda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=pervad
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=depleted+uranium
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=war+criminal
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Pilger
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ramzy+Baroud
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bob+Dreyfuss
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