Showing posts with label scars of war. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scars of war. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Baghdad: City of Walls

Baghdad: City of Walls, Pt.1: Scars of war

Guardian: Baghdad wears its scars as a series of giant walls dividing its neighbourhood


Baghdad: City of Walls, part 2: Crossing the wall

Guardian: Eight new ghettos divide Baghdad's Shia and Sunni neighbourhoods


Baghdad: City of Walls, part 3: City of the dead

Guardian: What legacy will the poison of hatred and violence bequeath Baghdad?


Baghdad: City of Walls Pt. 4: Hope in hell?

Guardian: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad finds there is evidence that the killing is still going on

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Iraq: Military to Withdraw{?}, Media Retreats!

War, And Results Of, Fast Becoming A Non-Issue!!

US Withdrawing as Media Retreat from Iraq - 03.03.2009


Last week, President Barack Obama fulfilled one of his campaign promises to the US electorate when he laid out his public plan to have the US military withdraw from Iraq by 2010. While some have bristled at Obama’s decision to leave 50,000 troops stationed in Iraq for support and advisory roles, the reaction from Iraqi citizens has been for the most part positive. Even the Mujahideen Central Command of Rafidain, an Iraqi resistance group based in Baghdad, released a statement warmly congratulating Obama for his plan.

If you were to judge only from the press coverage in Europe or the United States, you might gather that the conflict in Iraq is all but over and done with. Newspapers, broadcasters, and even wealthy satellite news agencies are all cutting back on their foreign reporters, and the Iraqi bureaus full of producers, editors, and reporters are first on the chopping block....Read More Here