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Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer

Tens of thousands of Iraqis are attending a mass prayer in Baghdad called for by an influential Shiite cleric

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

Sadr’s Supporters Throng Baghdad Streets in Show of Strength

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's followers thronged the streets of Baghdad on Friday, answering the populist leader's call to a mass prayer in a show of strength to his political rivals. Sadr, a Shiite whose party came first in a general election in October, has vowed to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 15, 2022

Mo Farah: Met Police assessing allegations Olympian was trafficked to UK as child

Met Police says specialist officers are assessing information on claims Olympian was forced to work as servant

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Hello Commander: new pop song aims to steer Iranian youth away from the temptations of American culture

The Tehran Times recently hailed what it referred to as: “A new epic song themed with generational support for the Islamic Revolution…” Hello Commander, which is being sung by schoolchildren across the country, is an attempt by the current conservative government of Iran to unify the youth around their particular…

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022

Iraq's Sadr: from outlaw to top politician

Populist Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr went from a mercurial outlaw wanted dead or alive during the U.S. occupation to a kingmaker in politics before transforming himself into the most powerful figure in the country.

Reuters · Jun 14, 2022

Iraq Continues to Exhume Mass Graves

A noisy backhoe digs up earth to uncover yet another mass grave in Iraq, human remains are exhumed and the forensics experts get to work on their grim task. A skull is freed from a layer of clay, a tibia is placed in a body bag -- all bound for…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 11, 2022

Margaret Beckett is still wrong about the Iraq war and WMD claims

Letter: Frank Jackson on the former Labour deputy leader’s recollections about the 2003 Iraq war

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Increase gas and oil? Absolutely not

Author of "The World Without Us" on his recent trip to Iraq — and why the Ukraine war is no excuse to pump more oil

Salon · May 22, 2022

'I escaped Saddam Hussein's regime as a child - now I want to be Miss England'

Roza Kurdo and her mum scaped savage mass killings in Iraqi Kurdistan and sought a better life in Britain. She is now 25 and is hoping to be crowned Miss England 2022

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2022

Russia and the U.S.: Dance of death

Doddering Cold War adversaries are marching toward war: For their decrepit elites, it's literally the last hurrah

Salon · May 3, 2022