US troops have withdrawn from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion, having formally handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces. A public holiday – National Sovereignty Day – has been declared, and the capital, Baghdad, threw a giant party to mark the eve of the changeover. Hours before the Monday night deadline, four US soldiers were killed in combat. US-led combat operations are due to end by September 2010, with all troops gone from Iraq by the end of 2011.
It is fitting that today’s deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq’s cities coincides with a meeting in Baghdad to auction off some of the country’s largest oil fields to companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and British Petroleum. It is a reminder of the real motives for the 2003 invasion and in whose interests over one million Iraqis and 4,634 American and other Western troops have been killed. The Iraq war was, and continues to be, an imperialist war waged by the American ruling elite for control of oil and geo-strategic advantage.
Iraq will not renew the licence of US security firm Blackwater, which was involved in an 2007 incident in which at least 14 civilians were killed.
That’s some good news. These American thugs in Iraq killed many innocent people and some are being charged with these crimes. Click here if you don’t remember Blackwater. Unfortunately, another security firm is necessary:
An interior ministry spokesman said the US embassy had been told it will have to use another security company.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — From a distance, it looks like an apparition: a huge multi-colored hot-air balloon floating in the Baghdad sky, bearing a large poster of Jesus Christ. Below it, an Iraqi flag
Welcome to the first-ever public Christmas celebration in Baghdad, held Saturday and sponsored by the Iraqi Interior Ministry. Once thought to be infiltrated by death squads, the Ministry now is trying to root out sectarian violence — as well as improve its P.R. image.
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Even before I can ask Interior Ministry spokesman Major-General Abdul Karim Khalaf a question, he greets me with a big smile. “All Iraqis are Christian today!” he says.
Saw this in Abu Yusuf’s blog here. He has a good point in saying:
I wonder if America will allow an event like this for Eid or Ramadan, or have someone say “today, all Amercans are Muslims”
Muntadar al-Zaidi has suffered a broken hand, broken ribs and internal bleeding, as well as an eye injury, his older brother, Dargham, told the BBC.
So that’s why Bush didn’t really care about it. Our dear brother Muntadar al-Zaidi is not only a hero to the Muslims but to all of humanity. Millions of humans around the world are proud of his shoe throwing experience. May Allah (swt) protect him. Ameen!
Although many were disappointed it missed, but let’s face it, journalists are not quarterbacks. This calls for exporting the game of American football into the Middle East so that they can learn how to throw faster and stronger. We need some Abdullah Manning’s and some Umar Brady’s!
The shoe-thrower, who was in a group of journalists, was wrestled to the ground and taken away. “This is the end,” shouted the man, later identified by the Associated Press as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.
Are you serious MR? No way!? A Muslim who supports McCain!? A Muslim who wants 100 more years in Iraq? A Muslim who want’s America to become a Christian Nation!? A Muslim!? Are you sure?
Yes I am! In fact he blogs at MuslimMatters.org under the name ‘hamada’. His recent blog post contained a video from FOX News in which he was shedding light on the Obama-Hijabi issue. I never thought Muslims for McCain existed. With all of the bad and negative aspects of Barack Obama, it is clear that in terms of Muslim blood, John McCain is much worse. Not only in that, the Jews love McCain. Especially the Zionists and AIPAC. Joe Lieberman, the former Democrat now Independent (soon to be Republican) is AIPAC’s trump card in Politics. This guy is seen with McCain in Iraq even correcting him on which country is supporting the resistance in Iraq. He is also took McCain on a tour in Israel. They also hooked up in DC.
