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Geeta Basra goes under the knife - News
2008-09-17 20:30:00 In her pursuit to get the perfect body shape, Geeta Basra ended up damaging a part of it, albeit slightly, over the weekend gone by…. Read Original story
Iraq's Basra gets a reprieve
2008-05-31 06:14:00 BASRA, IRAQ The corniche buzzes at night: drivers honking to friends on the sidewalk, teenagers joy-riding rickety motorboats along the murky Shatt al Arab, families lining up for rides on the yellow-lit Ferris wheel.
By: Get rich
British General Defends Basra Military Policies
2008-04-27 14:49:00 British General Sir Richard Dannatt sent an open letter to his troops in which he defended the miltary strategy employed in handling the Basra area. There is considerable unrest among British soldiers who now are confined to the Basra airport even as fighting rages inside Basra. “I can not deny that there are ...
Iraqi Success In Basra: City ?Comes To Life?
2008-04-25 23:12:00 Despite the ignorami of the MSM and Democrat Party leadership (Pelosi/Reid) claiming defeat when Iraqi forces first begain the assault in Basra, it looks increasingly like the Maliki campaign is a success. (h/t - Instapundit) All across Iraq?s second city life is improving, a month after Iraqi troops began a surprise crackdown on the black-clad gangs ...
By: GayPatriot
After Sadr Militia leader arrested, life returns to Basra
2008-04-25 21:03:00 Interesting word from basra by way of the London Times: Young women are daring to wear jeans, soldiers listen to pop music on their mobile phones and bands are performing at wedding parties again. All across Iraq’s second city life is improving, a month after Iraqi troops began a surprise crackdown on the black-clad gangs who were allowed to flourish under the British military. The gunmen’s reign had enforced a strict set of religious codes. Yet after three years of being terrified of kidnap, rape and murder – a fate that befell scores of other women – Nadyia Ahmed, 22, is among those enjoying a sense of normality, happy for the first time to attend her science course at Basra University. “I now have the university life that I heard of at high school before the war and always dreamt about,” she told The Times. “It was a nightmare because of these militiamen. I only attended class three days a week but now I look forward to going every day.” She also no longer has to ...
By: BitsBlog
Western forces 'in Basra raids'
2008-04-22 16:21:00 Iraqi forces now have a presence throughout Basra, reports sayUS and UK special forces are carrying out operations in Basra in southern Iraq against Shia militiamen, a Western military source has told the BBC.
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Iraqi Forces Take Last Basra Areas From Sadr Force
2008-04-20 02:18:00 BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers took control of the last bastions of the cleric Moktada al-Sadrs militia in Basra on Saturday, and Irans ambassador to Baghdad strongly endorsed the Iraqi governments monthlong military operation against the fighters.
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Iraqi Army Seizes Basra From Militia as Cleric Threatens New Uprising
2008-04-19 23:33:00 BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers took control of the last bastions of the cleric Moktada al-Sadrs militia in Basra on Saturday, and Irans ambassador to Baghdad strongly endorsed the Iraqi governments monthlong military operation against the fighters.
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Iraqi Army Reports Headway in Basra
2008-04-19 20:44:00 BASRA, Iraq - The military operation to rout militiamen aligned with the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr from the southern city of Basra and the poor Shiite neighborhood of Iraqs capital intensified on Saturday with new efforts to wrest control of those
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Iraqis forces seize Mahdi stronghold in Basra
2008-04-19 16:30:00 Despite the news medias apparent insistence on clinging to their narrative of defeat and disaster in Basra, Nouri al-Malikis operation to restore control of the city to the elected government achieved its major goal today with the fall of the Mahdi
By: mini wisdom
Operation targets Basra militants
2008-04-19 11:09:00 Fighting has continued in the Sadr City district of BaghdadIraqi forces in the southern city of Basra have launched a fresh operation against militants.
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Fresh fighting reported in Basra
2008-04-19 08:56:00 Reports from the Iraqi city of Basra say a fresh round of fighting has erupted between government forces and local militia. BBC sources say Iraqi Army units, supported by coalition troops, sealed off the central Hayania district.
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Ralph Peters Sets the MSM Straight on Iraqi Military
2008-04-18 23:53:00 The news story was the beating the Iranian thugs and terrorists took in Basra. But there was another type of thuggery going on, too, and Ralph Peters attacks it with a righteous zeal: LIKE many Americans, I get angry at biased ?reporting? about Iraq and the spin from dishonest pundits. Usually, I get over it quickly, ...
By: Webloggin
Army and police chiefs removed from Basra
2008-04-17 00:06:00 The Iraqi government on Wednesday removed its top army and police commanders in Basra, three weeks after the beginning of an offensive in the southern port city widely seen as a military fiasco.
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Basra security leaders removed
2008-04-16 16:04:00 The Iraqi operation in Basra did not achieve is stated aimsThe Iraqi government has replaced the commanders of the army and police forces in the southern city of Basra.
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Iraqi forces free kidnapped British journalist in Basra
2008-04-15 14:47:00 BAGHDAD, April 14 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Army forces freed the kidnapped British journalist in the city of Basra, a military spokesman said on Monday. “I confirm that the British journalist Richard Butler has been freed today in the Jubailah area in Basra,” Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Muhammad al-Askari told Xinhua by telephone.
By: HRY SEEING
Basra Battles: Barely Half the Story
2008-04-15 02:28:00 by Ramzy Baroud When it comes to Iraq, reporters appear intent on omitting or fabricating news. The latest battles in Basra, Iraq's second largest city and a vital oil seaport, furnished ample instances of misleading and manipulative practice in corporate journalism today. One commonly used tactic is to describe events using self-styled or "official" terminology, which deliberately confuses the reader by giving no real indication or analysis of what is actually happening. Regardless of the outcome of the fighting that commenced upon the Iraqi army's march to Basra 24 March, and which proved disastrous for Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, we have been repeatedly "informed" of highly questionable assumptions. Most prominent amongst them is that the "firebrand" and "radical" Moqtada Al-Sadr — leader of the millions-strong Shia Sadr Movement — led a group of "renegades", "thugs" and "criminals" t...
Iraq Dismisses 1,300 After Basra Offensive
2008-04-13 20:20:00 BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government announced Sunday that it had dismissed 1,300 soldiers and policemen for refusing to fight or performing badly during last months offensive against Shiite militias in the southern city of Basra. Maj. Gen.
By: Get rich
Hasan of Basra Poem
2008-04-09 00:17:00 I asked a child , walking with a candle , “From where comes that light ?” Instantly he blew it out . “Tell me where it is gone – then I will tell you where it came from .” Technorati Tags: zen poetry
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Lessons Learned from the Basra Fighting for the Iraq Hearings
2008-04-07 13:41:00 Congress tomorrow will begin a second round of hearings on Iraq featuring General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. A major topic is likely to be the recent round of fighting in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, and its implications for U.S. policy....(read more)
Iran was at Basra
2008-04-07 13:14:00 Word this morning from the London Times that Iran had forces on the ground at Basra: IRANIAN forces were involved in the recent battle for Basra, General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, is expected to tell Congress this week. Military and intelligence sources believe Iranians were operating at a tactical command level with the Shi’ite militias fighting Iraqi security forces; some were directing operations on the ground, they think. Petraeus intends to use the evidence of Iranian involvement to argue against any reductions in US forces. Dr Daniel Goure, a defence analyst at the Lexington Institute in Virginia, said: “There is no question that Petraeus will be tough on Iran. It is one thing to withdraw troops when there is purely sectarian fighting but it is another thing if it leaves the Iranians to move in.” Quite correct, and that the general sees this is encouraging. Then again, I have questions about the sanity of anyone who figured Iran wasn’t a part of t...
By: BitsBlog
The Basra Dénouement
2008-04-06 01:29:00 Last Sunday, when Moqtada al-Sadr announced a ceasefire that he’d reached with the Iraqi government, it seemed pretty obvious from its terms and from the context of the fighting in Basra and elsewhere that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had been humiliated in this confrontation. At first however the traditional news media adopted the spin coming ...
New Goals for the Surge?
2008-04-04 09:12:00 Petraeus to update Congress on Iraq | Reuters That call for a pause will likely rile Democrats and other opponents of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, who have latched onto the Basra fighting as a sign the increase or "surge" of U.S. troops last year failed to move Iraqis any closer to security or political stability. "I think it's time we take a sober look," said Sen. Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat and chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee. "My question really is ... not whether the surge has tactically worked or not. Has the purpose of the surge been accomplished?"My question exactly. I find generally that it is the habit of this administration to change their goals to meet their achievements. The goal when we invaded Iraq, as we all know, was to rid them of weapons of mass destruction. They didn't have any, so Bush changed the goal to be freeing the country for democracy. Since democracy has been slow to take on, we've changed our goal to be th...
By: Markism Explored
U.S. Cites Planning Gaps in Iraqi Assault on Basra
2008-04-03 06:48:00 This article was reported by Michael R. Gordon BAGHDAD - Ambassador first learned of the Iraqi plan on Friday, March 21: Prime Minister would be heading to Basra with Iraqi troops to bring order to the city.
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Robert Naiman: Basra Cease-Fire Shows Talking to Iran Could Save Lives Imme
2008-04-02 22:34:00 Oh how I love Huffington Post. It continually provides me with people who have a complete lack of understanding of how things work. Take Mr. Robert Naiman: This past weekend we had a powerful demonstration of what dialogue with Iran could accomplish in Iraq. A major escalation of conflict between Iraqi government forces and Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia was halted when Iraqi parliamentarians from the government coalition negotiated an agreement with Sadr. This agreement was negotiated not in Annapolis, but in the Iranian city of Qom. The head of Iran's Quds force - which the Bush Administration, at the urging of Senator Clinton, has designated as a terrorist organization - helped broker the agreement, McClatchy News reports. The consequences of the agreement were swift. Following Sadr's statement, fighting fell dramatically. There are people in Basra and Baghdad who are alive today, who would not be alive today if those Iraqi lawmakers had not traveled to Iran and ...
Iraqi army shows force in Basra
2008-04-02 19:18:00 Basra is reported to have been calm since fighting ended on SundayAn Iraqi commander has led a convoy through the stronghold of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr in Basra.
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After Basra Fighting, Britain Puts Drawdown on Hold
2008-04-02 01:55:00 LONDON - Six months after Prime Minister Gordon Brown outlined a plan for sharp cuts in the remaining British forces in southern Iraq by this spring, his defense secretary announced on Tuesday that the reduction has been put on hold pending a review
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More on Basra
2008-04-01 09:29:00 Why al-Maliki attacked Basra | Salon The campaign was a predictable fiasco, another in a long line of strategic failures for the sickly and divided Iraqi government, which survives largely because it is propped up by the United States. So why did al-Maliki do it? With no obvious immediate crisis in Basra that called for such desperate measures, what could have motivated the decision to attack?I consider this article an interesting follow up on my statement about Basra yesterday. I think it's important to recognize the motivations behind Maliki's actions. Americans want to believe that, because the action was supported by the US and the UK, Maliki must have been doing something good for the country. Don't be fooled. Bush supported Maliki because Maliki supports Bush. Al-Sadr supports Iraqis. He may also support Iran, so I'm not necessarily a huge fan, but he claims to support a strong centralized power in an independent Iraq where American troops have gone home. I like th...
By: Markism Explored
Iraqis return to streets of Basra and Baghdad
2008-03-31 19:06:00 Sadr's statement came at the end of six days in which his Mahdi army militia had held off a U.S.-supported Iraqi assault on Basra. No serious clashes were reported in Basra on Monday morning.
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Now they've done it
2008-03-31 13:25:00 Al-Sadr calls off fighting, orders compliance with Iraqi security - CNN.com Death tolls are difficult to obtain, but reports from Iraqi and coalition authorities suggest more than 400 people have died since fighting began Tuesday. The fighting has been heaviest in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city and major oil port, and a U.S. military analysis of the battle indicated the government push was not going as well as American officials had hoped, several U.S. officials said Friday.Reading between the lines, what do we see. The US backed government started a fight with someone who had already signed a cease fire. Bush, of course, supported the fight, claiming it was proof that Iraq was returning to normal. After six days of intense fighting with hundreds killed the government has made almost no progress, and Al Sadr is making demands. The government hasn't indicated that they will meet the demands, but what happens either way? If Maliki does what he's been told, he basically is ...
By: Markism Explored
Cleric Suspends Battle in Basra By Shiite Militia
2008-03-31 04:29:00 BAGHDAD - The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Sunday called for his followers to stop fighting in Basra and in turn demanded concessions from Iraqs government, after six days in which his Mahdi Army militia has held off an American-supported Iraqi
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Cleric Suspends Shiite Militias Fight in Basra
2008-03-31 03:54:00 BAGHDAD - The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Sunday called for his followers to stop fighting in Basra and in turn demanded concessions from Iraqs government, after six days in which his Mahdi Army militia has held off an American-supported Iraqi
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Al-Sadr: ?No Handover Of Arms?
2008-03-31 01:14:00 In yet another sign of weakness by the fledgling Iraqi government, radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his outlaw Mahdi Army will not have to turn in their weapons as part of the latest cease fire in Basra. Followers of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will not hand over their weapons as part of a move to end ...
By: The Hot Joints
Al-Sadr Pulls Back
2008-03-31 00:34:00 Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said today that he was pulling his fighters off the streets nationwide and called on the government to stop raids against his followers and free them from prison. Al-Sadr’s nine-point statement was issued by his headquarters in the holy city of Najaf and broadcast through loudspeakers on Shiite mosques. It said ...
By: The Hot Joints
Shiite militias cling to swaths of Basra and stage raids
2008-03-30 11:57:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size BAGHDAD: Shiite militiamen in Basra openly controlled wide swaths of the city on Saturday and staged increasingly bold raids on Iraqi government
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Basra Meltdown - Phase 1
2008-03-29 18:34:00 by Akiva at Mystical PathsThere's no question we never have the whole story, we can only watch developments and try to figure out what's going on. US Vice President Dick Cheney makes a surprising stopover in Iraq. A few days later, the Iraqi government goes to war against the Shi'ite militias, with the Iraqi president "personally" running the military operation.Literally a few days later now, we hear "it's not going well", Iraqi army desertion going through the roof, US areas of Baghdad under major bombardment, and the basic power structure agreements that have kept multiple competing powerful forces in balance has just gone down the toilet.We don't know the drivers behind this. There's speculation US political considerations are driving it, that it has to do with a deal between the US and Iran! (which also involves hanging Israel out to dry), or that it's just local Iraqi political considerations.However, what we're paying attention to is the situation. If it devolves i...
By: Mystical Paths
U.S. aircraft join Basra offensive
2008-03-29 05:24:00 BAGHDAD Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki today extended a deadline for militiamen battling government troops to disarm as fighters showed no signs of ending a standoff with Iraqi forces.
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Analysis: Iraqis' Basra fight not going well
2008-03-29 00:02:00 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Iraqi military push into the southern city of Basra is not going as well as American officials had hoped, despite President Bush's high praise for the operation, several U.S. officials said Friday.
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Are Star Wars weapons being used in Basra?
2008-03-28 21:32:00 by Geezer Power …1:32 pm from Swissinfo.ch March 28, 2008 - 6:15 PM In one strike before dawn, a U.S. helicopter fired a hellfire missile at gunmen firing from the roof of a building, killing four of them, Cheadle said. A Reuters photographer there filmed windows blown out of cars and walls pocked with shrapnel. Later in the ...
By: Suzie-Q
Coalition Forces Drawn Into Basra Fighting
2008-03-28 18:09:00 BAGHDAD - American war planes shelled targets in Basra late Thursday, joining for the first time an onslaught by Iraqi security forces intended to oust Shiite militias in the southern port city, according to British and American military officials.
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Iraq Government Offense In Basra Stalls
2008-03-28 14:12:00 The Iraq army’s offensive against the Shiite militia of Muqtada al-Sadr apparently has stalled in its efforts to dislodge them from positions in Basra. The American military expected the Iraq army offense to demonstrate the success of US training efforts and make clear the government of Prime Minister Maliki was in control of the ...
Coalition Jets Drop Bombs in Basra
2008-03-28 13:41:00 A British military official says coalition jets have dropped bombs on Basra for the first time since clashes erupted this week between Shiite militias and security forces.
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Normalcy? NORMALCY?!?!
2008-03-28 08:38:00 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq MPs plan emergency session US President George W Bush praised Mr Maliki's decision to order the crackdown, saying "normalcy was returning to Iraq".Us officials are ordered to stay in reinforced buildings and to wear helmets and protective gear in the green zone, the people of Basra are running out of food and water, protests are erupting calling for the resignation of the prime minister, and more than 130 people are dead since Tuesday. Exactly how is that normal?It's amazing to me the capacity our president has to continue justifying violence. The very best I can say about this new crackdown is that it isn't us. At least the Iraqis are doing it themselves, but I'm sure they put this plan together under our supervision. The worst part is that they have attacked Sadr. It was the cease fire the US negotiated with Sadr that has brought violence back to 2005 levels even more than it was the troop surge.Now suddenly Sadr is on the defensive, and may...
By: Markism Explored
Militias resist Iraqi forces in fight for Basra
2008-03-28 02:36:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size BAGHDAD: American-trained Iraqi security forces failed for a third straight day to oust Shiite militias from the southern city of Basra on
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Militias Resist Iraqi Forces in Fight for Basra
2008-03-28 02:22:00 BAGHDAD - American-trained Iraqi security forces failed for a third straight day to oust Shiite militias from the southern city of Basra on Thursday, even as President Bush hailed the operation as a sign of the growing strength of Iraqs federal
By: Get rich
Basra
2008-03-27 16:06:00 by Akiva at Mystical PathsThe city today known as Basra, Iraq is a key location in the writings of the navi'im (the biblical prophets). Yishayahu 34:6 - Indeed, G-d is holding a sacrifice in Basra, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.Yishayahu 63:1 - Who is this coming from Edom, from Basra, with stained clothing. Amos 1:11-12 - This is what G-d said: For 3 sins Edom, but for 4 I will not pardon, because he pursues his brother with the sword and quashes his compassion. His anger rages forever, his wrath is sustained eternally. I will send a fire upon Teman, and it will consume the palaces of Basra.Today's news...Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is promising to pursue his fight against Shiite militias in Basra to "the end."Today, Basra fell into full civil war. The government of Iraq is in full battle with the massive Shiite militias of southern Iraq, the battle occurring in Basra. If this situation escalates, if the blood begins to flow, if the US gets drawn in, and if Iran ...
By: Mystical Paths
Iraqi Armys Assault on Militias in Basra Stalls
2008-03-27 03:59:00 BAGHDAD - An assault by thousands of Iraqi soldiers and police officers to regain control of the southern port city of Basra stalled Wednesday as Shiite militiamen in the Mahdi Army fought daylong hit-and-run battles and refused to withdraw from the
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Conflict in Basra Tests a Budding Nation
2008-03-26 19:11:00 This may be make or break time for the Maliki government. What is not clear is al Sadr's role in all this. His encouragement of civil disobedience seems milk-toast for the ruthless he is. Has he been bought off my the US to let the Iraqi gov't pacify his restive militia. The US has already paid him $300 million in "reconstruction" funds. That seems like the best explanation to me. He has much to lose holding back his militia now. They will feel abandoned. New York Times A day after launching a huge operation that ignited heavy fighting in two of Iraq?s largest cities, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki gave the Shiite militias controlling the southern oil city of Basra an ultimatum on Wednesday: lay down their weapons within 72 hours or face more severe consequences. As the fighting in Basra and Baghdad intensified on Wednesday, the American military command, speaking for the first time about the crackdown, characterized it as an Iraqi-led operation in which American-led force...
40 Dead in Battle for Basra; 15 Killed in Baghdad
2008-03-26 10:07:00 At least 55 people have died in two days of fighting between Shiite militias and U.S.-Iraqi forces in Baghdad and the southern city of Basra, officials said Wednesday.
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