Global Issues
News headlines for “Iraq Crisis”, page 11
Q&A: UN Chief in Iraq Cautiously Optimistic About Elections
- Inter Press Service
The improving security situation in Iraq in the recent years has meant more space for the United Nations to play an active role in the country's development in various sectors.
IRAQ: 'Disgraced Soldier' Fights Trauma With Documentary
- Inter Press Service
A new documentary ‘Diary of a Disgraced Soldier’ describes the dismissal from the British army of an Iraq war veteran and his battle with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) linked to his videographing the brutalising of Iraqi youth by fellow servicemen.
POLITICS: U.S. Ambassador Accuses Iran of Role in Iraq Election Ban
- Inter Press Service
Reiterating accusations of Iranian interference in Iraq's internal affairs, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Wednesday that he was in '100 percent agreement' with remarks by the top U.S. commander in Iraq regarding Iran's involvement in a highly controversial decision that eventually barred over 140 candidates from running in Iraq's parliamentary elections next month.
RIGHTS: Mideast and North Africa Cited for Press Abuses
- Inter Press Service
A report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on press freedom around the world in 2009 depicts an especially gloomy situation in the Middle East and North Africa, where authorities continue to use repressive measures to muzzle journalists.
IRAQ: Govt Expels Former Blackwater Contractors
- Inter Press Service
The Iraqi government has ordered hundreds of private security contractors who previously worked for Blackwater Worldwide or its subsidiaries to leave the country within seven days or risk arrest for visa violations, Iraq's interior minister said Wednesday.
U.S.: Court-Martial for Soldier Who Wrote Angry Song about Stop-Loss
- Inter Press Service
Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran Marc Hall was incarcerated by the U.S. Army in Georgia for recording a song that expresses his anger over the Army's stop-loss policy. Now he waits to be shipped to Iraq to face a court martial.
AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant
- Inter Press Service
A diesel-fueled power plant, nearing completion just outside Kabul, demonstrates that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its contractors have failed to learn lessons from identical mistakes in Iraq, despite clearly signposted advice from oversight agencies.
IRAQ: Allegations of Fraud Scheme at Agility of Kuwait — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
The Sultan family of Kuwait runs a variety of businesses alleged to be at the heart of a scheme to overcharge the U.S. military by as much as a billion dollars over the last seven years. The company is currently scheduled to face criminal arraignment on Feb. 8 in Atlanta, Georgia.
U.S.: Obama Calls for More Development, Counterinsurgency Aid
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama Monday called on Congress to approve major increases over the coming months in global health, development, and counterinsurgency assistance as part of a record 3.8-trillion-dollar 2011 federal budget.
IRAQ: Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges
- Inter Press Service
Agility, a Kuwait-based multi-billion-dollar logistics company spawned by the U.S. invasion of Iraq, is scheduled be arraigned on Feb. 8 on criminal charges of overbilling U.S. taxpayers for food supply contracts in the Iraq war zone that were worth more than 8.5 billion dollars.
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