Global Issues
News headlines for “Iraq Crisis”, page 7
U.S. Defence Spending Set for Downward Course
- Inter Press Service
Although U.S. military spending will reach an all-time high next year, the Pentagon budget almost certainly faces steady cuts over the medium to long term, mainly as a result of increasing pressure to reduce the ballooning national debt, according to a growing consensus among defence experts.
IRAQ: After False Promises, the Heat Is On
- Inter Press Service
Iraqis promised development with the ouster of Saddam Hussein and the arrival of the U.S. are now suffering lack of development as never before. And where it hurts every moment is through the collapse of power supply.
U.S.: Rights Groups Leery of Surge in Wartime Contractors
- Inter Press Service
Three years after security guards from Blackwater, a private security contractor working for the U.S. Department of State, killed 17 unarmed civilians in Baghdad, a leading human rights advocacy group is charging that not nearly enough has been done to improve oversight and accountability of private contractors abroad.
Detainees in Iraq Go from Frying Pan to Fire
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. transfer of Iraqi detainees to national authorities with a long record of human rights abuses could prove illegal under international law, Amnesty International cautioned in a new report Tuesday.
Billion Dollar Audit Missed by Pentagon Watchdog
- Inter Press Service
Military auditors failed to complete an audit of the business systems of an Ohio- based company - Mission Essential Personnel - even though it had billed for one billion dollars worth of work largely in Afghanistan over the last four years.
US-MIDEAST: Light At End of Tunnel Elusive Despite Obama’s Efforts
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama will try this week to underline his progress in extricating the United States from the morass his predecessor's 'global war on terror' in the Greater Middle East.
US: Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs
- Inter Press Service
More than 400 homeless veterans from across northern California relaxed in comfort at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton.
IRAQ: 'Were Not Living, Just Not Dying'
- Inter Press Service
Compared to most internally displaced Kurds in northern Iraq, Shamal Qadir is almost lucky. Since the Turkish army devastated his village, Kuzine, in a bombing raid Jul. 1, he's been living in a schoolhouse, where room temperatures are comfortable and basic amenities are accessible.
New Hardships Intensify Debate Over Iran-Iraq War
- Inter Press Service
Ongoing factional disputes and mounting international sanctions have ignited heated debates among Iran's elites about another critical period in the country's post- revolutionary history - the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War.
Obama Drops 2009 Pledge to Withdraw Combat Troops from Iraq
- Inter Press Service
Seventeen months after President Barack Obama pledged to withdraw all combat brigades from Iraq by Sep. 1, 2010, he quietly abandoned that pledge Monday, admitting implicitly that such combat brigades would remain until the end of 2011.
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