‘Sons of Iraq’ targeted by insurgents
Muhannad Mahmoud can’t find a place in the new Iraq. The American military, which hired him and more than 80,000 other Sunni fighters to take on al-Qaeda-affiliated insurgents, just left. But the insurgents certainly have not. The Iraqi government, increasingly dominated by Shiite powers, is leery about hiring the fighters into security forces. And even if …
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Housing is scarce and pricey
The five-bedroom villa has a soaring living room with cathedral ceilings and is shaded by palm trees, but sits on a trash-strewn street that gets about eight hours of electricity a day. Worse yet, bombs still explode in the neighborhood with alarming regularity. Asking price? $1.4 million. As Iraq’s economy rattles awake after years of war, the country is e…
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Protests followed by detentions, beatings
Iraqi security forces detained hundreds of people, including prominent journalists, artists and intellectuals, witnesses said Saturday, a day after nationwide demonstrations brought tens of thousands of Iraqis into the streets and ended with soldiers shooting into crowds. Four journalists who had been released described being rounded up well after they had …
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