Eid al-Adha: a time for Iraq to remember its war dead
Umm Issam, 51, believes that her husband, who was killed during the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and was buried in the Wadi al-Salaam cemetery in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, “expects” her every Eid. He would be sad if she were late to visit. About two years ago, Umm Issam could not make it on time to weep and pray at his gr…
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The new and scary face of Iraqi sectarianism
Wathiq Al-Battat, the leader of the “Mukhtar Army,” an armed Shiite militia belonging to Iraq’s Hezbollah, is “the new face on the Iraqi scene,” according to Dubai-based news channel Al-Arabiya. Battat on Saturday threatened to strike Saudi Arabia and to bomb the Mubarak seaport in Kuwait, which he accused of encroaching into Iraqi territory. I…
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Building Sparks Preservation Movement
In Upstate New York, residents are clamoring to raze down their Government Center, Paul Rudolph’s classic 1970 example of brutalist design. Ostensibly, this is due to flood-damage. But it can’t hurt that, as one resident was quoted in The New York Times as saying, it’s “a big ugly building.” In Minnesota, city officials would rather tear down M. Pau…
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Iraqi-American woman slain buried
An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week with a threatening note left beside her body has been buried in her native Iraq. Family members wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to exact revenge on those responsible for her death. A relative called on Iraq's government to take quick action …
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Mohammed Merah and Toulouse
Mohammed Merah, 23, was identified as the man suspected in the methodical killings of seven unarmed people in Toulouse , France, over a period of 10 days in March 2012. He died on March 22 when he jumped out a window, firing a weapon, during a raid and shootout that ended a 30-hour standoff with the police. Mr. Merah was described as a French national of…
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Stress illness studied
The impact of high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in NI is to be examined in a new study.The rate of PTSD in Northern Ireland has been shown to be among the highest in the world and is often attributed to the impact of the Troubles.Findings and recommendations from the research project will inform the development of the new Victims and Surv…
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