'Emo' killings raise alarms in Iraq
Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are being brutally killed at an alarming rate in Iraq, where militias have distributed hit lists of victims and security forces say they are unable to stop crimes against the subculture that is widely perceived in Iraq as being gay. Officials and human rights groups estimated as many as 58 Iraqis who a…
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Iraq marks army's 90th anniversary
Iraq's army on Thursday marked the 90th anniversary of its 1921 founding with a huge military parade that included tanks and artillery weapons in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. Commander-in-chief Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, standing on a small wooden platform at the foot of the imposing Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, took the salute as hun…
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2,000 Iraqi army officers killed
Attacks, mainly by silencer guns and explosive devices targeting Iraqi army officers, have surged recently and more than 2,000 officers are reported to have been killed in the past few months. Intelligence sources, refusing to be named, said in the face of the "new form of terror," Iraqi security forces have intensified their searches of individua…
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Iraq won't pay security costs
American combat forces have left Iraq, but the bills for the war keep coming. Right now, Congress is debating an appropriation for $2 billion on top of $667 billion already spent on military operations and training since 2003.Now, however, the sentiment is growing among senior government officials that Iraq should begin sharing these costs. The State, Treas…
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Iraq: Poverty and unemployment
Iraqi families that fled north have to endure unemployment, poverty, lack of basic services, shortages of food and fuel and poor prospects. Many of them are Christian from Baghdad and Mosul and found refuge in Zakho District, Dohuk Governatorate (Iraqi Kurdistan). After years, their living conditions have not improved. Ankawa.com recently published a report…
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