Iraq stories:
FIFA suspends Iraq for political meddling
Nov 20th, 2009 - Heraldtribune
ZURICH - FIFA suspended Iraq from soccer because of political interference in the national federation. Soccer's world governing body says it is "unacceptable" for Iraq's...
Iraqi MPs to reconsider vote law
Nov 19th, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
Iraq's parliament is to meet at the weekend to decide whether to amend a crucial election law vetoed by the vice-president.
Ayad al-Samarie, the parliamentary speaker...Iraqi Veto Threatens Parliamentary Vote
Nov 18th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi vetoed a recently approved election law, throwing a parliamentary vote slated for January into question.
The veto is the latest holdup for the legislation...Iraq PM blasts veto of election law
Nov 18th, 2009 - Al Jazeera English
Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has called the vice-president's vetoing of a key article in the country's new election law a "dangerous threat to the political process and democracy".Will disputes derail Iraq's election?
Nov 18th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed a law crucial to the poll
The general elections planned for January in Iraq have been thrown into doubt by the vetoing of a long-delayed election law by the country's Sunni Vice-President...
Iraq videos from YouTube:
- Close Combat in IraqNobody knows the trouble they've seen.
- KBR Convoy Ambushed in IraqPreston Wheeler, a truck driver for KBR a subsidiary of Halliburton shot this amazing video of his truck convoy being ambushed in Iraq. The attack occurred after the US military made a wrong turn down a dead-end street ...
- Little Fat Gangster Kid In IraqShown On: www.TooShocking.com This little fatass controls his territory with an iron fist. For more great videos check out http !
- Battle on Haifa Street, Baghdad...American infantry and snipers from the US Army's 3rd Stryker Brigade team up with Iraqi soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division during a firefight on Baghdad's notorious Haifa Street, January 2007.
Iraq from WikiPedia:
Iraq (pronounced /??ræk/ or /??r??k/, Arabic: ?????? Al-Ir?q), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic: ??????? ?????? (help·info) Jumh?r?yat Al-Ir?q, Kurdish: ????? ?????, Komara Îraqê, Assyrian: ?????), also known as Mesopotamia, is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.
Iraq shares borders with Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (35 miles) on the northern Persian Gulf. The capital city, Baghdad (Arabic: ?????? Ba?d?d), is in the center-east of the country.
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