12/14/2013
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12/12/2013
Iraq Arms Itself With Korean Fighters
LINK"Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) said it would deliver the T-50IQ, a variant of its T-50 supersonic aircraft, to Baghdad between 2015 and 2016, under the terms of the deal signed in Seoul.
The company also said it expected to sign an additional $1.0 billion deal in 2014 to provide parts, equipment and pilot training for 20 years.
The T-50IQ is an advanced multi-role fighter that is equipped with precision-guided weapons, missiles and machine guns."
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Decade after Saddam arrest, not much has changed in Iraq
Decade after Saddam arrest, not much has changed in Iraq - Hindustan Times: "Former members of Saddam's now-banned Baath Party are still regularly barred from public office, politicians tar opponents as "Baathists", and surging violence is typically blamed on some combination of Saddam supporters and Sunni militants.
At the same time, public services that fell into disrepair during the years of conflict have yet to be fully upgraded, unemployment remains high, corruption and nepotism are rampant and analysts say members of Saddam's Sunni Arab minority have yet to fully reconcile to losing power to Iraq's Shiite majority."
12/11/2013
Rights groups demand investigation into killings of Egypt protesters
Rights groups demand investigation into killings of Egypt protesters - latimes.com:
The 13 domestic and international rights organizations argued that it will be difficult for the country to move forward without a full and transparent accounting of the crackdown on followers of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. Human rights groups have called the deaths the largest unlawful mass killing in modern Egyptian history.
The groups issuing the joint call included New York-based Human Rights Watch and London-based Amnesty International. Egyptian organizations, themselves facing heavy pressure from the military-backed interim government, also joined in the demand for a full investigation of political violence, mainly that associated with Morsi’s fall.
The groups issuing the joint call included New York-based Human Rights Watch and London-based Amnesty International. Egyptian organizations, themselves facing heavy pressure from the military-backed interim government, also joined in the demand for a full investigation of political violence, mainly that associated with Morsi’s fall.
12/10/2013
Aid Airlifted From Iraq To Syria
UN to airlift aid from Iraq to Syria - Iraq | ReliefWeb: "The supplies were desperately needed in the hard-to-reach areas as the war-fatigued population braced for what is expected to be one of the harshest winters in a century, he said.
The airlift, which was set to begin on Thursday and last through Sunday, "will be the first from Iraq to Syria," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told AFP.
The Syrian government had authorised the cross-border passage two weeks ago and the refugee agency had initially planned to transport aid into north and northeastern Syria by truck.
"But there was a shift in the elements that controlled that road and the border and we shifted to an airlift," Awad said.
Seven flights are planned so far, and more may follow, he said, stressing though that airlifting in the aid would not be sustainable in the long run."
French soldiers killed in Central African Republic
"After being told of the deaths, President François Hollande announced he would fly directly from Nelson Mandela's funeral to Bangui where around 1,600 French troops have been deployed alongside 2,500 African Union forces to try to stop the bloodshed between religious factions and restore order.
The two men, from the 8th Regiment of Marine Infantry Parachutists, based at Castres in southern France, were reportedly killed overnight in an exchange of fire with former Séléka rebels, as they patrolled the perimeter of the city's airport.
The seriously injured men were transported to a field hospital, but could not be saved, said military sources in the CAR."
12/09/2013
Deaths of Palestinian Children
One Palestinian child has been killed by Israel every 3 days for the past 13 years | Global Research: "Official statistics from the Ministry of Information in Ramallah have revealed that 1,518 Palestinian children were killed by Israel’s occupation forces from the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000 up to April 2013. That’s the equivalent of one Palestinian child killed by Israel every 3 days for almost 13 years. The ministry added that the number of children injured by the Israelis since the start of the Second Intifada against Israel’s occupation has now reached 6,000."
12/08/2013
Soldiers to face 11 more 'trials' over Iraq deaths
Soldiers to face 11 more 'trials' over Iraq deaths - Telegraph: "Mr Shiner has now brought or is preparing to bring a total of 160 cases alleging British involvement in the deaths of Iraqis and nearly 800 involving allegations that British troops broke Article Three of the Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits torture.
Mr Shiner said the 11 inquiries dealt with only a few of the cases he claims should be investigated. The ministry says it is “not yet clear” if more inquiries will be needed to deal with torture.
However, they come on top of an already vast amount of investigation into the conduct of soldiers and other members of the Armed Forces in Iraq. The biggest is the al-Sweady inquiry, which has cost more than £20 million and still has a year to go."
18 killed, 34 wounded in violent attacks in Iraq
"In northern Iraq, three people were killed and 10 wounded in a roadside bomb explosion at a busy vegetable market in the city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, a local police source told Xinhua.
Separately, Iraqi police carried out an operation on an insurgent hideout in eastern Mosul, arresting five suspects and seizing a factory producing explosives, the source said.
Near Baghdad, a civilian was killed and nine others were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in the Sunni town of Mashahda, some 40 km north of Baghdad, a police source said.
In Iraq's western province of Anbar, a sniper shot dead a policeman at a checkpoint in the provincial capital city of Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, a provincial police source told Xinhua."
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