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October  2007
Turkey sends a few thousand more troops to the Iraqi border to make sure the Kurds don't get in their whey. 10-23
Iraqi Interior Ministry: Violence in Iraq down 70% since the surge began. The Surge was primarily in Baghdad. It's even working where it never happened. 10-23
The U.S. military has increased airstrikes in Iraq fivefold this year 10-23
After a “major bombardment” near Baghdad killed 49 people, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for U.S. military restraint. 10-23
Turkish Prime Minister Warns U.S.: We Will Attack Kurds in Iraq 10-23
US says Iraq air strike kills 11, mostly civilians 10-23
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 23
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 22 October 2007
Photo Gallery: Scores killed in US Iraq raid: Women and children among victims of air strike targeting "criminals" in Sadr City. 10-22
"... A series of pictures have appeared following your aerial bombardment of Madinat Al Thawra now baptized Sadr city. Many toddlers in these pictures, blown to pieces...and a few youngsters, blown to pieces too and a few adults blown to pieces, as well... I also could not help but notice, how very thin, wasted and washed out these bodies both alive and dead are...How emaciated they are...Rags dolls for your brave, healthy children." 10-22
Another top Iraqi scientist killed 10-22
Thousands of Kurds demonstrated in the northern city of Dohuk against Turkey's threatened invasion. 10-22
The Kurdish Workers Party ratchets things up a notch by killing at least 12 Turkish troops in an ambush on an armored convoy. 10-22
Also, the guerrillas of the Kurdish Workers Party threatened to retaliate against any Turkish military moves against them in their safe haven of Iraqi Kurdistan, by hitting the oil pipelines in Turkey. 10-22
US defense secretary: Turkey won't invade Iraq 10-22
Political leaders as much as military bosses need to face up to our brutal detention policy in Iraq 10-22
Grim math shows increase not drop in violence in Iraq 10-22
American Military: "We killed 49 militants." Iraqi Government: "You killed 13 people, and some were civilians and children" 10-22
Syria pushes out 1.5M Iraqi refugees 10-22
PM Nuri al-Maliki is trying to prevent Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi from making political hay by visiting mostly Sunni Arab prisoners in Iraq prisons, of which their are thousands, many languishing for long periods without trials or even without formal charges. 10-22
Robot Warriors In Iraq 10-22
Of all Baghdad's emergency centres, only six are equipped with waiting rooms, medical wards, toilets and an office 10-22
US soldiers found and destroyed 20 tons of explosives just north of Baghdad in the last two days 10-22
Kurd rebels say may hit Turk pipelines if attacked 10-20
Oil pipeline set ablaze near Iraq's Kirkuk 10-20
Ex-top envoy calls Iraqi government a failure: Former ambassador says country ‘falling apart,’ blames ministers, U.S. 10-20
When does this end? 10-20
Blackwater confiscated Iraqi planes 10-20
Turkish PM calls on Iraq to shut PKK camps: "What will satisfy us is the closure of all PKK (rebel) camps, including their training facilities, and the handover of the terrorist leaders to us." 10-20
Mercenary leader vows to never let US ally take his men alive 10-19
The Iraqi government has “put the U.S. on notice” that they do not want permanent U.S. bases in Iraq. The message was “delivered directly to Vice President Dick Cheney at the White House”. In other news, the Iraqis figured out our chain of command before our media did. 10-19
Criminal Probe Underway Into US Embassy Construction In Baghdad 10-19
The Turkish parliament authorized a Turkish incursion into Iraq 10-19
Turkish offensive would lead to humanitarian crisis, ICRC warns 10-19
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 18
Blackwater Chairman Erik Prince said yesterday he will not allow Iraqi authorities to arrest his contractors and try them in Iraq's faulty justice system. 10-18
Two journalists killed in Iraq in 24 hours 10-16
General who says we've defeated Al Qaeda in Iraq is the guy who claims we were done in 2003 and also a central player in Pat Tillman affair. 10-16
Marine Corps head says al-Qaeda is only crippled 10-16
Dahr Jamail: "Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq" 10-16
Polish Base Attacked by Shiites 10-16
Security developments in Iraq 10-16
US Builds Bunker of an Embassy in Iraq 10-16
US forces kill three tribal fighters by mistake 10-16
Turkey Moves Closer to an Incursion Into Iraq 10-16
U.S. and Iraqi officials are negotiating Baghdad's demand that security company Blackwater USA be expelled from the country within six months, and American diplomats appear to be working on how to fill the security gap if the company is phased out. 10-15
Washington Post reporter killed in Iraq. 10-15
Turkish forces fire 250 artillery shells into northern Iraq 10-15
At Fort Leavenworth, KS — the “intellectual center of the United States Army” — young officers are undergoing an “outspoken re-examination of their role in Iraq.” 10-15
The U.S. military believes it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over the group 10-15
The Muqtada al-Sadr bloc has rejected a suggestion made by another Iraqi Shia politician that the country should be split into regions based on sect and ethnicity. 10-15
Sunday: 63 Iraqis Killed, 58 Wounded 10-15
U.S. Contractors in Iraq Rely on Third-World Labor 10-15
A key Shi'ite member of Iraq's ruling coalition called yesterday for the complete withdrawal of foreign troops from his country and rejected the possibility of permanent bases. 10-15
US soldiers' reports confirm there was "no enemy activity" when Blackwater troops started firing at Iraqis, and that they continued to fire at cars that were just trying to escape 10-13
Proving it can keep up with Blackwater, USAF strike kills 15 women and children 10-13
Only two days ago, 11 little ones were severely wounded by a mortar attack. Yesterday, 9 little ones were killed in a so called counter-insurgency attack by your brave boys. Today, at least 2 little ones were blasted away when a bomb placed in a toy cart exploded in their curious little faces...on the day of the Eid. 10-13
Surrounding villages get 10 hours of electricity a day but the lights never go out at Balad Air Base, The Las Vegas of Iraq 10-13
The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there, according to senior military and Pentagon officials. 10-13
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday it had asked Iraqi authorities to probe media reports of several cases of Rift Valley Fever 10-13
Announcement of a new resistance group in Iraq is a landmark in the armed campaign against the US occupation. 10-13
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 11 October 2007. 10-13
Car bombs, assassinations, kidnappings, mortar attacks and suicide bombers aside, it's convoys of private security guards hurtling through Baghdad streets that strike fear into many Iraqis. 10-11
It's official: Turkey has just entered Iraq to prepare for a full military invasion. 10-11
Security guards fired randomly - Iraq official 10-11
Iraqis divided by constitution's treatment of women: Supporters say Article 41 will keep the state out of civil affairs. Critics say it will usher in Sharia. 10-11
Time asks if the US has abandoned Shiite south Iraq, and answers "yes." 10-11
In spite of the impact of the surge and US-armed Sunni groups, resistance is bound to continue until the occupiers leave 10-11
Attack on U.S. base in Iraq kills 2, wounds dozens 10-11
Kurds Talk Contracts with Big Oil: 'It's Now or Never' 10-11
Oil Laws - Colonising Iraq’s Economic Prize 10-11
In Baghdad, elusive electricity is rare delight 10-11
Unembedded in Iraq: From Bechtel’s broken water pumps to the battle of Fallujah, Dahr Jamail’s upcoming new book tells the story of the occupation through Iraq’s eyes. 10-11
Just about ten cents in a dollar actually counts within the massive figures of U.S. aid to Iraq, according to the Commitment to Development Index released Wednesday. 10-11
The opening of the mammoth new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has been delayed indefinitely 10-10
Iraqi authorities want the U.S. government to sever all contracts in Iraq with Blackwater USA within six months. 10-9
U.K. To Halve Iraq Forces By Spring: Prime Minister Says 2,500 British Troops Will Remain In "Overwatch" Role 10-9
Private Contractors Open Fire In Iraq, Two Women Dead 10-9
Iraqi leaders said they no longer believe the U.S. goal of sectarian reconciliation (reason for the "Surge") in the country is attainable 10-9
Brown Announces Phased Withdrawal From Iraq, Says Troop Reductions Have Made Basra ‘Calmer 10-9
More on the elite sniper group based in Iraq who have come under fire for the practice of using 'bait' to lure Iraqis, and then shoot them dead when they stop to pick the items up 10-9
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) sends Scarborough scurrying for cover over Blackwater. 10-9
Two car bombs kill 14 in north Iraqi town 10-9
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 8 October 2007 10-9
Cholera spreading, authorities in Baghdad doing little 10-9
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 8
US Army cordons off al-Doura in preparation for massive attack 10-9
U.S., West seen skirting Iraqi refugee crisis 10-9
Iraqis tell of guards' reckless behavior: Residents of Hillah await answers and justice in the slayings of two men. They believe those responsible for the deaths were Blackwater employees. 10-9
Iraq says U.S. forces killed civilians, not 25 rebels 10-8
Key Shiite figures Sadr and Hakim forge deal in Iraq: "The agreement is essentially a commitment of honour. The most important aspect is that it forbids both sides to engage in bloodletting against each other and against Iraqis in general." 10-8
US Embassy In Iraq $144 Million Over budget And Unfinished 10-8
The scandal of Blackwater: The only punishment doled out to US security men involved in deadly shootings is a jet home 10-8
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 7
U.S. forces killed 2 first aid workers in Mosul – police 10-8
IRAQ: News of the Day for Sunday, October 7, 2007
Troop buildup fails to reconcile Iraq: Baghdad's neighborhoods continue to split along sectarian lines, violence shifts elsewhere and infighting stalls political progress. 10-8
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 6 October 2007
10,000 pro-apartheid mercenaries for Iraq 10-7
Iraq MP found at "al Qaeda" meeting - U.S. military 10-5
U.S. Confiscates AP Footage At Scene of Bloody Baghdad Bombing 10-5
Iraq has ordered light military equipment from China worth $100 million because the United States is unable to meet Baghdad's requirements 10-5
Nearly two dozen previously unknown Iraqi insurgent groups announced a new coalition to fight foreign occupation but it also set conditions for talks with the U.S. in a statement on a Web site affiliated with the country's deposed Baath party. 10-5
Which US Contractor Broke Crooked Iraqi Out of Prison? 10-5
Waxman: State Dept. Muzzling Evidence Of Iraqi Corruption To Avoid ‘Embarrassing’ Maliki 10-5
The administration’s “Anbar strategy” holds the perilous possibility “that we just end up arming the Sunnis, who still hate the Shi’a... and that eventually the Sunni tribes end up fighting it out with the central government.” 10-5
Iraqi Sunni tribal leader killed 10-5
Sunni lawmaker sacked for joining armed resistance 10-5
The largest Shiite political coalition in Iraq has urged the U.S. military to “abandon its recruitment of Sunni tribesmen into the Iraqi police.” 10-5
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 3 October 2007 10-5
Grand opening of US's embassy in Iraq delayed. Had been planned for last month, has now been delayed well into next year 10-5
IRAQ: Shortage of cancer treatments puts thousands at risk 10-5
In Basra, vigilantes wage deadly campaign against women 10-5
Guerrillas injured the Polish ambassador to Iraq on Wednesday with roadside bombs. 10-5
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki again insisted on Wednesday that the Blackwater security firm should leave Iraq. 10-5
Russia is complaining that a private security firm mistreated its embassy personnel at Baghdad International Airport on Monday. It was apparently referring to London-based Global Strategies Group. 10-5
GI Special 5J1: 25,000 IEDs So Far This Year 10-5
Coalition troops pull out of Basra. Bloodbath fails to ensue 10-4
White House Retaliates Against UK For Withdrawal: ‘British Forces Have Performed Poorly’ In Iraq 10-4
The British are pulling out of Iraq, so now we've got a "clear field". 10-4
Iraqi government also wants to question Blackwater over their involvement in the jail break of a government minister who embezzled $2.5 Billion from the country 10-4
According to Senator Lindsey Graham, the war will magically pay for itself when we win it 10-4
A Little Visual Perspective on the $87 billion being spent on Iraq 10-3
In a rare act of bipartisanship, US House passes legislation 377-46 demanding regular reports on Iraq and a timely withdrawl plan 10-3
Lindsey Graham Sets 90 Day Deadline For Iraq 10-2
Confidential Balckwater USA file leaked revealing that their special operators have zero fire discipline and fired unprovoked leading to the deaths of 17 innocent Iraqis. 10-1
Number Of Iraqis Killed Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq: 1,068,035 10-1
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's W ar On Iraq :3,803 10-1
Army Operations Chief: "The IED Problem Is Getting Out Of Control. We've Got To Stop The Bleeding." 10-1
Blackwater force in 56 shootings 10-1
A Message (In English) From The Iraqi Resistance 10-1
Ms. Hussein walked out of the customs building, an embassy convoy of sport utility vehicles drove through the intersection. Blackwater USA security guards, charged with protecting the diplomats, yelled at construction workers at an unfinished building to move back. Instead, the workers threw rocks. The guards, witnesses said, responded with gunfire, spraying the intersection with bullets. 10-1
Iraq's WMD Myth: A former senior UN diplomat has revealed to me details of how, just over 10 years ago, the Clinton administration deliberately sabotaged UN weapons inspections in Iraq. 10-1
Iraqi officials said at least 10 people, including two women and four children, were killed in the air strike early Friday in Baghdad's southwestern Dora district 10-1
Seymour Hersh :'The President Has Accepted Ethnic Cleansing' 10-1
Troop deaths in Iraq drop in September 10-1
Sunni politician shot dead in Iraq's Mosul 10-1

October  2006

Iraq says needs $100 bln to rebuild infrastructure 10-31
Showdown: Iraqi PM Orders US To Lift Blockades. 10-31
Pentagon May Increase Number Of US Troops In Iraq By 10% 10-31
Over 40 Iraqis kidnapped north of Baghdad - police 10-31
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 31
100 US Troops Killed In Iraq This Month 10-30
Hundreds Of Thousands Of US Weapons Unaccounted For In Iraq. 10-30
23 Policemen Shot To Death In Iraq. 10-30
McCain: send 20,000 more troops to Iraq 10-30
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 30 
Iraqi premier says he is a friend but not 'America's man' 10-28
Rove: "U.S. can't leave one of the world's largest oil reserves(Iraq) in terrorist hands". Not that the invasion/liberation of Iraq had anything to do with oil. In other news "Terrorist" now means "non-U.S. controlled entity". And that goes for you, too. 10-28
October death toll for troops in Iraq: 98 10-28
"As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq." 10-28
Hans Blix says "Iraq is a pure failure", was better of under Saddam and neither the US leaving nor staying there are good options anymore. 10-27
U.S. seeks missing soldier in tense Iraqi slum 10-27
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 27
Iraq's Mosul bans vehicles after threats to police 10-27
U.S. Marine pleads guilty in Iraqi man's death 10-27
Iraqi PM Condemns US Raid In Sadr City: “It Will Not Be Repeated”. 10-26
Sen. Burns Shows Off His 3-Year-Old “Secret Plan” For Iraq. 10-26
Eight Iraqi policemen killed in ambush 10-26
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 26
Five US troops killed in Iraq as Bush under fire 10-26
IRAQ-SYRIA-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Sex traffickers target women in war-torn Iraq 10-26
Iraq: the real story 10-26
A US Fortress Rises in Baghdad: Contractors Use "Asian Labor Trafficking" to Build the World's Largest Embassy 10-26
Frist to GOP candidates: "Don't mention the war" 10-25
Despair of Baghdad turns into a life of shame in Damascus Young women fleeing war and poverty fall prey to sex traffickers 10-25
Residents of Amarah, a half-million strong city in south-eastern Iraq, say they are being severely restricted by an indefinite daily 20-hour curfew. 10-25
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 25
US Considers More Troops in Iraq 10-25
Aid effort buckling before flood of Iraqi refugees 10-25
U.S. insists Iraq disband Mehdi Army militia 10-24
Blackout Occurs While Gen. Casey And Amb. Khalilzad Hold Press Conference On Iraq's Progress 10-24
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 24
Iraqi army stays out of the way of tribal vendetta despite public call 10-24
Like "Stay the course" the phrase, "No timetable" was just a product of your imagination 10-24
Iraq: UK Voters Want British Troops Home by End of Year 10-24
US threatens to punish Baghdad for failing to stop violence in Iraq 10-23
More than half a billion of your tax dollars earmarked to fight the insurgency in Iraq was stolen by people the U.S. had entrusted to run the country's Ministry of Defense 10-23
An 8-minute video about Iraq you need to watch 10-23
The month of October has so far seen the 5th highest US death-toll of the Iraq-war and there is still a week to go 10-23
The Exodus: 1.6m Iraqis have fled their country since the war 10-23
“Perhaps it's time for America to acknowledge that the same mentality that led it into Vietnam has led it into a new and far more damaging quagmire.'” 10-23
Bush: We've never been "stay the course". 10-22
Bush: I won't change strategy in Iraq 10-22
Iraqi prime minister has ordered the country’s medical authorities to stop providing monthly figures on the number of civilians killed and wounded 10-22
Last week a tipping point was reached as political leaders in Washington and London began openly to think the unthinkable: that the Iraq war was lost 10-22
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 23
President says increase in violence of Iraqi civil war is an effort to affect our mid-term elections and everything will be just fine if you continue to continue allowing republicans to rule. 10-20
Many Iraqis Look to Militias as Protectors 10-21
Pentagon investigates itself and finds that it acted legally when it hired a contractor to pay Iraqi news organizations to run pro-American stories. 10-20
Iraq minister says militia does not control Amara 10-20
Govt. Death Squads Ravaging Baghdad 10-20
Mortar attack targets Baghdad Palestinians 10-20
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 20
Baghdad security plan 'failing': The US military has said a security initiative aimed at reducing violence in Baghdad has failed to meet expectations and is being reviewed. 10-20
Senator Conrad Burns (R-I'm not tellin') claims administration has secret plan to win the war in Iraq. 10-19
Bush admits that comparison of current Iraq situation with '68 Tet offensive "could be right". 10-19
They don't know if we're winning. They don't know how to define winning. But Bush's plan is to win 10-19
Six car bombs, clashes kill 20 in Iraq's Mosul 10-19
Car bomb kills at least 8 in Iraq's Kirkuk 10-19
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki ordered the release Wednesday of a leading member of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr’s political organisation who was detained by US troops, state television said. 10-19
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 19
Slovakia to pull troops from Iraq in February 10-19
Cheney: ‘General Overall Situation’ In Iraq Is Going ‘Remarkably Well’ 10-18
Former US Secy. Of State James Baker: Iraq Is A “Helluva Mess”. 10-18
Santorum Compares Iraq War To Lord Of The Rings 10-18
Rep. King: Baghdad “Is Like Being In Manhattan” 10-18
Iraqi PM wants to invite Iran, Syria to help stabilize the country and end terrorism 10-18
Poll: Support for Iraq war at all-time low 10-18
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 18
Neo-Cons are turning Iraq into a "Mad Max" scenario: "Iraq is not going to be a democratic, unified country that serves as a model for the region," Dennis Ross, the former US Middle East negotiator wrote in an article for the Washington Post the other day. 10-18
The number of embedded journalists reporting alongside U.S. troops in Iraq has dropped to its lowest level of the war: 11 10-17
Australian Labor party attempts to censure prime minister over Iraq involvement, threaten to withdraw troops if elected 10-17
British courts are starting to accept that the war against Iraq is a crime 10-17
Iraq Study Group To Rule Out “Victory” in Report: Managed Withdrawal 10-17
Snow on Iraq: ‘I Don’t Know’ If We Are Winning 10-17
Alleged U.S. ringleader in Iraqi killing in court: Defense lawyer said on Monday that he would challenge the testimony of a Navy medic who said anger motivated Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III to lead his unit in randomly killing an Iraqi grandfather. 10-17
Of the US $65 billion pledged to Iraq for aid and redevelopment since March 2003, only $20.5 billion has been spent on that purpose, according to the government. Some $35 billion has still not been disbursed to Iraq by donors while billions have been lost to corruption and billions redirected to security. 10-17
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 17
Bush's Petro-Cartel Almost Has Iraq's Oil 10-16
Saddam's verdict and sentencing to be announced two days before U.S. election 10-16
Over 100 Killed In Latest Series Of Attacks Throughout Iraq 10-16
2 GOP senators urge new Iraq strategy 10-16
Two car bombs kill 20 in Baghdad 10-16
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 16
Iraq loses 25 police to violence each day 10-15
At least 44 U.S. troops have been killed so far in October. At the current pace, the month would be the deadliest for U.S. forces since  January 2005. 10-15
Outbreak Of Sectarian Violence Kills 43 In Iraq. 10-15
Iraqis are giving up on democracy. A new plan is brewing to dissolve the American backed government and install a group of five strongmen who would impose martial law and either dissolve or diminish parliament 10-15
One of Britain's most experienced journalists was unlawfully killed by U.S. soldiers in Iraq 10-13
11 Killed By Militiamen At Iraqi TV Station. 10-13
Iran says U.S. incites Sunni-Shi'ite strife in Iraq 10-13
So Now Iraq Is For Oil, Bush Admits 10-13
Thousands fleeing Iraq daily in 'silent exodus'-UN 10-13
Bush Admin. Shutting Down Iraqi Police Training Center 10-13
UK Army Chief: British Military Should “Get Ourselves Out Sometime Soon Because Our Presence Exacerbates The Security Problems” 10-13
Bomb in Iraqi police station kills 6, wounds 12 10-13
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 13
Iraqi Shiite majority votes to allow a breakaway Shiite-controlled state. 10-13
Report of 650,000 dead Iraqis relied on large sample base, checked death certificates, includes more reliable methodology than previous reports. 10-12
Bush: Iraqis are willing to "tolerate" this "level of violence" 10-12
ARMY: TROOPS STAYING IN IRAQ UNTIL 2010 10-12
Feb. 7, 2003: Rumsfeld to U.S. troops in Aviano, Italy: "It is unknowable how long that conflict will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." 10-12
More than 300,000 Iraqis have fled their homes since Saddam's fall 10-12
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 12
Gunmen storm Iraqi TV station, kill 11 10-12
U.S. media group demands Iraq free female reporter 10-12
A controversial new study contends nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war 10-11
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 11
Mortar attack caused US ammo dump fire in Iraq 10-11
Some readers and viewers think we journalists are exaggerating about the situation in Iraq. I can almost understand that because who would want to believe that things are this bad? 10-11
Iraq's parliament on Wednesday approved a law that sets out the mechanics of forming federal regions, an issue Sunni minority leaders fear might tear the country apart 10-11
2,660 Iraqi Civilians Killed in Sept. 10-11
Death squads terrorise civilians in Baghdad 10-11
Security developments in Iraq, Oct 3
Baghdad curfew was in response to 'coup attempt'- MP: A blanket 36-hour curfew imposed on the Iraqi capital Baghdad from Friday evening was in response to an information leak concerning a possible coup attempt, according to an Iraqi Shiite parliamentary deputy. 10-03
Woodward: Bush Says He Will Not Withdraw From Iraq Even If Laura And Barney The Dog Are The Only Ones Supporting Him. 10-02
Pentagon's estimated cost of Iraq War in 2003: $50 billion. 10-02
Iraq vows to capture al Qaeda leader dead or alive. Hmmm... now where have we heard that before? 10-02
Iraq parliament renews govt emergency powers 10-02

October  2005

90 US soldiers died in Iraq this month. 10-31
Pentagon estimates that nearly 26,000 Iraqis were killed or wounded by insurgent attacks from January 1, 2004, through September 16, 2005. This does not include casualties of Coalition attacks. 10-31
Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 31
U.S. Priorities Set Back Its Healthcare Goals in Iraq 10-31
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 30 October 2005
US unveils new prison in northern Iraq 10-31
US auditor urges anti-corruption drive in Iraq 10-31
Financial Times: US ‘had no policy’ in place to rebuild Iraq 10-31
Saddam lawyer wants trial moved to The Hague 10-29
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 28 October 2005
Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 29
Texas tycoon pleads not guilty in Iraq oil probe 10-28
Interview with Lawyer Scott Horton: “Vice President Cheney is the Man Who Unleashed Torture and Promoted it Within Our Military and Our Intelligence Service” 10-28
Sunni Arabs Launch Political Campaign to Kick US Out 10-28
Sunni Arabs join forces for December elections 10-28
Are U.S. tactics destroying terrorists -- or merely creating more? One intelligence officer gives us a look inside the new petri dish of terrorism that is Iraq. 10-28
Iraqis Forced to Take in Uninvited Troops 10-28
At least 27 people, most of them police, were killed in clashes with civilians in Nahrawan township, 30 kilometres south of Baghdad, Thursday, said Iraqi army sources. 10-28
Six explosions in Baghdad 10-28
Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 28
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 27 October 2005
US envoy moots Iraq troop reduction 10-28
Saddam's defense team wants to put Bush on trial 10-27
The War on Iraq was not a mistake 10-27
The Baghdad Hotel Attack: The Real Targets not journalists, say Zarqawi and al-Qaeda, but a private security firm 10-27
Mr. "Bring 'em on" Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq 10-27
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 26 October 2005
Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 27
This week's grim milestone, 2,000 American soldiers killed in Iraq, doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the real human costs of this war. 10-26
Soldiers Lost in Iraq Top Those Lost in First Four Years in Vietnam 10-26
Bush calls for more sacrifice in the war in Iraq. 10-26
The interior ministry of the pro-US government in Iraq is being directly accused of carrying out the murder of defence lawyer in the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven others 10-26
Security incidents in Iraq, Oct 26
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 25 October 2005
IRAQ MEDIA DEATH TOLL TOPS 100 SINCE INVASION 10-26
Opec And The Economic Conquest Of Iraq: TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND $202 BILLION into the war in Iraq, the United States has at least one significant new asset to show for it: effective membership, through our control of Iraq's energy policy, in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Arab-dominated oil cartel. 10-26
Bomb Misses U.S. Troops, Kills Young Child: The bomb missed the soldiers but killed the 7 year old boy, who was selling cans of black-market gasoline on a street. 10-26
Journalist Dahr Jamail draws capacity crowd for Iraq update 10-26
2000 10-25
Iraq: Draft constitution passes 10-25
Bush 41's NSA, Brent Scowcroft, rips the Bush 43 administration: "There may have come a time when we would have needed to take Saddam out. But he wasn't really a threat. His army was weak and the country hadn't recovered from sanctions 10-25
And he was saying it in 2002: Don't Attack Saddam It would undermine our antiterror efforts. 10-25
Federal auditors say the prime contractor on a $1 billion technology contract to improve the nation's transportation security system overbilled taxpayers for as much as 171,000 hours' worth of labor and overtime by charging up to $131 an hour for employees who were paid less than half that amount. 10-25
Iraqi oil exports halted as attacks continue 10-25
Iraq violence claims 44 lives 10-25
20 killed in Baghdad hotel bombing 10-25
Army Holds Back New Humvees ‘Uparmored’ vehicles aren’t yet in Iraq. 10-25
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 23 October 2005