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Iraq’s Health Ministry Confirms At Least Five Cases of Cholera

At least five cholera cases have been confirmed in Baghdad and the southern province of Maysan, due to soaring temperatures and rundown water plants, the Health Ministry said on 2 September. “Four cases have been confirmed in Baghdad and the fifth...

U.K. Government Sets Up Training Scheme for the Youth of Basra, Iraq

A new scheme to get young men off the streets of war torn Basra and back into work has been launched in Iraq. The £250,000 pilot scheme backed by the Department for International Development will see up to 500 young men aged 16 to 30 start an employment...

British Bulldog – Protecting the Protectors

Baroness Ann Taylor announced today that the Army has taken delivery of the 500th upgraded Bulldog infantry troop carrier – large numbers of which are deployed in Iraq where they have been praised by troops. The delivery is part of a program to...

Iraq – Sadr’s Surge – Political Opinion

For the past several weeks, U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling the Jaysh al-Mehdi, the militia of Shi’a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Supported by U.S. airstrikes, U.S. and Iraqi troops have steadily moved into Sadrist neighborhoods in Basra and...

Iraq Fires 1,300 Soldiers, Police for Failing to Fight Armed Groups

Iraq’s government has dismissed about 1,300 security personnel for dereliction of duties during a recent crackdown on armed Shi’ite groups in southern Iraq.

Gates Says US Not Likely To Arrest Moqtada Al-Sadr

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it is unlikely radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would be subject to arrest by U.S. forces if he returns to Iraq. In related developments, unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a senior aide to al-Sadr...

Reports Say Nouri Al-Maliki Admits Defeat in Crack Down on Moqtada Al Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Basra

On Sunday Nouri al-Maliki admitted defeat in his attempt to crack down on Moqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Basra. Maliki had begun the week demanding that Mahdi forces surrender within 72 hours, calling this “a decisive and final battle.”...

IRAQ-IRAN: Shifting Water Border Prompts Talks with Iran

The absence of dredging operations in Iraq’s Shat al-Arab waterway, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the southern province of Basra, has led to erosion on the Iraqi side, a specialist has told IRIN.