Human Trafficking Organization Busted in Europe

The Associated Press  ::  2009-06-10

In a separate operation, anti-fraud police said Tuesday that 24 Kurds, including five children and two women, were found hiding in a truck headed to Switzerland from northern Italy. Authorities said the truck's driver, a 53-year-old German man, was arrested on charges of aiding illegal immigration.   

Political Wisdom: What Was Missing From Obama’s Speech? Iraq

The Wall Street Journal  ::  2009-06-05

It’s an imperfect model, to be sure, but it’s a model nonetheless. And the president does himself and the country — in particular our soldiers — no favors by ignoring that reality. No one is asking him to defend a war he opposed  

Iraq- (Little) Kuwait spat over war payments threatens ties

Reuters  ::  2009-06-04

"The Kuwaiti stance is repulsive and reflects a vengeful spirit," Kuwait wants Iraq to stay under chapter seven rules until issues including border demarcation and compensation for Kuwaiti property lost or damaged during Iraq's invasion are resolved.  

FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Reuters  ::  2009-06-04

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died on Tuesday of combat-related wounds after a roadside bomb struck his patrol in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.  

Dick Cheney: No link between Saddam Hussein, 9/11

CNN  ::  2009-06-03

,"I do not believe and have never seen any evidence to confirm that [Hussein] was involved in 9/11. We had that reporting for a while, [but] eventually it turned out not to be true," Cheney conceded.   

Ex-trade minister Abdul Falah Sudani Arrested After Attempting to Flee Iraq

Los Angeles Times  ::  2009-06-01

Allegations of corruption swirl around virtually every Iraqi government department, and Iraqis are expected to pay bribes for just about every government service, from pensions to the issuance of their national identity documents. Last year, the international watchdog group Transparency International ranked Iraq the second-most-corrupt country, behind Somalia.   

US: Unclear troop number remaining in Iraq cities

Associated Press  ::  2009-06-01

The deaths raise to 24 the number of American troops killed in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since last September when 25 were killed.  

Children in Iraq Still Suffering Psychologically From War Trauma

China View (Xinhua)  ::  2009-06-01

Diyala has long been the hotbed of resistance since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, despite the ongoing security crackdown in the province conducted by U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces  

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi sports broadcaster was killed Sunday by a bomb attached to his car in northern Iraq, while two other journalists were wounded in a similar blast in Baghdad, officials said.

The Associated Press  ::  2009-06-01

Alaa Abdul-Wahab, a 37-year-old reporter for the Cairo-based independent Baghdadiya TV station, was killed and two other journalists wounded when the bomb exploded as he got into his Opel car in the northern city of Mosul, according to police. The station confirmed the death.   

UK help for Baghdad blast victim's Shams Karim

BBC  ::  2009-05-31

Shams' case has highlighted the difficulties involved in dealing with the myriad medical complications afflicting thousands of people in Iraq whose lives have been shattered by the war. Years of sanctions and infrastructural degradation, and the violence since 2003, have left Iraq's national health system in a very run-down state.