UK Iraq Newswire Archive
Iraqi gays are targets of killings
18-04-2007 19:45
The persecution of Iraq's Lesbian and Gay community by Government backed death squads, has been a great cause of concern for international human rights organisations.MEDIA ALERT: the BBC's Gavin Esler interviews US Undersecretary of State
17-04-2007 17:05
"You want to know something? We are still in the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages - they haven't ended yet." (Kurt Vonnegut)Who would guess from media reporting that Iraq is being convulsed by a human cataclysm? And who would guess that this catastrophe is the result of American and British criminality?
Fundraiser for Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq, Saturday
17-04-2007 13:50
On Saturday, come and help raise money for Iraq's most high profile radical women's organisation.What are Britain’s special-forces doing in northern Iraq?
17-04-2007 10:23
The crash between two military helicopters in Iraq late on Saturday evening raises the question as what Britain’s special-forces are doing in northern Iraq.Erasing Iraqi History
15-04-2007 12:01
Who is erasing Iraq's history? A visitor only has to be in the country minute's before someone informs them: 'We are the cradle of civilisation' and launches in to the pride and passion of historical jewels and archeological wonders stetching back seemingly beyond time.An Insult to Intelligence
14-04-2007 18:54
Islam Online reported on the 7/4/2007 that: "Iraqis who once celebrated and even participated in pulling down Saddam Hussein's statue four years ago when US tanks rolled into Baghdad in a heart-breaking scene for many Arabs and Muslims are now lamenting the good old days under the late president."Iraq war superbug coverup
14-04-2007 10:16
Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that has been killing wounded US, UK, Candian and Iraqis treated in 'coalition' field hospitals and medical evacuation centres in Iraq. It is now spreading through civilian hospitals and the military have been covering this up.Weekly US Embassy Guantanamo Protest Two Months Old
13-04-2007 23:34
London Sound Posse Presents: The Strange Death of Dr David Kelly
12-04-2007 23:40
Summary: Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewes in East Sussex England, speaks and fields questions about his research into the strange death of UN weapons inspector Dr David Kelly.
The next Imperial Genocide: Iran may be the greatest crisis of modern times
12-04-2007 19:43
In a cover piece for the New Statesman, John Pilger evokes the memory of Germans 'looking from the side' at Bergen-Belsen to describe the challenge facing us in the West as the Bush/Blair 'long war' becomes 'perhaps the greatest crisis of modern times'.BP AGM told: Hands Off Iraqi Oil
12-04-2007 13:14
US raid on mosque leads to massacre in Baghdad
12-04-2007 11:26
Scores of people were left killed or wounded and bodies littered the streets of two crowded urban neighborhoods in central Baghdad following a major battle between US occupation forces and city residents Tuesday.The Tragedy of the Turkmen city of Tel Afer
11-04-2007 18:26
Since the illegal occupation of Iraq by the Anglo-American forces in April 2003 the inhabitants of the Turkmen city of Tel Afer are living under siege. Thousands of innocent Turkmens have been killed by the US and Kurdish militia forces during multiple heavy attacks on the city. What goes on in Tel Afer is part of the ethnic cleansing of Turkmens in the north of Iraq.Shame on Barzani
11-04-2007 18:13
Massud Barzani, the Kurdish feudal war-lord and collaborator of the occupiers of Iraq, the US an UK, continues to deny the rights of the 3 million Turkmens of Iraq (representing 12% of the Iraqi population) by putting their number at a ridiculous'few thousands'.
Demo at BP's AGM
11-04-2007 15:57
BP AGM DEMONSTRATION - THURSDAY 12 APRIL10.30am, Thursday 12 April 2007
Excel Centre, Docklands (Custom House DLR)
The UK and the USA, the torture states
11-04-2007 15:04
While the Blair Bullshiting Corporation runs with the headline 'US denies Iranian torture claim' like a faithfull puppy dog, the rest of the world has been shown pictures of the Iranian diplomat who was tortured after being kidnapped by the US in Iraq.Freed British sailors allege torture by Iran: Why do the media ask no questions?
10-04-2007 09:59
The British media have accepted without qualification or question the claims of Iranian mistreatment made by the recently released sailors and marines at a press conference organised by the armed forces last Friday.Want to Earn Ten Years' Salary? Get Captured.
09-04-2007 20:15
New hit song from The Meat Beetles
09-04-2007 04:26
Iraqis Wish to Put up Saddam's Statue
08-04-2007 19:39
Iraqis who once celebrated and even participated in pulling down Saddam Hussein's statue four years ago when US tanks rolled into Baghdad in a heart-breaking scene for many Arabs and Muslims are now lamenting the good old days under the late president.