Iraqi Hospitals Severely Understaffed
According to the Iraqi Medical Association (IMA), the shortage of doctors and nurses in Iraq is now critical and having a devastating effect, especially on small towns and villages.
Iraq Intelligence as Public Relations
The latest unclassified portions of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), authored by the Director of National Intelligence office and released in August, appears to have been constructed in a manner that supports the Bush administration's public relations efforts to continue the occupation of Iraq.
Iraq, Progress, and the Last Throes of Civil War
In April 2005, just weeks before Vice President Dick Cheney infamously announced to Larry King that the insurgency in Iraq was in its 'last throes,' 52 Americans were killed. Last month, the 8th month of the troop 'surge,' 85 Americans were killed, and more than 1,800 Iraqis were killed in ongoing sectarian violence.
Condemnation of Armed Clashes in Karbala and Call for Dialog
A statement issued by the Central Information Bureau of the Iraqi Communist Party on 30th August 2007 condemned the clashes that erupted in the city of Karbala last Tuesday 28 Aug., 2007.
Iraqi Translators Forced to Quit After Being Targeted by Insurgents
Translators are being targeted by militants who accuse them of espionage and of working for the US military, says a local translation association.