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middle-east-online: Iraqis await glimpse of new political landscape
Iraqis were expected to get a glimpse of the country's new political landscape on Thursday when first official results from weekend elections are released. more >>
NYTimes: Maliki Holds Edge in Iraq, but Results Are Challenged
Iraq’s major coalitions were locked in a surprisingly close race Thursday, in initial results from elections that deepened divisions across a fractured landscape. Candidates were quick to charge fraud, heightening concerns whether Iraq’s fledgling institutions are strong enough to support a peaceful transfer of power. more >>
WaPo: Once-dominant Sunnis anxiously watch as Iraq votes are tallied
For Raad Ali, the results of last weekend's elections will dictate whether men like him can survive in today's Iraq. A Sunni Arab and a former officer in Saddam Hussein's special forces, Ali fled the capital months before the parliamentary vote in the face of apparent political persecution. more >>
theglobeandmail: Fraud alleged on Iraq voting commission
A suspicious delay in reporting preliminary results of Sunday's national election has left Iraqis doubting the very system for which they dodged bombs and rockets to uphold. more >>
radionz: Iraq results indicate close race
Early results from the Iraqi parliamentary election on Sunday suggest a tight contest is developing between incumbent Prime Minister, Nouri Al Maliki and his main challenger, Ayad Allawi. Partial counts have Mr Maliki leading in two predominantly Shia provinces south of Baghdad and Mr Allawi ahead in Sunni areas to the north of the capital. more >>
Helping Iraqi Refugee's
In the first of a series of interviews, Elaine Bigelow of the Iraq Solidarity Campaign speaks to Sasha Crow, who as director of the Collateral Repair Project is currently in the Kingdom of Jordan, where the CRP is providing assistance to many of Iraq’s displaced people. more >>
Launch of "Remembering Gallipoli, President McAleese’s Great War Crusade” By Dr. Pat Walsh
BOOK LAUNCH As part of the project to reconcile Protestant Ulster to Catholic Ireland President McAleese goes to Gallipoli to honour the invaders of Turkey in the Great War. These Irishmen died in pursuit of British Imperial aims in the Middle East and the expansion of the Empire across Moslem lands. Dr Pat Walsh argues that, no matter how laudable an aim, we should not attempt to unite our divided land through a process which celebrates the conquest of other lands, the deaths and destruction of other citizens, and glorifies militarism in a way that gives it encouragement today. Dr Walsh does this by examining the real reasons for the war on Turkey that led Irishmen to their deaths at Gallipoli, the propagandist and racist view of the Moslem world that came out of that war, and the tragic and catastrophic consequences of it that persist to this day in the regions that were added to the British Empire through it - Iraq and Palestine included. more >>
WaPo: After playing down election violence in Iraq, U.S. military reassesses
After initially playing down the scope of the violence during Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iraq, the U.S. military has concluded in an internal assessment that at least 37 people were killed in 136 attacks. more >>
DoD: Army Casualty Identified (2 of 2)
Spc. Lakeshia M. Bailey, 23, of Columbus, Ga...died March 8 north of Al Kut, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. They were assigned to the 203rd Brigade Support Battalion, attached to the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga. more >>
NYTimes: Iraqi Officials to Begin Releasing Vote Tallies on Wednesday
Iraq’s electoral commission said Tuesday that it would announce partial results of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, providing an incomplete picture of the vote that will nevertheless provide the broad outlines of the country’s political landscape. more >>
WaPo: Dispute over candidate disqualifications could mar Iraqi vote's legitimacy
A controversy over the disqualification of candidates threatened Tuesday to undermine the legitimacy of Iraq's recent elections and inflame supporters of a coalition seeking to topple the alliance led by the prime minister. more >>
Shannon Watch Vigil
Seven Years of Occupation and Suffering in Iraq ... Seven Years of Daily War Support at Shannon Airport. Voice your Protest at the Shannon Vigil on March 14th, 2 - 3pm (gathering just before airport entrance/security checkpoint) more >>
NPR: Sunnis Who Fled Iraq, Remain In Exile
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, about 4 million Iraqis fled their homes. About 2 million fled the country entirely — and many are still outside its borders. Throughout the war, NPR's Deborah Amos has spent much of her time with Iraqis, who fled to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. more >>
CSMonitor: After Iraq election, fragile democracy faces the real test
The Iraq election has shored up the country’s fragile democracy, but the months ahead are fraught with potential dangers far more worrying than the bombs that echoed through Baghdad as voters went to the polls over the weekend. more >>
Xinhua: 3 policemen killed in attack in western Iraq
Three policemen were killed in a bomb explosion followed by gunfire in a village in Iraq's western province of Anbar on Tuesday, a provincial police source said. The incident took place when gunmen blew up a roadside bomb near a car carrying three policemen in Hissy village east of Fallujah city, some 50 km west of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. more >>
VOA: Iraq Postpones Announcing Initial Election Results
Iraq's election commission has postponed announcing initial results from Sunday's parliamentary election because it says it has not finished counting enough votes. more >>
AP: Iraqi parties both claim lead in election
The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer. more >>
NYTimes: Candidates Speculate on Results of Iraq Vote
Even before the votes were tallied, Iraq’s candidates and coalitions began positioning themselves in an evolving political landscape on Monday. Some claimed victory, and a few conceded defeat in an election on Sunday that the top American officials here called a milestone that kept the withdrawal of American troops on pace. more >>
LATimes: Iraqi voter turnout estimated at 62%
Participation is nearly 75% in Sunni-dominated Salahuddin province. Turnout in Baghdad is lower, possibly dampened by a morning bombardment by militants. Election results are days away. more >>
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Poland: Demonstration in support of the Rozbrat squat, Poznan, 8 March 2010
from email, 9 March 2010: "On Monday, 8th March, about 50 people from Rozbrat squat Collective made a demonstration in front of the gate of Poznan International Fair Center, where a congress of local councils from all over Poland was taking place. Shouting slogans “City is not a company. Rozbrat stays!”, the anarchists blockaded the gate. Many cars with the officials were forced to turn back..." more
Guy Fawkes Night, 5 November 2009, Parliament Square, London
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Big political party on Parliament Square, November 5th, 9pm
This is going to be huge. be there at Parliament Square! more
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