Iraq war based on ‘questionable legitimacy,’ says former UN envoy (EARTHtimes.org)
London – The 2003 invasion of Iraq was of questionable legitimacy but the momentum for action from the US was much too strong for Britain to counter, London’s former ambassador to the United Nations said Friday. Jeremy Greenstock, Britain’s repre…

Iraq’s postmen put their lives in God’s hands (AFP via Yahoo! News)
At 10:20 am on October 25, postman Mussa Sallus delivered letters to a bank at the ministry of justice in Baghdad. Five minutes after leaving the building, a shock wave blew him off his feet.

In Baghdad, a Day for the Dead (New York Times)
On the first day of Id al-Adha, literally the Great Feast, thousands of mourners throng among the headstones on the banks of the River Tigris to pay respects to the dead.

UN Should Monitor Iraq’s Election (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI The United Nations must take necessary measures to monitor vote in Iraq to ensure it remains free from corrupt practices, said an outspoken Iraqi corruption opponent.

Suicide attacks down, extortion up in Iraq’s Mosul (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Drive-by shootings, murders and extortion are the new calling cards of a weakened insurgency in Mosul, replacing suicide bombings as the worst nightmare for residents of the northern Iraqi city.

Iraqi VP: No deal yet on election law standoff (AP via Yahoo! News)
A top Iraqi official warned Friday “it is too early” to claim a breakthrough in a political crisis over the fragile democracy’s election law, all but assuring that a national vote will be pushed past its deadline.

Iraq parliament nears comprimise on key election law (Washington Post)
BAGHDAD — Iraqi politicians pushed ahead Friday with a compromise over a contested election law, awaiting approval from Kurdish officials on a deal that would increase the number of seats in parliament as a way to mute criticism and allow a vote crucial to U.S. plans in the country to go forward.

The truth of UK’s guilt over Iraq (Guardian Unlimited)
With its troops no longer engaged in military operations inside Iraq, Great Britain has been liberated politically to conduct a postmortem of that conflic t, including the sensitive issue of the primary justification used by then-prime minister Tony Blair for going to war, namely Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, or WMD.

Iraq election likely in March: parliament speaker (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iraq’s faltering election will likely be held in March, the speaker of the nation’s parliament said on Friday, the latest date yet mooted by a senior official.

Blair’s role, US tensions in spotlight at Iraq probe (Space War)
London (AFP) Nov 26, 2009 – Britain’s Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch in 2002, a top diplomat told an inquiry into the war on Thursday.

Iraqi PM: Election dispute poses risks to security (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Iraq s prime minister on Thursday vowed there will be no delay in the withdrawal of U.S. troops despite an Iraqi political dispute that is expected to force a January vote to be postponed.

US camp in Iraq was Qaeda breeding ground, say ex-inmates (Hindustan Times)
Tony Blair and George W Bush had signed a “secret deal” to topple Saddam Hussein a year before the US and Britain invaded Iraq, a former high-ranking British diplomat has revealed.

Iraq’s postmen put their lives in God’s hands (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
At 10:20 am on October 25, postman Mussa Sallus delivered letters to a bank at the ministry of justice in Baghdad.

Blair – Bush Texas meeting in 2002 sealed Iraq fate (Daily Mirror)
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