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...Some of them were sympathetic with these lawbreakers, some refused to battle for political or national or sectarian or religious reasons.' MAJOR GENERAL ABDUL-KARIM KHALAF, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman, on the 1,300 Iraqi soldiers and policemen who were dismissed for either deserting or refusing to fight during last month's Shi'ite-on-Shi'ite battles in Basra...
Taking a cue from film festivals in Baghdad and the United Kingdom, Harvard will be hosting Contemporary Iraqi Film, featuring the first American screenings of several award-winning Iraqi short pieces and feature-length films. The festival, which will run April 17-19 at the Center for Government and International Studies, seeks to illustrate the rebirth of the Iraqi film industry, motivated by political issues not often evident to mass audiences. In addition to the movie screenings, the event will feature a traditional Iraqi musical performance and discussion about the modern-day issues raised by the films.Hassan M.H. Al-Damluji...
...policy on Syria for most of the Bush Administration's tenure has been one of malign neglect, although lately Washington has been imposing greater political and economic pressure in the hope of changing Syrian behavior in Lebanon, as well as its role as a transit route for Iraqi insurgents and its support for Palestinian militants. The Syrian regime appears unmoved. And that's unlikely to change for the remainder of the Bush Administration's tenure...
...recruits drawn from internally displaced people who've gotten aid from the militia. "Displaced men have joined armed groups," said the report, which put the number of internally displaced people in Iraq at 2.7 million. "As a result of the vacuum created by the failure of both the Iraqi government and the international community to act in a timely and adequate manner, non-state actors play a major role in providing assistance to vulnerable Iraqis. Militias of all denominations are improving their local base of support by providing social services in the neighborhoods and towns they control. Through a 'Hizballah...
...conflict in Sadr City remained stalemated Tuesday. There were no reports of serious fighting, but Iraqi government forces clung to their foothold in the area by manning checkpoints. "The city still under siege," said Sadr City resident Ghofran al-Saidi, a member of parliament loyal to the cleric. "The Iraqi troops stopped me twice from going out although I told them...