Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3120 Baghdad Observer - McClatchy Newspapers en-us Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:17:52 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3120 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080817/wl_mcb_baghdad/hepaidtheprice mcb_baghdad/20080817/hepaidtheprice McClatchy Newspapers Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:17:52 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - I met Farouk Abd al Sattar al Obeidi last week. He wore a military uniform because in his heart he felt he was a part of the army. He was a deputy to Abu Abd who leads the revolutionists in the Baghdad neighborhood of Adhamiyah. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080814/wl_mcb_baghdad/rip mcb_baghdad/20080814/rip McClatchy Newspapers Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:49:35 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - A female suicide bomber killed at least 19 people according to police. As the pious walked to the southern city of Karbala they were hit with a blast from a woman in the crowd, police said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080814/wl_mcb_baghdad/savethedate mcb_baghdad/20080814/savethedate McClatchy Newspapers Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:38:05 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - The Foreign Minister to Iraq, Hoshyar Zebari, said that a security agreement between the U.S. and Iraq, still in negotiations, would have U.S. troops out of Iraq in three years and bar them from moving outside their bases unilaterally beginning in 2009. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080814/wl_mcb_baghdad/casualties mcb_baghdad/20080814/casualties McClatchy Newspapers Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:47:59 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - This is from our visiting reporter Nicholas Spangler of The Miami Herald: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080810/wl_mcb_baghdad/smallvictories mcb_baghdad/20080810/smallvictories McClatchy Newspapers Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:30:58 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Parliament adjourned this month and by Sunday most Iraqi parliament members had flitted off to London or Paris or the province they represent. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080805/wl_mcb_baghdad/bridgesandwaterandpowerohno mcb_baghdad/20080805/bridgesandwaterandpowerohno McClatchy Newspapers Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:29:54 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Driving through Iraq you feel the neglect here. In Basra the city is rivers of sewage, destroyed buildings and bridges from war after war after war. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080802/wl_mcb_baghdad/slayingofadetaineetotransferofauthority mcb_baghdad/20080802/slayingofadetaineetotransferofauthority McClatchy Newspapers Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:37:04 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Here are a few tidbits of Iraq news today: Two U.S. soldiers were charged with pre-meditated murder in connection with thedeath of an Iraqi detainee, a U.S. military statement said.  Other chargesinclude assault, making a false official statement and obstruction of justice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080801/wl_mcb_baghdad/freedomtopray mcb_baghdad/20080801/freedomtopray McClatchy Newspapers Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:11:20 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - In the southern port city of Basra the followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr went from kingmakers to lepers in weeks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080726/wl_mcb_baghdad/adeadlyfate mcb_baghdad/20080726/adeadlyfate McClatchy Newspapers Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:16:33 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Arkan Ali Taha, 14, often stayed late at his father's newsroom in Kirkuk. The editor-in-chief of the weekly Voice of Villages, Ali Taha, treated his son as a journalist in training. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080724/wl_mcb_baghdad/imback mcb_baghdad/20080724/imback McClatchy Newspapers Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:18:32 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - It was a month-long leave between Beirut, Madrid, Granada and Amman but on the beaches of Beirut and in the markets of Spain I was constantly reminded of Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080709/wl_mcb_baghdad/onleave mcb_baghdad/20080709/onleave McClatchy Newspapers Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:32:19 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - But I'll be back soon. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080614/wl_mcb_baghdad/amara mcb_baghdad/20080614/amara McClatchy Newspapers Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:11:42 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki gave militants in the southern city of Amara four days to lay down their weapons or be faced with his security forces. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080614/wl_mcb_baghdad/acelebrationmarred mcb_baghdad/20080614/acelebrationmarred McClatchy Newspapers Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:51:59 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - After we finished editing this video of Iraqis celebrating a soccer win, the happiness we saw in the streets was marred. For Iraqis, happiness never seems to last.  A female suicide bomber walked into a cafe where crowds were celebrating in a Kurdish area of Diyala province. At least 29 people were injured, seven are in serious condition in an area north of Baghdad. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080609/wl_mcb_baghdad/trafficwoes mcb_baghdad/20080609/trafficwoes McClatchy Newspapers Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:16:42 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Iraqi traffic is at the whim of U.S. military convoys, Iraqi Army convoys and Iraqi officials. Nearly every politician or that politician's advisors travel with gun toting convoys. They shoot bullets in the air and force traffic to take detours that slow to a crawl. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080607/wl_mcb_baghdad/whatisnormalinbaghdad mcb_baghdad/20080607/whatisnormalinbaghdad McClatchy Newspapers Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:32:46 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - On Wednesday we watched a burning fire and plumes of smoke fill the air from a nearby car bomb. The ambulance lights flashed and the air was filled with the sounds of sirens. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080607/wl_mcb_baghdad/jaafariback mcb_baghdad/20080607/jaafariback McClatchy Newspapers Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:52:07 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Former Iraqi Prime  Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari broke off from the Dawa party, the Shiite Prime Minister's party, and announced the formation of his own political bloc, Islah or Reformation Party. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080606/wl_mcb_baghdad/scenesfrombasratosadrcity mcb_baghdad/20080606/scenesfrombasratosadrcity McClatchy Newspapers Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:12:22 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Today was the second Friday in a row with no reported violence. Below are scenes from across Iraq. Enjoy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080602/wl_mcb_baghdad/politicalhumor mcb_baghdad/20080602/politicalhumor McClatchy Newspapers Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:46:54 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - While Iraq is enjoying a lull in violence political developments are still stagnant. After promises of reconciliation between sectarian and ethnic factions there is little to show the Iraqi people. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080528/wl_mcb_baghdad/sunnissuspendtalkswiththegovernment mcb_baghdad/20080528/sunnissuspendtalkswiththegovernment McClatchy Newspapers Wed, 28 May 2008 17:08:47 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - The Iraqi Accordance Front, known as Tawafuq, was supposed to return to the government about three weeks ago. They pulled their Sunni ministers from the Shiite-led government in August in protest. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mcbbaghdad/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_baghdad/20080527/wl_mcb_baghdad/areligionhijacked mcb_baghdad/20080527/areligionhijacked McClatchy Newspapers Tue, 27 May 2008 16:48:47 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - Jinan is in her late 30s. She wears boot cut jeans with lace flowers snaking up the right leg. Her top is a tight fitting pastel yellow and her chestnut brown hair flows just past her shoulder.