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Independent Online Edition > World Politics
A senior US diplomat said yesterday that the United States had shown “arrogance” and “stupidity” in Iraq, but warned that failure in the violence-ridden Arab nation would be a disaster for the entire region.
The Observer | World | How Iraq came home to haunt America
The Observer | World | How Iraq came home to haunt America
For months doubts over Iraq have risen along with the death toll. Last week a tipping point was reached as political leaders in Washington and London began openly to think the unthinkable: that the war was lost
Peter Beaumont, Edward Helmore and Gaby Hinsliff
Sunday October 22, 2006
The Observer
Aztec Arts Events, Oct 20
This Friday promises plenty to enjoy on Main Street in Aztec from 6 to 8 pm.
There will be a reception for our newest member: fused glass jewelry artist Jinx Bolli at Feat of Clay Artist Co-op at 107 South Main. Jinx makes elegant jewelry out of dichroic glass at very reasonable prices.
Just down the street there will be an artist reception for painter Deb Fisher at the A. Teasyatwho Gallery. Deb has some great new work – paintings verging on the surreal and exotic colored and altered prints of vintage trucks.
Los Angeles Times: Sectarian Butchery Goes Unchecked
Los Angeles Times: Sectarian Butchery Goes Unchecked
Gunmen wearing Iraqi police uniforms kidnapped 13 carloads of Shiite Muslims Monday from the town of Balad, north of the capital, officials said today, fueling an outbreak of sectarian violence that has shaken the country.
Meanwhile, witnesses reported that large groups of gunmen carrying AK-47s and rocket launchers were flooding Sunni Arab areas east of Balad, setting up checkpoints and military positions in the villages of Nibai and Ksarat in anticipation of more attacks.
Slaughter comes as al-Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent groups declare a new Islamic republic in the western and central parts of Iraq
Dozens Of Iraqis Killed in Reprisals – washingtonpost.com
BAGHDAD, Oct. 15—Militias allied with Iraq’s Shiite-led government roamed roads north of Baghdad, seeking out and attacking Sunni Arab targets Sunday, police and hospital officials said. The violence raised to at least 80 the number of people killed in retaliatory strikes between a Shiite city and a Sunni town separated only by the Tigris River.