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Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg cannot be president

I hate FACEBOOK and can't stand Mark Zuckerberg.

Always felt that way but only more so when Aaron Sorkin wrote that disgusting propaganda movie.

So this doesn't surprise me.

‏@mtracey

He's going on a Hillary-style "listening tour" and will be Constitutionally eligible by 2020 (age 36). Beware.

The Guardian @guardian

Mark Zuckerberg's 2017 plan to visit all US states hints at political ambitions http://trib.al/Ovm1wOI 

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‏@mtracey

Oh look at that, Zuckerberg also recently discovered religion, which he now deems "very important."

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Though Mark probably wants to be president, he can't be.

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May 15, 2012 - The right-wing has been lauding Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin for his decision to renounce his U.S. citizenship in order to avoid taxes.

Get it?

He renounced his citizenship.

That should legally rule him out.

He might be able to buy some wiggle room there but I don't see voters giving him any wiggle room.

He abandoned his US citizenship and eight years later (2020) he's going to try to be president of the country he walked away from?

I don't see people backing that.

Here's C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"

Wednesday, January 4, 2016. Chaos and violence continue, journalist Afrah Shawki is released by her kidnappers, the Mosul slog continues, Barack Obama couldn't throw a parade for the troops who served overseas despite promising he would but today Barack stages a military parade for himself, and much more.

‏@mtracey

Obama's central 2008 campaign promise was to extricate the US from Iraq. In that, he unequivocally failed.

At MEDIUM, Michael Tracey expands on that:

Oddly omitted from the ongoing evaluations of Barack Obama’s “legacy” is the fact that the U.S. is currently waging a ground war in Iraq, the country Obama was elected with a specific mandate to withdraw U.S. troops from. He launched his campaign in 2007 firmly on the premise that the Iraq War was a mistake, not just that it had been managed incorrectly (as his opponent Hillary would claim, much to her detriment) — but that the fundamental philosophy which undergirded George W. Bush’s misadventure was inherently wrongheaded.

Fake news is "What did Donald Trump say on Twitter!!!! I'm so outraged!!!!"

Real news is an ongoing war.

Real news is that Barack broke his promise to end the Iraq War -- the promise that got him elected in the first place.

Eight years later, the Iraq War continues.

We highlighted one of his speeches -- where he took shots at Hillary -- yesterday.

Barack's never kept any of his promises.

It's amazing how the media can ignore his broken promise on Iraq -- until you remember how he promised to end veterans homelessness and then the date for that passed and it wasn't ended and the media swept that under the rug as well.

Eight years ago, Barack was sworn in as president and he won the primary and the election on his promise to end the Iraq War.

He leaves office having failed to do so and fake news is what the press serves up to avoid reporting that basic fact.

Fake news is all around.

But it's coming from 'trusted' names and outlets in news.

Doubt it?

Yesterday, we posted this good news:

A rare bit of good news out of Iraq

Journalist Afrah Shawqi was kidnapped last week (Monday night) from her home.

She has been released alive.

CPJ MENAVerified account ‏@cpjmena 4 minutes ago

Afrah Shawqi, Iraqi journalist kidnapped last month after writing critically of armed groups, was just released yahoo.com/news/iraqi-jou…

Around the same time, 'reporter' Jane Arraf also posted this:

‏@janearraf

#Iraqi journalist #Afrah Shawqi freed after being taken in apparent militia kidnapping in Baghdad.

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That Tweet led to Mike's "Jane Arraf remains The Whore of Baghdad."

Why?

Because it's typical Jane Arraf and a typical whore move from her.

Last week, at this site, Afrah was noted in the following entries:

Iraq snapshot

Iraq – Freedom of the press – Kidnapping of journa...

Iraq snapshot

Elaine covered Afrah with "A kidnapped journalist matters -- if you can leave your celeb death parade" and Ruth covered Afrah with "Help Afrah!!!!." We all covered it Monday in THIRD's "Editorial: Afrah Shawqi is the name everyone should be repeating" and Afrah was also noted in "2016: The Year of WTF."

All of that's before Afrah is released.

Jane first noted her when?

After she was released.

That's why Jane Arraf remains The Whore of Baghdad.

Working for CNN beginning in the 90s, Jane worked out a deal where she wouldn't offer any 'reporting' too objectionable so as to be allowed to remain in Iraq.

Eason Jordan would publicly confirm the whispers in his now infamous NYT column.

Jane would continue this under thug and prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.

The Hawija massacre was an especially problematic 'report' for Jane. Long before the slaughter took place, Nouri was shaping what was about to come. For example, the Friday before. And Jane had Tweeted that day a Tweet that, after the massacre was carried out, would reveal that Nouri was a liar.

At the time she Tweeted it, she didn't realize its importance.

Once it became obvious, it was time for her to disappear the Tweet.

And she'd never mention, in any of her 'reporting,' that man shot dead on Friday.

Because now she knew it might embarrass Nouri.

And good whores don't ever piss of their johns.

To be clear, for a few dollars more, Jane will probably piss on a prime minister but she'll never risk pissing him off.

So it was with Afrah.

While she was kidnapped and needed the attention, Jane Arraf was silent.

While her life hung in the balance, Jane was more interested in bad NEW YORKER cartoons.

But once the woman was released and her kidnapping was no longer a global embarrassment to prime minister Hayder al-Abadi, The Whore of Baghdad could finally mention her.

And Jane's left to sing her theme song:

Sometimes it's hard to be a ho dog
whoring out your name for just one man
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doin' things that you don't understand
But if you love him you'll whore for him
even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him, Oh, cover for him
Cause after all he's just a thug
Stand By Your Thug

And she has, over and over, for each prime minister.

As we noted last week in the December 29th snapshot:

Every now and then, a media friend will object to my dubbing Jane Arraf The Whore of Baghdad. They'll agree that she's sucked up to every prime minister in Iraq and lied on their behalf but they'll try to make a plea for her. "She [tries]." They like that one a lot.

Well this morning, I thought, let's see. Let's see if Jane tries.

She hasn't reported on Afrah's kidnapping but maybe she found time to Tweet?

If so we'll just include her in the snapshot and make no comment about her.

But true to form, The Whore of Baghdad avoids any topic that might embarrass a sitting p.m.

And we're going to pause on Iraq for just a minute because a DoD friend just called to say, "You'll want to take a look at our website."

Indeed.

You won't believe what the little fancy boy has done now.

Live at 2:30 p.m. EST: Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford host an Armed Forces Full Honor Review ceremony for President Barack Obama at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va.

A farewell parade.

For himself.

He couldn't be bothered with doing one parade for any returning service members.

Remember that?

But fancy boy can do a parade for himself?

He lied to veterans and told them in 2011 that there would be a parade in 2012.

He lied.

There was never a parade.

But the celebrity in chief can stage a parade for himself?

While US service members are stationed in multiple war zones, fancy boy can do a parade to himself.

His vanity knows no bounds.

If you missed it, check out THIRD's "Barack Gone Nuts" and pay attention to the photo -- official White House photo -- accompanying it of Barack (as he talks to Kevin Costner) standing in front of a photo of himself . . . pointing at himself in the mirror.

Today you can live stream the parade Barack's staged for himself -- with taxpayer dollars.

You can't live stream a parade he staged for service members because . . . well . . . in eight years of the presidency . . . despite promises . . . he never got around to staging a parade for the troops.

What a sweet little fancy boy Barack's been.

Okay, before that phone call, we were working up to noting that CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq had Tweeted at least twice on Afrah while she was missing and that, with two other CNN reporters, he covers her release here.

On the topic of CNN, remember back in that October State Dept press briefing when a journalist termed it a "slog" and CNN's Elise Labott (still thinking she'll soon be Mrs. John Kerry) screeched "NO!"? She's gone on to offer purple prose on her Johnny. (Elise, will you still be interested in him without the money? You do realize the bulk is Teresa's money and there is a pre-nup in effect?)

But she's yet to apologize for that October moment.

And yet it's day 79 of the Mosul slog.

It is a slog.

Back in October, Elise just knew her "full f**king throttle" (her term, she put it in the mouth of a non-existent person, she's the Gina Chon to John's Brett McGurk) man was going to be a hero -- why? Because she's demented.

But it's day 79 and the operation continues.

Poor, stupid Elise Labott.

That poor, dumb idiot.

‏@UNIraq

#Iraq: 13,000 people flee #Mosul over five days as anti-terrorist operations intensify - bit.ly/2j3odDn

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That's where things stand on day 79.

More refugees created.

Mosul still not liberated.

It's a slog.

Elise disagrees but then she also thinks it's appropriate to pursue another woman's husband and do so while covering that man for CNN.

Maybe, when they told her to cover him, she heard "covet"?

Poor dumb Elise.

What some hard up women won't do for a little dick -- and I do mean "little."

Elise may be forgotten as John leaves office.

She can take comfort in the fact that those of us who are personal friends of Teresa will never, ever forget. That's a promise, Elise.

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Jane Arraf remains The Whore of Baghdad

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And let's close with some Tweets on the good news that Afrah Shawqi is safe:

NewsMap.pl ‏@newsmap_pl 18 minutes ago

#Irak: po tygodniu przetrzymywania uwolniono dziennikarkę #AfrahShawqi #Bagdad
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Tuesday, January 03, 2017

Jane Arraf remains The Whore of Baghdad

I so agree with John Stauber on this:

‏@JohnStauber

The Progressive Movement is a PR Front for Rich Democrats http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/15/the-progressive-movement-is-a-pr-front-for-rich-democrats/ … @meanjean28 @dustin_temple10

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I pretty much agree with John on everything.

And when I do disagree, I always make a point to listen because we can all learn so much from John Stauber.

Jane Arraf?

She lied about Iraq for over a decade while reporting for CNN.

She lied so she could have coverage.

Then she lied for Nouri so he'd let her stay and 'report.'

She continues to lie.

That's what liars do.

C.I.'s not a liar.

She's a truth teller.

This afternoon/evening, she did a quick entry "A rare bit of good news out of Iraq" -- it was about kidnapped journalist Afrah Shawqi being released.

C.I. covered that kidnapping in the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday snapshot last week.

She also covered it in "2016: The Year of WTF" and we all covered it in "Editorial: Afrah Shawqi is the name everyone shoul..." at THIRD.

And The Whore of Baghdad?

Here she is:

‏@janearraf

#Iraqi journalist #Afrah Shawqi freed after being taken in apparent militia kidnapping in Baghdad.

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When Afrah's released, Jane Arraf finally mentions her.

When she was kidnapped?

Not one word.

In the days after?

Not one word.

The Whore of Baghdad will never write anything that might anger a sitting prime minister of Iraq. She fears being tossed out of the country and prefers to whore, after all.

Thanks for nothing, Jane Arraf.

Here's C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"

Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Chaos and violence continue, Barack Obama's legacy is continuing the Iraq War, the United Nations does the bidding of militias, and much more.

‏@mtracey

Every examination of Obama's "legacy" should lead with the fact that U.S. troops are engaged in active combat in Iraq as he leaves office

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‏@JessieJaneDuff

Reality: Under Obama, over 2,500 Americans died in Afghanistan/Iraq and the U.S. has been at war longer than under any other U.S. president. 

President Obama @POTUS

We brought home more of our troops & strengthened U.S. leadership—leading with diplomacy & partnering with nations to meet global problems.

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Then-Senator Barack Obama campaigned for the 2008 Democratic Party's presidential nomination and then for the presidency itself on ending the Iraq War.

Where ever The Cult of St. Barack gathered, he was fond of yelling out, "We want to end the Iraq War!" In states where it was close between Hillary Clinton and Barack, his campaign especially loved to run commercials with that shout.

In fact, let's go beyond a shout. Let's go to one of his 2008 speeches, this one is from March 19, 2008:

Five years ago today, President George W. Bush addressed the nation. Bombs had started to rain down on Baghdad. War was necessary, the President said, because the United States could not, “live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder.” Recalling the pain of 9/11, he said the price of inaction in Iraq was to meet the threat with “armies of fire fighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities.” At the time the President uttered those words, there was no hard evidence that Iraq had those stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. There was not any evidence that Iraq was responsible for the attacks of September 11, or that Iraq had operational ties to the al Qaeda terrorists who carried them out. By launching a war based on faulty premises and bad intelligence, President Bush failed Wilson’s test. So did Congress when it voted to give him the authority to wage war. Five years have gone by since that fateful decision. This war has now lasted longer than World War I, World War II, or the Civil War. Nearly four thousand Americans have given their lives. Thousands more have been wounded. Even under the best case scenarios, this war will cost American taxpayers well over a trillion dollars. And where are we for all of this sacrifice? We are less safe and less able to shape events abroad. We are divided at home, and our alliances around the world have been strained. The threats of a new century have roiled the waters of peace and stability, and yet America remains anchored in Iraq. History will catalog the reasons why we waged a war that didn’t need to be fought, but two stand out. In 2002, when the fateful decisions about Iraq were made, there was a President for whom ideology overrode pragmatism, and there were too many politicians in Washington who spent too little time reading the intelligence reports, and too much time reading public opinion. The lesson of Iraq is that when we are making decisions about matters as grave as war, we need a policy rooted in reason and facts, not ideology and politics. Now we are debating who should be our next Commander in Chief. And I am running for President because it’s time to turn the page on a failed ideology and a fundamentally flawed political strategy, so that we can make pragmatic judgments to keep our country safe. That’s what I did when I stood up and opposed this war from the start, and said that we needed to finish the fight against al Qaeda. And that’s what I’ll do as President of the United States. Senator Clinton says that she and Senator McCain have passed a “Commander in Chief test” – not because of the judgments they’ve made, but because of the years they’ve spent in Washington. She made a similar argument when she said her vote for war was based on her experience at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

I know The Debra Messings and Alyssa Aleppo Milanos are pissing their panties right now -- yes, Barack did slam Hillary.

But if they'll stand down wind of the rest of us, let's continue with Barack's 2008 speech:

But here is the stark reality: there is a security gap in this country – a gap between the rhetoric of those who claim to be tough on national security, and the reality of growing insecurity caused by their decisions. A gap between Washington experience, and the wisdom of Washington’s judgments. A gap between the rhetoric of those who tout their support for our troops, and the overburdened state of our military. It is time to have a debate with John McCain about the future of our national security. And the way to win that debate is not to compete with John McCain over who has more experience in Washington, because that’s a contest that he’ll win. The way to win a debate with John McCain is not to talk, and act, and vote like him on national security, because then we all lose. The way to win that debate and to keep America safe is to offer a clear contrast, and that’s what I will do when I am the nominee of the Democratic Party – because since before this war in Iraq began, I have made different judgments, I have a different vision, and I will offer a clean break from the failed policies and politics of the past. Nowhere is that break more badly needed than in Iraq. In the year since President Bush announced the surge – the bloodiest year of the war for America – the level of violence in Iraq has been reduced. Our troops – including so many from Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base – have done a brilliant job under difficult circumstances. Yet while we have a General who has used improved tactics to reduce violence, we still have the wrong strategy. As General Petraeus has himself acknowledged, the Iraqis are not achieving the political progress needed to end their civil war.
Beyond Iraq, our military is badly overstretched, and we have neither the strategy nor resources to deal with nearly every other national security challenge we face. This is why the judgment that matters most on Iraq – and on any decision to deploy military force – is the judgment made first. If you believe we are fighting the right war, then the problems we face are purely tactical in nature. That is what Senator McCain wants to discuss – tactics. What he and the Administration have failed to present is an overarching strategy: how the war in Iraq enhances our long-term security, or will in the future. That’s why this Administration cannot answer the simple question posed by Senator John Warner in hearings last year: Are we safer because of this war? And that is why Senator McCain can argue – as he did last year – that we couldn’t leave Iraq because violence was up, and then argue this year that we can’t leave Iraq because violence is down. When you have no overarching strategy, there is no clear definition of success. Success comes to be defined as the ability to maintain a flawed policy indefinitely. Here is the truth: fighting a war without end will not force the Iraqis to take responsibility for their own future. And fighting in a war without end will not make the American people safer. So when I am Commander-in-Chief, I will set a new goal on Day One: I will end this war. Not because politics compels it. Not because our troops cannot bear the burden– as heavy as it is. But because it is the right thing to do for our national security, and it will ultimately make us safer.

That's what he said to get the presidency.

What he did?

Something all together different.

And let's zoom in on a key passage:

Our troops – including so many from Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base – have done a brilliant job under difficult circumstances. Yet while we have a General who has used improved tactics to reduce violence, we still have the wrong strategy. As General Petraeus has himself acknowledged, the Iraqis are not achieving the political progress needed to end their civil war.

What's changed?

It's 2017.

June 19, 2014, Barack insisted the only answer to the myriad of crises Iraq was facing was a political solution.

Yet instead of pushing diplomacy, Barack began sending even more US troops back into Iraq and dropping bombs on Iraq daily.

And guess what: The Iraqis are not achieving the political progress needed to end their civil war.

That's on Barack.

He not only voided the votes in the 2010 election with The Erbil Agreement (which gave defeated Nouri the second term the Iraqi voters did not want him to have), he also ignored Nouri's persecution of the Sunnis and thought ilttle stunts like refusing to take thug Nouri al-Maliki's congratulatory November 2012 call (on Barack winning re-election) counted as standing up to the thug.

Someone forgot to school Barack on reality: Saying, "Tell him I'm not here!"? That's not standing up to anyone.

In his second term, Nouri continued the secret prisons, he continued his warrantless arrests of the Sunni population, he continued the torture and rape of Sunni girls and women in Iraqi prisons. He attacked Sunni politicians, ordering their arrests, ordering military tanks to circle their homes and, in one case, ordering a pre-dawn raid on one of their homes (killing the brother of the politician during the raid).

Barack's response to that -- again -- was just to refuse to take Nouri's call congratulating him on winning re-election in 2012.

And maybe that's why Nouri felt he could get away with killing peaceful protesters.

Because that was Nouri's next step, remember?

Then again, maybe you don't remember.

Maybe your life is as shallow and useless as Debra Messing's life is -- in which case, you don't remember because you never learned of it to begin with.

In fairness to Debra, she was busy.

From 2007 to 2016, she was starring in three failed TV shows.

That eats up a lot of time.

Becoming the new McLean Stevenson requires a lot of bad work.

Let's stay with Nouri then and Hayder al-Abadi now because there really isn't much difference.

Last week, Iraqi journalist Afrah Shawi was kidnapped from her home. As last week wound down, protests were taking place in Baghdad.

These protests continued over the weekend.

Yesterday, NIQASH journalist Mustafa Habib Tweeted the latest:

‏@Mustafa_Habib33

Security forces hit protesters in front of #Green_Zone, they called government to reveal fate of kidnapped journalist #Afrah_Shawqi

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Using security forces to attack peaceful protesters was a hallmark of thug Nouri's tenure.

It's also become a hallmark of Hayder al-Abadi's -- even if Barack wants to ignore it but, hell, he ignored it the first go round when Nouri was doing it, remember?

In fact, this should have been a huge international moment, dropping back to March 15, 2013:

Iraqis in Samarra with a message for the world (photo via Iraqi Spring MC).

[. . .]

As they have for months now, protests continue in Iraq. Above is a screen snap of Mosul this morning from a video posted by Iraqi Spring MC.

Baghdad? Again efforts were made to stop the citizens from exercising their rights to protest -- and, as Ayad Allawi (leader of Iraqiya) has previously pointed out -- to stop them from exercising their rights to worship. Alsumaria notes efforts to prevent worshippers from reaching mosques. Sameer N. Yacoub (AP) adds that federal police "used batons and water hoses" in an attempt to prevent Sunnis "from reaching a prominent mosque in northern Baghdad."

Despite these efforts, National Iraqi News Agency reports Speaker of Parliament Osama al-Nujaifi and Iraqiya MPs Salman Jumaili and Dhafi al-Aani took part in worship at Abu Hanifa Mosque in Adhamiya.

Below is an Iraqi Spring MC photo of others who made it to the mosque in Adhmiya.

National Iraqi News Agency reports the Ramadi protesters today arrested a man who was attempting to burn protesters cars and they "handed him over to Aljazeerah police station in Ramadi."
Protests also took place in Jalawlaa, Baquba, Falluja, Samarra, Baiji and Kirkuk.

Obama if you cannot hear us, can you not see us?

If he could see them, he just didn't care about them.

(I'm sure he saw the photos.)

And to be clear, Barack didn't need to nuke Baghdad in response.

But he had other choices including grabbing the diplomatic tool kit.

Iraq wanted F-16s.

The transfer of them to Iraq could have been made conditional, for example.

But Barack didn't care to use diplomacy.

We're back to the same point yet again only now the thug in power is Hayder.

And friends at the US State Dept will 'explain' (justify their actions) that putting someone new in the post of prime minister would require a lot of work and it's so much just to help Hayder defeat the Islamic State.

And the problems and abuses that led to the rise of the Islamic State?

Someone else will address them, they insist.

Yesterday, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence issued the following:

We are sad to report the death of a soldier following an incident in Iraq today.

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said:

It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must announce the death of a soldier from the 2nd Battalion the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment.
The death occurred in Taji, Iraq following an incident that is currently under investigation, but we can confirm that it was not as a result of enemy activity.

The family has been informed and has requested a period of grace before the name is released.

The cowardly UNAMI also issued a statement:

Baghdad, Iraq, 02 January 2017 – A total of 386 Iraqi civilians were killed and another 1,066 were injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq in December 2016*, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

The number of civilians killed in December (not including police) was 385, while the number injured (not including police) was 1,060.
Ninewa was the worst affected Governorate with 719 civilian casualties with 208 killed and 511 injured. Baghdad followed with 109 killed and 523 injured, and Kirkuk had 64 killed and 27 injured.
UNAMI was not able to obtain civilian casualty figures from the Anbar Health Department for this month.
“Though the figures for December are lower than previous months,

We'll stop there.

The figures are lower in part because the United Nations rewarded Hayder's tantrum last month by agreeing to stop reporting on the number of Iraqi forces killed.

Dropping back to the December 3rd:

On the first day of this month, the UN released the death toll numbers in Iraq for November. Mohammed Tawfeeq, Salma Abdelaziz and Laura Smith-Spark (CNN) report:

Iraq's military has disputed UN figures indicating that nearly 2,000 Iraqi troops were killed across the country in November, saying the number was "not accurate and much exaggerated."

Iraq's Joint Operation Command did not give CNN any numbers Saturday, saying it was not obliged to publish casualty figures while the battle against ISIS was ongoing.

The figures didn't please the Iraqi government and they want the toll reporting to be discontinued so that they can present whatever lie they want.

As a result, the United Nations is backing down. RUDAW notes:
The UN mission in Iraq, UNAMI, will stop publicizing military casualty figures after the Joint Operations Command of the Iraqi military complained the UN’s figures for November were “much exaggerated.”

Democratic principles lose out again.

And continue to lose out at UNAMI takes it orders from thugs while pretending to represent the people of the world.

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Wednesday, January 04, 2017

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Tuesday, January 03, 2017

Jane Arraf remains The Whore of Baghdad

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