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Iraq (Arabic: العراق () al-‘Irāq, Kurdish: عيَراق), officially the Republic of Iraq, is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing most of Mesopotamia as well as the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. It shares a border with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran (Persia) to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at Umm Qasr on the Persian Gulf. It is considered the place where a settled society to have manifested all the features needed to qualify fully as a "civilization" first appeared in the world - the civilization known as Sumeria.
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There are several suggestions for the origin of the name of Iraq; one dates back to the Sumerian city of Uruk (or Erech). Another suggestion is that Iraq comes from the Aramaic language, meaning "the land along the banks of the southern rivers."
Under the Sassanid dynasty, there was a region called "Iraq Arabi" which referred to the southern part of modern Iraq. Al-Iraq was the name used by the Arabs themselves for the land since the 6th century.
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Pentagon: Leaders Discuss Iraq Election, Issues With Iran http://ow.ly/NGAQ
thetension (THE TENSION Blog) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:42:15 -0000
Pentagon: Leaders Discuss Iraq Election, Issues With Iran http://ow.ly/NGAQ
The iraq war is now being hailed as a "Catastrophic success". Now there's a doom metal album title for you!
theeclaw (Thee Claw) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:42:02 -0000
The iraq war is now being hailed as a "Catastrophic success". Now there's a doom metal album title for you!
US: Iraq not 'pushed around' by Iran (AP)http://bit.ly/4IHAw4
eBayItems (eBay Items) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:42:02 -0000
US: Iraq not 'pushed around' by Iran (AP)http://bit.ly/4IHAw4
RT @debkafile: - Eleven Iranian soldiers hoist flag over oil well in disputed border district of Iraq, boosting dollar, oil prices
RantsbyRemnant (Rem Nant) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:41:34 -0000
RT @debkafile: - Eleven Iranian soldiers hoist flag over oil well in disputed border district of Iraq, boosting dollar, oil prices
@jamiejai i did but i went to a different part of iraq and lost all my good service
Lia_Th3_Gr8 (Lia G.) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:41:33 -0000
@jamiejai i did but i went to a different part of iraq and lost all my good service
RT @Reuters_Iran Iran seeks diplomatic fix for Iraq border dispute http://link.reuters.com/deg77g #iran
iran88 (Iran88) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:41:33 -0000
RT @Reuters_Iran Iran seeks diplomatic fix for Iraq border dispute http://link.reuters.com/deg77g #iran
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Barbarians at the Gates - The Iraqis are the latest in a long series of peoples dehumanised and destroyed by Western civilisation, writes Edward Said.
Meta Description: [ The Iraqis are the latest in a long series of peoples dehumanised and destroyed by "Western civilisation", writes Edward Said. So why, when we are next, do we accept their fate with such diffident passivity? ]
Al-Iraq.com - Dedicated to raising awareness about Iraq above and voicing the plight of the Iraqi people.
Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq - Details of the society campaigning to lift the U.N. sanctions against Iraq. Includes information about the sanctions, the society, and their activities.
Meta Description: [ A humanitarian campaign to lift the U.N. sanctions against Iraq, run by students at Cambridge University. Unicef estimates an additional half million Iraqi children under five years old to have died under the sanctions. ]
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Campaign of Conscience - A faith-based nationwide campaign to demand the lifting of the non-military sanctions against Iraq.
Meta Description: [ The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the ... ]
International War Crimes Tribunal: US War Crimes against Iraq - Includes use of outlawed weapons; intentionally bombing schools, hospitals, mosques and churches; killing after a cease-fire; and starvation of citizens.
Iraq Action Coalition - Campaigns against both the sanctions, and bombing of Iraq.
Meta Description: [ The website of the Iraq Action Coalition. ]
Iraqi children - Johanna Berrigan, a Catholic Worker lay person out of Philadelphia, is used to working with poor people, but she wasn't prepared for a death row for infants that she found in Baghdad hospitals.
Life and Death in Iraq - Special Report from the Seattle Intelligencer on the people in Iraq and their hardships, impact of the sanctions, a historical perspective, and photos.
Without Medicine And Supplies, The Children Die - Iraq medical staff must decide who will live and who will die because sanctions prevent ordinary medical supplies from reaching the war torn country. AP article in the Hartford Courant.
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