Latest Iraq Stories
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last week, the newly formed United States Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC) held its first briefing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with the largest United States congressional staff delegation to ever visit the region. The meet and greet was held at a new five star hotel in Erbil and included U.S. government officials based in Erbil, local USKBC representatives and other U.S. companies operating in Kurdistan. USKBC corporate...
PORTLAND, Ore., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From preserving Iraq's water resources to seeking federal protection for the Los Angeles River, waterway advocates are being recognized today by River Network and Tom's of Maine as part of the 2012 River Heroes Awards. Now in its 12th year, the awards celebrate those who protect the Earth's rivers and watersheds. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110602/NY13344LOGO-b) "We're inspired by the important work these individuals and...
LONDON, May 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF) strongly condemns the Government of Iraq's outrageous conduct of returning the utility vehicles accompanying the fifth convoy of Iranian dissidents who were transferred from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty. The covetous act of the Government of Iraq was in clear violation of the agreement between the residents and Mr. Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary...
Working Together to Expand Services and Supports for Military Service Members, Veterans and their Families in Communities Across the Country WASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Admiral Michael G. Mullen, United States Navy-Retired, honored Colonel David W. Sutherland, United States Army-Retired, for his many years of dedication and service during a retirement ceremony held at Arlington National Cemetery. Immediately following, Colonel Sutherland and Lieutenant...
The study has been published in Weather Corals, trees and marine sediments, among others, are direct evidence of the climate of the past, but they are not the only indicators. A team led by Spanish scientists has interpreted records written in Iraq by Arabic historians for the first time and has made a chronology of climatic events from the year 816 to 1009, when cold waves and snow were normal. The Arabic historians' records chronologically narrate social, political and religious...
PARIS, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State on her visit to Paris to attend the international conference on the Syrian crisis, the French Committee for a Democratic Iran (CFID) urged Secretary Hillary Clinton to intervene personally to ensure the rights of Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty in Iraq, who are members of the main Iranian resistance movement, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The...
TIME's Annual List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TIME named Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, founder and president of Give an Hour, a national nonprofit organization providing free mental health services to members of the military, veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, their loved ones and their communities to the 2012 TIME 100, the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Dr. Van Dahlen is...
LONDON, April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the anniversary of the April 8, massacre of the residents of Camp Ashraf, International Solidarity for a Democratic Change in Iran [http://www.isdciran.org ] (ISDCI [http://www.isdciran.org ]) calls on UN, US and EU to take necessary steps to guarantee safety and basic human rights of the residents. ISDCI also calls on US Secretary Clinton to, firstly, uphold her last year's December 25 commitment for a "robust Monitoring" by the U.S....
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter to the Director of Global News for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), a copy of which was provided to the US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR), two highly-decorated former senior US military commanders in Iraq have expressed their concerns about a highly politically-motivated and questionable report the BBC radio is preparing about residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq and the People's Mojahedin of Iran...
The war still continues for wounded warriors. Segs4Vets will help 39 severely injured veterans improve their mobility and regain their independence by awarding each with a Segway PT battery electric vehicle on April 4, 2012. San Diego, Calif. (PRWEB) March 28, 2012 The number of military service members who lost limbs in combat in Afghanistan reached an all-time high last year. On Wednesday, April 4th at 10:30 a.m. in a ceremony on the forward deck of the historic USS Midway, 39 wounded...
Latest Iraq Reference Libraries
The Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus), is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family of birds. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Western Sahara.
The Caucasian Squirrel or Persian Squirrel (Sciurus anomalus), is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found throughout Armenia,Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. It is naturally found to thrive in temperate forests.
The White-tailed Lapwing or White-tailed Plover (Vanellus leucurus) is a species of wading bird found in Iraq, Iran and southern Russia. Birds from Iraq and Iran are mostly resident, but Russian birds are migratory and winter in south Asia, the Middle East and northeast Africa. It thrives in inland marshes. This medium-sized lapwing has long legs and a fairly long bill. The adult is slim and erect. It has a brown back and foreneck, paler face and gray breast. It has long yellow legs, a...
