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Four senior al-Qaeda members escape Baghdad jail
From BBC
Karkh prison, formerly known as Camp Cropper, houses 1,500 detainees
Four prisoners with ties to al-Qaeda have escaped from the US-controlled section of Baghdad’s Karkh prison.
Iran ready to free detained American woman on bail
By Parisa Hafezi
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said on Sunday it will free on bail one of three Americans accused of
espionage and held for more than a year, a day
Robert Fisk: The Crimewave that Shames the World – The Honour Killing
It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders – of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strangled and buried alive
Another Company Cuts Ties With Iran
The list of companies cutting business ties with Iran continues to grow. Earlier I wrote about LyondellBasell.
Iran opposition lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh detained
From:BBC
Nasrin Sotoudeh is being held in solitary confinement, according to her lawyer
A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been detained by the
One of three jailed US hikers to be released Saturday
By News Wires the 09/09/2010 – 18:19
Iran said Thursday that it would release on Saturday Sarah Shourd, one of three US hikers
jailed for more than a year under charges of
jailed for more than a year under charges of
Obama warns Koran-burning would boost al Qaeda
By Ben Gruber
GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that an obscure U.S. Christian pastor’s plan to burn the Koran could provoke al Qaeda suicide 
Son of accused Iranian fears stoning will take place after Ramadan
By FRANCE 24 the 06/09/2010 – 22:52
The son of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery told a French press conference via telephone on Monday that he fears her execution will be carried out shortly after 
Iraq cuts oil product supplies to Kurdish region
(Reuters) – Iraq’s Oil Ministry has cut supplies of some fuel products to the northern Kurdish region by 50 percent in response to the Kurds selling what they say is excess kerosene, fuel waste and naptha to Iran, officials said.
Bomb attack targets Baghdad army base, killing at least one
By News Wires the 05/09/2010 – 10:35
A large explosion set off by a bomb at a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday killed at least one person, the interior ministry has said. The same base had been attacked on August 17, killing dozens of would-be army recruits.
