The death toll from a Basra market blast rises to 43
The blast was originally thought to be from an exploding generator
The death toll from a series of explosions in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday has risen to 43, officials have said.
Obama ‘leaving Iraq to the wolves’, says Saddam’s former minister
Saddam Hussein’s former foreign minister Tariq Aziz has called on the US to extend its presence in Iraq, saying that withdrawing troops would be “leaving Iraq to the wolves” in an interview in The Guardian newspaper published Friday.
Pro-Kurdish Party Proposes Establishing Kurdish Regional Government in Turkey
TURKEY, DYARBAKIR: Osman Baydemir, the Mayor of the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in Turkey proposed establishing a regional Kurdish government similar to Iraq’s federal region of Kurdistan, according to the news reports.
Allawi, Kurds and Shiites May Form Govt without Maliki
05 Aug 2010 (Rudaw) IRAQI KURDISTAN, ERBIL: As the two leading Iraqi coalitions have hitherto failed to reach an agreement over the formation of a new government, Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya may form a government joined by the Kurds and the grand Shiite 
Obama: Progress on Nuclear Sanctions Against Iran
“I’m not going to issue any public red lines. Iran should understand when I say we have all options on the table. I’m not going to announce any particular red lines at a meeting like this,”
Iran’s Deadly Hand in Afghanistan
To wit, a 2006 report from the WikiLeaks files details an Al Qaeda plan to construct car bombs using vehicles and armaments from Iran. A 2007 report found that Al Qaeda, 
Iran lawyer in Ashtiani stoning case now in Turkey
Ashtiani was sentenced to death for adultery
A lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to be stoned to death in Iran is now in Turkey, according to the UN refugee agency.
Israeli officer and Lebanese soldiers killed in border clashes
By Leela JACINTO the 03/08/2010 – 17:15
Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire along their shared border on Tuesday, with one senior Israeli officer, a journalist and two Lebanese soldiers killed as tensions in the region continue to mount.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad unhurt after blast near motorcade
By Robin Pome
TEHRAN | Wed Aug 4, 2010 1:26pm BST
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was unharmed by an attack with a homemade explosive device on his motorcade during a visit to the western city of Hamadan on Wednesday, a source in his office said
Jordan reportedly has ‘proof’ that Aqaba rocket fired from Egypt
By News Wires the 03/08/2010 – 11:26
Jordan reportedly has proof that the rocket fired Monday on its southern port city of Aqaba was fired from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, according to a senior official speaking on condition of
anonymity. The bombing left one dead and five more
