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The Arab Terrorist in Mosul have cut off water and electricity in Nineveh Plains for 7 days now. Old people are dying because they can't get the medicine anymore. Assyrian officials from the Nineveh Plains are begging the KRG to connect their electricity grid to Erbil and Duhok's. Crosses and...

A step in the right direction http://www.krg.org/p/p.aspx?l=12&p=212

Exxon, the world's largest publicly traded energy company, infuriated Iraq by signing up for six Kurdish exploration blocks in 2011. Two of those blocks - Bashiqa, seen as the most promising, and Alqosh - lie in areas where Nineveh and Kurdistan both claim jurisdiction. Nujaifi said Nineveh...

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(Donno if the diaspora even cares anymore) 1. Zowaa, Popular Council, and others have all formed a coalition for the upcoming local elections in April. They have been given the number 524. They will be battling for the 3 reserved seats, one each in Baghdad, Basra, and Nineveh. In 2009, Baghdad...

Download the file (it's big, 17 megs) Sean Kane on Iraq's Disputed Territories http://www.usip.org/publications/sean-kane-iraqs-disputed-territories

ID 08BAGHDAD3198 SUBJECT RRT ERBIL: CHRISTIANS IN THE KURDISTAN REGION DATE 2008-10-03 00:00:00 CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ORIGIN Embassy Baghdad TEXT UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 BAGHDAD 003198 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV, PREL, PHUM, KDEM, PINR, IZ SUBJECT...

But you see, an Assyrian in the west doesn't ask himself that question since he doesn't have to live with the concenquences. Kurdistan?s Islamic Parties Ponder Alliance 07/11/2011 02:58:00 SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan (Rudaw) -- Iraqi Kurdistan?s two most influential Islamic parties are...

2 dead in strikes on Christian homes in IraqFrom Jomana Karadsheh, CNN December 30, 2010 -- Updated 1848 GMT (0248 HKT) Baghdad (CNN) -- At least two people were killed and 14 others were wounded Thursday in a wave of bombings targeting Christian homes in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official...

In fact it's going to be even worse after the Americans leave. Expect more Assyrian executions, Church bombings, and ultimatly exodus of our people in Baghdad and Mosul. More foreign fighters seen slipping back into Iraq By LARA JAKES and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Lara Jakes And...

President Talabani has no objection to form Christian province November 17, 2010 - 04:09:14 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Wednesday that he has no objection to form a special province for Christians in Iraq. ?There are regions with Christian majority in Iraq...

12/11/2010 By Naseer Al-Ali Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat ? At a time when Iraqi Christian MP Yonadim Kanna denied that there were any calls from the Iraqi Christian community for the establishment of an autonomous region or "administrative unit" in the Nineveh Province, Iraqi Christian activist and...

The Iraqi government has finally passed national elections law, and elections will take place on January 31st, 2010. The new parliament will include 323 seats - up from 275. Among the 323 seats, 5 seats are reserved for Christian, 1 for Mandaneans, 1 for Shabak, and 1 for Yezidi. But the way...

A Sarkis Aghajan article Christians press for autonomy Phil Sands, foreign correspondent Last Updated: October 04. 2009 1:10PM UAE / October 4. 2009 9:10AM GMT   http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091004/FOREIGN/710039836/1011/NEWS A Kurdistan politician, dreaming of an...

Iraq: Is nowhere safe for Christians? Posted by Press Release on 29/9/2009, 11:33 am By John Pontifex CHRISTIANS in Iraq are beginning to flee the only place where they thought they were safe ? their ancient homelands in the Nineveh plains. Reports have come in from clergy in the north of...

I took this from another thread, since I didn't want to go off topic. The above, is a great program, and I remember when I was a junior at the Uni, when me and a few ''foot soldiers'' began going around the different univerisities in Michigan to have people sign the petition to have this...

Thanks to CAPNI again. Some very interesting data from the 1957 Iraqi census. These census are important, because it is these census that are always given as a reason by political parties for the claim of Christian land throughout northern Iraq. The total number of Christians in Iraq was...

The Christian Aid group CAPNI has a great list of maps where it shows the current Assyrian (all Christian) villages http://www.capiraq.org/Maps/ Take a look at Nineveh Plains. It is very much infultrated by non-Christians. And over time, the non-Christians will simply outbirth the Christians...

If you haven't heard, the Christians in Basra are currently facing a new challange. The provincal council there has banned the selling of alcohol. This has left many Christian families in Basra jobless, as most of them live there simply because of the lucritive business of selling alcohol.  It...

On September 16th, 1969, an Iraqi army convoy patrolling through western Zakho, struck on a large mine. The army's lietenant was furious and thus went searching for revenve. The mine was close by the Christian/Kurdish village of Surya. The army not knowning who was resposible for hte explosion...

Off of a new highway in Ankawa. As dirty as those rocks were, I went up to the flag and kissed it.  :yucky:

By Tim Cocks and Shamal Aqrawi MAKHMOUR, Iraq, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish mayor Barzan Said Kaka says he has no choice but to declare independence from the largely Arab-run council of violent Nineveh province -- it's infiltrated with insurgents and killers, he says. "We hoped to see a...

Assyrians can't keep holding the lid down forever.. Link Nabuchadnazzar and King of Media meat; The President of Kurdistan Region Received The Cardinal Amanoeel Delli August 5th, 2009 The president of Kurdistan region, Mr. Masood Barazany, received in Salah Al-Deen the Cardinal Amanoeel...

I have mentioned the red above previously in this forum. This is the reason why Zowaa and the Assyrian nation should not waste its time investing on Chaldean Catholics. They are willing to sell their land and live a more comfortable life in the west at any minute. We all have heard the figure of...

Post information about the upcoming elections in Nohadra, Arbil, Slemani, and Kirkuk in this thread. President Masoud Barzani addresses Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament, sets election date for 25 July 2009 Translations of the full text of the speech delivered by President Masoud Barzani at Iraqi...

Try it: http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneiform.languages/syriac/search.php What do you think of it

Please discuss the following in the context of politics and not religion. What do you think about the establishment of a new church among west Assyrians; that is those among them who identify themselves as Assyrians. As you know, religion is a big part of our identity. In the homeland, our...

Assyrian Nationalists Cooperate with Kurdish PKK Insurgents Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: April 3, 2009 By: Wladimir van Wilgenburg About the journalist. For many people in the West, mention of the ?Assyrians? brings to mind the relentless empire-builders of northern Iraq who...

Armenia is a homeland for the Assyrians, who have no homeland They preserve their language, religion, and traditions here by Tatul Hakobyan Published: Friday March 27, 2009 Verin Dvin, Ararat Province, Armenia - On April 1 Assyrians throughout the world celebrate the New Year. The Assyrians...

The misguidedness in our world can be so damn....  :blowup: Tariq Aziz should have been hanged 5 years ago. I met some of his family in Telkeppe, some to this day curse his name. The Catholic archbishop of Kirkuk on Monday hailed a decision by an Iraqi court to acquit Tareq Aziz, the Christian...

A Melting Pot It?s Not By Evgeny Morozov How the Internet is giving nationalism a boost. What do Jennifer Aniston, Nikola Tesla, and soy milk all have in common? All three were subjects of protracted editing wars on Wikipedia, fueled by the competing claims of people in several nations...

Yonadam Kanna, on the eve of elections in Bakhdida English translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ankawa.com%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Fboard%3D2.0&sl=ar&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Outside walls of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Ankawa. Just in case you didn't know Kurdish, Assyrian, or Arabic, the big banners are also written in English.

Can somebody tell me who sings the song that goes ''min Khabour ta Ankawa'', the song is by a guy and he mentions various Nineveh villages. I saw the music video on Ishtar the other day.

ALASTAIR BRUTON London, May 18, 1993 Full Text :COPYRIGHT 1993 The New York Times Company It is time someone reminded William Safire ("The Kurdish Example," column, May 13) about the ethnic cleansing under way in the Kurdish areas of the Middle East. In the last 10 years, the Kurds have driven...

I never get bored reading this paper over and over again. In 16 pages, it outlines everything from the birth of the Assyrian nation to day. The paper leaves nothing unexplained, be it the language shift, the religious shiism, the name shiism, the identity confusion, everything you can think of...

If you are sick and tired of your current life and want to do something different, then why not come and give your homeland a try? Northern Iraq is in despirate need of English speakers. If you speak English fluently, their are many things one can do. Radio stations, Universities, private...

BAGHDAD (AFP) ? Iraqi lawmakers decided on Monday that six local council seats would be reserved for minorities, only half the number proposed by the United Nations, a parliamentary source said. Out of 150 MPs present in parliament, 106 voted in favour of a resolution to give three seats to...

Protect their village with help of Kurdish fighters Christian Iraqi militia fight back against Qaeda A member of a Christian militia stands guard outside the Saint George church in Tel Asquf Tel Asquf, IRAQ (AFP) With Kalashnikovs slung over their shoulders, Iraq's first Christian militia...

Hope to see you guys there

Iraq's Christians leaving the country Christians continue to leave Iraq at a time when there is growing optimism of a bright future and an attempt at unity in the upcoming provincial councils. By Khidhir Domle 24 July 2008 (Kurdish Globe) Dhiaa Petros, head of the Chaldean National...

Catholic Assyrian Bishops Ask for Protection for Iraqi Christians The numbers are stark, and the situation is getting worse. Before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, there were 1.2 million Christians living there. Over 400,000 Christians have left the country since the war started. Many others have...

I'm not buying this at all

Another thing I want you to notice is see how Kurdish media is using Wikipedia to actually know about us. http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc031408VOI.html The last two sentences; Is exactly from Wikipedia's Chaldean Christian page. Me and Elias added it and sources it well over 10 different...

"A new flag proposed for consideration by the Iraqi parliament. The new design removes the Baath party insignia and spells out "God is great" in standard script; the yellow circle in the center signifies Kurdistan" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18049763...

Its a shame, really. Friday, December 21, 2007 Chaldean accused of Iraqi spying Charges were dropped after he died in November Paul Egan / The Detroit News STERLING HEIGHTS -- An active member of Metro Detroit's Chaldean community and a younger brother of the late patriarch of the Chaldean...

I am sadly reporting to you that at least 9 Assyrians have drown to death yesterday in the Aegean See. They all had spent at least one year in Turkey as refugees and were trying to make it to one of Greek's island. May God bless them. I was managed to find one on it: Illegal migrants drown off...

Sliwa Jemo Samir Isho Majed Shimoun Arkan Hirmez Salem Yousef Uraha "Kasheera" Naji Mikho Wardiya Yousef Uraha Link Link 2

Bombers kill 175 in attacks on minority sect in Iraq Michael Howard in Irbil Wednesday August 15, 2007 The Guardian At least 175 people from a minority sect in northern Iraq were killed last night and more than 200 others injured when suicide bombers detonated fuel tankers in remote villages...

What do you guys think of this. Comments, corrections, suggestions.

Any fans here?

http://www.ankawa.com/english/ Good news for non-Arabic readers. Updated dialy with many articles.

Assyrian Priest, 3 Deacons Gunned Down in North Iraq Posted GMT 6-3-2007 19:30:27                                        (AINA) -- ankawa.com is reporting that 1 priest and 3 deacons were gunned down in Mosul as they left the Church after having finished Sunday Mass. Fr. Ragheed Ganni, Deacon...

This right here is a symbol, a representation of our weak nation; when threatened we pack our bags and start traveling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTronh8anbk Just a painful video.

Before '07 arrived, I could not imagine our situation getting worse then it already was. As many of you have witnessed, it has indeed has gotten worse for our people. My friends, in these important times, where the nation our people mostly live in, is in the brink of splitting. We need a figure...

For those that are not caught up, their have been some developement in Iraq unfavorably of our nation. The new Iraqi Electoral Committee of nine members, did not include any Assyrian representation (it does include shiite, suuni, kurdi, and even Turkmen) Mr. Kanna and Ablahad Afram* (suprise...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dhEaP4E-3_c http://youtube.com/watch?v=dhEaP4E-3_c Naum Faik One of the founding fathers of our nation. God bless him. PS - those on the video are Syriac Orthodox. If those kids singing those hymes don't make you proud to be Assyrian then I dont know what does! 

3 slain at Bible distributor in Turkey By BENJAMIN HARVEY, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 36 minutes ago ISTANBUL, Turkey - Assailants tied up three people at a publishing house that distributes Bibles in Turkey and then slit their throats Wednesday, adding to a string of attacks...

I just saw this, but it was written 2 months ago. It made me furious to a point of wanting to find this slimeball and choke him. Please go to his site and leave a nasty comment.

plxSX0yCzyg Nice story. Edit/Note from Moderator: The way you used the BBC code for the YouTube feature was incorrect; you only need to put the alphanumeric code for the video (e.g., plxSX0yCzyg) in between the brackets, not the entire URL/link. Anyway, I just edited this post so everyone...

Carlos Slim Hel? is only 3 billion dollers away from Bill Gates. Carlos is a Mexican-Lebanese Maronite. For those who don't know who Maronites are, they were Syriac Orthodox from Lebanon until they converted to Catholicism (basically Chaldean version of Lebanon) Read more

الشاعرة الألقوشية إيسيغا أيلاني(1350 ــ 1459 م )بقلم الكاتب والباحث : عبد الأحد جلو / المانيا هي إيسيغا بنت ميخائيل أيلاني من مواليد بلدة ألقوش سنة 1350م ، وإن أصلها العائلي هو من قبيلة أودو (الحكيم) ، وجاء لقبهم الحكيم من جراء نبوغهم ومعرفتهم وعلمهم في التعمق بإستخراج الأدوية والعقاقير الطبية...

Despite all the security difficulties and the dismal situation in the Iraqi capital, young Iraqi kids take on the sandy fields of Baghdad to get a kick of the ball and develop their football skills at the school of football led by Iraqi Assyrian football legend Ammo Baba who is despite his...

1. Assyrian American National Federation - Aladin Khamis 2. Chaldean Federation of America - Michael George 3. Chaldean Chamber of Commerce - David Nona 4. Assyrian National Council of Illinois - Sheba Mando The four organizations agreed to form a united council that would initially...

http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php?topic=82242.0 I'm sorry but this is just getting rediculus :mrgreen:

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Please read this report by the Minority Rights Group International

Ren A. Hakim is an author who has recently published Xerxes (an ancient Persian king) Her offical website; http://www.renahakim.com/ Check out this interview; http://persianmirror.com/Article_det.cfm?id=1218&getArticleCategory=79&getArticleSubCategory=118 Darius KADIVAR (DK): Could you tell...

rnkAMhztQP4 Tur Abdin dancing?

Florida International University College of Law December 2006 Native Christians Massacred: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=950428 You can download the paper. Nice read.

http://www.lomada.net/ Community getting stronger.

North Side hammer attack kills 3 in family http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0702180338feb18,0,2943279.story?page=2 Husband of 1 victim is suspect, cops say By Emma Graves Fitzsimmons, Matthew Walberg and John McCormick, Tribune staff reporters Published February 18, 2007 A...

My uncle and his 3 kids in Istanbul got the ok yesterday to come to the US after his UN interview. More Iraqi refugees permitted Many may settle in area February 15, 2007 BY NIRAJ WARIKOO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Thousands of refugees could be headed to metro Detroit under a plan announced...

Can you think of any notible people who died during the Assyrian genocide? The ones I can think of is Ashur Yousif and Mar Benyamin Shimon. Anybody else that comes to mind?

In sweden, Stockholm the January of 27:th there were a protest against the murdering of Hrant Dink. There were speaches by the Armenian federation in sweden, Vahagn Avedian. And by the Assyrian federation, Feyyaz Kerimo. All showed their expressions of turkey's action against the christians who...

Karmlis / Assyria Tuesday, January 16, 2007 After the abduction of a three-day of an Assyrian youth. Malik Mansour Bihnam Hanna was murdered in Baghdad by a terrorist group. Malik Mansour Bihnam Hanna body was transported to his birthplace Karmlis / Assyria for burial to his final resting...

Donny George at SUNY-Stony Brook.  (Photo: Tina Tyrell) Donny George, man of history, had vowed never to leave Baghdad, where he was the keeper of the keys to the looted Iraqi National Museum. Then his teenage son opened a letter with a bullet inside and a threat to cut off his head because...

I'm sure Ashoor will like this article :D Check out the part where it talks about how Assyrians are forming militias in Northern Iraq. January, 10, 2007 FIGHTING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL A Christian Exodus from the Arab World By Amira El Ahl, Daniel Steinvorth, Volkhard Windfuhr and Bernhard Zand...

Guys!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page I worked really hard in the simele massacre page, and now the moderators agreed to have it listed in the front page for the day! Look under "Did you know..."

Who is yours? Currently, first round of the votes is being conducted in Ankawa; http://www.ankawa.com/poll/ VERY CLOSE RAISES! Singer Ashur Bet Sargis - 135 Juliana Jindo - 135 George Allen? - 119 Yousif Aziz - 84 Linda George - 74 Ivan Agassi - 70 Politician; Sarkis Agajan - 270...

Hey guys, I recently tried the free trial of www.newspaperarchives.com and I tried to search as many pages as possible about Assyrians. In this thread, I will post anything I find; BAGDAD, Iraq, Aug. 13.?(A.P.) ?Killing of more than 600 Assyrian Christians in conflicts with the Kurds and the...

?I demanded the right of autonomy for our [Christian] people ? Chaldean, Syriac, Assyrian ? to be fixed in the Kurdistan Region Constitution,? Aghajan told Compass by e-mail. Aghajan publicly backed a statement last month by five Christian political parties calling on drafters of Kurdistan?s...

"The Kurds took advantage of the weakness of the Assyrian Christian Kingdom in which they attacked and captured in 1600AD, killing the Assyrian king Malkisdiq..." http://books.google.com/books?vid=0PZ0a6KN-2OVurt8Q8&id=feVu7xwi-3kC&q=%22assyrian+christian&dq=%22assyrian+christian&pgis=1 does...

For the ones who watch Swedish football, does anybody know if Abga Barsom is Assyrian? Barsom is an Assyrian lastname and this guy was born in Iran, I believe. Any sources would be appreciated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abgar_Barsom

If anyone does, can you please please upload it?! Thank you  :)

Does anybody know anything about the "Assyrian Eagles" from Chicago and the "Dlasthr" from Australia? Why doesn't ADM recruit these guys by merging them with their tiny little army they have?

http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=16938 :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: How sad. All I can do is just laugh.

While the Pope Tries to Build Bridges in Turkey, the Precarious Plight of Iraq's Christians Gets Only Worse, writes Jonathan Steele from Mosul. Whatever harm Benedict XVI's incendiary remarks about Islam and the prophet Mohammed did for his image in Turkey, which his visit there is trying to...

Calligraphy is probably the most beautiful kind of art in my opinion. http://www.calligram.com/Gallery/gallery.html Issa Benyamin was born in 1924 to Assyrian parents, Mirza Benyamin Kaldani and Esther in Tabriz , Iran.  While he was still an infant, his family moved to Uromia, which held...

Good or bad for Assyrians? http://www.middle-east-online.com/?id=42811 The followers of the Angelical Kurdish church in the middle of Hawler busied themselves with repeating hymns in the ground floor of their new Church because the hall designated for Sunday Prayers had not finished yet...

Please post any reports of Assyrian deaths in this thread. Mode please sticky Yet another young Assyrian died yesterday. He was 22 years old and his body was found mutilated;

A tribute to an Assyrian named Ninos from Baghdad and his three other friends; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzoxZGB00KE&mode=related&search= Here is their story; Four of my friends were killed by a huge double roadside bomb that exploded in Karada on Sunday June 11. That?s right, four...

The events of 1933 were one of the most sadiest time of our history. Coming off a genocide already during WWI, our population was barely breathing. Then August 11th, 1933 came by; READ THIS; Iraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny By Reeva Spector Simon...

In this thread, we will post pictures you see of our people in the news Iraqi Christian George Emmanuel lies in al-Kindi hospital in Baghdad, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. Emmanuel was wounded when a mortar landed in central Baghdad's Ilwiyah neighborhood. Two others were killed and three wounded...

Some very sad stories from the past :( Google just opened this new tool where you can research 200 years of articles from newspapers. Type Assyrians and get a tissue http://news.google.com/archivesearch

Guys support Vincent Oshana This September 14 Here is his myspace; http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=27978655 This guy got some major bycepts.

Appearance of A Young Assyrian Actress in Iran 6/29/2006 1:10:00 By AssyriaTimes Staff Writer Emita Babazadeh, 13 years old Assyrian young lady, is an Iranian actress and has played in three movies and a TV series. It would be considered a positive point for a closed society that Iran is to...

http://www.assyria.se/news/nyheter.asp?ID=666 By the way, 500 Kronas for a jersey is 70 dollers american :)

When is it enough to start forming our own militia? Our people are lacking leadership within our communities. This is very dangerious and it needs to be fixed. Someone has got to stand up and declare himself our leader (and no church officals either!)

Some really nice pics from Northern Iraq? :wavetowel:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Bawai_Soro ???? What does it mean by 'he was caught'?

March 02, 2006 Threats against Assyrians continue in Mosul. Tens of Assyrian families have left the Dargazliyya quarters in Mosul due to threats on their lives. Today, threats covered Assyrians in al-Wahda quarters, near al-Sabireen mosque. Mr. Sheba Keena, a teacher in the Vocational High...

I dont know what language this is, I think Dutch, but can anybody please take 10 minutes and translate the following? Thanks in advance From here: http://www.iwardo.de/

Ni'mat Mattai Jiddo in was killed in Mosul by Islamic fundamentalists on February 24, 2006 source: http://www.ankawa.com/forum/index.php/topic,29392.0.html and Mahir Toma Oshana (39 years old) in Baghdad's Al-Ameen district on February 27, 2006? source...

Can anybody please provide me a biography of this guy? I can't read swedish, and all the pages that I am getting from google on him are swedish  :bangin: Thanks.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060214-052013-4293r SYDNEY, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Sydney authorities suspect the city's Assyrian community of harboring a gangster wanted in connection with two murders, police said Tuesday. The head of a special gang task force for the state of New...

Please if you can attend.. Salem allaha naterouch if you can make it a sticky.

:angry: Bombs Target Four Iraqi Churches; 3 Dead 5 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombs exploded in a synchronized spree of attacks outside at least four churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk within a short period, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding nine, police said...

161 Link Very sad. One died 3 days ago.

http://www.aina.org/maps/assyrian_region_1.pdf Well?

Guys I need you to think of any assyrian/chaldean boy names you can think of. This is really important. I have a list of so far: (if you dont see a name, please please add!)

Victorious Canadian Muslim pol: "This is a victory for Islam! Islam won! Islam Won! ... Islamic power is extending into Canadian politics" Toronto, Canada Monday, December 19, 2005 - On December 2, the Liberal candidate for Mississauga-Erindale, Omar Alghabra, made his victory speech after...

For more go here: http://www.ieciraq.org 740 got 10,000 votes from Baghdad.