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POPSEuropeans Mull Sanctions Against Iran Europeans Mull Sanctions Against Iran. Britain and France are leading a push for new EU sanctions to punish Iran over its nuclear program. But while European nations increasingly fear a war in their backyard, the continent is divided over how to deal with the crisis. The United States raised the stakes this week with new sanctions targeting the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, which Washington accuses of supporting terrorism by backing Shiite militants in Iraq. The announcement raised the question of whether the European Union would follow suit. But few other European nations clamoring to support stepped-up EU sanctions. The divisions mirror those that split the continent over Iraq, though the fault lines have shifted.
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POPS U.S. deserters lose bid for Canada refugee status U.S. deserters lose bid for Canada refugee status. The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear appeals from the two men, Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey, over decisions by immigration authorities -- backed in two subsequent court rulings -- that they were not refugees in need of protection. Opposing the war on the belief that it was illegal and immoral, the two deserted when they learned their units would be deployed to Iraq, and came to Canada. If deported to the United States, they say they face a court martial and up to five years in prison.
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POPSSadr City Sadr City will be the site of Iraqi contracts with Iran and China that concern U.S. In a time of possible conflict with Iran, there is fear that Iranian commercial investments can mask military activities. Word of the project worth 1.1 billion, prompted serious concerns among American military officials.
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POPSFCC Must be Stopped FCC Must be Stopped from rewriting the media ownership rules. Local outlets need more representatives in the media to tell the complete story of Iraq and it's peoples of diverse backgrounds. Controlling the media represents an influence that could exclude many people from having a voice in their own country of Iraq.
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POPSIraqi Kurdsistan will Defend Itself The leader of the Kurdistan Regional Authority in Iraq, Massoud Barzan, called Friday for talks with Turkey. The call was immediately rejected by Ankara, which accuses Barzani of deliberately harboring 3,000 to 5,000 guerrillas of the Kurdish Workers Party who have been going back over into Turkey and blowing people up or killing them (i.e. engaging in terrorism).
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