Free Republic

ST LOUIS, MO – A Washington University student senator was caught in the act of removing American flags from a 9/11 memorial on the twentieth anniversary of the tragic attack on our country. The student, identified as Fadel Alkilani, was filmed plucking the flags from the ground and placing them into garbage bags – later claiming his actions were a form of protest against “Islamophobia” and “American imperialism”.

DUBAI (AFP) - Israel will not be allowed to take advantage of the liberalisation of the Iraqi economy to penetrate the market, Iraqi officials said. "This is out of the question," interim Planning Minister Mahdi al-Hafez told journalists on the sidelines of a conference held at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (news - web sites) and World Bank (news - web sites) in this Gulf emirate. "There is no intention to recognise Israel," added Adel Abdul Mahdi, a member of the US-appointed Iraqi transitional Governing Council who is leading the Iraqi delegation to the meetings. The delegation...

<p>World Bank to Lend to Iraq for First Time in 30 Years (Update2) Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The World Bank is considering lending money to Iraq for the first time in 30 years as it seeks to help the country revive its economy after the U.S.-led invasion in March.</p>

The Iraqi Minister for Finances Kamel Al-Kilani announced Sunday with Dubai, in margin of the meetings of the IMF, a series of economic reforms, of which the possibility for the foreign firms of taking 100% of an Iraqi company, except in the oil sector. "These reforms to a significant degree will make progress the efforts to build a market economy free and open, to promote the future economic growth of Iraq, to accelerate the return of Iraq in the international economy", affirms the minister in a declaration distributed by the American delegation present at the meetings of the International...