Al-Safi: Al-Maliki Must be PM for All Iraqis The USG Open Source Center summarizes broadcasts of Friday prayers sermons in Iraq last Friday. Note that a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani upbraided Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of the Da’wa Party for his tendency to speak mainly of the welfare of the Shiites, urging himm […]
9 Us Troops Killed 60 Killed 170
9 US Troops Killed; 60 Killed, 170 Wounded in Karbala; Over 60 Bodies Found; Sadr Admonishes Bush Iraqi guerrillas killed 9 US GIs on Friday and Saturday. Five of them died in active fighting in al-Anbar Province, which doesn’t actually seem to have been turned around yet, unlike what is alleged in some quarters. A […]
Qadhafi Predicts Us Will Lose In Iraq
Qadhafi Predicts US Will Lose in Iraq The USG Open Source Center has reported on a speech by Libyan leader Moammar al-Qadhafi in which he implicitly compares the US presence in Iraq to the Italian occupation of Libya (1911-1943). Most Americans do not know about the long decades of European colonial rule of Arab countries, […]
Saudi Terror Plot Averted State Dept
Saudi Terror Plot Averted State Dept.: Terrorism up 30% Condi Rice wanted to delay the news, but it has broken on two fronts. Warren Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay of McClatchy report that the annual State Department on terrorism will report a nearly 30% rise over the previous year, most of it accounted for by […]
3 Marines Killed Iraqis Resist Pressure
3 Marines Killed Iraqis Resist Pressure for Benchmarks Sunni Arab guerrillas killed 3 US Marines in al-Anbar. Veteran foreign affairs correspondent Trudy Rubin argues that the upcoming Sharm El Sheikh conference of Iraq’s neighbors is an opportunity for the Bush administration to enlist the aid of Iraq’s neighbors in resolving the crisis. If you don’t […]
Iranian Press On Iraq Crisis Usg Open
Iranian Press on Iraq Crisis The USG Open Source Center gives highlights of the Iranian press on the Iraq crisis: Highlights: Iranian Media on Iraqi Developments 20-26 April 2007Iran — OSC SummaryFriday, April 27, 2007 The following are highlights of Iran-Iraq relations as reported in conservative, reformist, and opposition websites monitored by OSC. Majles […]
Iraq Government Spokesman Has
Iraq Criticizes Senate Vote; 72 Killed in Violence An Iraq government spokesman has criticized the Senate vote for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. (I was going to complain about Iraqi interference in US domestic politics. Then I thought, well, it is only fair that they return the favor.) All 8 Democratic presidential contenders support […]
Riverbend Join Ranks Of Refugees From
Riverbend join Ranks of Refugees from Iraq Prominent Iraqi blogger Riverbend and her family are at last leaving Iraq. The discussions she reports have happened thousands of times a month among Iraqi families: Since last summer, we had been discussing it more and more. It was only a matter of time before what began as […]
Iraq Casualty Numbers Doctored Attacks
Iraq Casualty Numbers Doctored Attacks Near Mosul, Khalis Sadr Condemns Wall Since the Bush administration doesn’t actually have any good news on Iraq, they are just making it up. It confirms your worst suspicions. They haven’t been counting victims of car bombings when they say that violence is down in Iraq! Bush administration spokesmen and […]
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