The whole thing is a front for Trump’s real estate development ambitions for a Gaza beachfront resort.
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Ayatollah Huckabee Condemns US Constitution with new Fatwa
Mike Huckabee says he wants to amend the US constitution to bring it into line with the divinely revealed law of the living God: ‘ […]
Al-Anbar Leader Condemns Iraqi Gov. as Sectarian Wants US Out
So whatever happened to Fallujah? Hard to get news from the city. Can they drive personal cars again, yet? Apparently the US military has built […]
McCain runs on Iraq in Michigan
My new Salon.com column is out, entitled McCain runs on Iraq in Michigan. The Intro is here: On the stump in Michigan, John McCain campaigns […]
Kurds Miffed by New Coalition
Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that altogether 150 deputies in parliament (well over a majority) signed a memorandum of agreement aimed at resolving the most contentious […]
Muqtada al-Sadr Denounces Bush
The USG Open Source Center translates a statement by Shiite clergyman Muqtada al-Sadr condemning Bush’s Middle East tour. “Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr Statement Condemns President Bush’s […]
12 Parties Sign Letter of Understanding: Seek to Block Kurds from Taking Kirkuk
Several Sunni, Shiite and secular political parties have come together in a new pact aimed at challenging the dominant coalition of the Kurdistan Alliance and […]
New Iraqi Law on Baath Worries Ex-Baathists
So the big political news today is that the Iraqi parliament on Saturday finally passed a revision of the “De-baathification” law issued by US viceroy […]
Yamli Arabic software
My readers sometimes ask me about Arabic software tools for the web. I just wanted to flag for them Yamli.com, which I’m finding a real […]
4 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Turks attack Kurds inside Iraq Again
PM Nuri al-Maliki called for widened political participation. He appears to be working on a compromise that might bring the parties of Iyad Allawi and […]
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