Monthly Archives: August 2009
50 diplomats killed in the explosion
According to the Bahrain newspaper Akhbar-Alkhaleej quoting an anonymous Iraqi source: At least 50 Iraqi diplomats killed and 70 injured in the explosion near the gate of the Foreign Ministry, among the killed is the deputy minister Labid Abawi.
Iraqi government plays down the number of the victims
This report published on AL-Hayat newspaper today: Iraqi officials didn’t release the statistics of the number of victims [from the last wave of explosions], but information obtained by Al-Hayat newspaper revealed by an Iraqi official refused to reveal his name confirms … Continue reading
Megrahi, the political hostage
To the world, Megrahi is the criminal behind the PAN AM Flight 103 bomb, but to Libya he is a political hostage. An SMS messages circulated and distributed by the Libyan mobile telephone company “Libyana” announces that Megrahi is a … Continue reading
The political structure of the new coalition
05/10/2008, In his interview with Al-Masharq newspaper (via Al-Raeed) Sadrists spokesman Al-Ubaidi said the following: [The United] Alliance lost its real power after the withdrawal of these blocs (Sadrists, Al-Fadhila and Ja’afari’s Reform Trend). A month later 08/11/2008, (Dawa Party-Iraq’s … Continue reading
Disagreements among Maliki’s Dawa Party
website. Interesting report on Al-Hayat about disagreements among Maliki’s Dawa Party on who will be the next Prime Minister: One faction in the Party wants to appoint Ali Al-Adeeb as the next Prime Minister and another faction wants Maliki to … Continue reading
Political crisis between Baghdad and Sana’a
The fight in Yemen between the Army and the Shiites Houthis rebels turned into a political confrontation between Baghdad and Yemen. As reported on Al-Watan, the Iraqi Supreme Council threatened to open a Houthis representation office in Baghdad and Iraqi … Continue reading
Maliki’s negotiation with the Iraqi resistance
According to last Aljazeera report “ There are even signs that Maliki wants to “seriously” negotiate with the Iraqi resistance and the armed factions. Al-Sumria TV reported that one of the of treason behind his visit to Syria is to … Continue reading
Gaddafi to visit the US
According to Hezbollah’s TV station quoting anonymous Libyan sources: Libyan president Gaddafi will visit the US end of Augustus, the TV station described this visit as a historic visit because Gadafi never visited the US before, which will mark a … Continue reading
Cinemas are forbidden in Saudi Arabia officially
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia issued a law that forbids the formation of movie shows and cinemas in Saudi Arabia. The law includes all the regions in the Saudi Kingdom.