Monthly Archives: September 2009
Al-Zaidi — video and speech — update with the English video
First, here is the video of Al-Zaidi speech as released by Al-Baghdadia in Arabic of course but here is the highlight of what he says (notice he wears the old Iraqi flag on his shoulders): Update ~ Full translation here … Continue reading
Syria not interested in the US “Lebanon vs Iraq” offer
There is a reason behind why the Iraqi government started to lower its tone with Syria, as Al-Dabagh said today that Baghdad prefer to “contain” the standoff with Syria. probably Maliki started to feel the “backfiring” heat, but there is more. … Continue reading
An international “silent plan” to resettle Palestinian refugees in Kurdistan
There is one more story to add to AoL’s “Israel Schemes in Kurdistan” and this one is not available in the Western media. Point 9 in Obama’s Israel-Palestine peace plan leaked by Middle East Media Center (h/t Haitham Sabbah for the … Continue reading
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No celebration order with Zaidi’s release
Official sources in the government told Muntadar al-Zaidi’s [the shoe thrower] family to sign a pledge which confirms that they will not celebrate the release of Zaidi “for security reasons”, but the family will defy the order and celebrate the … Continue reading
Will Siniora return to head the government?
Hariri will most probably refuse the new assignment to form a government, “14 March” group wants the return of Siniora. According to Kuwaiti Annahar.
“White Coup” in Saudi Arabia
Al-Quds Al-Arabi called it “White Coup”, Saudi newssite Kabar reported about a major government shift in Saudi Arabia will be announced after the “Eid” (Muslim celebration of the end of Ramadan), where the Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz from … Continue reading
Allawi’s condition
Allawi’s negotiations with the UIA, sources told uragency that Allawi put one condition to join the United Iraqi Alliance, which is the removal of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki.
Bahrain and the Ba’ath party
During the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo, there was a Bahraini proposal to host the Ba’ath Party leaders in Manama, but the Syrian foreign minister wasn’t interested.
Lots of bad news for Maliki
The plan to isolate Maliki is continuing and there are loads of bad news for Maliki, not only the “Iraq Presidency criticizes Maliki’s stand” (notice that the link on Iraqi AlsumariaTV removed later). Egypt started to pressure Maliki to withdraw … Continue reading
No Lebanese government before the Iraqi election
That was few days ago, when Kuwaiti newspaper Annahar revealed that Hariri’s government will wait because of “hidden regional issues”. And today, Lebanese newspaper Assafir revealed that Saudi Arabia asked Lebanon to wait and be patient with the formation of … Continue reading