Monthly Archives: October 2009

Washington blocks the Palestinian election

Sources revealed to Egypt­ian news­pa­per Al-Shorouk that Wash­ing­ton does not want Pales­tin­ian elec­tions so the U.S. Pres­i­dent Barack Obama do not want to find him­self in a sit­u­a­tion ful­fill his peace promises. Pales­tin­ian sources said that Israel also refuses the … Con­tinue read­ing

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The National Movement

Today, Allawi (Iraqi List) and Salih Al-Mutlaq (National Dia­logue) offi­cially announced their coali­tion “The Iraqi National Move­ment” joined by the “Awak­en­ing Coun­cils” of Diyala Province (after stalled nego­ti­a­tions with “State of Law”), but few thing need to be men­tioned: — … Con­tinue read­ing

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Election crisis management and the US forces withdrawal

Rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Supreme cleric Sis­tani (Abdul Mahde AL-Karbala’i) warned against the post­pone of the elec­tions as sched­uled (16–01–2010), his argu­ment was: The post­pone will con­tains many risks and ten­sions that could lead the Iraqi polit­i­cal arena to a new … Con­tinue read­ing

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Hamas to choose a new president

Accord­ing to Pales­tin­ian Sama news Agency there is progress in between Hamas and Israel on Gilad Shalit deal. Israel accepted the release of all listed Pales­tin­ian pris­on­ers. On the Pales­tin­ian issue also, Saudi news­pa­per Okaz reported today that Hamas is … Con­tinue read­ing

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Secret meeting between Syria and Israel in New York

Well-informed sources told Kuwaiti news­pa­per Aljarida that deputy Syr­ian For­eign Min­is­ter Faisal Muq­dad recently met for two hours with Netanyahu’s adviser Yitzhak Molko in New York. The meet­ing took place in Helm­s­ley Hotel in New York and hosted by a USCon­tinue read­ing

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Kirkuk deadlock continues

Despite the spe­cial treat­ment in visit to Wash­ing­ton, it seems that the Amer­i­cans insist to make Maliki’s life more mis­er­able than it already is. Influ­en­tial Kur­dish MP Mah­moud Uth­man said today the fol­low­ing: Kurds have received a green light from … Con­tinue read­ing

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Maliki and his opponents in 24 hours

All the events reported here took place in less than 24 hours after Sunday’s explo­sions: Polit­i­cal blocs and par­ties are already started with exchang­ing accu­sa­tions, set­tling accounts, and using Sunday’s inci­dent to pres­sure their rivals. INA mem­bers (Supreme Coun­cil, the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Lockerbie’s new conspiracy: Syria and Iran

Op-Ed on Al-Quds Al-Arabi today by the Editor-in Chief of Abdel al-Bari Atwan, says that the open­ing of the inves­ti­ga­tions in Locker­bie case again means a new new black­mail for more than one coun­try, and most likely will be Syria … Con­tinue read­ing

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Bombs made inside the Green Zone

First — There are excel­lent reports, stud­ies and analy­sis about this wave of explo­sions, I will pub­lish them all in the com­ing days. Sec­ond — You should read this report from Aki: “Deadly car bombs ‘made inside’ Green Zone” (h/t uruknet) … Con­tinue read­ing

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Hamas after 25/01/2010

Despite today’s report that Egypt and Arab coun­tries medi­a­tion between Hamas and the PA inten­sives to accom­plish the Pales­tin­ian rec­on­cil­i­a­tion, and Al-Quds Al-Arabi’s report that a del­e­ga­tion from Hamas will visit Egypt soon (Al-Quds Al-Arabi also reported that Abbas’ deci­sion … Con­tinue read­ing

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