Monthly Archives: March 2010

The election (as I saw it)

Just returned from the vote cen­ter in the Nether­lands. I didn’t cast my vote in this cir­cus, but I went there to observe the sit­u­a­tion, talk­ing to peo­ple meet friends and to check who gets the most votes. I noticed that … Con­tinue read­ing

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Iraq military and security dilemma

First, I need to remind you, who is Ra’ad Al-Hamadani. A retired Iraqi Repub­li­can Guard com­man­der from the for­mer army, employed by the Amer­i­can forces about a year ago to write a study about the future of the Iraqi forces. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Election Day curfew announced by Al-Qaeda

Why nobody reported this? The ban of Salih Al-Mutlaq reached a semi-solution (I reported a week ago that there be a solu­tion soon), by replac­ing him with his brother Ibrahim Al-Mutlaq to take Salih’s place in Al-Iraqiya List as sec­ond … Con­tinue read­ing

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Preparing the army for the post-election Shiite-Shiite war

This video clip is an exam­ple of how ugly the rela­tion between Maliki and Hakim. This is Maliki address­ing the pub­lic in Wasit province yes­ter­day, and his remarks after police found INA elec­tion cam­paign posters with Sis­tani images : You should … Con­tinue read­ing

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Yemen (fake) arrests al-Qaeda suspects

Amer­i­can news­pa­pers are too embar­rassed to report this story — The Yemen — U.S, joined attack on Al-Qaeda in South-Yemen is cel­e­brated by the U.S. media report­ing that many Al-Qaeda mem­ber are killed is this oper­a­tion. Today reports revealed that … Con­tinue read­ing

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Another day before the election circus

Azza­man reported about the biggest forgery attempt in the elec­tion, point­ing out that work­ers in the Polling Sta­tions who enter the votes Data in com­put­ers are secretly appointed by sec­tar­ian par­ties. other way to forge the votes, is the cre­ation … Con­tinue read­ing

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Exploring the Iraqi votes in the provinces

There are no reli­able and neu­tral polls and sur­veys to explore the votes of the Iraqis. Even if they are avail­able, the results will be adjusted in favor of the side who pro­vide the finance and the sup­port for the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Exploring the Iraqi votes abroad

Not a sci­en­tific study, but this is my attempt to read the Iraqi (dis­placed and refugees) votes abroad, based on their loy­alty, eth­nic and reli­gious con­cen­tra­tions in for­eign coun­tries. Syria-‮ ‬For these rea­sons, Allawi will score a major vic­tory: — … Con­tinue read­ing

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Clinton’s visit to Syria, Iraq to revive the criminal court

After Syria rejected the U.S. Admin­is­tra­tion call to cut ties with Iran, timed with Ahmadinejad’s visit to Syria, the U.S. and “other coun­tries” started to lobby in UN to revive the inves­ti­ga­tion of “Bagh­dad bomb­ings” issue, revealed by the Iraqi … Con­tinue read­ing

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