Monthly Archives: June 2010
The three factors determining the formation of the Iraqi government
there are three factors that can affect the slowdown or the speed up of the formation of the coming government: The meeting between Maliki and Allawi: once again Maliki revived this tactic to break the “iron currtain” put by his … Continue reading
The revolution of electricity in the southern provinces topples the Minister, eyes on Maliki, while new names of candidates emerged
First– A funny-sad Q&A session with the U.S. ambassador in Chatham House, which is not covered by Reuters — A reporter asked Hill: How come that the U.S. after seven years of occupation failed to repair the basic public services … Continue reading
Feltman’s suggestion of sharing power rejected
The absence of an official institution to register the “newly” formed Shiite alliance between the “State of Law” and “Iraqi National Alliance”, forced Maliki to renew his negotiation with the Sadrists, in an effort to counter the Supreme Council’s movements, … Continue reading
Allawi, Maliki and the political message of the meeting
Despite the announcement of a merge between the “State of Law” and the Iraqi National Alliance”, the scheduled meeting between Maliki, Allawi has dominated the political scene in Iraq. Both leaders have their own agendas for this meeting, the difference … Continue reading
At the eve of the parliament’s first session .. The possible Iraqi scenarios
At a time when it was announced that the new Iraqi parliament to hold its first session next Monday, Iraqi sources predicted that the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will arrive to Baghdad within the next two days, to discuss … Continue reading
How Allawi managed to split the Shiite coalition!
The short version is in the first paragraph, for more detailed version read below. Information available says: next week Alawi will begin his negotiations with the political coalitions on the formation of the next government after the ratification of the election … Continue reading
Egypt’s media attacks Turkey’s PM Erdogan
As I said yesterday, Arab rulers started to rally beside Israel attacking Turkey. “A strike of master”, that is the headline on one of Egypt’s newspapers (image above), describing the Egyptian president Mubarak position compared to the Turkish PM Erdogan’s … Continue reading
Reading Erdogan’s speech, Arab rulers will cooperate with Israel to take the Turkish prime minister down.
There more words hidden behind Al-Quds Al-Arabi Op-ed, when Bari Attawan said: “Israel has no friends left, except its Arab friends.” Turkish Prime Minister position from Israel and Gaza, will raise an alarm by some of the disabled Arab rulers … Continue reading
Iraqi political equation begins to take shape
Despite the ratification of the election results by the Supreme Court, the ongoing debate of the three presidential posts (parliament, Prime Minister, president) continues. For once, it has been confirmed as almost unanimously by the the three coalitions that Talabani … Continue reading
Did the U.S. know in advance about the Israeli attack on Flotilla?
The good news revealed today, is that a new Gaza fleet will be on its way to break the embargo after six weeks. Turkish media released a document shows the “death-list” Israeli soldiers carried with them to execute certain activists, with … Continue reading