Monthly Archives: July 2010

Syria … Saudi Arabia and the formation of the Iraqi government

Time is run­ning out, and noth­ing in the hori­zon con­firms the pos­si­bil­ity of reach­ing a sat­is­fac­tory polit­i­cal solu­tion that would stop the UN Secu­rity Coun­cil from tak­ing a deci­sion in its meet­ing (within five days) on the Iraqi gov­ern­ment cri­sis. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Political scenarios after Al-Sadr’s meeting with Allawi

There are two points behind Muq­tada Al-Sadr’s visit to Syria (and his meet­ing with Allawi): The First is hardly noted, or reported and even men­tioned in the west­ern media (today I saw an arti­cle on Aljazeera on this “A new … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Shiite coalition and the story of the ”White Coup

The direct inter­ven­tion by the supreme reli­gious author­ity in Najaf, as well as the Iran­ian pres­sure, advised the Shi­ites coali­tions not to stick to their already known can­di­dates. The result was the exclu­sion of both Supreme Council’s can­di­date (Adel Abd … Con­tinue read­ing

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The supreme clerics vs Joe Biden’s hidden agenda

Too early to judge Biden’s visit and the U.S. Sug­ges­tions regard­ing the for­ma­tion of the Iraqi gov­ern­ment as fail­ure or suc­cess, but the only thing the Amer­i­cans need to under­stand, is that his­tory in Iraq does not sig­nif­i­cantly change its … Con­tinue read­ing

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Biden’s visit to Baghdad and the U.S. three power-sharing scenarios

As often, the Sadrists did not hes­i­tate to express their rejec­tion to the U.S. Vice Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s visit to Bagh­dad with their own style, by putting their mark on this visit with three Katyusha rock­ets exploded around the U.S. … Con­tinue read­ing

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Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah, the black sheep of the Hawza … Why it is important to watch Maliki’s reaction?

With the death Hizballh’s and Maliki’s Dawa Party spir­i­tual leader Grand Aya­tol­lah Sayyed Mohammed Hus­sein Fad­lal­lah died today, it is very inter­est­ing to watch the posi­tion of the Iraqi Hawza, espe­cially Sis­tani. Since Maliki wants to change the Islamic face … Con­tinue read­ing

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