Monthly Archives: December 2011
“Iraqiya List” tiny split
Pathetic article on the NYTimes. The way Al-Iraqiya-trio describe themselves as “nationalists, secular and liberals” is a sad indication shows that they are out of touch with the current world and regional developments. In less than 24 hours after I … Continue reading
The future political fragmentation of the Sunnis in Iraq
The US ended the military occupation of Iraq but its diplomatic and economic influence still present, casts its consequences on the future of Iraqi politics. In this regard we will see that the coming days will witness a political rearrangement … Continue reading
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Tagged allawi, arab, gcc, gulf-states, hashemi, hashimi, iran, iraq, maliki, middle-east, muslim-brotherhood, qatar, saudi-arabia, shiite, shiites, sunni, syria, turkey, u.s.
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Muslim Brotherhood and the root of the recent crisis in Iraq
With the recent rise of the Islamists (the Global Muslim Brotherhood) “popularity” in the Arab countries supported by the West, Iraqi Sunni Islamists are double marginalised First– by the Shiite government. Second — by the secular leadership of Al-Iraqiya List. … Continue reading
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Tagged al-sadr, allawi, hakim, ina, iraq, islam, maliki, middle-east, muslim-brotherhood, muslims, shiite, shiites, sunni
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Al-Qaeda flag in Syria
After the Spanish Newspaper ABC revealed the The Libyan NATO-Rebel are airlifted to the Syrian border in Yebel Zawi (Zawiya Mountain). Aljazeera tried to hide the facts reporting a video of a military operation against the Syrian regular army in … Continue reading
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Tagged al-qaeda, arab, assad, middle-east, qatar, saudi-arabia, sunni, syria, turkey
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The war of the press conferences
The current Iraqi crisis started bad and turned ugly, but there is one thing I should say: Even a peaceful solution means many changes in the future political map of Iraq .. in a later post, I will explain why … Continue reading
Iraq crisis is part of the regional conflict and a blow to the Saudi Arabia — Turkey plan
In his critic to Western analysts and experts in Arab affairs who try to research each Arab country as a separate case away from its natural regional and Arab environment, Iraqi writer Tariq Al-Dulaimi said the following in his article … Continue reading
Iraq: arrest warrant for vice-president Al-Hashimi a golden chance for the Kurds
The CIA chief David Petraeus to attend Al-Iraqiya meeting yesterday makes you wonder about the US role in the current unrest in Iraq or even in the bombing and assassinations. The crisis started with the arrest of the bodyguards of … Continue reading
The beginning of the end of the US sponsored “Iraq State” project
The pace of exchanging accusations among Iraqi political parties started to escalate since the US military withdrawal began, Mutlaq called PM Malikia “Dictator” and government accused Vice-president Hashimi with planning to assassinate the PM. There is something going on behind … Continue reading
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Tagged hashemi, iraq, maliki, middle-east, shiite, shiites, sunni, u.s.
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Leave with heads low, military medals in the flea markets, the US celebrates its defeat in Iraq
(Thanks to Carlos Latuff for this excellent cartoon) For the first time in recorded history, a State celebrates its war defeat. Its military ranks and medals ended up in Iraq’s flea markets. Since 2003 and until the announcement of … Continue reading
US forces, leaving Iraq .. but not going far, they are heading to Syria
According to Al-Hayat, there still four U.S. military bases in Iraq and three of them in the South, Both Maliki and Obama are using this circus for their election and propaganda interests. The U.S. Embassy announced — coinciding with Maliki … Continue reading