Roads to Iraq

SOFA negotiations: Negroponte bypasses Maliki

First it is interesting to read that Donald Rumsfeld among the American delegation visits Sulaimaniya as reported on Al-Sharq Al-Awsat. The American source refused to reveal further details about the visit and the newspaper said: "it is unknown if the Americans delegation will visit Baghdad or not". Contrary to what Al-Hakim's TV channel report that Negroponte headed to Sulaimaniya to discuss Kirkuk ...

U.S. SOFA propaganda Ads in the Arab media

What this report "U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media" on the Washington Post doesn't tell is that the propaganda campaign is already started since few months ago. I already reported about the U.S. propaganda campaign on Arab satellite TV's. right now there also newspaper and magazines campaign pushing the Iraqi public to accept SOFA [see images below]. Most of ...

Split within the Shiites supreme references

For the first time in centuries a major split within the five Shiites supreme references took place about the exact time to celebrate Eid Al Fitr. Ayatollah Sistani decided that Thursday is the first day of Eid, while the four other Ayatollah announced that Wednesday [today] is the first day of the Eid. Seen as a first dispute among the Supreme Clerics ...

What is behind Maliki sudden readiness to compromise?

It seems that Al-Maliki decided to impose his grip on Iraq policy, showing his willingness to compromise on the sovereignty of the country intending to sign the U.S. - Iraq security agreement. In his interview with the Associated Press yesterday, Al-Maliki offered to help the United States to emerge from its financial crisis: [Al-Maliki] noted with gratitude the high cost paid by ...

“Special Forces” disappointment after contact with the American embassy

Contacted by Elaph news site by telephone, members of the so-called Sadrists "Special Forces" are ready to reveal all the secrets of the organization in public if protection from assassination provided. One member told the news site that he is threatened and forced to join Mahdi Army by other members in the organization. His task is to transport arms from Iran ...

More coup expectations

In an Interview with Iraq’s former Prime Minister Al-Jafa’ri the interviewer asked him about the rumors circulating lately about a military coup If a coup happens in this country then there is a foreign country behind it … we need an army and an army leaders who don’t believe in coups. The Accordance Front Mp Al-Ani told Al-Arab Al-Youm:  The coup is ...

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