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Al-Iraqiya ends parliament boycott, a new split?

With “Iraqiya List” deci­sion to back to the par­lia­ment and still boy­cotting the Govt, it seems that Ayad Allawi’s Coali­tion decided to go to the par­lia­men­tary oppo­si­tion. This deci­sion will be announced within the com­ing days, but the List will … Con­tinue read­ing

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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No immunity for the US Embassy delegation in Baghdad

The not very sur­prise visit of the U.S. Vice Pres­i­dent Joseph Biden’s [already reported on Al-Hayat since 18-10-2011] is post­poned. Both the Iraqi and Amer­i­can sides are not giv­ing the rea­sons explain this delay, but accord­ing to sources Maliki’s gov­ern­ment … Con­tinue read­ing

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The US plot after Iraq withdrawal: wave of arrests and assassinations

A wave of arrest of the for­mer Baath Party mem­bers and mil­i­tary offi­cers (despite many of them are given immu­nity after sev­eral rec­on­cil­i­a­tion con­fer­ences). While the Maliki’s gov­ern­ment claims that these peo­ple are plot­ting a coup to seize power after … Con­tinue read­ing

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Despite Sadrists rejection, US trainers to stay in Iraq … without immunity

Iraqi Gov­ern­ment spokesman Al-Dabagh released a very strange state­ment telling Al-Mada news­pa­per that the gov­ern­ment decided to ban the US Con­gress del­e­ga­tion from enter­ing the Iraqi ter­ri­to­ries because they the met with the Iraqi oppo­si­tion leader Harith Al-Dhari. What is … Con­tinue read­ing

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Between the hammer and the anvil, US presence in Iraq and Maliki’s future will be decided today

Between the US ham­mer and the Iran­ian anvil, not only the US pres­ence in Iraq, but Maliki’s future will be decided today. Iraqi Pres­i­dent Talabani’s call for a meet­ing among the lead­ers of the polit­i­cal coali­tions is the meet­ing which … Con­tinue read­ing

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