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Tag Archives: kurds
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
Iraq: Al-Sadr blocked the Kurds deal with Baghdad
Few hours after the Kurdistan Alliance declared its determination and the political will to negotiate the oil law and to visit the Supreme religious authority in Najaf, Moqtada Al-Sadr announced his clear rejection of federalism before the Kurds take this move. It … Continue reading
Maliki’s multi-“small wars”
Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki is currently facing many “small wars” on many fronts. An already declared war with the Iraqiya List, particularly with its leader, Iyad Allawi, and three “silent wars” with the so-called partners who are the Sadrists and … Continue reading
The eleven reasons to explain Barzani’s decision of Kurdistan Region self-determination (and the backfire)
Not only bad timing, but Barzani’s “Kurds self-determination” argument in the Conference of the Kurdistan Democratic Party started to backfire, and the result is an agreement between Allawi and Maliki (among other reasons, such as Muqtada Al-Sadr to transform Iraq … Continue reading
Winners, losers and lost momentum
From the many articles I read today (mostly on the western media), all came to one conclusion: Maliki is the winner, and the Kurds lost heavily with one presidential office. In my opinion it is the other way around, Kurds … Continue reading
The creation of the Sectarian Maliki(te) Republic of Iraq
Maliki challenged his internal and external rivals threatened that he will topple them all tomorrow in the parliament, considering tomorrow, as not only the date of the formation of his government but also the creation of the Iraqi state, which … Continue reading
Scenes from Irbil meeting – going to Saudi Arabia
Update Allawi’s withdrawal and Hashimi’s absence from today’s meeting in Baghdad confirm what I wrote below yesterday. Another update Al-Hakim and Adil Abd Al-Mahdi both withdraw from the meeting. 1– The emergence of a sharp line between those who want … Continue reading
The “round table” meeting
The Federal Court Before the Federal Court’s decision to cancel the Parliament’s open session, Lebanese newspaper Al-Mustaqbal expected this order saying: Maliki Pressure on the parliamentary blocs to speed up the solution of the political crisis to coincide with rapid changes … Continue reading