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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

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Iraq’s Federalism, upside down, north and west

Upside down In 2005, nearly 12 mil­lion Iraqis res­i­dents of the south­ern provinces and north­ern Iraq demon­strated to say “Yes” to Iraq’s per­ma­nent con­sti­tu­tion. The con­sti­tu­tion is boy­cotted by the Sunni major­ity west­ern provinces who opposed this ref­er­en­dum. Time is … 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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Linking topics: Iraq’s arrests and Federalism, US media false story and why Libya created its own Sistani?

If the autonomous deci­sion made by the Salah-Al-Din Province right or wrong con­sti­tu­tion­ally, the big sur­prise which shocked Maliki and his gov­ern­ment is the huge pub­lic turn out to demon­strate for the sup­port of this deci­sion, unex­pected even by the … 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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Iraq: Al-Sadr more pressure on Maliki

While Maliki’s gov­ern­ment faces the calls of inde­pen­dence and sep­a­ra­tion by the Kurds and some Sunni fac­tions because of the lack of ser­vices and the polit­i­cal and eco­nomic sit­u­a­tion … Yet Muq­tada Al-Sadr opens up another front to put more … 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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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

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Iraq: trying to revive the sectarian conflicts

In 2007, influ­en­tial Shi­ite cleric Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim (Father of Ammar Al-Hakim) started to rally the Shi­ite masses to form the Iraqi “South and Mid­dle Region” which is some­thing sim­i­lar to the Kur­dis­tan region. The peo­ple behind this sec­tar­ian divi­sion … Con­tinue read­ing

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