Again, no SOFA without the clerics approval Al-Adeeb who is second in rank after Maliki in Dawa Party told Al-Mashriq newspaper [no link allowed, see image above] that high references clerics must decide to approve the security agreement or not after the parliament approval. He added that religious clerics are very influential in the Iraqi streets and political blocs are obliged to ...
In this article on Al-Watan, Al-Bishiti explains the connection between the Georgia - Russia war connected to the approval of the Iraqi gas and oil law. The writer argues that the approval with this law is now not only an American demand but also a European essential question. Georgia's borders on the Black Sea, surrounded from the north, east and south, by ...
Losers Kurds For the first time, both PUK and KDP felt the heat of isolation even from the closest ally the U.S., because of the actions regional powers surround Kurdistan area are now thinking of forming one entity to confront the growing danger as reported on Al-Watan “Syria with Iran and Turkey seek to form one political institution”: This is the reason behind ...
The good news are: Kurdish warlords failed to block or to cancel the parliament's "22-July" decision. The bad news are: War of Kirkuk is very close. Sooner or later the situation is going to explode. Desperate Barzani promised the Arabs and Turkomen with "big benefits" if they handover Kirkuk to the Kurds and he threatened: We will include Kirkuk to Kurdistan, even by force ...
You can understand this late statement issued by Maliki's government, if you read this statement released by the Turkish Foreign Forign Affairs Ministry on their website. A direct diplomatic threat to the Kurds in case they start any military operation to takeover Kirkuk. You need to check the Association of Muslim scholars statement about Kirkuk, it can summarized with this line: Life ...
According to this editorial on the Turkish Zaman, tonight is not football game Turkey vs. Germany, but it is a mini-war between the "always-winners" the West and the "always-losers" the East/Muslims/Turks and others. Early this month, The Guardian said that football is Turkey's identity problem also.
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Al-Bayan writer Amrabi aks if the Arab adjusted their policies to the Russian - American new power struggle and how can they benefit from??
Russian comeback will effects our region and issues:
Arab nationalist writer Nahid Hattar in his article "wonderful world, Russia is back" counts the positives of the Russian comeback:
Syria will be able to return to strategic balance policy with of "Israel". A policy that is now more realistic than ever, with the growing strength of Hezbollah. The Russian comeback will harden Damascus positions on foreign policy........No longer possible to talk about the withdraw of Hezbollah's arms in Lebanon or change the equation in Lebanon.
A boost for Hamas role in the Palestinian arena at the expense of Abbas "authority".....Modern Russian weapons will flow to Iraq and serious difficulties will face the American army in the ability of Iraqi fighters to destroy tanks and vehicles and helicopters, just as happened with the Israeli army in South Lebanon 2006.
According to Egyptian website Al-Mesryoon, last two months there was a campaign in America to recruit Egyptians as interpreters in the American forces and to be sent to Iraq.
The Americans offer Green Card to Egyptians who sign a contract to work for at least six months, and the recruiters can extend the period.
Egyptians in problems with the immigration office receive SMS messages or telephone calls ask them to think about this "job opportunity" and the green card.
Saudi Arabia intelligence hacked the Jordanian website "Left Jordan" owned by Jordanian writer Nahidh Hattar.
A statement on the website says:
The Saudi intelligence hacked our website because we revealed the Saudi -Israeli role of targeting the nationalist movements, and the Saudi role of waging sectarian tension in the Arab countries generally and in Iraq and Lebanon specifically.
We will back soon.
Two speakers in the American Democratic Convention attacked Saudi Arabia. That means we will see a real new Saudi era and a new equation in the Middle East.
The biggest deficit in our nation's history. Money borrowed from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis.
At the same time, billions of dollars that we spend on all that foreign oil seems to end up in the bank accounts of those around the world who are openly hostile to American values and our way of life.
According to Manar news, secret communications between Arab capitals to organize a mini-summit in Riyadh or Cairo and Syria will be invited also.
The attendees are:
Syrian President Al-Assad, Mubarak of Egypt, King Abdullah of Jordan, Saudi King Abdullah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and probably Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
Egyptian news website Al-Mesryoon confirmed the news saying that there is already an Egyptian official delegation visiting Syria to arrange for this summit.
Saadi Gaddafi
If he is just Gaddafi's son it will be OK, but the problem is that Saadi Gaddafi is the head of the Libyan intelligence service also.
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi
Quites politics, but his own newspaper asks him to reconsider saying: Take the book [Gaddafi's green book] and continues the revolution.
Hannibal Gaddafi
Arrested in Switzerland.
Jordan dig for Gas inside the Iraq's territories, According to Jordanian Minister of Energy Kutaishat: The digging is approved by the Iraqi government.
Communists joined the Islamists and the secular parties in one front, the most hilarious Anti-Bashir opposition alliance in Sudan.
Iraqi prisoners in Boca kept from 6 months to 1 year maximum, 86% Sunnis and the rest are Shiites, that makes the total 16500 prisoners. This is what the American commander told Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.
Families of the inmates told the newspaper that their loved ones kept in Boca for 4-3 years without any charges or accusations.
Even with Maliki's government denial of targeting the "Awakening Councils", but the evidence existed since few weeks ago.
Nothing new in LAtimes report "Iraq seeks breakup of U.S.-funded Sunni fighters", all the information are reported on this site about six weeks ago "Maliki to disband Awakening Councils".
At that time an Iraqi website added that it is an agreement between the Sunni Islamic Party and Maliki to prevent the "American Militias" from forming political blocs competes against the IP.
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