Roads to Iraq

Good discussion in the British Chatham House about the future plans for Afghanistan and Iraq. Video clips of many well-known names in this discussion. BBC radio show "Have Your Say", interviewed Taliban's spokesman yesterday and he answered every question directed to him the Radio listeners. You can download or listen to show here.

- Jordanian Ammon News quoted an Iraqi newspaper "Al-Rai" [not online] saying that the Jordanian government wants to deport Iraqi Sunni opposition leader and head of the Association of Muslim Scholars Harith Al-Dhari: Informed source revealed that a meeting took place recently between a Jordanian official well-known among the Iraqi political figures, and an Iraqi person lives in Amman - Jordanian. The ...

Reuters don't wants to tell you the reason behind the shooting and BBC uses the word "altercation". This is the truth of what really happened: According to eyewitnesses, an Iraqi soldier called "Barzan Mohammed Abdullah" from the northern city of Telkeef" used a machine gun fixed on a military "pick-up" patrol vehicle, shot American soldiers killing four [not two as the ...

Awan learned that the Iraqi government decided to dig a ditch with 210 km long, [3 km deep ??] along the Syrian border. The project will be finished in two months. Al-Hayat reported that Obama will try soon to contact the Iraqi leaders to end the security agreement issue. No further details about "how" and "when but the newspaper assured that ...

Hamas political adviser Ahmed Youssef told Al-Hayat, that a secret meeting took place between Hamas leaders to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's advisers in Gaza Strip. Yusuf said, that Obama's advisers told us publicly announce this meeting to not negatively affect the election campaign.

Look at this coincidence: This report says that Hariri went to Russia for tanks shopping because: The current American military aid is "limited to light weaponry," stressing that the Lebanese army also needs "tanks and artillery equipment. Qatari newspaper reported today: Lebanese sources revealed that Lebanese court wants to question Hariri about his political party's role in financing Fatah Al-Islam after Syrian TV aired ...

Two interviews with the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moallen today: In English - Spiegel: Moallem: Just six weeks ago I sat with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in New York. It was a very positive discussion and we agreed to follow up. But certain people in this [U.S.] administration disliked this opening and they wanted to block it -- with this air ...

We know Iran position from SOFA, and yesterday we knew Syria’s position from the same pact, but what about Saudi Arabia? This is the op-ed appeared today on the official Saudi newspaper Al-Watan: The American insistence and pressure on the Iraqi side to pass this agreement raises questions about the U.S. agenda to secure long-term presence in Iraq, and the undeclared Washington’s ...

This is reported on Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Chief Editor Bari Atwan is an expert on Al-Qaeda and he is one of three persons who met Bin Laden: A source close to the leadership of a local organization in Yemen affiliated with Al-Qaeda said that Al-Qaeda followers will implement a major operation against the United States, which is much bigger than the 11-September ...

Two things about Syria president speech this morning: The first Syrian official position from the Security Agreement between Iraq and the U.S. President Assad said: "aims to turn Iraq into a base to attack neighboring". The second: A very long speech in which he mentioned Lebanon in one line only: We express our satisfaction with the positive atmosphere that followed the Doha ...