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Green Iran?
Iran has unveiled what it says is the world’s most powerful natural-gas driven automobile engine: ‘TEHRAN, Feb. 7 (MNA) – The world’s most powerful natural-gas-based […]
Al-Maliki Allies with Sadrists; Al-Hakim and Allawi as Strange Bedfellows
UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Friday, and praised Iraq’s recent provincial elections. The USG Open Source Center translated Iraqi […]
Religious Parties Sweep Shiite South; Sunni Arabs fragmented, mainly Secular.
The Iraqi provincial election results are out. They confirm what I said last Monday, that the parties who want a strong, united Iraq have come […]
Iran did not Lose the Provincial Elections
It is being alleged by US pundits that the outcome of the provincial elections in Iraq, as far as it is known, indicates a defeat […]
Iran, Obama Admin. off to Shaky Start
Neither the Obama administration nor the Iranian government seems likely to rush into new contacts, despite the opportunity presented by the Munich Security Conference, according […]
Is $500,000 a Year Enough?
A common response from the Right to President Obama’s capping of CEO salaries and bonuses at $500,000 a year in companies that take big USG […]
Iranian Satellite Alarms West, Arab Neighbors
Iran put a satellite into low earth orbit on Tuesday, in honor of the anniversary of the revolution that brought the Islamic Republic to power […]
OSC: Al-Maliki says US Could Leave Iraq Early
The USG Open Source Center translates a short interview with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the timetable for US troop withdrawal from Iraq. ‘Al-Maliki […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 25 Policemen in Afghanistan; American UN Official Kidnapped in Quetta; Pakistani Taliban take over Swat
In Afghanistan on Monday, a suicide bomber dressed as a policeman infiltrated a police compound and detonated his payload, killing at least 25 officers of […]