Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After nearly five decades of armed conflict with the Turkish state, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun […]
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Posch: " Obama’s Iran Challenge: a last chance for engagement? "
Walter Posch writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Iran is generally viewed as to be one of the biggest challenges for the incoming administration. […]
Centralizing Parties advancing in Iraq’s Provincial Election Results
The big news out of the leaks from Iraq’s vote counters is that parties seeking a strong central government appear to have won big in […]
Da’wa, Maliki May Gain from Provincial Elections
Early reports say that 60% of Iraqi’s electorate came out for Saturday’s election of provincial councils. The results will be announced by the end of […]
Iraqi Voters select provincial Councils in Saturday’s Vote
Iraqis go to the polls Saturday to vote in the first provincial elections since January, 2005. This time, two big things are different. The Sunni […]
Ajami’s Sleight of Hand: Bush made Emancipator and Obama Smeared
The odd collection of con men, carpetbaggers, mercenaries, court jesters, and professional propagandists that gathered around W. the way pilot fish jostle about a great […]
Provincial Elections in Iraq
More on Iraq’s provincial elections, slated for Saturday for most people, though some categories of voter have already voted,on Wednesday (e.g.police, the sick). This sample […]
Talabani’s PUK Worried about Iraqi Army in Kirkuk
The USG Open Source Center translates a Kurdish newspaper article warning of Iraqi central government aspirations to have its army take over the northern oil […]
Purohit & Atallah: International Justice Systems and the Muslim World: Why Bashir is Wrong
Raj Purohit and Amjad Atallah write in a guest op-ed for IC: If the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President […]
Croken: Found in Translation– How a Thirteenth Century Islamic Poet Conquered America
Ryan Croken on translating the mystical poet Rumi, and on how Muslims are translated and mistranslated in America. Jalal al-Din Rumi was born in Afghanistan, […]
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