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Mills: The Dangerous Myth of Energy Independence
Robin M. Mills writes in an op-ed for IC A pernicious myth has recently re-emerged: that oil is ‘running out’, that global production will soon […]
Integration of Sunni Awakening Councils a Challenge; Some Mahdi Army Fighters Reject Ceasefire; Khanaqin Crisis with Kurds Unresolved
Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that hundreds of members of the Mahdi Army of Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr are rejecting his call for a long-term ceasefire with […]
Palin Laughs at Cancer-Surviving Senator being called a "Cancer"; Green: Palin ‘Not Qualified to be Governor’
She could have insisted these male shock jocks be civil or defended another woman politician, Lyda Green, from being dismissed with an expletive. GOP VP […]
OSC: Qabbanji and Saghir: Kirkuk Crisis Endangers Shiite-Kurdish Alliance
The USG Open Source Center translates Iraqi sermons from Friday Roundup of Iraqi Friday Sermons 29 AugIraq — OSC SummarySaturday, August 30, 2008 Document Type: […]
McCain, Palin and New Orleans
McCain on Katrina ‘ Forty Senators and 100 members of Congress visited New Orleans before he [McCain] did; he finally got there in March 2006. […]
Does Al-Maliki’s New Team Imperil Security Agreement? Al-Maliki asks Peshmerga to stay beyond Blue Line
The LAT reports doubts in Baghdad about whether the security agreement between the Bush administration and the Iraqi government will be achieved. Al-Maliki abruptly dismissed […]
Sadrists Sign Oath to fight US Troops
Shiites from the Sadr Movement in Iraq have been signing oaths in blood to struggle against the foreign military occupation of their country. This ritual […]
OSC: Russia- Iran Alliance?
The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Russian press proposing a strategic alliance between Russia and Iran. Pundit on Possible Russia-Iran Alliance […]
China Signs $3 Bn Deal with Iraq; Iraq Army Takes over Camp Ashraf; Chalabi Crony Arrested for Terrorism
The US military on Friday arrested Ali Faisal al-Lami, a Sadrist who served on the Debaathification Committee under Ahmad Chalabi. The Pentagon maintains that Al-Lami […]
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