Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The world’s most poorly kept secret is that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is escalating his state-sponsored […]
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Abu Abd and Baghdad Security US Soldier Killed, dozens of Iraqis Killed or Wounded
Al-Hayat writing in Arabic profiles Sa’d Uraibi al-Ubaidi, known as “Abu Abd”, the ‘tribal awakening’ leader who, it claims, now controls most of the Sunni […]
Pakistani Newspapers Critical of Bush Policy
The USG Open Source Center translates excerpts from Pakistani newspaper editorials concerning the visit over the weekend of US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte […]
Congress Digs in its Heels over Iraq Funding; Iran-US Talks on Iraq Security
My analysis of this NYT piece is that Bush and the Republicans are betting that they can portray as irresponsible and unpatriotic the Democrats in […]
Extremists Move North Security Guards arrested by Iraqi militiary
AP reports that US generals in Iraq are talking about the move to northern Iraq of the most violent Sunni religious guerrillas (the US calls […]
Sunni Groups at Odds with Each Other
The USG Open Source Center reports on wrangling between two Sunni groups, the more urban and small-town Sunni fundamentalists of the Iraqi Accord Front [al-Tawafuq] […]
Iraqi Gov’t Inaction Poses Grave Risks: US Officers 17 Killed in Sunday Bombing Wave
According to the Washington Post’s Tom Ricks, US officers in Iraq are saying that the failure of the government of PM Nuri al-Maliki to capitalize […]
Satellite Channels, Blogs, Criticize Musharraf
The USG Open Source Center surveys electronic media in and about Pakistan, reporting on the situation with regard to closure or blocking of television channels, […]
US Increasingly Alone in Iraq Dozens Killed or Found Dead on Saturday
Top British Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt says that British troops are overstretched by their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and are suffering from “Iraq fatigue.” […]
Satellite T.V. on Iraqi Security Developments
The USG Open Source Center reports on how Arabic television is reporting on political and security developments in Iraq. ‘Al-Sharqiyah, Al-Iraqiyah Report on Political, Security […]
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