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One last Argument with Bush
When Bush first came in, the comedian Will Ferrell did a skit on the television show “Saturday Night Live” that depicted the president cowering under […]
2 US Troops Killed; Marsh Arab Tribal Sheikh Murdered in Basra; Bombings, Kidnapping in Baghdad
The USG Open Source center translates from an Iraqi television report, “Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged to end the crisis facing his government as […]
Will the Next President be Irrelevant?
With Obama’s win in South Carolina, it seems clear now that it is a four person race for the White House. On the Democratic side, […]
Extra Police Protection for Sistani; Sadrists flee Wave of Arrests
Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that Iraqi security forces have since Friday evening instituted extra measures to protect the four grand ayatollahs who serve as spiritual […]
Sunni-Shiite Pact in Parliament
The USG Open Source Center translates a broadcast by the Iranian Al-Alam satellite television station reporting on a new pact between the [Shiite] Islamic Supreme […]
OSC: Iraqi Kurd official says Kurds unequal US ally
The USG Open Source Center translates an opinion piece from a major Kurdish Iraqi newspaper containing quotes from a Kurdish official about the Kurdish-US relationship. […]
Maliki Announces Push on Mosul; ICTJ says Iraq Debaathification law Makes things Worse
According to al-Hayat in Arabic, Iraqi preachers on Friday expressed outrage over the Israeli siege of Gaza and condemned Arab governments for doing nothing about […]
Mosul Police Chief Killed; Karbala’i Escapes Assassination
The police chief of Mosul and two other officers were killed by a suicide bomber when they came to the site of the recent powerful […]
Beinin Guest Op-Ed: The People in Gaza Challenge Sham Peace Process
by Joel Beinin About 3:00 am on Wednesday morning Jan. 23, well-coordinated explosions demolished the iron wall built by Israel to seal the southern border […]
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