International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Eager to attract technological know-how and investment, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq urged German industry to put aside reservations about security and help modernize Iraq's energy infrastructure.
Where's the Outrage? (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The Iraqi’s have buckled under the pressure of the US before. Now, with the Bush administration beginning to pack their bags, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and the Iraqis maybe growing a backbone. They maybe willing to stand up to the Bush administration because they know that there is going to be [...]
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki tried to step back from comments in which he appeared to support Senator Barack Obama’s plan for troop withdrawal.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki tried to step back from comments in which he appeared to support Senator Obama’s plan for troop withdrawal.
Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
On the eve of a visit to Iraq by Senator Barak Obama, Der Spiegel published an interview with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. In that interview Maliki stated his government’s position that U.S. armed forces should leave Iraq as soon as possible and basically endorses Senator Obama’s 16-month timetable for withdrawal. Here is a portion of the Der Spiegel interview...
The Immoral Minority (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
On the eve of Senator Barack Obama's visit to Iraq, its prime minister tried to step back Sunday from comments in an interview in which he appeared to support Obama's plan for troop withdrawal. The interview with the prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, was published Saturday in the online version of Der Spiegel, a German magazine. It was widely picked up by American newspapers...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany for talks aimed at strengthening economic ties between the countries.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The right position on Iraq today is probably "McBama" - stick to a clear withdrawal timetable but leave yourself some wiggle room.
Dinocrat (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Alessandra Stanley in the NYT: it’s not pro-Obama bias in the news media that’s driving the effusion of coverage, it’s the news: Mr. Obama’s weeklong tour of war zones and foreign capitals is noteworthy because it is so unusual to see a presidential candidate act so presidential overseas. Mr. Obama looks supremely confident and at home [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany for talks aimed at strengthening economic ties between the countries.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Text Size: The Iraqi Parliament approved legislation on Tuesday to govern provincial elections, but Kurdish lawmakers boycotted the session, vowing to force the measure to be rewritten, and probably delaying the balloting for months.Provincial elections had been scheduled for October, but because of delays in reaching a compromise on the election law, they had already been set back to December. Now,...
Where's the Outrage? (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
With John McCain and the other NeoCons making a big deal over Obama getting published and the fact that his article got rejected. I think that we have to look at Obama’s article and McCain’s. The investigation will be illuminating. (Emphasis added is mine.) My Plan for Iraq By BARACK OBAMA Published: July 14, 2008 CHICAGO — The [...]
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Barack Obama met with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other senior politicians on the latest leg of his overseas tour.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Barack Obama seems to have navigated the riskiest portions of an international trip without a hitch.
The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The conventional wisdom tells us that Barack Obama’s principle weakness as a presidential candidate is foreign policy and national security. Obama hasn’t spent a lot of time abroad; international affairs isn’t perceived as an area of his expertise; and he did not serve in the military. Obviously, then, Obama’s ongoing trip to the Middle East and [...]
