The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Kirkuk, Iraq - Gunmen fatally shot a confidant of firebrand Shiite cleric and political leader Moqtada al-Sadr outside the man's house in northern Iraq. The representative in Kirkuk of al-Sadr's political movement was gunned down by unknown perpetrat...
Villainous Company (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Jules Crittenden offers an inspiring glimpse into a battle waged far from Afghanistan and Iraq: What does it mean to be a Marine when you are one of the maimed at Walter Reed on Veterans Day? “Everything,” Cpl. Peter Bagarella, 21, of Falmouth said simply. Theirs is the story of service and sacrifice behind the statistics. “This place is awesome. They gave me my eyes back,”...
J O S H U A P U N D I T (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Twin car bombings devastated the heart of Baghdad Sunday. The first one devastated the Ministry of Justice, while the second one targeted the Baghdad Provincial Administration building. Hundreds were wounded and the death toll so far is at 155, including a number of children. There are hundreds of funerals going on today. SO, whodunnit, and why? President Maliki blamed the remnants of al-Qaeda and...
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
"Third Sex" by digby We brought them freedom. Or at least some of them : "They Want Us Exterminated" Murder, Torture, Sexual Orientation and Gender in Iraq This 67-page report documents a wide-reaching campaign of extrajudicial executions, kidnappings, and torture of gay men that began in early 2009. The killings began in the vast Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, a stronghold...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
"The killings began in the vast Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, a stronghold of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, and spread to many cities across Iraq. Mahdi Army spokesmen have promoted fears about the "third sex" and the "feminization" of Iraq men, and suggested that militia action was the remedy. Some people told Human Rights Watch that Iraqi security forces have...
Iraq the Model (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
Moqtada al-Sadr arrived in Damascus yesterday for talks with Syrian president Bashar Assad. Sadr reportedly “Expressed his appreciation for Syria’s support for the interests of the Iraqi people and Syria’s keen interest in preserving Iraq’s unity”.What, exactly, is this “support” Moqtada is talking about!?Found it! A day before Moqtada met with Assad, Damascus...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Damascus - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to press forward with Iraqi national reconciliation efforts in a Damascus meeting on Monday, Syria's state news agency said. Al-Assad stressed the importance of pr...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Damascus - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to press forward with Iraqi national reconciliation efforts in a Damascus meeting on Monday, Syria's state news agency said. Al-Assad stressed the importance of pr...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Damascus - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urged Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to press forward with Iraqi national reconciliation efforts in a Damascus meeting on Monday, Syria's state news agency said. Al-Assad told the Iraqi cleric that Syr...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Damascus - Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr arrived in Damascus on Monday, a source in the Sadrist movement's office in the Syrian capital told the German Press Agency dpa. The cleric, who has a broad following among poor Iraqi Shiite Muslims, was...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
In fact it is quite obvious. When you read a suspicious-sounding story on the Middle East in the US media, always look for the transliteration and corruption (often extreme) of Arabic words in the story. When you read the letter "kh" inserted where it does not belong, you can bet that an Israeli intelligence propagandist is the source of the story. Look at this one here in the Washington...
Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
Michael J. Totten calls out Robert Spencer for a particularly uninformed comment about Iraq: We Are Not at War with Nouri al-Maliki . Robert Spencer, founder and lead writer for Jihad Watch, has a bit of trouble telling the difference between friend and foe in Iraq and still thinks, despite everything, that the United States is losing the war. Instead of referring to me by name, he sarcastically dismisses...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Lawmakers loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr held up a vote on Saturday to approve a deal allowing British troops to remain in Iraq longer than previously agreed to help the local navy protect oil platforms.
Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Today, U.S. forces withdrew from Iraqi urban areas, pursuant to a deadline contained in the Status of Forces Agreement that the Bush administration negotiated. Peter Wehner takes the occasion to attack three arguments that were frequently made based on events in Iraq back when things were going badly there. The first argument is that, as Pete phrases it, "the effort to promote liberty in the...
A Blog For All (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Iran is now busy claiming that the United States is intolerably meddling in the internal affairs of Iran. That's a rich statement.Iran had no problem meddling in the affairs of Iraq or Lebanon via its proxies.Let's not forget that Iran was bankrolling Moqtada al-Sadr's thugs in Basra, aiding and abetting the insurgency against the US and Iraqi forces in Iraq or the fact that EFPs were repeatedly
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quickrob | 04/07/2008
The "Battle of Basra" is being characterized by the media as an example of failure in Iraq. I will argue that it is not a failure at all, and it in fact signifies the readiness of a unified Iraqi government to force al-Sadr into the political process. If and when Moqtada and his Mahdi Army lay down their weapons this will portend a successful election later in the year which will influence the US...
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