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[Informed Comment] Informed Comment: Sunni Arab Refugees from Iraq Not Returning; <br ...: Like Iran, Iraq is a majority Shiite Muslim country and the only Arab Country with a land border with Iran, because of Geography Islamic revolution would have been more dangerous for Iraq then any other country in the region therefore it was only natural that Iraq had to be the gate keeper to prevent the spread of the Islamic Revolution westward into the Muslim Arab world that is why President Carter had to draw the line on the sand and make his famous declaration after the Iranian revaluation. So was there a good reason for Iraq to attack Iran?

[SignOnSanDiego.com] Iraq to move Iranian opposition group: official: Iraq's Shiite-led government has long sought to get rid of members of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, which fought alongside Saddam Hussein's forces during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States as well as Tehran.

[The LA Progressive] Warning from Bosnia for Iraq | The LA Progressive: The threat of a complete and rapid U.S. troop withdrawal can act as a catalyst for further governmental decentralization in Iraq, but the Iraqis must draw the borders of the country’s subdivisions and mutually decide on the limits on the central government’s power. Given the depth of ethno-sectarian fissures and suspicions of the central government in Iraq, however, a viable Iraqi confederation could likely be responsible for only minimal functions, such as maintaining a free trade area within the old borders of Iraq and providing Iraqi diplomatic representation abroad.

[open Democracy News Analysis -] Iraq in the balance | open Democracy News Analysis: The very fragmentation of Iraqi society and state brought about in the last generation - first by Saddam Hussein under sanctions, then by the various Baghdad authorities and factions since 2003 - has made any general prediction about Iraqi politics well nigh impossible. Saddam himself once said, a little while before he fell: "You can get rid of me as president, but, if you do, you will need at least seven presidents to hold this country down".

[RealClearWorld - Articles] RealClearWorld - Articles - Iran Recalibrates Its Strategy For Iraq: The ISCI took a beating in January's provincial elections, while the more independent Shiite parties that prefer to keep their distance from Iran, like Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Hizb al-Dawah, Muqtada al-Sadr's radical Shiite movement and the Fadhila Party, saw their popularity soar. In reviewing what went wrong, the ISCI recognized that its close affiliation with Iran, use of religious symbols in campaigning, false claims of al-Sistani's backing and the push for the creation of a Shiite federal zone in southern Iraq all cost the party support.

[九重夢大吊橋占い徒然草] Barack Obama - Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq_九重夢大吊橋占い ...: We have learned that in the 21st century, we must use all elements of American power to achieve our objectives, which is why I am committed to building our civilian national security capacity so that the burden is not continually pushed on to our military. We have learned that our political leaders must pursue the broad and bipartisan support that our national security policies depend upon, which is why I will consult with Congress and in carrying out my plans.

[Army Times - News] As Iraq war enters 7th year, focus on politics - Army News ...: Political and economic problems have grown even as U.S. plans to withdraw combat troops by September 2010, with all American soldiers gone by the end of the following year according to a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement. In a sign of political tension, the official in charge of the west Baghdad branch of the biggest Sunni Arab political group, the Iraqi Islamic Party, was fatally injured late Wednesday by a bomb hidden on his car, police said.

[MidEastTruth] MidEastTruth :: View topic - Justice: For Arabs Only?: A Kurdish nationalist, he described the murderous and brutal Arabization policies—Syrian settling, conquering, and occupying Arabs—employed against Kurds who predated them in the land by thousands of years. Settling, conquering, and occupying Iraqi Arabs did likewise to Mesopotamia's ancient native Kurds (the Hurrians, Guti, Kassites, and Medes of old), Assyrians, and other non—Arab peoples as well—Jews included.

[SWJ Blog] War Fighting Factors in Iraq and Afghanistan (SWJ Blog): The CentCom commander, General Abizaid, philosophically agreed with his Iraq commander, General Casey, that American soldiers on the streets were an antibody in an Arab culture, as much the cause as the cure of the insurgency. In the fall of 2005, Casey ordered a study by a general officer that confirmed the antibody thesis.

[San Francisco Sentinel] San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » SIX YEARS OF WAR LEAVES ...: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s repeated calls to amend the constitution to strengthen the powers of the central government in Baghdad at the expense of Iraq’s 18 provinces ”” including the semiautonomous three-province Kurdish region in the north ”” have faced fierce pushback from his Kurdish allies, some of whom have called him “the new Saddam.” That schism is bound to widen in the coming months, when the U.N.

[Small Wars Council] War Fighting Factors in Iraq and Afghanistan - Small Wars Council: The CentCom commander, General Abizaid, philosophically agreed with his Iraq commander, General Casey, that American soldiers on the streets were an antibody in an Arab culture, as much the cause as the cure of the insurgency. In the fall of 2005, Casey ordered a study by a general officer that confirmed the antibody thesis.

[Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Bush Was Right ...: [...] Pat Dollard, ABC News, “Dramatic Advances Sweep Iraq, Boosting Support for Democracy” by Gary Langer Dramatic advances in public attitudes are sweeping Iraq, with declining violence, rising economic well-being and improved services lifting optimism, fueling confidence in public institutions and bolstering support for democracy.

[Baghdad Bureau] Leaving Iraq: An Iraqi Christian - Baghdad Bureau Blog - NYTimes.com: I am here just reminding my little sister Sahar that life were rosy for the Christians in Iraq but the prosecution against the intellectual people from all sects and religions by Saddam’s regime pushed them to leave the country. I had the same hopes you had when the U.S. army entered Iraq, but I was disappointed by their reckless policy in administering Iraq that affected all Iraqis especially the nationalists (Sunnis, Shiites, and Christians).

[Dangoor's Weblog] Due to Muslim birthright, the gravity of humiliating Islam adds ...: Since it is a generally known, and mostly indisputable, that Muslims represent the major source of terrorism in the early part of the Twenty-first Century, neutralizing the threat is an important role of the United States government. This is especially important because Muslims expect that Barak Hussein Obama, a bretheren  by birth, should be particularly sensitive to Islamic needs, culture, religion, and More’s.  The large expectations should not go unnoticed by the young United States Administration.

[Iraqs Inconvenient Truth :: Iraq War News Updates] Iraqs Inconvenient Truth :: Iraq War News Updates » Blog Archive ...: You will ride that bus with your host every day, and in the process you’ll get to know the people on your bus, study the Bible with them, pray with and for them, discover Israel together with them, ask questions with them, and thus form a small community. Lord willing, I will rotate through the buses to get to know you and answer your questions.

[Recent Blog Posts: Bakersfield.com] Things that interest ME - Bakersfield.com - More than before.: Despite his erstwhile reputation as a Shiite hardliner, Maliki now echoes Mutlak's call for burying the hatchet with supporters of Saddam Hussein's overwhelmingly Sunni Baath Party. But over the past six years it has been transformed from one of the most brutal tyrannies on earth to an example of democratic pluralism in the heart of the Arab world.

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: The most relentlessly upbeat Iraq ...: I just don’t see islam, or sectarian arab and Kurdish ressures, allowing that (Because I don’t think that Arabs can be humans, what with being muslims and all). But Bush will certainly be viewed as correct in invading Iraq and taking down the Baathists.

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