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[Untitled] Iraq foreign ministry reopens as symbol of defying terrorists ...: As Americans prepare to leave, Iraq’s biggest neighbours vie for influenceOF ALL the foreign officials an American general or ambassador would least want to be seen with, General Qassem Suleimani would””you may think””be high on the list. For he commands the Quds Force, an elite arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and thus runs the dirty war that Iran has been conducting for decades against American interests in the Middle East.

[florgisler] Have We Achieved Our Objectives in Iraq? « florgisler: It begins with a bunch of whereas clauses summarizing the then current situation: Iraq had been kicked out of Kuwait and had agreed not to develop nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and Iraq would not support terrorism; weapons inspectors had been forced to withdraw in 1998 and Congress had declared that Iraq’s continued development of weapons of mass destruction threatened world peace;

[Local News from The Lakeland Ledger] U.S. Passes Control of Green Zone, Saddam Palace to Iraq ...: BAGHDAD | The US formally transferred control of the Green Zone to Iraqi authorities Thursday in a pair of ceremonies that also handed back Saddam Hussein's former palace. Iraq's prime minister said he will propose making Jan. ... Although Baghdad is calmer now, the Green Zone is full of unsettling reminders of war. Duck-and-cover bunkers dot sidewalks under lush date palms. Walls bear signs warning drivers not to stop for any reason and frequent speed bumps force ...

[Kevin Drum Feed | Mother Jones] Iraq Election Update | Mother Jones: In an embarrassing rejection of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's efforts to overturn his rival's lead in Iraq's inconclusive parliamentary election, a laborious manual recount of votes in Baghdad has turned up no evidence of electoral fraud and will not change the final outcome, officials said Friday....Had the allegations been upheld, the recount could have eroded the two-seat lead of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's faction.

[Gorilla's Guides] Q&A: Iraq had elections, so why isn't there a new government ...: The results were an upset: Secular Shiite Muslim politician Ayad Allawi’s bloc won more seats in parliament than favored incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, a conservative Shiite, did. The margin was so close, however, that political maneuvering to change the results has delayed the seating of a new government.

[The Common Ills] Iraq snapshot « The Common Ills: Each day is another wave of talking points and spin from Little Nouri as he attempts to convince someone -- anyone! -- that he's brought safety to Iraq and can continue to do so.

[40TH Birthday Poem] iraq | 40TH Birthday Poem: Some Americans justify the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well-intended interventions for the good of their people, and the security of our nation and the world. They believe that the President MUST have had evidence of national security risk before taking the last and dire step of invasion.

[World War 4 Report blogs] Iraq: election results confirmed after partial recount | World War ...: Allawi's Iraqiya coalition, which garners the support of the Sunni minority, hopes the bloc's victory will be a turning point for bipartisan participation among the religious sects. Allawi's goal of unification may be thwarted though, as Maliki's bloc has already announced an alliance with the Shia Iraqi National Alliance, which polled third, to form the largest grouping in parliament.

[Syria Comment] Syria Comment » Archives » “Can Former Iraqi Baathists in Syria ...: In the last few years, however, Syria has started to clamp down on insurgents trying to infiltrate Iraq, and in August a U.S. military delegation visited Damascus to discuss increased cooperation on border security. Even more promising has been the change of attitude of many former Baathists in Syria, who are broadly split into two factions: a hard-line group led by a former vice president in Saddam’s government, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, and a more moderate but less powerful group led by Muhammad Younis, a former adviser to Saddam’s executive council.

[The Common Ills] Iraq snapshot « The Common Ills: The trip to the United States follows a one-day visit to Paris on Tuesday 4 May, where the Iraq Inquiry committee met a number of French citizens who provided perspectives on international issues in the lead-up to and during the conflict in Iraq. They included Dominique de Villepin (French Minister of Foreign Affairs 2002-2004), Jean David Levitte (French Permanent Representative to the UN 2000- 2002 and then Ambassador to the US from 2002 to 2007), Gerard Errera (French Ambassador to London 2002- 2007), General Henri Bentegeat (Chief of the Military Staff to the President 1999- 2002 and then Chief of the Defence Staff 2002-2006) and Jean-Luc Florent (French UN legal advisor).

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Iraq's election commission sends most election results to Supreme ...: Secular challenger edges out Iraqi PM in electionBAGHDAD ”” Results released by Iraq's election commission show a secular challenger has beaten the country's prime minister in parliamentary elections, positioning him to be the first to try to form a government. The full election results show former prime minister Ayad Allawi winning 91 seats, edging out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as results were released Friday for Iraq's 325-seat parliament.

[The Common Ills] Persecutions, shootings, oil, it's Iraq « The Common Ills: We tried to escape to Dubai via the US embassy and were able to get to Europe. Eventually after many difficulties -- constant threats from Iraqi secret police, several failed attempts and many traumatic incidents (including being nearly deported back to Iraq) -- I made it to England in 2002.

[mcclatchydc.com: Latest headlines] Nearly 100 dead in Iraq's most lethal day of the year | McClatchy: With a steady stream of bombings and security leadership in flux, some Iraqi politicians have called for the formation of an interim monitoring system until a new parliament is seated. That idea appeared to gain traction Monday, as the death toll rose throughout the day with bombings in Baghdad as well as the mainly Shiite Muslim south and Sunni Muslim west.

[Gone Hollywood] Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Killed (Video Photo): Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which had recently rebranded itself as part of a coalition of insurgent groups called the Mujahideen Al-Shura Council, had claimed responsibility for hundreds of attacks in the past three years, including many of the deadliest. The group’s focus had recently begun to shift from attacks on military forces to the targeting of civilians, most of them Shiites.

[Global News Blog Headlines] Middle East News - Where Iraq Meets Iran, Guards Watch Shifting ...: Until now, detailed, credible data about Iraqi views on Iranian influence on the recent Iraqi elections has been sorely lacking. This gap is now filled by new results from a survey commissioned by the Princeton-based Pechter Middle East Polls, conducted in late March by a prominent Iraqi research center and focusing on a representative national sample of 3,000 Iraqis.

[Hudson New York] For America, it's really all about Iraq - Hudson New York: Instead, last year when Maliki blamed Syria and Baathists for a string of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, American officials, fearful that Iraqi-Syrian tension might complicate the American military withdrawal, began leaking that Al-Qaeda had been responsible. This discredited Maliki, but it also failed to answer an obvious question: through which countries has Al-Qaeda financed and replenished its militants in Iraq?

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