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On Iran, Intelligence Community Faces Ghost Of Iraq

New York Times | Posted 04.01.2012

At the nation’s top spy agency, the ghosts of Iraq are never far away....

Iraq And UN Agree To Relocate Iranian Exiles

AP | REBECCA SANTANA | Posted 02.24.2012

BAGHDAD — The United Nations and the Iraqi government have signed an agreement to relocate several thousand Iranian exiles living in a camp in n...

Inside the Mind of the Atari Ayatollah

Stanley Weiss | Posted 01.15.2012

Stanley Weiss

If the future of Iraq seems confusing, it is in part due to the fact that nobody seems to know the mind of Moqtada al-Sadr -- including Sadr himself.

UN Seeks Probe Of Alleged Mass Killings By Iraqi Military

McClatchy | Posted 06.17.2011

The UN has called on Iraq to conduct an independent investigation into the killings of 34 people at an Iranian opposition base after Iraqi authorities...

U.S. Hikers Arrested In Iran Still Not Located: State Dept

AFP | AFP 13 August 2009, 12:26am IST | Posted 05.25.2011

US officials do not know the location of the Americans arrested after hiking into Iran from Iraq, state department spokesman Philip Crowley said Wedne...

Iran Thanks Iraq For Raid On Iranian Exile Camp That Has Killed 7

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces clashed with an Iranian opposition group for a second day Wednesday after storming a camp north of Baghdad despite U.S. a...

The Latest Neocon Attack on Obama

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob Heilbrunn

Urging Obama to stand up for human rights is all well and good. But what, exactly, would he accomplish by upbraiding Vladimir Putin for his lapses?

Key Events In Iran Since Islamic Revolution

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

A look at important dates in Iranian international and domestic affairs since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. ___...

The Imperialist Right Threatens Obama on Iraq

Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

Gareth Porter

The idea of linking Obama's troop withdrawal plan to the Iranian position in Iraq makes no sense objectively, but it is the logical political response by those who led the United States into a disastrous war.

Iran Top Threat To Iraq, U.S. Says

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 05.25.2011

Last week's violence in Basra and Baghdad has convinced the Bush administration that actions by Iran, and not al-Qaeda, are the primary threat inside ...

Petraeus Ready To Talk To Iran Again

ABC News Nightline | Julie Hoppock | Posted 05.25.2011

In an exclusive interview with "Nightline's" Terry Moran, the American Ambassador to Iraq said he was concerned about Iranian influence in Iraq. When...