Holiday News| More...
 

Nouri Al Maliki

Alan Kuperman: Another Benny Morris School Armchair General

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Afghanistan, Nouri Al Maliki, Afghanistan War, Benny Morris, Nuclear Proliferation, Alan Kuperman, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Kuperman doesn't see Iranians responding to the bombing of their homeland by taking to the streets and chanting "Death to the Great Satan!" He sees grateful yokels yelling "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!"

Read Post

Baghdad Bombings Spark Changes In Iraqi Army

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 12.10.2009 | World

Read More: Violence, Baghdad Blast, Bomb, Abboud Qanbar, Baghdad Bombing, Nouri Al-Maliki, Baghdad Bomb, Baghdad, Iraq, Bombing, Iraqi Army, Explosion, Blast, Shakeup, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's Western-backed government – facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127 people i...

Read Whole Story

Al-Maliki Asks For 'Patience' Following Deadly Baghdad Bombings

AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 12.10.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad Bombings, Al-Maliki, Iraq Violence, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraq's Western-backed government – facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127 people i...

Read Whole Story

The Sunni-Shia Conflict in Iraq

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 12.08.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Civil War, US Troops, Sectarian Divisions, US Troops in Iraq, Iran, Militias, Saudi Arabia, Sunni Shia, Iraq Sectarian Violence, Sectarian-Fighting, Moqtada Al Sadr, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Sectarian Cleansing, Iraqi Withdrawal, Sunni Militants, Iraq-Shiites, Sunni-Militias, Iraqi Sunni Shia, Iraqi Security Forces, Sunni Jihadists, Sunni-Shia, Ehtno-Sectarian-Violence, Iraq War, Jihadist, Sunni Awakening, Moqtada Al-Sadr, Shiite, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Shiite Militias, Sectarian Violence, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News
Nathan Gonzalez

Tuesday's deadly coordinated bomb attacks against soft targets in Iraq bear the mark of a simmering Sunni insurgency. But the Sunni-Shia conflict has very little to do with personal religious grudges.

Read Post

Mysterious 'Saddam Channel' Hits Iraq TV

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq TV, Sunni Arabs, Saddam Hussein, Mohammed Jarboua, Baathists, Nilesat, Saddam Channel, Saddam Hussein Execution, Saddam Channel Iraq TV, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Al-Lafeta, Noorsat, Eutelsat, World News

BAGHDAD — Turning on their TVs during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Sad...

Read Whole Story

YouTube: Iraq Government Launches Online Channel (VIDEOS)

Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Eric Schmidt Iraq, Iraq Government Youtube, Iraqigov, Iraqi Youtube Channel, Iraq Youtube, Eric Schmidt, Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraq Government Youtube Channel, Youtube, Schmidt Iraq, Iraq Government, Technology News

*See video below* The Iraqi government has launched an official channel on YouTube, the video sharing site, in an effort to better "share its message...

Read Whole Story

U.S. Fears $53 Billion Spent On Reconstruction In Iraq Will Go To Waste

nytimes.com | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart W. Bowen Jr., Marshall Plan, Iraq War, Gao, Iraq, Reconstruction, Nouri Al Maliki, Government Accountability Office, Politics News

In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan, the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq...

Read Whole Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Iraq

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Empire, Chalmers Johnson, Nouri Al-Maliki, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brit Hume, California Politics, Fox News, Governor Schwarzenegger, Kevin Phillips, William Greider, Military Spending, Iraq War, Baghdad, New York Times, Schwarzenegger, Health Care, Baghdad Trade Fair, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Brit Hume of FOX News once compared Iraq's murder rate to California's to downplay the level of American casualties because the two places are similar...

Read Post

Iraqi Court Rules Guardian Defamed Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraq Prime Minister

The Guardian | Martin Chulov and Julian Borger | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Nouri Al Maliki Guardian, Iraq Press Freedom, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki Defamation, Nouri Al-Maliki, The Guardian, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

An Iraqi court has ordered the Guardian to pay Nouri al-Maliki damages of 100m dinar (£52,000) after supporting a complaint by the Iraqi prime minist...

Read Whole Story

Schumer: Success In Iraq A "50/50" Proposal (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Attacks, Meet the Press, Bombings, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Troop Levels, David Gregory, Obama, Iraq Withdrawal, Iraqi Deaths, Troop Deaths, Cost, Iraq War, John Cornyn, Civilians, Iraq Success, Iraq, Price, Nouri Al Maliki, Media News

Sunday's twin bombings in Iraq were the first topic of discussion on NBC's Meet The Press Sunday morning. The attacks killed at least 147 and wounded ...

Read Whole Story

Obama, Maliki To Meet In Oval Office

AP | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Maliki, Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraq War, War Wire, Obama, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Obama Nouri Al Maliki, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee) in the Oval Office on Tuesday mo...

Read Whole Story

George Will: If Iraq Troop Surge Didn't Work, U.S. Forces Must Come Home Sooner

washingtonpost.com | George F. Will | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Iran, Pentagon, Troop Surge, Nouri Al-Maliki, George Will, Iraq War, Department of Defense, Baghdad, Iraq, Obama, Home News

If there is a worse use of the U.S. military than "nation-building," it is adult supervision and behavior modification of other peoples' politicians. ...

Read Whole Story

You Know It's Time to Leave Iraq When...

Doug Bandow | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Iraq Embassy, Iraq, Invasion, Barack Obama, Nouri Al Maliki, Home News
Doug Bandow

Will Iraq "fail" if America leaves? Perhaps so, but there's no reason to believe that a continued U.S. presence can prevent failure.

Read Post

Top Iraqi Intel Source: Absent US Help, In 5 Years Iraq WIll Be A Colony Of Iran

Washington Post | David Ignatius | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: U.S. Military, War in Iran, War in Iraq, Baghdad, Iran, Iraq, American Foreign Policy, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

As security unravels in Iraq, U.S. forces there are mostly bystanders. Even in the areas where al-Qaeda operatives remain potent, such as Mosul, the A...

Read Whole Story

Shiite groups form new alliance excluding Iraqi PM

AP | By KIM GAMEL and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraq Shiites, Iraq Iranian Infuence, Shiites, World News

BAGHDAD — The Iranian-backed Shiite parties that helped propel Iraq's prime minister into power three years ago dumped him Monday as their candi...

Read Whole Story

Iraqi lawmakers seek review of security forces

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaeda in Iraq, Truck Bomb, U.S. Military, Southern Baghdad, Iraq Troop Withdrawl, Iraq Violence, Iraq Truck Bombing, Baghdad, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

BAGHDAD — Senior Iraqi officials and lawmakers recommended a review of security leadership, better coordination on intelligence and firmer treat...

Read Whole Story

Time for Arabs to Get Serious About Iraq

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Abu Dhabi, Diplomacy, Iraq, Middle East, Uae, Jalal Talabani, Nouri Al Maliki, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Iraq is slowly coming out of the woods. It has already shown that it is able to produce more than the one-man shows that we have in many Arab countries today.

Read Post

Obama's Cairo Address: Two Months On

William Bradley | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Jewish Community, George Mitchell. Majmoud Ahmadinejad, Dennis Ross, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mossad, Ehud Barak, Iran, Bibi Netanyahu, Likud, Bob Gates, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Cairo, Jim Jones, Nouri Al-Maliki, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, West Bank Settlements, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Avigdor Lieberman, Tehran, Israel, Iraq, Syria, World News
William Bradley

It's been two months since Obama delivered his address to the Muslim world in Cairo, promising a new era of respect and engagement. How's his opening to the Muslim world going so far?

Read Post

U.S. Advisor's Memo On Iraq: Time To "Go Home"

The New York Times | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: Timothy R. Reese, Sofa, Robert Gates, Ray Odierno, Iraqi Army, Iraq War, General Petraeus, Iraq, American Military, Status of Forces Agreement, Nouri Al Maliki, U.S. Military, World News

A senior American military adviser in Baghdad has concluded in an unusually blunt memo that the Iraqi forces suffer from deeply entrenched deficiencie...

Read Whole Story

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

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Iran, Iranian Exiles in Iraq, Iranian Exiles, Iran Exiles, People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, Iraq Iran, Iran Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq, Exiled Iranians in Stand-Off, Attacks on Iranian Exiles in Iraq, Iraq Raid on Iranian, Iraq Raid on Iranian Camp, World News

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...

Read Whole Story

Maliki SOFA Switch: US Troops Might Stay Beyond 2011

Al Jazeera English | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq War Wire, Sofa, Iraq Sofa, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Iraq Approves Sofa, Maliki Sofa, Iraq, Sofa Iraq, Advocacy, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

The Iraqi prime minister has admitted US troops could stay in the country beyond 2011....

Read Whole Story

Obama: Iraq Will See "Tough Days Ahead," But Pullout On Schedule

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: US Troops Iraq, Iraq Us Troops, Iraq War, Maliki Obama, Obama Iraq, War Wire, Obama Maliki, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said he pressed Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday to make room in his government and security forces for al...

Read Whole Story

5 Iranian Pilgrims Killed In Iraq As Maliki Visits Obama

nytimes.com | STEVEN LEE MYERS | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Maliki, Iranians Iraq, Iranian Pilgrims, War Wire, Maliki Obama, Nuri-Kamal-Al-Maliki, Al-Maliki, Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

BAGHDAD Five Iranians were killed and 35 others were wounded northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday when gunmen attacked a convoy of buses carrying pilgrim...

Read Whole Story