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US Swagger Equals Foreign Policy Disaster

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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Sharmine Narwani

If Iran offers to swap its low-enriched uranium for higher grade uranium, does the US have the right to dismiss it because it doesn't meet our conditions?

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Saudi Arabia Bombs Yemen Rebels

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ and SALAH NASRAWI | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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SAN'A, Yemen — Saudi Arabia sent fighter jets and artillery bombardments across the border into northern Yemen Thursday in a military incursion ...

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Getting the Vietnam Analogy Right in Afghanistan

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Nazi Germany, President Obama, Lebanon, Iran, Hitler, China, History, Muslim, Saudi Arabia, Nato, Vietnam War, John Kennedy, Chechnya, Munich, Analogies, Czechoslovakia, Syria, Xinjiang, West Germany, South Vietnam, Hamas, Soviet Union, Hizbollah, Afghanistan War, Al Quaeda, Kashmir, Shiites, Iraq War, Communism, North VIetnam, Taliban, India, Lyndon Johnson, Cuba, Ospolitik, Detente, World News
Leon T. Hadar

The ghosts of the Vietnam War seem to be hanging around the White House Situation Room as President Obama and his national security aides debate a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.

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A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

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Kevin Sullivan

In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

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Key Lebanese Leader Says Iranian Weapons Can Deter Israeli Aggression

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Hezbollah, Iran, Walid Jumblatt, Lebanon, Druze, Shiites, Amr Moussa, Beirut, Lebanese Government, Press TV, World News
Sharmine Narwani

Jumblatt's statements to Press TV marks the most recent in a series of disclosures by the maverick politician that has shaken electoral politics in Lebanon.

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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...

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Shiites In Iraq Show Restraint Despite Repeated Sunni Attacks

nytimes.com | ROD NORDLAND | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD Shiite clerics and politicians have been successfully urging their followers not to retaliate against a fierce campaign of sectarian bombings,...

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The End of March 14?

Nicholas Noe | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Druze, Syria, Sunnis, Shiites, World News
Nicholas Noe

The Sunni, Druze and Christian coalition that first took the reins of power in July 2005 was dealt what may end up being a lethal blow this past week when the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt formerly left the March 14 Secretariat.

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Iraq suffers bloodiest day since US pullback

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in four days, the worst spa...

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Bombs Target Shiites In Iraq, Killing At Least 37

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A suicide truck bomber flattened a Shiite mosque Friday in northern Iraq, and roadside bombs struck Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, as at ...

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Wave of blasts near mosques kills 29 in Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A string of bombings targeted Shiite worshippers in the Baghdad area during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people in an apparentl...

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Iraq Sunni-Shia Marriage Payment Program Seeks To Mend Sectarian Divide

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Iraqi Sunni Shia, Foreign Affairs, Sunni, Shiite, Shia, Iraq, Sunni Shia, Iraqi Marriage Program, Sunnis, Advocacy, Shiites, World News

The Iraqi government, in an attempt to mend the ethnic, sectarian divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims that has long plagued that country, is offerin...

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Religious Divisions in Iran's Leadership -- More than Meets the Eye

Joshua Gleis | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Shiites, World News
Joshua Gleis

By speaking out against Ayatollah Khamenei, much of the Iranian religious establishment is in a sense questioning the concept of the wilayat al-faqih, which laid the foundation of Iran's current form of government.

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Iran and the Syrian Gambit

Howard Schweber | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Iran, Bombings, Sunnis, Golan Heights, Jimmy Carter, Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran Nuclear Program, Shiites, World News
Howard Schweber

For this week in regards to Iran Obama and his State Department get an A. Maybe even an A+, but the week is not over yet.

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Bomb Strikes Shiite Market In Baghdad, More Than 60 Dead

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — A bomb ripped through a crowded market in Baghdad's main Shiite district on Wednesday, killing at least 69 people and wounding more th...

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Iraq Fears Return To Sectarian Warfare Of 2006

LA Times | Liz Sly | Posted 06.02.2009 | World

Read More: Warwire, War Wire, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunnis, Iraq Sectarian Tensions, Shiites, World News

A string of devastating attacks mostly targeting Shiites has residents fearing a return to the sectarian warfare seen in 2006-07. The planned U.S. mil...

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Iraq Resisting US Pleas To Reconcile With Saddam Hussein's Political Party

New York Times | SAM DAGHER | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: Warwire, Iraq Reconciliation, Nouri Al-Maliki, War Wire, Iraq, Saddam Hussein's Party, Sunnis, Shiites, World News

On April 18, American and British officials from a secretive unit called the Force Strategic Engagement Cell flew to Jordan to try to persuade one of ...

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The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Operation Cast Lead, Gaza, Middle East, Egypt, Terrorism, Hezbollah, Iran, Hosni Mubarak, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Shiites, World News
Jamal Dajani

The war of words between the Egyptian government and the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah has escalated.

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Iraq's Newly Open Gays Face Scorn And Murder

New York Times | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and TAREQ MAHER | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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The relative freedom of a newly democratic Iraq and the recent improvement in security have allowed a gay subculture to flourish here. The response ha...

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Taliban threaten 2 attacks per week in Pakistan

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 05.06.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — A suicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan's capital killed 22 people Sunday, the latest evidence of how securit...

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Sunni V. Shiite Biker Gang War In Sydney

Sydney Morning Herald | Dylan Welch | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Australia, Sydney, Sunni v. Shiite, Motorcycles, Gangs, Biker Gang, Islam in Australia, Shiites, Religious Gangs, Sunni Muslims, Bikers, Muslim Bikers, Lebanese Sunnis, Sunnis, Shiite Muslims, World News

An ancient religious enmity is at the centre of a new conflict in the Sydney bikie scene, with a new gang comprised mainly of Sunni Muslims warring wi...

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Iraq-US Security Pact: Bitter Battles Ahead?

The Real News | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military, Sofa, George W. Bush, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Al-Maliki, United States, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Video, Politics News
The Real News

The Real News Network spoke with Leila Fadel about the Iraq/US deal that will not allow residual forces to stay after 2011.

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Ahmadinejad's Letter To Obama, His Response, and Its Impact on the Islamic World

Omid Memarian | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Omid Memarian

Obama's response to Ahmadinejad's congratulations letter could be the first step toward drawing a new foreign policy framework in order to bring the United States on the right track.

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US Security Pact Should Be Rejected, Shiite Clerics Say

AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Wire, Iraq, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Shiites, Shiite, Us Security Pact, Nouri Al Maliki, Baghdad, Politics News

BAGHDAD — Shiite clerics warned the government Friday not to sign a security pact that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq until 2012, as the prime m...

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An End in Sight for Some, but Not Others

Charles Ferguson | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, John McCain, Anti-Americanism, Success of the Surge, George W. Bush, Victory, Documentary, Iraq, Shiites, Politics News
Charles Ferguson

John McCain, the Bush administration, and a number of neoconservatives believe we're at the beginning of an American victory. If this is winning, I'd hate to see what losing would look like.

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