McCain: Sunnis, Shiites "Trying to Confuse Me"
Sen. McCain reserved his harshest words for the Shiites, who he said were trying to confuse him by sometimes referring to themselves as "Shiites" and other times as "Shia."
Sen. McCain reserved his harshest words for the Shiites, who he said were trying to confuse him by sometimes referring to themselves as "Shiites" and other times as "Shia."
AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
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Bill Maher | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
Isn't it time to realize that this marriage isn't working out? As the new bride, we've tried to goad, to entice and to shame our new in-laws into behaving according to our ideals.
Lawrence Korb | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
Despite the president's assertion that the withdrawal of some troops represents a "return on success" from his "surge" policy, he is merely making a virtue out of necessity.
Moira Whelan | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
His mistakes would prevent McCain from getting a job as a research assistant at any think tank in D.C., let alone delivering anything resembling a responsible foreign policy as president.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
The Bush administration's refusal to recognize that Iraq is not one nation but is instead a tribal society has now gotten U.S. troops fighting for one Shia group in its efforts to marginalize another Shia group.
Robert Brustein | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics
Shiites battling Shiites represents a significant advance, and an encouraging example of what happens when the separate members of a single nation or tribal group have the opportunity to express their differences.
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home
BAGHDAD — Black banners announcing the deaths of Mahdi Army fighters plaster the streets. Scores of Shiite militiamen gather at the funeral of a...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets Sunday bu...
The Guardian | Sam Kiley | Posted 03.30.2008 | Home
For once, George Bush's open-faced incomprehension - at Nouri al-Maliki's decision to set off a civil war inside Iraq's Shia community - seems entirel...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The core of the Iraqi Army is simply another Shiite militia. In essence, we are supporting one Shiite militia over another. Worse yet, we're supporting the militia with more ties to Iran.
McClatchy | Leila Fadel and Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home
A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqta...
AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers north of Baghdad on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll in the five-year conflict to ...
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Major Sunni and Shiite political blocs Tuesday boycotted a national conference aimed at reconciling Iraq's rival communities _ undersc...
Reuters | Waleed Ibrahim and Mohammed Abbas | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics
A conference to reconcile Iraq's warring political groups began to unravel even before it got under way on Tuesday, with the main Sunni Muslim Arab bl...
Washington Post | Sudarsan Raghavan and Amit R. Paley | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
U.S.-backed Sunni volunteer forces, which have played a vital role in reducing violence in Iraq, are increasingly frustrated with the American militar...
AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing around Baghdad, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility...
ABC News | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics
The US military has acknowledged that it fired on a group of its anti-Qaeda allies in Iraq in an attack the leader of the group said killed three peop...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.16.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — An anti-al-Qaida Sunni group announced Saturday it was temporarily withdrawing from its alliance with the American military in protest...
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics
Mr. Bush's Middle East adventures underscore the enormity of his foreign policy failures, from which it may take America years to recover.
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military faced complaints Tuesday from its Sunni allies over claims that more civilians had been killed by American forces _ ...
Washington Post | Mowaffak al-Rubaie | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
Iraq's government is at a stalemate. As in the United States, there is much discussion here of the need for political reconciliation. What does that m...
Michael Schwartz | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics
The Iraq myth I find most galling is that the surge has led to the pacification of large parts of Anbar province and Baghdad.
New York Times | DAMIEN CAVE | Posted 12.26.2007 | Home
Four members of a local American-backed Awakening group in Diyala Province were killed Wednesday when a house they were raiding exploded, the police s...
AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 12.23.2007 | Politics
Turkey has the right to defend itself against Kurdish rebels based in Iraq but must make sure it does not destabilize its neighbor, the U.S. ambassado...
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Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics