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McCain: Sunnis, Shiites "Trying to Confuse Me"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Andy Borowitz, Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Iraq, Joy Behar, Jeffrey Toobin, Politics News

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."

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Hezbollah, Sunni Groups Battling In Beirut Streets

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sunnis, Beirut, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Hezbolla Sunnis Fighting, Hezbollah Sunnis Beirut, Politics News

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon's Western-backed governm...

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Divorcing Iraq

Bill Maher | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Al Qaeda, Bill Maher Divorce Iraq, Bill Maher Iraq, Shiites, Sunnis, Bill Maher Iraq War, 236.Com, Politics News

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.

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Virtue Out of Necessity: Bush Troop Decision Disingenuous

Lawrence Korb | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, Sunni Militias, Ilsamist Extremists, Shi'a Civil War, Iraq War, Radical Islamist Extremeists, Shiite Civil War, Iraq Shiite Violence, General Petraeus, Sunnis, Redeployment, Success of the Surge, US Troop Deployments, Politics News

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.

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How Many "Gaffes" Equal Incompetence?

Moira Whelan | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Sunni Shiite, John McCain, Sunni Militias, Conservatives, National Security, Mccain, David Petraeus, Bitter, General Petraeus, Iraq, Sunnis, Foreign Policy, Politics News

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.

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The Lessons of Basra

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Iraq, Basra Fighting, Shiites, Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq War, Iraq Tribal, Iraq Tribes, Sunnis, Politics News

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.

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Culture Diversity in Iraq

Robert Brustein | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Al-Sadr Stronghold Brims With Confidence

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, Shiites, Sunnis, Iraq Government, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Shiite Militias, Home News

BAGHDAD — Black banners announcing the deaths of Mahdi Army fighters plaster the streets. Scores of Shiite militiamen gather at the funeral of a...

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Al-Sadr Pulls Fighters Off Streets

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.30.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — In a possible turning point in the recent upsurge in violence, Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Shiite militiamen off the streets Sunday bu...

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Iraq Fighting Underscores Power Struggle

The Guardian | Sam Kiley | Posted 03.30.2008 | Home

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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...

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Who is the Iraqi Army?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraqi Army, Shiite Militias, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Badr Crops, Mahdi Army, Sunnis, Shiites, Juan Cole, Politics News

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.

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'Critical' Cease-Fire In Iraq Appearing To Unravel

McClatchy | Leila Fadel and Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Cease-Fire, Warwire, Moktada Al-Sadr, Sunnis, Iraq War, Shiites and Sunnis, Shiites, War in Iraq, Home News

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...

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Iraqi Official: 6 Killed By US Helicopter Were Allies

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics

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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 ...

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Divisions Mar Iraq Unity Meeting

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Major Sunni and Shiite political blocs Tuesday boycotted a national conference aimed at reconciling Iraq's rival communities _ undersc...

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Iraq Reconciliation Talks Hit By Walkouts

Reuters | Waleed Ibrahim and Mohammed Abbas | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Sunni Militias, Warwire, Iraq Reconciliation, Iraq, War in Iraq, Sunnis, Shiite Militants, Politics News

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...

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Sunni Forces Losing Patience With US, Volunteers Abandoning Posts

Washington Post | Sudarsan Raghavan and Amit R. Paley | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Sunni Forces, Frustrated Sunnis, Us Force Sunni Forces, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Politics News

U.S.-backed Sunni volunteer forces, which have played a vital role in reducing violence in Iraq, are increasingly frustrated with the American militar...

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Anti-US Cleric's Cease-Fire in Doubt

AP | PATRICK QUINN | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing around Baghdad, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility...

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U.S. Admits Firing On Sunni Allies

ABC News | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Iraq: US Sunni Allies Protest Killings

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.16.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — An anti-al-Qaida Sunni group announced Saturday it was temporarily withdrawing from its alliance with the American military in protest...

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A Monumental Challenge to America

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

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Mr. Bush's Middle East adventures underscore the enormity of his foreign policy failures, from which it may take America years to recover.

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Iraq: 4 Killed in US Raid

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — The U.S. military faced complaints Tuesday from its Sunni allies over claims that more civilians had been killed by American forces _ ...

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Iraq National Security Advisor: The "Government Is At A Stalemate"

Washington Post | Mowaffak al-Rubaie | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

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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...

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The Top Eleven Myths about Iraq, 2007

Michael Schwartz | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Salafi Jihadi, Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Success of the Surge, Anbar Province, Juan Cole, Baghdad, Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, Politics News

The Iraq myth I find most galling is that the surge has led to the pacification of large parts of Anbar province and Baghdad.

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4 Sunni Allies Of US Killed In Iraq

New York Times | DAMIEN CAVE | Posted 12.26.2007 | Home

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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...

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Turkish Warplanes Bomb Northern Iraq For 3rd Time This Week

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 12.23.2007 | Politics

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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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