Syria may spill over in more ways than one by Mona Alami Syria’s protracted conflict has turned into a proxy war between President Bashar al-Assad’s Shiite ally Iran and Sunni Arab Gulf countries, threatening neighboring countries with large Muslim communities, such as Lebanon and Iraq, with sectarian spillover, something that experts believe plays in favor … Continue reading »
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Lessons in Sustainability and Solidarity From Ancient Mesopotamia
by Andrew Howley The three-day “Dialogue of Civilizations” conference in Guatemala is bringing together archaeologists studying five ancient cultures to discuss their similarities and differences and what they can tell us about human society as a whole. You can be a part of the conversation as well, tweeting your questions using #5Civilizations. On the first … Continue reading »
Remminder: Assad’s al Qaeda murdered 1,770 US Soldiers in Iraq
Bashar al-Assad’s hands are indelibly coated with the blood of precious US soldiers. by Mark Langfan The headlines blare “Syria calls on UN to recognize Rebels’ al-Qaeda Links.” The sub-headline pronounces “Syria has urged the United Nations Security Council to class the al-Nusra Front as a group linked to al-Qaeda.” The problem is the group … Continue reading »
Iraqi Panel Promotes ‘Biden Plan’ For Federal Iraq
US Vice President Joe Biden talks with soldiers at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, July 4, 2009. (photo by REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed) By: Mushreq Abbas for Al-Monitor Iraq Pulse. Posted on April 5. إقرأ باللغة العربية An Iraqi parliamentary committee, in a recent visit to Washington, has reiterated its demands to divide Iraq into … Continue reading »
The meaning of Halabja
By Jean Pascal Zanders – – Article Highlights A chemical weapons attack by Saddam Hussein’s forces 25 years ago killed thousands of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, making it an international symbol and hastening negotiations on the Chemical Weapons Convention. But the international community failed to acknowledge repeated Iraqi chemical attacks that Iran … Continue reading »
Kurdistan Prospers,The Other Iraq
Two years after the self-immolation of a street vendor protesting police corruption in Tunisia, the promise of the Arab Spring remains unrealized. Instead of ushering in an era of stable self-determination, much of the Middle East remains in disarray. Syria is in flames, Egypt almost ungovernable. Libyan terrorists responsible for the Benghazi massacre are … Continue reading »
The Coming War in the Middle East
by Lieutenant Colonel Joel Rayburn (contributor to the working group on Islamism and the international order) Imagine a sectarian conflagration, fueled by Al Qaeda, raging across the Fertile Crescent. In the days of the Ottoman Empire, British diplomats referred to the Arabic-speaking territories of the empire as “Turkish Arabia.” It was these Arabic-speaking lands that … Continue reading »
The Redacted Iraqi Jews
After reversing this injustice, it now needs to be activated and implemented at all levels. The recent Conference of Religions and Sects in Sulaymaniyah, organized under the supervision of Iraq’s president, Jalal Talabani, was an important milestone: The first such conference to take place in Iraq that seriously covered the defense of religions and sects … Continue reading »
A Kurdish state is being established, and Baghdad may accept it
By David Hirst The Daily Star/ I was surprised last week to read an article in the Baghdad newspaper Al-Sabah, by its editor Abd al-Jabbar Shabbout, suggesting it was time to settle the “age-old problem” between Iraq’s Arabs and Kurds by establishing a “Kurdish state.” For never before had I heard so heretical a view … Continue reading »
Chemical weapons in Syria: Are those Saddam’s Weapons of Mass Destruction?
By: Barbie Crafts//Many people have wondered where Bashar al-Assad of Syria got those chemical weapons that Defense Secretary Panetta discussed in a press conference today, December 6, 2012. According to NYTimes.com. Secretary Panetta stressed: “The president of the United States has made very clear that there will be consequences, there will be consequences if the … Continue reading »
Arizona:Muslim bombs Social Security office with IED, media blackout ensues
All too typical. “UPDATED: Iraqi refugee arrested for bombing Arizona Social Security office with IED, media silence ensues,” by Patrick Poole at PJ Media, December 2: UPDATED (8:25p EDT): I just spoke again with my contact in the FBI Phoenix field office (who is not authorized to speak on behalf of the FBI office) that … Continue reading »
Iraq: Thousands of Christians flee country in wake of jihad attacks
And the world yawns. But leave bacon in a park where Muslims are gathering, and brace yourself for the outcry! “Mosul Iraq‘s ‘Most Dangerous City’ For Christians,” from Worthy News, August 20 (thanks to Lachlan): MOSUL, IRAQ(Worthy News)– Mosul is now one of the most violent cities in Iraq with Christians and other minorities singled … Continue reading »
Locating the Real Risk of Syria Spillover in Lebanon, Iraq
Over the past week, we have seen the first real case of sectarian violence spilling over from Syria into neighboring Lebanon. In clashes in and around the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, at least five people have been killed in clashes that are, as I write this, winding down following the deployment of the Lebanese … Continue reading »
Iraq Releases American-Murdering Hezbollah Terrorist
An Iraqi court recently ruledthat Ali Musa Daqduq, a Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist accused of helping to coordinate the 2007 abduction and murder of five American soldiers in Karbala, Iraq, should be released due to “lack of evidence.” The decision comes only months after the Office of Military Commissions started filing charges of murder, terrorism and … Continue reading »
The Iraqi-Iranian connection
By ALI BLUWI//Every time I hear politicians of the Third World utter the word “unity” I remember a meeting between the late Libyan leader Qaddafi and the late Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba and the latter’s response to Qaddafi’s call for unity. It is normal that in politics wishes do not always materialize. For this reason, … Continue reading »
Al-Arabiya: Emo killings in Iraq update
Following are excerpts from a report on the killing in Iraq of young people who are adherents of the “emo” movement.[1] The report aired on Al-Arabiya TV on March 23, 2012. Reporter: “‘Emo‘ is derived from the word ‘emotional.’ This phenomenon reached Iraq over a year ago, and has spread among the youth, who have … Continue reading »
