Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, flew into Baghdad yesterday for an unannounced visit in an effort to move forward negotiations on the agreement and a wider pact on future relations with Iraq.
"We have agreed that some goals, some
RUSSIAN MURDER
*
MCCAIN-LIEBERMAN 2008?
*
MAYBE THEY REALLY MEAN IT
HE MAY NOT BE TRAILING MCCAIN, BUT HE'S TRAILING KERRY
A handy feature on the electoral-vote.com web site is a
one-click comparison of the current electoral map projections
In the wake of Muqtada al Sadr’s defeat at the hands of the Iraqi and Coalition forces this spring and fall, Iran has increased its backing of splinter Shia terror groups operating in Iraq. A previously unknown group, known as the Asaib al Haq, or
BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military denied Tuesday that its troops involved in the overnight raids on the government offices in the volatile province of Diyala that killed the governor 's secretary and detained others.
"Our
"The process of emptying out the Kirkuk citadel was the climax of a forty-year campaign known to Iraqis as Arabization. Beginning in 1963, and continuing up to the eve of the American invasion last year, the Baathist regime in Baghdad deported tens
(AP Photo/Loay Hameed)The funeral of a suicide bomb victim takes place in Iskandariyah, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. A female suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims resting by the side of the road in I...
IRAQ:
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA, Aug 14 (IPS) - The surprise removal of the Diyala police chief has brought new hope of a more secure future.
The decision by members of the ruling council of Diyala governorate to discharge
An important article - perhaps the most significant of the post-Sept.
11, 2001, years - is forthcoming in the September-October issue of
Foreign Affairs, the rightfully esteemed publication of the Council on
Foreign Relations. Titled "Building on
Kevin Drum points to the smartest - because it is the most honest - defense yet:
At the end of 2006, (a) the violence stemming from the bombing of the
Golden Mosque had started to burn itself out, (b) the Awakening
movement had begun turning Sunni
Click to view images from Miqdadiyah. Photos by Bill Murray.
The U.S. military loves metrics to measure success or failure. Vietnam had its dubious enemy body counts, the Gulf War its measure of smart bombs accuracy. Troops today in Iraq may have come