17 hours ago by Stuart Ford

The headlines from Iraq are once again of political acrimony and sectarian violence. The cause is the weak surface tension that binds together a notional Iraq nation, where sectarian loyalties and personal interest are more powerful motivators than nationality. The latest round of violence is driven ...

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1 day ago by Habib Toumi

An Arab teacher has been sacked for asking her students at a private university in Bahrain to observe a one minute’s silence in tribute to Iraqi former president Saddam Husain. The university administration fired the teacher after incensed Bahraini and Kuwaiti students complained about the teacher’s ...

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2 days ago by Julie

These are the most significant quot es from the thirty-sixth session of the Iraq Inquiry. You can read the full transcript of the session here And you can watch the video here ———————————————- 36 th day of public hearings 3rd o f February 2010: Afternoon session: Evidence Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP (the Pr ...

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2 days ago by Jeff Gates

By Jeff Gates The Christmas Day "terrorist" is the latest in a series of staged incidents meant to make The Clash of Civilizations appear plausible and "the war on terrorism" rational. The storyline does not hold together. Not even a little bit. As usual, the source of this media-fueled fear campaig ...

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2 days ago by admin

Shia political parties in Iraq have staged demonstrations ahead of an emergency parliamentary debate on next month’s elections. See the rest here: Iraq to debate poll candidate ban

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3 days ago by admin

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3 days ago by admin

British MP Galloway, falsely accused of taking bribes from Saddam Hussein, tears the US Senate a new one in this exhilarating MSNBC clip that grows more apropos every day. Duration : 0:3:55 addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticalreads.com%2Fsenate%2Fgeorge-galloway-vs-u-s-senate-51705'; addthis_title ...

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3 days ago by MaxDelivers

Iran has the ability to deliver armed retaliation, both directly and through its allies, which would not only engulf the region but block the 20% of global oil supplies shipped through the straits of Hormuz. Read the rest here: Baltimore Nonviolence Center: The target is now IRAN: Seumas Milne

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3 days ago by Iraqi Mojo

Sharp: By the early 1950s a teenaged Saddam was demonstrating against the government. Like countless other Iraqis, he was expressing a general sense of resentment against British colonial rule and Iraq's domination by rich landowners. Pan-Arabism was also on the rise---the movement to bring Arab sta ...

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3 days ago by Iraqi Mojo

I have found "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" on YouTube. Watch it to understand the history of the relationship between the West and oil-producing Middle Eastern countries. Watch Part 2 to see American Ambassador April Glaspie (at 2:25) say at a press conference in 1990 that the US has no "defense or ...

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