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• Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote (AP)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 167
  AP – A stepped-up campaign by Iraq’s prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections. See more here: (AP)"> (AP)">Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote (AP)
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• Gulf arms race triggered by Iranian aggression

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 976
  Tensions over Irans nuclear programme have spurred an arms race in the Gulf with record defence deals being negotiated.
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• Suicide bomber kills Iraqi policeman, injures eight

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Baghdad, Nov 22 (DPA) A man detonated explosives packed into his car as he approached a police checkpoint north of the western Iraqi city of Falluja Sunday, killing a policeman, authorities said.Health officials said five policemen and three civilian bystanders were injured.Police said many military vehicles were been ...
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• Bringing al-Zabîdî to Light and to Life

  
  tabsir.net — Authority: 122
  19th century Cairo mosque illustration from Henry Van-Lennep’s Bible Customs . Those of us who spend hours using Arabic lexicons would be at a loss without the massive Tâj al-‘Arûs min jawâhir al-qâmûs of Muhammad Murtadâ al-Zabîdî. Completed by this consummate Muslim scholar in 1188/1774 after ...
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• Is imam a terror recruiter or just an incendiary preacher?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  The Yemeni-American imam whos been under renewed scrutiny after the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, preaches against alcohol, birthday parties, black magic and extramarital sex. He also supports armed struggle — jihad — against the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has encouraged extremist insurgents ...
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• Maliki has succeeded to achieve the required votes

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 473
  Confidential information, available from Friday and Saturday’s meetings among political Blocs and parties, reveal that the Parliament is going to veto Al-Hashemi’s veto despite the call of Jalal Talabani to discuss the veto positively. Shiite parties will use the Federal Court opinion and Sistani’s concerns to ...
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• Iraq Clerics Aide Urges End to Political Crisis

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 613
  BAGHDAD — A top aide to Iraqs Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the countrys fractious political blocs to solve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Sheik Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalaie , the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the ...
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• Iran and Plutonium

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 613
  Debka is reporting that IAEA inspectors turned up evidence that Iran has a plutonium program in addition to its uranium program fro making nuclear weapons. The IAEA experts discovered 30 metric tons-IS of heavy water hidden in 600 tanks, each holding 13 gallons, according to the report they handed in last ...
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• Jundullah Leader Abdul Malik Rigi Writes Letters to Obama, U.N. Secretary General, & Turkish Prime Minister; Morgue Photo of IRGC General Published

  
  ?????? ?? ????? Views from the Occident — Authority: 484
  Abdul Malik Rigi, the leader of the Iranian Baluchi (Balochi) jihadi -insurgent group Jundullah ["Gods soldiers"], has written letters to United States president Barack Obama, United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon, and Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. All three letters are dated November 15, and ...
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• Fitzgerald: Yemen, and What to Think About It

  
  Jihad Watch — Authority: 758
  If you have been paying attention - and even if you have not - by now you know that something is going on in Yemen. You have heard about the "Houthis" - that is, a group of Shia, who have named themselves after a leader of one of their tribes, and who live in the northern part of Yemen, where they constitute a ...
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• Editorial: Iraq’s Election Law Morass

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  American officials need to help resolve the impasse over election laws in Iraq, and Iraqis must learn how to forge reliable compromises.
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• Current situation and the three options

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 473
  The crisis - The absence of a constitutional provision allowing the extension of the Parliament term until the elections, which means that the country will be without a parliament and Maliki’s government will turn into caretaker government until elections are held. The constitutional crisis may extend beyond that ...
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• Iraq struggles over election law dispute (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 474
  AP – Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how to break a deadlock over a key election law after a vice president vetoed the legislation, causing a crisis that could delay a national vote scheduled for January and affect the timetable for an American troop withdrawal. See more here:  (AP)"> ...
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• Iraq Sentences Sunni Leader to Death

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  A leader of the Sunni Awakening Council was sentenced to death for the murder of a girl, sparking charges that the Shiite-dominated government was targeting Sunnis.
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• World snooker: Foreign players hit by ‘Hyderabad belly’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  By Anand PhilarHyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Some of the foreign players participating in the ongoing ONGC-IBSF World snooker championship here have been struck down by “Hyderabad belly”, the latest being Thailand’s Santhinee Jaisuekul who was admitted to a hospital Thursday afternoon, but was said to be ...
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• World snooker: Merchant advances to knock-out stage

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  By Anand PhilarHyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Yasin Merchant notched the tournament’s highest break of 134 en route to the knock-out round of the ONGC-IBSF World snooker championship here Thursday along with a clutch of Indians, including Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi.Merchant, the former Asian and National champion, ...
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• Iraqi elections at risk – Sunni’s wary of new laws

  
  The Daily Clarity — Authority: 129
  In a move that has surprised some, the Iraqi Vice President, Tariq al-Hashemi, has used his veto to kill new election laws putting the planned January elections at risk. The concern is that the new law would limit the opportunity for many Iraqis who fled the country during the troubles to lodge their absentee vote. Of ...
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• Love of the Land: What Nasrallah Did Not Say Directly

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 163
  What Nasrallah Did Not Say Directly Tariq Alhomayed Asharq Al-Awsat 17 November 09 I always recommend reading Hassan Nasrallahs speeches rather than listening to them, because reading one of his speeches unemotionally allows one to read between the lines. The latest speech given by the Hezbollah leader was as ...
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• Iraqs Sunni VicePresident vetoes key election law

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 976
  Tariq alHashemi has rejected part of a key election law saying it discriminates against Sunnis throwing the January vote into question.
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• Iran saving the Middle East: unlikely but possible

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 592
  Iran could be the ‘savior’ of the Middle East. If it wants to, that is.  The conflict between Sunni and Shia, ‘dating back to the seventh-century dispute over who was meant to be the Prophet Muhammad’s rightful successor, is the most consequential in the Middle East because it is so profound and elemental. ...
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