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• Possible Breakthrough On Election Law Deadlock

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 127
  Transparency International is a German based organization that tracks corruption across the world. They recently released their 2009 Corruption Index that ranked and compared 180 countries. Since the U.S. invasion in 2003 Iraq has consistently been in the bottom 25 most corrupt nations. In fact, by 2006 it had ...
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• Blame game threatens Iraq’s ties with Syria

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 612
  DAMASCUS: Relations between Baghdad and Damascus have fallen to a new low after fresh allegations claiming Syrian complicity in bombings were aired on Iraqi state-run television. The damage to ties between the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al Maliki, and his Syrian counterpart, the president, Bashar al Assad, is ...
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• Thursday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 43 Wounded

  
  Antiwar.com Original — Authority: 139
  On the eve of Eid al-Adha, at least nine Iraqis were killed and 43 more wounded. The holiday, which commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, is set to begin Friday for Sunnis and Saturday for Shi’ites.
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• Iraqi Government Joins YouTube

  
  Tubefilter News — Authority: 588
  My number one favorite YouTube channel in the category of “Governments, Heads of State, and Leaders from Around the World” belongs to her majesty, the Queen of England. But she wins purely based on the entertainment factor. The Royal Channel is a veritable repository of Anglo pomp and circumstance, showcasing ...
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• Iraqi Government on YouTube

  
  WORDPRESS-TEMPLATES-PLUGINS-RSS — Authority: 145
  Iraqi Government on YouTube (Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog)Governments, heads of state, and leaders from around the world are on YouTube, including the Pope, the Royal Family, and Queen Rania and presidents from the United States to France, South Korea to Estonia. Today we’re especially pleased to announce that ...
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• Problems With Integrating Sons of Iraq Continue

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 127
  In May 2009 the Iraqi government took full responsibility for the payment of 95,000 Sons of Iraq (SOI). The SOI were put together by the United States when Sunni tribesmen and insurgents felt squeezed by the Shiite militias, Al Qaeda in Iraq, and U.S. forces. The Sunnis were willing to switch sides to forestall ...
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• Ba’ath Party and the election – 1

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 472
  Six years after the fall, Baath Party still present in the Iraqi political arena, and at the forefront of the political debate among political coalitions and entities. This debate escalated after the circulation of rumors say that the Baathists want to return to the political scene. These rumors are based on two ...
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• Google to Put Iraqi Artifacts Online

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 153
  Google’s chief executive said his company would create a virtual copy of the collections of Iraq’s National Museum and make the images available online by early 2010.
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• Number of Displaced Returning Likely To Increase, Will Iraq Be Ready?

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 127
  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the premier relief group working with Iraq’s displaced. They focus upon those who have lost their homes since the February 2006 Samarra bombing that is credited with starting the sectarian war. The IOM’s latest report notes that Iraq’s displaced still face ...
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• Love of the Land: The Syrian Illusion Revisited

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 164
  The Syrian Illusion Revisited Tony Badran Across the Bay 22 November 09 Here are two excellent recent pieces by Emile Hokayem and Jonathan Spyer on the stale old illusion of a Syrian "peace track," and assessing the whole enterprise of engagement with Syria more generally. Spyer explains ...
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• Iraq Takes Tougher Line on Syria Than U.S. For Supporting Terrorists, Al-Qaeda

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 612
  by Ryan Mauro Click here for my latest Pajamas Media article. This is an update on the Iraq-Syria crisis. The Al-Maliki government continues to accuse Syria of helping Al-Qaeda and other terrorists and insurgents carrying out attacks in Iraq. Their push for a U.N. tribunal to prosecute those in Syria ...
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• Iraq’s January Elections Face Near Certain Delay

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Salim Abdullah, spokesman for the Accordance Front, the biggest Sunni bloc in the parliament, spoke to the press on Monday.
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• Parliament reached an agreement, law passed

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 472
  Tarek Al-Hashimi’s website is blocked since yesterday to prevent Iraqis [especially abroad] from reading his update or to show their support, so I can not confirm all the information I will report here. The parliament reached an agreement (while I am writing this), the voting process is  on a new initiative ...
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• Iraq Confronts Syria over Terrorism as U.S. Dithers

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 808
  The Obama administration could learn a lesson in fortitude from the Maliki government.
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• Analysis: Voting With Bombs

  
  At War — Authority: 133
  Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Malikis most potent opponents in Iraq are the extremists who have proven able to carry out spectacular attacks that undermine his core argument, that things are better.
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• Detained Saddam Hussein loyalists confess to Baghdad deadly bombings

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 612
  BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities broadcasted on Sunday a video showing three of Saddam Husseins Baath party members confessing to have planned massive truck blasts that killed and wounded more than 600 people in central Baghdad last month. Qassim Atta, spokesman of Baghdad Operation Command, told reporters at a ...
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• The U.S. role in the election crisis

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 472
  I will explain this before I start today’s development. Maliki and the Shiite parties are heading to veto Hashimi’s veto, this very simple and they are already managed to obtain the simple majority to do this, but Hashimi’s second veto will be a big problem for the Shiite parties because to veto the second ...
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• Maliki has succeeded to achieve the required votes

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 472
  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 ...
  6 days ago

• Nir Rosen’s New Take On Iraq – “An Ugly Peace”

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 127
  In the November/December 2009 issue of the Boston Review, Nir Rosen has a piece called “An Ugly Peace.” In it, Rosen writes about the new status quo in Iraq that was created by the end of the sectarian war and the U.S. Surge, something that he was reluctant to talk about in previous articles. He writes that ...
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• Obama and Afghanistan: It’s Hard to Decide on a Move When You Have So Few Pieces Left

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 762
  (photo by Marco Vossen) White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told Reuters (via TPM ) today that it will be at least another week — in other words, after Thanksgiving — before President Obama announces his new strategy for Afghanistan (not to be confused, of course, with his previous new strategy from ...
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