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• Embarrassing results for some key political figures

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 525
  First, for those who are looking for the last update on the election results, IHEC-Arabic page updates its database daily and Google Translate works on the page (and each province) very good ( several attempts required, very heavy traffic ). Despite that the Sadrists dominated INA Coalition results, Muqtada ...
  4 days ago

• How Iraqis “Embrace” “Democracy”: 30% of Christian Ballots Cast in U.S. Tossed

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 682
  By Debbie SchlusselLast week, Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens–who previously gushed over an extremist imams and other Hezbollah-supporting “protesters” in Iran–declared that Iraqis “embrace” democracy more than we Westerners do because they desire freedom more.  With their choice of the ...
  4 days ago

• Editorial: The Days After the Iraq Election

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Iraqis and Americans need a swift and legitimate transition to a new government in Baghdad, but early election results give reasons to worry.
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• Iraq Election: A Precursor To Long-Term Stability?

  
  Risk Watchdog — Authority: 125
  Early returns from Iraq’s national elections suggest that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law Alliance is on track to secure the highest number of seats of any party in the next parliament, and that he himself is well placed to retain his post. If Maliki does stay on in his role, this should ensure broad ...
  5 days ago

• Sheik Mohammed Tantawi dies; Egypts top Sunni Islam cleric

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 958
  Egypts top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died March 10 after suffering a heart attack while visiting Saudi Arabia. He was 81.
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• Three Sunni Muslim Clerics Killed In Pakistan

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  KARACHI, March 12 (Reuters) - Four people, including three Muslim clerics, were gunned down and one wounded in a drive-by shooting in Pakistans biggest city of Karachi in a suspected sectarian attack, police said on Friday. Saeed Ahmed Jalalpuri, a senior Sunni Muslim cleric, was ambushed by three gunmen riding on a ...
  1 week ago

• Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 953
  Moderate voice at the apex of Sunni Islam who condemned terrorism and the full face-veil
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• NYT > World: Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 173
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . Mr. Tantawi was leader of Al Azhar, the oldest and most prestigious center of learning in the Sunni Muslim world.
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• Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 150
  Mr. Tantawi was leader of Al Azhar, the oldest and most prestigious center of learning in the Sunni Muslim world.
  1 week ago

• Taliban clashes with rival Afghan militants kill 60 plus many civilians in the crossfire!

  
  An Average American Patriot — Authority: 128
  I am sorry for those civilians or any innocent civilians of every country that is starved or killed while those fighting for superiority and their agenda pursue their goal. I hope those civilians finally realize they do not matter and the Taliban is not fighting for them as they want the people to think. They are ...
  1 week ago

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Afghanistan

  
  World Military Forum - Latest Military News — Authority: 142
  TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to head to Afghanistan on Wednesday, his first trip to Tehran’s eastern neighbour since the re-election last August of his counterpart Hamid... .
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• Islamophobes target Shiites in Pakistan suicide attack -- no, wait...

  
  Jihad Watch — Authority: 708
  Actually it was a jihad/martyrdom attack perpetrated by Sunnis. Will the Islamophobia never end? "Shia Muslims targeted in Pakistans suicide attack: police," from Xinhua , March 5 (thanks to Twostellas): A suicide bomber on foot killed at least five people, including three women, in Pakistans northwest, a senior ...
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• Editorial: Iraqis Vote

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The new Iraqi government must do a far better job than the current one of ensuring that the Sunnis and all minorities have a fuller voice in the country’s future.
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• Op-Ed Contributor: For Iraqi Voters, a Dizzying Democracy

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  
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• Iraqis Vote Despite Violence: Now Comes the Hard Part

  
  The Foundry: Conservative Policy News. — Authority: 763
  Despite insurgent threats to murder Iraqis who dared to vote in the parliamentary elections, yesterday’s Iraqi elections went as well as could be expected. There were dozens of bombs that exploded in Baghdad and other cities, killing at least 36 people, but many Iraqis shrugged off the violence and risked their ...
  1 week ago

• Sunnis Go to Polls, This Time, to Retain a Voice

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  At a school in Falluja, an Iraqi showed an ink-stained finger to an election official after voting in Sundays national balloting.
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• Under threat, Iraqis vote in crucial election (Reuters)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 166
  Reuters – Iraqis began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election that Sunni Islamist insurgents have vowed to derail in an effort to plunge the war-shattered country back into sectarian bloodshed as U.S. troops leave. See the rest here:  (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Under threat, Iraqis vote in ...
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• Anti-Election Artwork, Produced by Iraqi Nationalist-Religious Insurgent Groups

  
  ?????? ?? ????? Views from the Occident — Authority: 415
  "A number of (political) lists, one parent....Iranians to the Bone" "Do not elect Iran" "(Ahmad) Chalabi...Spreader of Crime...First Engineer of Iraqs Destruction", with an Iranian flag at the bottom "No (to) Iraqi Elections because....." "Yes to the election boycott...We will not ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bomb kills 4 near Shi’ite shrine before Iraq poll (Reuters)

  
  enUws — Authority: 511
  Reuters – A car bomb killed four Iranian pilgrims near Iraq’s holiest Shi’ite shrine on Saturday, a day … Read more here: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Bomb kills 4 near Shi’ite shrine before Iraq poll (Reuters)
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• Bomb kills 4 near Shi’ite shrine before Iraq poll (Reuters)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 166
  Reuters – A car bomb killed four Iranian pilgrims near Iraq’s holiest Shi’ite shrine on Saturday, a day before a parliamentary election that Sunni Islamist militants have vowed to wreck. Here is the original: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Bomb kills 4 near Shi’ite shrine before Iraq poll (Reuters)
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