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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
• Government concerned by coverage of bombings • TV and websites warned as general election looms Iraqis are fearing a renewed crackdown on dissent as a crucial national poll draws near, with several journalists claiming to have been beaten by security forces and ministers issuing warnings about media coverage. Iraq's communications minister, Faruq Abd Al-Qadir, has introduced a $5,000 (£3,000)...
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
There are growing indications that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, notwithstanding previous statements to the contrary, may soon decide to rejoin the grand Shi'ite coalition. In the meantime, Iranian Majlis speaker Ali Larijani is due to ... November 4, 2009, 9:43 am
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IraqPundit (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Ayatollah Hussein Al Sadr conmplained to the Arabic newspaper Asharq Al Awsat that help for Iraq from the Arab countries has been absent. While he is right to an extent -- generally Arabs have not shown support for Iraq -- he's also wrong. Actually, Iraq's neighbours have been busy meddling in its politics, and that messing is increasing with the upcoming election. Iran has been supporting the Supreme...
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Minstrel Boy (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless - NYTimes.com : "BAGHDAD — Despite major bombings that have rattled the nation, and fears of rising violence as American troops withdraw, Iraq’s security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons that the United States military and technical experts say is useless." The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The Iraqi Foreign Minister has told the BBC that the Iraqis have “strong and tangible evidence” that Syria is to blame for last week’s bombing the Justice Ministry and Governate Building in Baghdad, specifically by providing the perpetrators with safe harbor. The Al-Maliki government needs to release some of this evidence publicly, and soon. The opposition, primarily the Sadrists...
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Gorillas Guides (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is still obsessed with former leader Saddam Hussein and his Baath party despite his decision to have Saddam executed and his party banned for ever. In latest remarks, he is reported to have said that “some regional” states would like to see the Baath party reinstated in power in Iraq. And [...]
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Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Al-Manar "02/11/2009 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called Monday on the United Nations to press his country's neighbors to stop meddling in its internal affairs . Maliki also said three people behind twin suicide bombings in central Baghdad last week that killed more than 150 people had confessed to receiving help from Syria. The premier made the comments as UN special envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco...
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
As anger intensifies over last week's double bombing in Baghdad, Iraqis are making it clear they blame Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. But despite widespread acknowledgement that the latest violence will affect voter turnout at January's polls, Maliki still fancies his re-election chances. - Ali Karim (Nov 3, '09)
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Iraqi Mojo (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Four years after it was determined that half of suicide bombers in Iraq are Saudi and most enter Iraq via Damascus , a "U.N. special envoy has met with top Iraqi officials to discuss government complaints of outside involvement in the recent wave of terrorism. Official figures, just released, show the number of terror casualties doubled for the month of October. Iraqi officials are praising the...
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Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has turned down national, Arab and international appeals to postpone the execution of 1,000 prisoners sentenced to death by Iraqi courts until after the elections, for fear that he would use the mass execution in ... November 2, 2009, 9:53 am
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France24 (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours for meddling in its internal affairs as he met with a UN special envoy. The Iraqi premier also said three people behind twin suicide bombings in central Baghdad last week that killed more than 150 people had confessed to receiving help from Syria. He made the comments during talks with UN Assistant...
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IraqPundit (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The news is that the UN envoy arrived in Baghdad to discuss with Nour Al Maliki the bombing attacks of Oct. 25. A man today told me that he could save the envoy a lot of trouble because he knows who was behind the attacks. The man said it was not al-Qaeda, and it was not Iran, it wasn't even the Israelis. Who was it? The man says the private security companies. That's right. Remember Blackwater? The...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
As the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gets to grips with a multi-faith, multi-ethnic coalition, the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse asks if the Iraq of today has really turned its back on the prejudices of old.
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
BAGHDAD — A man being questioned in connection with this week's deadly double bombings in Iraq's capital was able to seize a gun and kill an investigative officer during an interrogation, before being shot himself, the government said Saturday. The man, who was not identified, snatched a gun from a guard and wounded the guard, then killed the investigative officer during the interrogation in...
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IraqPundit (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
It came as no surprise that the Iraqi politcians postponed, yet again, the decision on the election law. They are supposed to vote on it Sunday. This inability to work together does not speak well of the parliamentarians. And the Iraqi people are well aware of what's going on. Meanwhile, Iraqis are trying to get on with their lives. This s tory in the LAT says, "As the election season gets underway,...
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