+Vote!
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
ARTICLE: "Obama Victory Alters the Tenor Of Iraqi Politics," by Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 7 November 2008. Iraqi Shiite politicians indicate they are willing to move much faster on on security agreement, now that Obama elected. Why'...
+Vote!
186 k per second (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Yes Firedoglake swamp dweller Spencer Ackerman is swallowing whole the absurd assertions of NY Times reporter Alissa J. Rubin who claims the election of Barack Obama has “already shifted the political ground” in Iraq? ATTACKERMAN » The Sky Will Open Up Barely a week ago, the Iraqi government was refusing to sign a status of forces agreement with the U.S. military, despite the agreement’s...
+Vote!
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Obama Victory Alters the Tenor of Iraqi Politics ALISSA J. RUBIN, 11/07/08, NY Times) Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region. Iraqi Shiite politicians are indicating that they will move faster toward a new security agreement about American troops, and a Bush administration official...
+Vote!
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
By ALISSA J. RUBIN NYT BAGHDAD — Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the political ground in Iraq and the region. Iraqi Shiite politicians are indicating that they will move faster toward a new security agreement about American troops, and a Bush administration official said he believed that Iraqis could ratify the agreement...
+Vote!
Alternet (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
... Kirkuk -- the northern oil capital -- and Kanaqin has been nixed by the Kurdish leadership there, Alissa J. Rubin .These two cities and a large strip of land outside the official KRG territory has grown increasingly tense 10 months past a deadline for a referendum in these disputed territories and as local elections are only months away. The land was gerrymandered and ethnically cleansed...
+Vote!
Iraq Oil Report (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
... Kirkuk – the northern oil capital – and Kanaqin has been nixed by the Kurdish leadership there, Alissa J. Rubin reports for The New York Times. These two cities and a large strip of land outside the official KRG territory has grown increasingly tense 10 months past a deadline for a referendum in these disputed territories and as local elections are only months away. The land was gerrymandered...
+Vote!
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN: "Petraeus' next war: After success in Iraq, can America's favourite general win in Afghanistan?" The Economist, 4 October 2008. ASIA: "Talking to the Taliban: In the battle for hearts and minds, the Taliban are compromising core...
+Vote!
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
Alissa J. Rubin and Steven Lee Myers of the NY Times report the U.S.-Iraq agreement may not be signed by Iraq before the U.N. mandate expires on 12/31. Several of the more independent members of Parliament said that the Iraqi government’s intimation that there had been significant progress on the security agreement was overblown . “ In Parliament it will face a lot of opposition ,” said...
+Vote!
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
... the war and they’ve lost their favorite doom-and-gloom story line, could it? The Post even quotes Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times Iraq bureau chief, that there is “no clear narrative” over there anymore. Once again, this can easily be interpreted to mean that no clear losing narrative has left the media’s attention wandering. Even worse Rubin almost seems to admit that...
+Vote!
New York Times (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
... the groups that don’t get along, because there are so many areas of mixed population,” said Alissa J. Rubin, a veteran Iraq correspondent for the Times. “Biden never looked closely at how this would work on the ground. He was looking to give everyone a stake. As a practical matter, it is hard to see how to divide it without more bloodshed.”Mr. Gelb has a succinct answer to this objection:...
+Vote!
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
Iraq Inches Closer to Security Pact With U.S.By ALISSA J. RUBIN and STEVEN LEE MYERSPublished: October 16, 2008The draft of the agreement includes a previously discussed timeline for the withdrawal of American troops, with troops moving out of Iraq by next summer.Register for NYTimes.com.•Breaking news and award winning multimedia•New York Times newspaper articles•Arts & Dining reviews•Online...
+Vote!
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
As Fears Ease, Baghdad Sees Walls Tumbls (STEPHEN FARRELL, ALISSA J. RUBIN, SAM DAGHER and ERICA GOODE, 10/10/08, NY Times) Market by market, square by square, the walls are beginning to come down. The miles of hulking blast walls, ugly but effective, were installed as a central feature of the surge of American troops to stop neighbors from killing one another. “They protected against...
+Vote!
South Dakota Politics (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
... a correspondent in Baghdad year-round. “It remains important and it remains interesting,” said Alissa J. Rubin, the New York Times’ acting bureau chief in Baghdad. “But what’s in front of us now is almost a static situation. There’s not a clear narrative line. The stories are more complex.” Veteran journalists say stories about Iraq, where roughly 155,000 U.S. troops are deployed...
+Vote!
forward movement (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
... a correspondent in Baghdad year-round. “It remains important and it remains interesting,” said Alissa J. Rubin, the New York Times’ acting bureau chief in Baghdad. “But what’s in front of us now is almost a static situation. There’s not a clear narrative line. The stories are more complex.” Veteran journalists say stories about Iraq, where roughly 155,000 U.S. troops are deployed...
+Vote!
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
... a correspondent in Baghdad year-round. “It remains important and it remains interesting,” said Alissa J. Rubin, the New York Times ‘ acting bureau chief in Baghdad. “But what’s in front of us now is almost a static situation. There’s not a clear narrative line. The stories are more complex.” From the Iraqis : The Ministry of Interior has reopened the case of scores of Iraqi journalists...
