The Presidential election in the US in November 2008 will be shaped by the ongoing war in Iraq and the person who will come out on top will be the one who will be able to convince the people that America will not fail the war-ravaged country or put...
Iraq is the name that at once makes us think of miseries and sufferings. These names are now tagged with Iraq where the landscape is of violence, corruption, deception, and unprecedented mayhem making survival tough. Incidents one after the other are...
Iran escapes once more through the skin of their teeth. The lingering issue of whether to impose international sanctions on Iran for failing to cease their uranium enrichment project, hich the US regards as potentially dangerous for the entire world,...
Criticisms are being lavished on the US Senate for its balkanization of Iraq plan and the top critics include the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), who call it as 'unprecedented flagrant interference' on the part of the US that 'would add...
We all know that Imperialistic aspirations are not yet over in the world. The next thing we know is: Imperialism and divide and rule policy goes side by side - same thing that Britain did in India sixty years ago. And in Iraq, its implication is not...
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The trouble torn Iraq continues to bear the brunt of the civilian strife and sectarian violence, as another blast rips apart Baghdad. Even the holy month of Ramadan has not provided respite to the violence-marred country.
Six car bomb blasts...
The dark clouds of partition are not yet over from the Iraqi sky and here comes the Turkish-Iraqi deal for cracking the Kurdish rebels. Turkish army will be allowed to enter Iraqi boundary for hunting the rebels holed up in the area.
Well, for...
The debate in the Lebanon's assembly to elect the President has heated up between the US backed Fouad Siniora's Govt. and the rival faction backed by Syria and Iran. The presidential election is never a home affair but something thrust upon them....
The trigger happy ex-navy seals of Blackwater have created a major ruckus and a strain in US-Iraqi relations. Maliki has not thrown out Blackwater out of Iraq only because this would compromise the security of Ryan Crocker and other US diplomats in the...
A group of prominent Israeli academics and writers have signed a petition urging the Israeli government to negotiate a ceasefire with Hamas, the militant group in control of The Gaza Strip.
Internationally-acclaimed authors Amos Oz, David Grossman and...
A suicide bomber attacked a reconciliation meeting of Shiite and Sunni leaders, provincial officials and security commanders in Baqubah on Monday. Baqubah is the capital of Diyala province and is located about 50 km to the northeast of Baghdad.
At...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not the most popular man in US President George W Bush's list; on the contrary, the Iranian leader is one whom the Bush administration wants to bring under its wings. But the continual resistance by...
Patting few and discarding critics is what US's intransigence and its Mideast policy is all about. Arabs wary of US policies and amid such suspicions if US invites Arabs for the peace talks, it's a matter of suspicion. Of course, one is hardly...
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Was the pullout of British troops from the volatile region of Basra justified? Were they forced to retreat or did they do so according to a previously thought-out plan? These are the questions that have galloping to the surface since September 3...
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Iraq misery and the horrendous incidents one after the other send shudder to the spine. These are mere the glimpses and the scenario in Iraq is grimmer than what it actually seems to be. This was imminent when US has let loose the likes of...
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