Iraq’s election result is a backlash against foreign influence — and a curveball for the US and Iran
CNBC5 days agoAmiri was among Tehran's favorites to win — and this dynamic could create a rift in parliament between Iran loyalists and Sadr supporters. In recent years, Sadr has pledged a commitment...
Iraqi election makes US foe al-Sadr a potential kingmaker
CNN.com6 days agoWashington (CNN)Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's coalition election victory in Iraq raises the prospect that the man many US military officials hold responsible for the deaths of ...
The Legacy of Bernard Lewis
The National Interest via Yahoo News10 hours agoYet his favorite review of any of his works, or at least a review he referenced often and with obvious relish, was for The Middle East and the West. First published in the United States ...
Why North Korea Is Angered by ‘Libya Model’ in Nuclear Talks
New York Times5 days agoIn 2016, shortly after North Korea conducted a nuclear test, its state-run news outlet, the Korean Central News Agency, made direct reference to Libya and Iraq. “History proves that powerful ...
Iran Was the Big Winner in Iraq’s Elections—And Trump Helped
The Daily Beast5 days agoThen the votes were counted, and although U.S. policymakers pretend otherwise (in part because they don’t know exactly what to think), they are reeling over the verdict delivered by the peoples ...
Trump isn’t the first president to follow his gut into Mideast trouble
Bangor Daily News1 day agoBush and Barack Obama spent the next 15 years committing foreign policy sins of omission or commission that unleashed chaos upon an already troubled region. Bush’s addiction to the schemes ...
Iraqis protest in Kirkuk over alleged voting fraud
News 13 Orlando6 days agoThe head of Iraq's national election commission said at a news conference that armed men had taken over the election office and that the workers inside were "in effect, hostages," but ...
Storm Warnings for a Supply-Side War
The Nation4 days agoOf course, the overwhelming majority of those who will cite the book to support a US-led war in Iraq will not read it. It provides an excellent review of the history of the up-and-down ...
John McCain’s Last Fight
Politico4 days ago“Just as I believed we had the Iraq conflict won after the surge—and for which I sacrificed everything, including my presidential ambitions, that it would succeed.” As... his lifetime ...
Moqtada Sadr: fiery Iraq cleric who battled US
AFP via Yahoo News3 days agoMoqtada Sadr is the scion of an influential clerical family who raised a rebellion after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and has now reinvented himself as a reform champion to triumph at ...
