Iran blames the US in a deadly mosque bombing

Iran has accused the US of an involvement in a recent mosque bombing that killed many in the south-eastern volatile region of the Islamic Republic of Iran. " An Iranian official accused the United States on Friday...

Deadly Car Bombs Hit Baghdad

Six car bombs have exploded in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 100 others. " A blast at a popular market in the Shi'ite Muslim slum of Sadr City in east Baghdad killed at least 10 people and wounded 65. Another car bomb blew up...

Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran cooperate to provoke conflict

"  Egypt aired its grievances against Iran, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, saying they worked together in the fighting over Gaza to provoke conflict in...

Suicide bomber kills 12 in attack on pilgrims in Baghdad

UPDATE: 3:35PM ESTSome reports are now saying that 19 people are dead, and about 75 are injured." A female suicide bomber killed at least19 people and wounded 75 on Thursday when she detonated anexplosive vest in a crowd of pilgrims being escorted by policeto a shrine south...

Iran Is No Threat, Unless Bush Makes It One

" ........Comparing Iran with the 1939 Nazi Germany is ridiculous. Germany was a powerful, industrialized nation that had been defeated in World War I. It had grievances against the victors who had humiliated it. Germany's culture was such that many Germans blindly...

Iraq army tightens grip on southern city

Things are improving in Iraq. The Iraqi government is gearing up to go into the southern city of Amara, which borders Iran. "Iraq's security forces tightened their grip on the southern city of Amara on Monday and...

Al Qaeda in Iraq "never closer to defeat": U.S. envoy

Here's some progress."The U.S. ambassador to Iraq praisedPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday for cracking down onShi'ite militias and Sunni Arab militants and said al Qaeda inIraq had never been closer to defeat."You are not going to hear me say that al Qaeda...

U.S. troops detain news editor of Iraq TV station

According to Reuters, Mr. al-Beshara is being detained as part of an investigation into the conduct of his son, who is suspected to be a "militia intelligence operative"."The U.S. military said on Monday they had detained the news editor of a television station owned by...

Hamas: We're allowed to lie

"February 7, 2008 Hamas: We're allowed to lie “A Muslim is permitted to say things that oppose his beliefs in order to prevent damages or to be saved from death.” When I point that out, I get called an "Islamophobe." I'm told this is a Shi'ite idea that Sunnis shun --...

Explosive charge blows up in US's face

" Explosive charge blows up in US's face By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON - When the United States military command accused the Iranian Quds Force in January of providing the armor-piercing EFPs (explosively formed...

Iraqi tribes reach security accord

"TAJI, Iraq — U.S. forces have brokered an agreement between Sunni and Shi'ite tribal leaders to join forces against al Qaeda and other extremists, extending a policy that has transformed the security situation in western Anbar province to this area north of the...

A Shi'ite storm in the making

"Post-Ba'athist Iraqi politics are undergoing a dramatic change, and the Sadrists and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), formerly known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), are leading the way by bringing a major shift in the balance of...

Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance

" May 24, 2007 Sunni Resistance Receptive to Sadr Alliance by Gareth Porter Nationalist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bid to unite Sunnis and Shi'ites on the basis of a common demand for withdrawal of U.S. occupation forces, reported last weekend by the Washington Post's...

The 'dirty thieves' of Sadr City by Pepe Escobar

" RED ZONE ROVING The 'dirty thieves' of Sadr City By Pepe Escobar BAGHDAD - This was once the pinnacle of world culture. Al-Mustansariya University is older than the Sorbonne. During Saddam Hussein's time, even with United Nations sanctions, it was still churning out the...

What Muqtada wants

"GHDAD - Muqtada al-Sadr is not at the conference on Iraq that opened on Thursday in Sharm-al-Sheikh, Egypt, even though he is, hands down, the most popular, and certainly the most charismatic, political leader in Iraq, with his ears finely tuned to the Shi'ite - and even...

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