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• Iraq: Sunni Politicians Applauded Goals But Raise Doubts Over Deal

  Published: August 27, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Sunni Politicians, Iraq

  Sunni politicians applauded goals set down in an agreement hammered out by the country's top leaders under intense American pressure but expressed doubt Monday that the U.S.-backed prime minister would actually see them through... Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and four other senior leaders declared Sunday they had reached a consensus on a number

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• MIDDLE EAST: Talking about oil and security priority Iraq investors

  Published: September 6, 2007, 5:55 am

  Tags: Iraq, Sunni Arabs, Us Forces, Taq Taq Operating, Shiites Arabs, Ministry Of National Security Affairs, Oil Protection Force, Ibrahim Bahrul Uloom, Security Affairs, Ceyhan

  Security in Iraq is a major holdup to investment... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Architect of "Anbar Awakening" killed in Ramadi

  Published: September 13, 2007, 2:14 pm

  Tags: Risha, Sunni, Iraq, Reconciliation, Benchmarks, Aqi, Oil

  say that this will unite Sunnis against al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) just like the mass killing of hundreds of Yazidi Kurds was to do back in August. It probably wont. Some, led by General Petraeus, will insist that this was AQI. But there is no evidence yet. Similarly, although the culprit of the mass killing of the Yazidis is said to have

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• Mr. President, Democratic Leadership: There Is No Such Thing as Iraq

  Published: September 13, 2007, 10:46 pm

  Tags: George W Bush, Iraq, Kurds, Sunni, Shiites, Failed States

  never will be.   Iraqs Sunni and Shia Arabs have been in a civil war for several years.  In southern Iraq, rival blocs are vying for power in a Shia-Shia conflict.  In Anbar--which is NOT a success, and is NOT relevant to the "surge"--we can expect a lot more Sunni-Sunni violence like what we saw today.  And if you’re

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• IRAQ: Compromise on Oil Law

  Published: September 13, 2007, 10:59 am

  Tags: Hunt Oil Company, Iraqi Parliament, Shiites Arabs, Ali Baban, Kurdistan, Jamal Abdullah, Middle East, Dana Gas, Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq, Sunni Arabs, Oil Law, Kurds, The Uae, Barham Salih

  A carefully constructed compromise on a draft... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Five Reasons It’s Hard To Be a Democrat

  Published: September 17, 2007, 7:48 am

  Tags: 2008 Elections, Eurasian Balkans, Politics, Usa, Barack Obama, David Petraeus, Democrats, Diplomacy, Elections, George W Bush, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Iraq War, John Mccain, Moveon Org, Rudy Giuliani, Shia, Sunni

  It;s hard to be a Democrat trying to deal with the Iraq War issue with MoveOn.org providing a ready made bogeyman

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• IRAQ: Compromise on Oil Law

  Published: September 13, 2007, 10:59 am

  Tags: Hunt Oil Company, Iraqi Parliament, Shiites Arabs, Ali Baban, Kurdistan, Jamal Abdullah, Middle East, Dana Gas, Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq, Sunni Arabs, Oil Law, Kurds, The Uae, Barham Salih

  A carefully constructed compromise on a draft... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Quote of the Day: Think Mogadishu

  Published: October 6, 2007, 6:26 pm

  Tags: Displacement, Sunni, Failed State, Civil War, Refugee, Occupation, Shia, Iraq

  and shrines. Irredentist Sunni militias will attempt to retake their lost land, but they will be pushed into the Anbar Province, Jordan, and Syria, where they may link up with local Islamist militants to destabilize Amman and Damascus. Some will look to fight elsewhere; unable to continue the jihad in Iraq they will find common cause with

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• The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend

  Published: October 16, 2007, 10:11 pm

  Tags: Al Sadr, Al Sistani, Sunni, Shia, Iraq, Joe Biden, Iraq War

  to a new coalition of Sunni-Shia coming together around a single common goal: to get the US out of Iraq. It’s a fairly powerful coalition as these things go in Iraq, and al-Sistani’s imprimatur kicks it up a very heavy notch. [A] true Iraqi national pact is in the making - coordinated by VicePresident Tariq al-Hashimi,

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• Local Foes Commit to Peace in Baghdad

  Published: October 19, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Local, Foes, Commit, Peace, Baghdad, Local Sunni, U S Armed Forces, Al Mahdi Army, United States, Safa Hussein, Baghdad International Airport, Bassima Al Jaidri, Muqtada Al Sadr, Nouri Al Maliki, Patrick Frank, Sabeeh Radi Al Kaabi, Zaid Sabah, 1st Infantry Division

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 18 -- Local Sunni and Shiite leaders from southwestern Baghdad signed an agreement Thursday that is intended to halt sectarian violence and attacks on American and Iraqi troops on the condition that security forces limit their raids and offensive operations.

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• Bin Laden is Going OFF

  Published: October 22, 2007, 7:10 pm

  Tags: Crime, Culture, Al Jazeera, Bin Laden, Dave Chapelle, Jihad, Nationalism, Osama, Rick James, Sunni, Tapes, Unity

  off a bunch of various Sunni groups by indiscriminately killing civilians and holding a hard-line interpretation of the Koran, Bin Laden is aiming at uniting the assorted militant Muslim factions under one banner: his. Bin Laden says it’s not about “tribe,

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• Baghdad is no Longer a Terrorist Fun Zone

  Published: November 8, 2007, 5:52 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Al Qaeda, American, Baghdad, Bush, Jihad, Military, Opinions, Politics, Shia, Shiite, Sunni, Surge, Terrorist, War

  Here's a story from the Washington Post that tells of some more good news coming read more

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• Violence Breaks Out Between Sunni Insurgent Groups

  Published: November 10, 2007, 12:14 pm

  Tags: Violence, Breaks, Out, Between, Sunni, Insurgent, Groups

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 10 -- A deadly gun battle broke out between rival Sunni insurgent factions near the northern city of Samarra, in fresh violence that revealed a profound division among these organizations and the complicated nature of the fighting in Iraq.

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• Iraqi Forces Seize Powerful Sunni Office

  Published: November 14, 2007, 2:14 pm

  Tags: Iraqi, Forces, Seize, Powerful, Sunni, Office

  BAGHDAD -- Iraqi authorities seized the headquarters of the country's most influential Sunni clerical group Wednesday, sealing off its west Baghdad compound and accusing the organization of supporting al-Qaida in Iraq.

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• The Surge?

  Published: November 17, 2007, 3:49 am

  Tags: Iraq Surge, Sunni Awakening

  that many of these Awakened Sunni Sheiks may well be double agents, drinking American-bought cognac while U.S. field troops go marching up blind alleys on their unreliable

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