United States policymakers have been talking non-stop about cuts since the 2010 midterm elections. The conversation has moved beyond whether or not to cut; we are now debating how many trillions of dollars the final package of cuts will be. The first round was earlier this year when lawmakers were negotiating a package of [...]
As Luke Hassall pointed out, there is not much coverage in the US regarding the release of the Iraq War Logs. However, I was pleased to see that across the Atlantic, there are many news sources digging deep. The biggest issues that appear to have come out of the leak thus far is the handing over of prisoners by US [...]
After all this time, there is no obvious end in sight for Iraq’s post-election wrangling. Faction representatives have sojourned off to Riyadh and Tehran (word is the next trip will be to Ankara), and it seems like everyone is trying to gather support from the neighbors rather than negotiate for Iraq among themselves. With the exception perhaps of Turkey (which [...]
The political waters remain murky in Iraq. Everybody seems to be latching onto every conspiracy theory, ever rumor, and inventing them where they dont yet exist. The facts are that there are no facts. Some of the parties went to Tehran for talks following the election. Allawi was not invited. But despite early momentum they seem not have gone anywhere. [...]
The results have finally been released on Iraq’s election. The main takeaways are as follows: with a total of 325 seats in parliament, 8 of which are reserved for minority religious faiths (5 seats for Christians, and one each for Yazidis, Shabaks and Mandaeans). Allawi’s Iraqqiya has won 91 seats, putting him ahead of Maliki at 89. The INA trails [...]
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